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Better explanation, as suggested by Ivan Kalvachev.
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9675 | 1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> |
2 <chapter id="faq" xreflabel="FAQ"> | |
3 <title>Frequently Asked Questions</title> | |
4 | |
10373 | 5 <qandaset defaultlabel="qanda"> |
6 | |
7 <qandadiv id="faq-development"> | |
8 <title>Development</title> | |
9 | |
10 <qandaentry> | |
11 <question><para> | |
12 How do I create a proper patch for <application>MPlayer</application>? | |
13 </para></question> | |
14 <answer><para> | |
15 We made a <ulink url="../../tech/patches.txt">short document</ulink> | |
16 describing all the necessary details. Please follow the instructions. | |
17 </para></answer> | |
18 </qandaentry> | |
19 | |
20 <qandaentry> | |
21 <question><para> | |
22 How can I support <application>MPlayer</application> development? | |
23 </para></question> | |
24 <answer><para> | |
25 We are more than happy to accept your hardware and software | |
26 <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/donations.html">donations</ulink>. | |
27 They help us in continuously improving MPlayer. | |
28 </para></answer> | |
29 </qandaentry> | |
30 | |
31 <qandaentry> | |
32 <question><para> | |
33 How can I become an <application>MPlayer</application> developer? | |
34 </para></question> | |
35 <answer><para> | |
36 We always welcome coders and documenters. Read the | |
37 <ulink url="../../tech/">technical documentation</ulink> | |
38 to get a first grasp. Then you should subscribe to the | |
39 <ulink url="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dev-eng">mplayer-dev-eng</ulink> | |
40 mailing list and start coding. | |
41 </para></answer> | |
42 </qandaentry> | |
43 | |
44 <qandaentry> | |
45 <question><para> | |
46 Why don't you use autoconf/automake? | |
47 </para></question> | |
48 <answer><para> | |
49 We have a modular, handwritten build system. It does a reasonably good | |
50 job, so why change? Besides, we dislike the auto* tools, just like | |
51 <ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/889/">other people</ulink>. | |
52 </para></answer> | |
53 </qandaentry> | |
54 </qandadiv> | |
9675 | 55 |
56 <qandadiv id="faq-compilation"> | |
57 <title>Compilation</title> | |
58 <qandaentry> | |
59 <question><para> | |
10373 | 60 Are there binary (RPM/deb) packages of <application>MPlayer</application>? |
61 </para></question> | |
62 <answer><para> | |
63 See the <link linkend="debian">Debian</link> and <link linkend="rpm">RPM</link> | |
64 section for details. | |
65 </para></answer> | |
66 </qandaentry> | |
67 | |
68 <qandaentry> | |
69 <question><para> | |
9675 | 70 Compilation stops with an error message similar to this one: |
71 <screen> | |
72 In file included from mplayer.c:34: | |
73 mw.h: In function `mplMainDraw': | |
74 mw.h:209: Internal compiler error in print_rtl_and_abort, at flow.c:6458 | |
75 Please submit a full bug report, | |
76 with preprocessed source if appropriate. | |
77 </screen> | |
78 </para></question> | |
79 <answer><para> | |
80 This is a known problem of <application>gcc</application> 3.0.4, upgrade | |
81 to 3.1 to solve the problem. How to install gcc is described in the | |
82 <link linkend="gcc-296">gcc 2.96</link> section. | |
83 </para></answer> | |
84 </qandaentry> | |
85 | |
86 <qandaentry> | |
87 <question><para> | |
88 Configure ends with this text, and MPlayer won't compile! | |
89 <screen>Your gcc does not support even i386 for '-march' and '-mcpu'</screen> | |
90 </para></question> | |
91 <answer><para> | |
92 Your gcc isn't installed correctly, check the <filename>config.log</filename> | |
93 file for details. | |
94 </para></answer> | |
95 </qandaentry> | |
96 | |
97 <qandaentry> | |
98 <question><para> | |
99 What's the problem with gcc 2.96? | |
100 </para></question> | |
101 <answer><para> | |
102 <emphasis role="bold">We strongly discourage the use of gcc 2.96!</emphasis> | |
103 Read <link linkend="gcc-296">this</link> document for details about why Red Hat | |
104 released gcc 2.96 and what the problems are all about. If you still really really | |
105 want to use it, be sure to get the latest release and give the | |
106 <option>--disable-gcc-checking</option> option to configure. Remember that you | |
107 are on your own from this point. Do <emphasis role="bold">not</emphasis> report | |
108 bugs, do <emphasis role="bold">not</emphasis> ask for help on the mailing lists. | |
109 We will <emphasis role="bold">not</emphasis> provide any support in case you run | |
110 into problems. | |
111 </para></answer> | |
112 </qandaentry> | |
113 | |
114 <qandaentry> | |
115 <question><para> | |
116 Great, I have gcc 3.0.1 from Red Hat/Mandrake, then I'm fine! | |
117 </para></question> | |
118 <answer><para> | |
119 No, since there have been/are issues with these compilers as well. | |
120 To check the status of current compilers' MPlayer support, see the | |
121 <link linkend="install">Installation</link> section. | |
122 </para></answer> | |
123 </qandaentry> | |
124 | |
125 <qandaentry> | |
126 <question><para> | |
127 I tried to compile MPlayer, but I got this output: | |
128 <screen> | |
129 In file included from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/std_cwchar.h:42, | |
130 from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/fpos.h:40, | |
131 from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/char_traits.h:40, | |
132 from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/std_string.h:41, | |
133 from /usr/include/g++-v3/string:31, | |
134 from libwin32.h:36, | |
135 from DS_AudioDecoder.h:4, | |
136 from DS_AudioDec.cpp:5: | |
137 /usr/include/wchar.h: In function Long long int wcstoq(const wchar_t*, | |
138 wchar_t**, int)': | |
139 /usr/include/wchar.h:514: cannot convert `const wchar_t* __restrict' to | |
140 `const | |
141 </screen> | |
142 </para></question> | |
143 <answer><para> | |
144 Upgrade your glibc to the latest release. On Mandrake, use 2.2.4-8mdk. | |
145 </para></answer> | |
146 </qandaentry> | |
147 | |
148 <qandaentry> | |
149 <question><para> | |
150 .. gcc 2.96 ... (Yes, some people are STILL flaming about gcc 2.96!) | |
151 </para></question> | |
152 <answer><para> | |
153 Quoted from a <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2001-October/005351.html">mail</ulink> | |
154 A'rpi sent to the <ulink url="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/">mplayer-users</ulink> | |
155 list (the word 'ideg' is described below): | |
156 <blockquote> | |
157 <para> | |
158 And we have idegs. And our idegcounter overflowed again and again. | |
159 </para> | |
160 <para> | |
161 Unfortunately MPlayer is out of our control. It's used by lamers, Linux | |
162 users who can't even use Windows, and never tried to compile a kernel. They | |
163 installed (with default options) Mandrake or Red Hat or SuSE, and without | |
164 RTFM'ing they send messages saying 'it doesn't work! help me! please! i'm | |
165 new to Linux! help! oh! help me!'. We can't stop them, but at least we try | |
166 to force them to RTFM and to read the messages of ./configure and MPlayer. | |
167 </para> | |
168 <para> | |
169 And you clever guys come and flame us with gcc 2.96 and binary packages. | |
170 Instead of helping users or making patches to help solve problems. | |
171 </para> | |
172 <para> | |
173 Half of our spare/free time is spent by answering silly mails here and | |
174 making newer tricks and checks to configure to avoid such mails. | |
175 </para> | |
176 <para> | |
177 And there is a balance. On the one side are you, clever guys, saying we | |
178 are very bad because we don't like buggy gcc 2.96, and on the other side | |
179 there are the 'new to Linux' guys who are showing us gcc 2.96 is buggy. | |
180 </para> | |
181 <para> | |
182 Conclusion: We can't be good. Half the people will always say we are bad. | |
183 </para> | |
184 <para> | |
185 Maybe we should close the project, make it closed source, commercial, and | |
186 provide install support for it. then we could leave current work, so development | |
187 could go faster, and we could earn lots of money with it and buy a big house, | |
188 etc etc. Do you really want it? It seems. | |
189 </para> | |
190 </blockquote> | |
191 </para></answer> | |
192 </qandaentry> | |
193 | |
194 <qandaentry> | |
195 <question><para> | |
196 SDL output doesn't work or compile. The problem is ... | |
197 </para></question> | |
198 <answer><para> | |
199 It was tested to work with SDL 1.2.x and may run on SDL 1.1.7+. It does | |
200 <emphasis role="bold">not</emphasis> work with any previous version. So | |
201 if you choose to use such a version, you are on your own. | |
202 </para></answer> | |
203 </qandaentry> | |
204 | |
205 <qandaentry> | |
206 <question><para> | |
207 I am still having trouble compiling with SDL support. gcc says something | |
208 about "undefined reference to `SDL_EnableKeyRepeat'". What now? | |
209 </para></question> | |
210 <answer><para> | |
10042 | 211 Where did you install the SDL library? If you installed in |
212 <filename class="directory">/usr/local</filename> (the default) then edit the | |
213 top level <filename>config.mak</filename> and add "-L/usr/local/lib" | |
214 after "X_LIBS=". Now type <command>make</command>. You're done! | |
9675 | 215 </para></answer> |
216 </qandaentry> | |
217 | |
218 <qandaentry> | |
219 <question><para> | |
220 It doesn't compile, and it misses uint64_t inttypes.h and similar things ... | |
221 </para></question> | |
222 <answer><para> | |
223 Copy <filename>etc/inttypes.h</filename> to the MPlayer directory | |
224 (<command>cp etc/inttypes.h .</command>) and try again ... | |
225 </para></answer> | |
226 </qandaentry> | |
227 | |
228 <qandaentry> | |
229 <question><para> | |
230 I have Linux running on a Pentium III but <filename>./configure</filename> | |
231 doesn't detect SSE ... | |
232 </para></question> | |
233 <answer><para> | |
234 Only kernel versions 2.4.x support SSE (or try 2.2.19 or newer, but be | |
235 prepared for problems). | |
236 </para></answer> | |
237 </qandaentry> | |
238 | |
239 <qandaentry> | |
240 <question><para> | |
10373 | 241 I have a Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550, how do I compile/use the mga_vid driver? |
9675 | 242 </para></question> |
243 <answer><para> | |
10373 | 244 Read the <link linkend="mga_vid">mga_vid</link> section. |
9675 | 245 </para></answer> |
246 </qandaentry> | |
247 | |
248 <qandaentry> | |
249 <question><para> | |
10373 | 250 Hmm, strange. When loading the <filename>mga_vid.o</filename> kernel |
251 module, I found this in the logs: | |
252 <screen>Warning: loading mga_vid.o will taint the kernel: no license</screen> | |
9675 | 253 </para></question> |
254 <answer><para> | |
10373 | 255 The latest kernel modutils require a flag indicating the license |
256 (mainly to avoid kernel hackers debugging closed source drivers). | |
257 Upgrade your kernel, modutils and <application>MPlayer</application>. | |
9675 | 258 </para></answer> |
259 </qandaentry> | |
260 | |
261 <qandaentry> | |
262 <question><para> | |
263 During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't understand, | |
264 I DO have X installed!? | |
265 </para></question> | |
266 <answer><para> | |
267 ... but you don't have the X development package installed. Or not correctly. | |
268 It's called <filename>XFree86-devel*</filename> under Red Hat, and | |
269 <filename>xlibs-dev</filename> under Debian. Also check if the | |
270 <filename class="directory">/usr/X11</filename> and | |
271 <filename class="directory">/usr/include/X11</filename> symlinks exist (this | |
272 can be a problem on Mandrake systems). They can be created with these commands: | |
273 <screen> | |
274 $ ln -sf /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11 | |
275 $ ln -sf /usr/X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11 | |
276 </screen> | |
277 Your distribution may differ from the | |
278 <ulink url="http://www.pathname.com/fhs/">Filesystem Hierarchy Standard</ulink>. | |
279 </para></answer> | |
280 </qandaentry> | |
281 | |
282 <qandaentry> | |
283 <question><para> | |
284 I can't compile SVGAlib. I'm using kernel 2.3/2.4 ... | |
285 </para></question> | |
286 <answer><para> | |
287 You have to edit SVGAlib's <filename>Makefile.cfg</filename> and comment | |
288 <systemitem>BACKGROUND = y</systemitem> out. | |
289 </para></answer> | |
290 </qandaentry> | |
291 | |
292 <qandaentry> | |
293 <question><para> | |
294 I compiled MPlayer with libdvdcss/libdivxdecore support, but when I try to start it, it says: | |
295 <screen> | |
296 error while loading shared libraries: lib*.so.0: cannot load shared object file: No such file or directory | |
297 </screen> | |
298 I checked up on the file and it IS there in <filename class="directory">/usr/local/lib</filename> ... | |
299 </para></question> | |
300 <answer><para> | |
301 Add <filename class="directory">/usr/local/lib</filename> to <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> | |
302 and run <command>ldconfig</command>. | |
303 </para></answer> | |
304 </qandaentry> | |
305 | |
306 <qandaentry> | |
307 <question><para> | |
308 When compiling <application>MEncoder</application>, it segfaults at linking! | |
309 </para></question> | |
310 <answer><para> | |
311 This is a linker problem. Upgrading binutils should help (2.11.92.* | |
312 or newer should be good). Since it is not our fault, please do | |
313 <emphasis role="bold">not</emphasis> report! | |
314 </para></answer> | |
315 </qandaentry> | |
316 | |
317 <qandaentry> | |
318 <question><para> | |
319 MPlayer dies with segmentation fault upon pthread check! | |
320 </para></question> | |
321 <answer><para> | |
322 <command>chmod 644 /usr/lib/libc.so</command> | |
323 </para></answer> | |
324 </qandaentry> | |
325 | |
326 <qandaentry> | |
327 <question><para> | |
328 I'd like to compile <application>MPlayer</application> on Minix! | |
329 </para></question> | |
330 <answer><para> | |
331 Me too. :) | |
332 </para></answer> | |
333 </qandaentry> | |
334 | |
335 </qandadiv> | |
336 | |
337 <qandadiv id="faq-general"> | |
338 <title>General questions</title> | |
10373 | 339 |
9675 | 340 <qandaentry> |
341 <question><para> | |
10373 | 342 Are there any mailing lists on <application>MPlayer</application>? |
9675 | 343 </para></question> |
344 <answer><para> | |
10373 | 345 Yes. See the <link linkend="mailinglists">mailing lists</link> |
346 section. | |
9675 | 347 </para></answer> |
348 </qandaentry> | |
349 | |
350 <qandaentry> | |
351 <question><para> | |
10373 | 352 I've found a nasty bug when I tried to play my favorite video! Who should I inform? |
9675 | 353 </para></question> |
354 <answer><para> | |
10373 | 355 Please read the |
356 <link linkend="bugreports">bug reporting guidelines</link> | |
357 and follow the instructions. | |
9675 | 358 </para></answer> |
359 </qandaentry> | |
360 | |
361 <qandaentry> | |
362 <question><para> | |
10373 | 363 I have problems playing files with the ... codec. Can I use them? |
9675 | 364 </para></question> |
365 <answer><para> | |
10373 | 366 Check the <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html">codec status</ulink>, |
367 if it doesn't contain your codec, read the <link linkend="codecs">codec documentation</link>, | |
368 especially the <link linkend="win32-codecs">codec importing HOWTO</link> and contact us. | |
9675 | 369 </para></answer> |
370 </qandaentry> | |
371 | |
372 <qandaentry> | |
373 <question><para> | |
10373 | 374 When I start playing, I get this message but everything seems fine: |
375 <screen>Linux RTC init: ioctl (rtc_pie_on): Permission denied</screen> | |
9675 | 376 </para></question> |
377 <answer><para> | |
10373 | 378 You need root privileges or a specially set up kernel to use the new timing |
379 code. For details see the <link linkend="rtc">RTC section</link> of the documentation. | |
9675 | 380 </para></answer> |
381 </qandaentry> | |
382 | |
383 <qandaentry> | |
384 <question><para> | |
385 There is a timer in the upper left corner. How can I get rid of it? | |
386 </para></question> | |
387 <answer><para> | |
388 Press <keycap>o</keycap> and try the <option>-osdlevel</option> option. | |
389 </para></answer> | |
390 </qandaentry> | |
391 | |
392 <qandaentry> | |
393 <question><para> | |
394 The <option>-xy</option> or <option>-fs</option> option doesn't work with | |
395 the x11 driver (<option>-vo x11</option>) ... | |
396 </para></question> | |
397 <answer><para> | |
398 It does, but you have to explicitly specify software scaling (very slow) with the | |
399 <option>-zoom</option> option. You better use XF86VidMode support: You must | |
400 specify the <option>-vm</option> and the <option>-fs</option> option, and you're | |
401 done. Make sure you have the right modelines in your <filename>XF86Config</filename> | |
402 file, and try to make the <link linkend="dga">DGA driver</link> and | |
403 <link linkend="sdl">SDL's DGA driver</link> work for you. It's much | |
404 faster. If SDL's DGA works, use that, it'll be even faster. | |
405 </para></answer> | |
406 </qandaentry> | |
407 | |
408 <qandaentry> | |
409 <question><para> | |
410 What is the meaning of the numbers on the status line? | |
411 </para></question> | |
412 <answer><para> | |
413 Example: | |
414 <screen>A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57/57 41% 0% 2.6% 0 4 49%</screen> | |
415 <itemizedlist> | |
416 <listitem><para>A: audio position in seconds</para></listitem> | |
417 <listitem><para>V: video position in seconds</para></listitem> | |
418 <listitem><para>A-V: audio-video difference in seconds (delay)</para></listitem> | |
419 <listitem><para>ct: total A-V sync correction done</para></listitem> | |
420 <listitem><para>frames played (counting from last seek)</para></listitem> | |
421 <listitem><para>frames decoded (counting from last seek)</para></listitem> | |
422 <listitem><para>video codec cpu usage in percent (for slices and DR this includes | |
423 video_out)</para></listitem> | |
424 <listitem><para>video_out cpu usage</para></listitem> | |
425 <listitem><para>audio codec cpu usage in percent</para></listitem> | |
426 <listitem><para>frames needed to drop to maintain A-V sync</para></listitem> | |
427 <listitem><para>current level of image postprocessing (when using | |
428 <option>-autoq</option>)</para></listitem> | |
429 <listitem><para>current cache size used (around 50% is normal)</para></listitem> | |
430 </itemizedlist> | |
431 Most of them are for debug purposes and will be removed at some point. | |
432 </para></answer> | |
433 </qandaentry> | |
434 | |
435 <qandaentry> | |
436 <question><para> | |
437 What if I don't want them to appear? | |
438 </para></question> | |
439 <answer><para> | |
440 Use the <option>-quiet</option> option and read the man page. | |
441 </para></answer> | |
442 </qandaentry> | |
443 | |
444 <qandaentry> | |
445 <question><para> | |
446 Why is video_out cpu usage zero (0%) for some files? | |
447 </para></question> | |
448 <answer><para> | |
449 It's not zero, but it's called from the codec and thus cannot be measured | |
450 separately. You should try to play the file using <option>-vo null</option> and | |
451 then <option>-vo ...</option> and check the difference to see the video_out speed. | |
452 </para></answer> | |
453 <answer><para> | |
454 You are using Direct Rendering, where the codec renders to the video memory | |
455 itself. In this case, the decoding percentage contains the display percentage, too. | |
456 </para></answer> | |
457 </qandaentry> | |
458 | |
459 <qandaentry> | |
460 <question><para> | |
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461 There are error messages about file not found <filename>/usr/local/lib/codecs/</filename> ... |
9675 | 462 </para></question> |
463 <answer><para> | |
464 Download the Win32 codecs from our | |
465 <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/">codecs page</ulink> | |
466 (avifile's codec package has a different DLL set) and install it. | |
467 </para></answer> | |
468 </qandaentry> | |
469 | |
470 <qandaentry> | |
471 <question><para> | |
472 Umm, what is "IdegCounter"? | |
473 </para></question> | |
474 <answer><para> | |
475 A combination of a Hungarian and an English word. "Ideg" in Hungarian | |
476 means the same as "nerve" in English, and is pronounced as something like | |
477 quot;ydaegh". It was first used to measure the nervousness of A'rpi, after | |
478 some (umm) "mysterious" disappearance of CVS code ;) | |
479 </para></answer> | |
480 </qandaentry> | |
481 | |
482 <qandaentry> | |
483 <question><para> | |
10042 | 484 And what is "Faszom(C)ounter"? |
9675 | 485 </para></question> |
486 <answer><para> | |
487 "Fasz" is a Hungarian word you don't want to know, the others are | |
488 connected to the perverted minds of the MPlayer developers. | |
489 </para></answer> | |
490 </qandaentry> | |
491 | |
492 <qandaentry> | |
493 <question><para> | |
494 LIRC doesn't work, because ... | |
495 </para></question> | |
496 <answer><para> | |
497 Are you sure you are using <command>mplayer</command> instead of | |
498 <command>mplayer_lirc</command>? Note that it was <command>mplayer_lirc</command> | |
499 for a long time, including the 0.60 release, but it was recently changed back to | |
500 <command>mplayer</command>. | |
501 </para></answer> | |
502 </qandaentry> | |
503 | |
504 <qandaentry> | |
505 <question><para> | |
506 Subtitles are very nice, the most beautiful I've ever seen, but they | |
507 slow down playing! I know it's unlikely ... | |
508 </para></question> | |
509 <answer><para> | |
510 After running <filename>./configure</filename>, edit <filename>config.h</filename> | |
511 and replace <systemitem>#undef FAST_OSD</systemitem> with | |
512 <systemitem>#define FAST_OSD</systemitem>. Then recompile. | |
513 </para></answer> | |
514 </qandaentry> | |
515 | |
516 <qandaentry> | |
517 <question><para> | |
518 The onscreen display (OSD) is flickering! | |
519 </para></question> | |
520 <answer><para> | |
521 You use a vo driver with single buffering (x11,xv). With xv, use the | |
9677 | 522 <option>-double</option> option. Also try <option>-vf expand</option>. |
9675 | 523 </para></answer> |
524 </qandaentry> | |
525 | |
526 <qandaentry> | |
527 <question><para> | |
528 What exactly is this libavcodec thing? | |
529 </para></question> | |
530 <answer><para> | |
10042 | 531 See the <link linkend="ffmpeg">libavcodec section</link>. |
9675 | 532 </para></answer> |
533 </qandaentry> | |
534 | |
535 <qandaentry> | |
536 <question><para> | |
537 But configure tells me "Checking for libavcodec ... no"! | |
538 </para></question> | |
539 <answer><para> | |
540 You need to get libavcodec from FFmpeg's CVS. Read the instructions in the | |
541 <link linkend="ffmpeg">libavcodec section</link>. | |
542 </para></answer> | |
543 </qandaentry> | |
544 | |
545 <qandaentry> | |
546 <question><para> | |
10042 | 547 Icewm's taskbar keeps covering the movie in fullscreen mode! |
9675 | 548 </para></question> |
549 <answer><para> | |
550 This shouldn't happen anymore, if it still does use the <option>-fstype</option> | |
551 layer option and report it to the <ulink url="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/">mplayer-users</ulink> | |
552 mailing list. | |
553 </para></answer> | |
554 </qandaentry> | |
555 | |
556 <qandaentry> | |
557 <question><para> | |
10042 | 558 I can't access the GUI menu. I press right click, but I can't |
559 access any menu items! | |
560 </para></question> | |
561 <answer><para> | |
562 Are you using FVWM? Try the following: | |
563 <orderedlist> | |
564 <listitem><para>Start -> Settings -> Configuration -> Base Configuration</para></listitem> | |
565 <listitem><para>Set "Use Applications position hints" to "Yes"</para></listitem> | |
566 </orderedlist> | |
567 </para></answer> | |
568 </qandaentry> | |
569 | |
570 <qandaentry> | |
571 <question><para> | |
9675 | 572 How can I run MPlayer in the background? |
573 </para></question> | |
574 <answer><para> | |
575 Use: | |
576 <screen>mplayer <replaceable>options</replaceable> <replaceable>filename</replaceable> < /dev/null &</screen> | |
577 </para></answer> | |
578 </qandaentry> | |
579 </qandadiv> | |
580 | |
581 <qandadiv id="faq-playback"> | |
582 <title>Playback problems</title> | |
10490 | 583 |
584 <qandaentry> | |
585 <question><para> | |
586 I cannot pinpoint the cause of some strange playback problem. | |
587 </para></question> | |
588 <answer><para> | |
589 Do you have a stray <filename>codecs.conf</filename> file in | |
590 <filename>~/.mplayer/</filename>, <filename>/etc/</filename>, | |
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592 outdated <filename>codecs.conf</filename> files can cause obscure |
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593 problems. MPlayer will use its builtin one instead. |
10490 | 594 </para></answer> |
595 </qandaentry> | |
596 | |
9675 | 597 <qandaentry> |
598 <question><para> | |
10373 | 599 ... works with <application>xine/avifile/...</application> but doesn't with |
10042 | 600 <application>MPlayer</application>. |
9675 | 601 </para></question> |
602 <answer><para> | |
10373 | 603 <application>MPlayer</application> is not <application>xine/avifile/...</application>. |
604 Although these players have some code in common, the codecs (DLL) set, | |
605 synchronization, demultiplexing etc is different and should not be | |
606 compared. If you have a file <application>MPlayer</application> fails to | |
607 play correctly but works in another player, please read the | |
608 <link linkend="bugreports">bug reporting guidelines</link> and upload | |
609 the file to our FTP server. | |
9675 | 610 </para></answer> |
611 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 612 |
9675 | 613 <qandaentry> |
614 <question><para> | |
615 Audio goes out of sync playing an AVI file. | |
616 </para></question> | |
617 <answer><para> | |
618 Try the <option>-bps</option> or <option>-nobps</option> option. If it does not | |
619 improve, read <link linkend="bugreports">this</link> and upload the file to FTP. | |
620 </para></answer> | |
621 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 622 |
9675 | 623 <qandaentry> |
624 <question><para> | |
625 <application>MPlayer</application> exits with some error when using <filename>l3codeca.acm</filename>. | |
626 </para></question> | |
627 <answer><para> | |
628 Check <command>ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer</command> output. If it contains | |
629 <screen>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4???????)</screen> | |
630 where "?" is any number then it's OK, the error is not here. If it is: | |
631 <screen>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00??????)</screen> | |
632 then there is a problem with your kernel/libc. Maybe you are using some security | |
633 patches (for example Solar Designer's OpenWall patch) which forces loading | |
634 libraries to very low addresses. Because <filename>l3codeca.acm</filename> is a | |
635 non-relocatable DLL, it must be loaded to <literal>0x00400000</literal>, we can't | |
636 change this. You should use a non-patched kernel, or use MPlayer's | |
637 <option>-afm 1</option> option to disable using <filename>l3codeca.acm</filename>. | |
638 </para></answer> | |
639 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 640 |
9675 | 641 <qandaentry> |
642 <question><para> | |
643 My computer plays MS DivX AVIs with resolutions ~ 640x300 and stereo mp3 sound | |
644 too slow. When I use <option>-nosound</option> option, everything is OK (but quiet). | |
645 </para></question> | |
646 <answer><para> | |
647 Your machine is too slow or your soundcard driver is broken. Consult the | |
648 documentation to see if you can improve performance. | |
649 </para></answer> | |
650 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 651 |
9675 | 652 <qandaentry> |
653 <question><para> | |
654 <application>MPlayer</application> dies with "MPlayer interrupted by | |
655 signal 4 in module: decode_video". | |
656 </para></question> | |
657 <answer><para> | |
658 Try running MPlayer on the machine you compiled on. Or recompile with runtime | |
659 CPU detection (<command>./configure --enable-runtime-cpudetection</command>). | |
660 Don't use MPlayer on a CPU different from the one it was compiled on, without | |
661 using the feature mentioned just now. | |
662 </para></answer> | |
663 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 664 |
9675 | 665 <qandaentry> |
666 <question><para> | |
667 I have problems with [your window manager] and fullscreen xv/xmga/sdl/x11 modes ... | |
668 </para></question> | |
669 <answer><para> | |
670 Read the <link linkend="bugreports">bug reporting guidelines</link> and send us | |
671 a proper bug report. | |
672 </para></answer> | |
673 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 674 |
9675 | 675 <qandaentry> |
676 <question><para> | |
677 I got this playing MPEG files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001! | |
678 </para></question> | |
679 <answer><para> | |
10407 | 680 You have an old version of <filename>codecs.conf</filename> in |
10403 | 681 <filename class="directory">~/.mplayer/</filename>, |
682 <filename class="directory">/etc/</filename>, | |
683 <filename class="directory">/usr/local/etc/</filename> or similar. Remove it. | |
9675 | 684 <emphasis role="bold">OR</emphasis> you have the <option>vc=</option> option or |
685 something similar in your config file(s). | |
686 </para></answer> | |
687 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 688 |
9675 | 689 <qandaentry> |
690 <question><para> | |
691 When starting <application>MPlayer</application> under KDE I just get a black | |
692 screen and nothing happens. After about one minute the video starts playing. | |
693 </para></question> | |
694 <answer><para> | |
695 The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device. Either wait until the | |
696 video starts or disable the arts-daemon in kontrol center. If you want to use | |
697 arts sound, specify audio output via our native arts audio driver | |
698 (<option>-ao arts</option>). If it fails or isn't compiled in, try SDL | |
699 (<option>-ao sdl</option>) and make sure your SDL can handle arts sound. Yet | |
10042 | 700 another option is to start <application>MPlayer</application> with artsdsp. |
9675 | 701 </para></answer> |
702 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 703 |
9675 | 704 <qandaentry> |
705 <question><para> | |
706 I have an AVI that produces a gray screen when played with <option>-vc odivx</option> | |
707 and a green one with <option>-vc divx4</option>. | |
708 </para></question> | |
709 <answer><para> | |
10407 | 710 It's not a DivX file, but an MS MPEG4v3. |
711 If you have an old version of <filename>codecs.conf</filename> in | |
712 <filename class="directory">~/.mplayer/</filename>, | |
713 <filename class="directory">/etc/</filename>, | |
714 <filename class="directory">/usr/local/etc/</filename> or similar, remove it. | |
9675 | 715 </para></answer> |
716 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 717 |
9675 | 718 <qandaentry> |
719 <question><para> | |
720 When I play this movie I get video-audio desync and/or <application>MPlayer</application> | |
721 crashes with the following message: | |
722 <screen>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</screen> | |
723 </para></question> | |
724 <answer><para> | |
725 This can have multiple reasons. | |
726 <itemizedlist> | |
727 <listitem><para> | |
728 Your CPU <emphasis role="bold">and/or</emphasis> video card <emphasis role="bold">and/or</emphasis> | |
729 bus is too slow. MPlayer displays a message if this is the case (and the | |
730 dropped frames counter goes up fast). | |
731 </para></listitem> | |
732 <listitem><para> | |
733 If it is an AVI, maybe it has bad interleaving. Try the <option>-ni</option> option. | |
734 </para></listitem> | |
735 <listitem><para> | |
736 Your sound driver is buggy, or you use ALSA 0.5 with <option>-ao oss</option>. | |
737 See the <link linkend="audio-dev">sound card section</link>. | |
738 </para></listitem> | |
739 <listitem><para> | |
740 The AVI has a bad header, try the <option>-nobps</option> option, and/or <option>-mc 0</option>. | |
741 </para></listitem> | |
742 </itemizedlist> | |
743 </para></answer> | |
744 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 745 |
9675 | 746 <qandaentry> |
747 <question><para> | |
748 I have an MJPEG file which works with other players but displays only a black image in | |
749 <application>MPlayer</application> | |
750 </para></question> | |
751 <answer><para> | |
10407 | 752 Use another codec to play the file, try <option>-vc ffmjpeg</option>. |
9675 | 753 </para></answer> |
754 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 755 |
9675 | 756 <qandaentry> |
757 <question><para> | |
758 When I try to grab from my tuner, it works, but colors are strange. It's OK with other | |
759 applications. | |
760 </para></question> | |
761 <answer><para> | |
762 Your card probably misreports its colorspace capacity. Try with YUY2 instead of | |
10373 | 763 default YV12 (see the <link linkend="tv-input">TV</link> section). |
9675 | 764 </para></answer> |
765 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 766 |
9675 | 767 <qandaentry> |
768 <question><para> | |
769 I have A/V sync problems. Some of my AVIs play fine, but some play with double speed! | |
770 </para></question> | |
771 <answer><para> | |
772 You have a buggy sound card/driver. Most likely it's fixed at 44100Hz, and you | |
773 try to play a file which has 22050Hz audio. Try the resample audio plugin. | |
774 </para></answer> | |
775 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 776 |
9675 | 777 <qandaentry> |
778 <question><para> | |
779 All the WMV (or other..) files I play create a green/gray window and there is | |
780 only sound! <application>MPlayer</application> prints: | |
781 <screen>Detected video codec: [null] drv:0 (NULL codec (no decoding))</screen> | |
782 </para></question> | |
783 <answer><para> | |
10407 | 784 If you have an old version of <filename>codecs.conf</filename> in |
785 <filename class="directory">~/.mplayer/</filename>, | |
786 <filename class="directory">/etc/</filename>, | |
787 <filename class="directory">/usr/local/etc/</filename> or similar, remove it. | |
9675 | 788 </para></answer> |
789 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 790 |
9675 | 791 <qandaentry> |
792 <question><para> | |
793 I get very strange percentage values (way too big) while playing files on my notebook. | |
794 </para></question> | |
795 <answer><para> | |
796 It's an effect of the power management / power saving system of your notebook | |
10042 | 797 (BIOS, not kernel). Plug the external power connector in |
798 <emphasis role="bold">before</emphasis> you power on your notebook. You can also | |
799 try whether <ulink url="http://www.brodo.de/cpufreq/">cpufreq</ulink> | |
800 (a SpeedStep interface for Linux) helps you. | |
9675 | 801 </para></answer> |
802 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 803 |
9675 | 804 <qandaentry> |
805 <question><para> | |
806 The audio/video gets totally out of sync when I run <application>MPlayer</application> | |
807 as root on my notebook. It works normal when i run it as a user. | |
808 </para></question> | |
809 <answer><para> | |
810 This is again a power management effect (see above). Plug the external power | |
811 connector in <emphasis role="bold">before</emphasis> you power on your notebook | |
812 or use the <option>-nortc</option> option. | |
813 </para></answer> | |
814 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 815 |
816 <qandaentry> | |
9722 | 817 <question><para> |
10042 | 818 While playing a movie it suddenly gets jerky and I get the following message: |
9722 | 819 <screen>Badly interleaved AVI file detected - switching to -ni mode...</screen> |
820 </para></question> | |
821 <answer><para> | |
10042 | 822 Badly interleaved files and <option>-cache</option> don't work well together. |
9722 | 823 Try <option>-nocache</option>. |
824 </para></answer> | |
825 </qandaentry> | |
9675 | 826 </qandadiv> |
827 | |
828 <qandadiv id="faq-driver"> | |
829 <title>Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</title> | |
830 <qandaentry> | |
831 <question><para> | |
832 I have no sound when playing a video and get error messages similar to this one: | |
833 <screen> | |
834 AO: [oss] 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian) | |
835 audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy | |
836 couldn't open/init audio device -> NOSOUND | |
837 Audio: no sound!!! | |
838 Start playing... | |
839 </screen> | |
840 </para></question> | |
841 <answer><para> | |
842 Are you running KDE or GNOME with the ARTS or ESD sound daemon? Try disabling | |
843 the sound daemon or use the <option>-ao arts</option> or <option>-ao esd</option> | |
844 option to make MPlayer use ARTS or ESD. | |
845 </para></answer> | |
846 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 847 |
9675 | 848 <qandaentry> |
849 <question><para> | |
850 What about the DGA driver? I can't find it! | |
851 </para></question> | |
852 <answer><para> | |
853 <filename>./configure</filename> autodetects your DGA driver. If <option>-vo help</option> | |
854 doesn't show DGA, then there's a problem with your X installation. Try | |
855 <command>./configure --enable-dga</command> and read the | |
10373 | 856 <link linkend="dga">DGA</link> section. Alternatively, try SDL's DGA driver |
9675 | 857 with the <option>-vo sdl:dga</option> option. |
858 </para></answer> | |
859 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 860 |
9675 | 861 <qandaentry> |
862 <question><para> | |
863 OK, <option>-vo help</option> shows DGA driver, but it complains about permissions. | |
864 Help me! | |
865 </para></question> | |
866 <answer><para> | |
867 It works only if running as root! It's a DGA limitation. You should become root | |
868 (<command>su -</command>), and try again. Another solution is making MPlayer SUID | |
869 root, but it's not recommended! | |
870 <screen> | |
871 chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer | |
872 chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/mplayer | |
873 chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer | |
874 </screen> | |
875 <warning><para> | |
876 This is a <emphasis role="bold">big</emphasis> security risk! <emphasis role="bold">Never</emphasis> | |
877 do this on a server or on a computer that you do not control completely because | |
878 other users can gain root privileges through SUID root MPlayer. | |
879 <emphasis role="bold">You have been warned</emphasis>. | |
880 </para></warning> | |
881 </para></answer> | |
882 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 883 |
9675 | 884 <qandaentry> |
885 <question><para> | |
886 When using Xvideo, my Voodoo 3/Banshee says: | |
887 <screen> | |
888 X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied) | |
889 Major opcode of failed request: 147 (MIT-SHM) | |
890 Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (X_ShmAttach) | |
891 Serial number of failed request: 26 | |
892 Current serial number in output stream:27 | |
893 </screen> | |
894 </para></question> | |
895 <answer><para> | |
896 The "tdfx" driver in XFree86 4.0.2/4.0.3 had this bug. This was | |
897 solved by <ulink url="http://www.xfree86.org/cvs/changes_4_1.html">bugfix #621 | |
898 of the XFree86 4.1.0 CVS log</ulink>. So upgrade to XFree86 4.1.0 or later. | |
899 Alternatively, either download (at least) DRI version 0.6 from the | |
900 <ulink url="http://dri.sourceforge.net">DRI homepage</ulink>, or use CVS DRI. | |
901 </para></answer> | |
902 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 903 |
9675 | 904 <qandaentry> |
905 <question><para> | |
906 OpenGL (<option>-vo gl</option>) output doesn't work (hang/black window/X11 | |
907 errors/...). | |
908 </para></question> | |
909 <answer><para> | |
910 Your OpenGL driver doesn't support dynamic texture changes (glTexSubImage). | |
911 It's known not to work with nVidia's binary mess. It's known to work with | |
912 Utah-GLX/DRI and Matrox G400 cards. Also with DRI and Radeon cards. It won't | |
913 work with DRI and other cards. it will not work with 3DFX cards because of | |
914 the 256x256 texture size limit. | |
915 </para></answer> | |
916 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 917 |
9675 | 918 <qandaentry> |
919 <question><para> | |
920 I have an nVidia TNT/TNT2 card, and I have a band with strange colors, right | |
921 under the movie! Whose fault is this? | |
922 </para></question> | |
923 <answer><para> | |
924 This is a bug of nVidia's binary X driver. These bugs appear ONLY with the | |
925 TNT/TNT2 cards, and we can't do anything about it. To fix the problem, upgrade | |
926 to the latest nVidia binary driver version. If still bad, complain to nVidia! | |
927 </para></answer> | |
928 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 929 |
9675 | 930 <qandaentry> |
931 <question><para> | |
932 I have an nVidia XYZ card, and when I click on the GUI's display window to | |
933 toggle displaying the GUI panel, a black square appears where I clicked. I have | |
934 the newest driver. | |
935 </para></question> | |
936 <answer><para> | |
937 Yes, nVidia corrected a previous bug (above), and introduced a new one. | |
938 Let's congratulate them. UPDATE: According to <link linkend="nvidia">nVidia</link>, | |
939 this has already been fixed. | |
940 </para></answer> | |
941 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 942 |
9675 | 943 <qandaentry> |
944 <question><para> | |
945 Oh the world is cruel ...! SDL has only <systemitem>x11</systemitem> target, | |
946 but not <systemitem>xv</systemitem>! | |
947 </para></question> | |
948 <answer><para> | |
949 Try that <systemitem>x11</systemitem> target again. Now try <option>-vo x11 | |
950 -fs -zoom</option>. See the difference? No?! OK, here comes the enlightenment: | |
951 SDL's <systemitem>x11</systemitem> target uses xv when available, you don't have | |
952 to worry about it ... Note: you can force/disable Xv via SDL using | |
953 <option>-forcexv</option> and <option>-noxv</option> | |
954 </para></answer> | |
955 </qandaentry> | |
956 </qandadiv> | |
957 | |
958 <qandadiv id="faq-dvd"> | |
959 <title>DVD playback</title> | |
960 <qandaentry> | |
961 <question><para> | |
962 What about DVD navigation? | |
963 </para></question> | |
964 <answer><para> | |
965 Support for dvdnav in <application>MPlayer</application> is currently broken, | |
966 normal playback does work, though. If you want to have fancy menus, you will | |
967 have to use another player like <application>Xine</application> or | |
968 <application>Ogle</application>. If you care about DVD navigation, send a | |
969 <ulink url="../../tech/patches.txt">patch</ulink>. | |
970 </para></answer> | |
971 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 972 |
9675 | 973 <qandaentry> |
974 <question><para> | |
975 While playing a DVD, I encountered this error: | |
976 <screen>mplayer: ifo_read.c:1143: ifoRead_C_ADT_internal: Assertion nfo_length / sizeof(cell_adr_t) >= c_adt->nr_of_vobs' failed.</screen> | |
977 </para></question> | |
978 <answer><para> | |
979 This is a known libdvdread 0.9.1/0.9.2 bug. Use <emphasis role="bold">libmpdvdkit2</emphasis>, | |
980 which is present in <application>MPlayer</application> source, and used by default. | |
981 </para></answer> | |
982 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 983 |
9675 | 984 <qandaentry> |
985 <question><para> | |
10042 | 986 Can I compile libdvdread and libdvdcss on my sweet SPARC under Solaris? |
987 </para></question> | |
988 <answer><para> | |
989 Who knows ... It's said to work, so please test it and send feedback. Refer to | |
990 the documentation of libdvdread and its homepage as well. We're not the authors | |
991 of libdvdread. Use <emphasis role="bold">libmpdvdkit2</emphasis>, which is present | |
992 in <application>MPlayer</application> source, and used by default. | |
993 </para></answer> | |
994 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 995 |
10042 | 996 <qandaentry> |
997 <question><para> | |
9675 | 998 What about subtitles? Can MPlayer display them? |
999 </para></question> | |
1000 <answer><para> | |
10373 | 1001 Yes. See the <link linkend="dvd">DVD chapter</link>. |
9675 | 1002 </para></answer> |
1003 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 1004 |
9675 | 1005 <qandaentry> |
1006 <question><para> | |
1007 How can I set the region code of my DVD-drive? I don't have Windows! | |
1008 </para></question> | |
1009 <answer><para> | |
10042 | 1010 Use the <ulink url="http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvd/dvd_disc_20000215.tar.gz">regionset tool</ulink>. |
9675 | 1011 </para></answer> |
1012 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 1013 |
9675 | 1014 <qandaentry> |
1015 <question><para> | |
1016 Do I need to be (setuid) root/setuid fibmap_mplayer to be able to play a DVD? | |
1017 </para></question> | |
1018 <answer><para> | |
1019 No, only for old-style DVD support. However you must have the proper rights | |
1020 on the DVD device entry (in <filename class="directory">/dev/</filename>). | |
1021 </para></answer> | |
1022 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 1023 |
9675 | 1024 <qandaentry> |
1025 <question><para> | |
1026 Where can I get libdvdread and libdvdcss packages? | |
1027 </para></question> | |
1028 <answer><para> | |
1029 You don't need to. Use <emphasis role="bold">libmpdvdkit2</emphasis>, which is | |
1030 present in the MPlayer source, and used by default. You can get the mentioned | |
1031 packages from the <ulink url="http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/">Ogle site</ulink>. | |
1032 </para></answer> | |
1033 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 1034 |
9675 | 1035 <qandaentry> |
1036 <question><para> | |
1037 Is it possible to play/encode only selected chapters? | |
1038 </para></question> | |
1039 <answer><para> | |
1040 Yes, try the <option>-chapter</option> option. | |
1041 </para></answer> | |
1042 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 1043 |
9675 | 1044 <qandaentry> |
1045 <question><para> | |
1046 My DVD playback is sluggish! | |
1047 </para></question> | |
1048 <answer><para> | |
1049 Use the <option>-cache</option> option (described in the man page) and try | |
1050 enabling DMA for the DVD drive with the <command>hdparm</command> tool (described | |
10373 | 1051 in the <link linkend="drives">CD chapter</link>). |
9675 | 1052 </para></answer> |
1053 </qandaentry> | |
1054 </qandadiv> | |
1055 | |
1056 <qandadiv id="faq-features"> | |
1057 <title>Feature requests</title> | |
1058 <qandaentry> | |
1059 <question><para> | |
1060 If MPlayer is paused and I try to seek or press any key at all, MPlayer | |
1061 ceases to be paused. I would like to be able to seek in the paused movie. | |
1062 </para></question> | |
1063 <answer><para> | |
1064 This is very tricky to implement without losing A/V synchronization. | |
1065 All attempts have failed so far, but patches are welcome. | |
1066 </para></answer> | |
1067 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 1068 |
9675 | 1069 <qandaentry> |
1070 <question><para> | |
1071 I'd like to seek +/- 1 frames instead of 10 seconds. | |
1072 </para></question> | |
1073 <answer><para> | |
1074 This won't be done. It was, but then it messed up A/V sync. | |
1075 Feel free to implement it, and send a patch. Don't ask for it. | |
1076 </para></answer> | |
1077 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 1078 |
9675 | 1079 <qandaentry> |
1080 <question><para> | |
1081 How can I make MPlayer remember the options I use for this particular file? | |
1082 </para></question> | |
1083 <answer><para> | |
1084 Create a file named <filename>movie.avi.conf</filename> with the file-specific | |
1085 options in it and put it in <filename class="directory">~/.mplayer</filename> or | |
1086 in the same directory as the file. | |
1087 </para></answer> | |
1088 </qandaentry> | |
1089 </qandadiv> | |
1090 | |
1091 <qandadiv id="faq-encoding"> | |
1092 <title>Encoding</title> | |
1093 <qandaentry> | |
1094 <question><para> | |
10042 | 1095 How can I encode? |
1096 </para></question> | |
1097 <answer><para> | |
10373 | 1098 Read the <link linkend="mencoder">MEncoder</link> section. |
10042 | 1099 </para></answer> |
1100 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 1101 |
10042 | 1102 <qandaentry> |
1103 <question><para> | |
1104 How can I create VCDs? | |
1105 </para></question> | |
1106 <answer><para> | |
1107 Try the <filename>mencvcd</filename> script from the <filename class="directory">TOOLS</filename> | |
1108 subdirectory. With it you can encode DVDs or other movies to VCD or SVCD format | |
1109 and even burn them directly to CD. | |
1110 </para></answer> | |
1111 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 1112 |
10042 | 1113 <qandaentry> |
1114 <question><para> | |
1115 How can I join two video files? | |
1116 </para></question> | |
1117 <answer><para> | |
1118 This has been discussed to no end on mplayer-users. Go search the | |
1119 <ulink url="http://mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/htsearch?restrict=/mplayer-users/">archives</ulink> | |
1120 for a complete answer. This is a complicated topic and your mileage may vary a | |
1121 lot depending on the kind of files you want to merge. MPEGs can be concatenated | |
1122 into a single file with luck. For AVIs there are two tools, | |
1123 <ulink url="http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/">avidemux</ulink> and | |
1124 <application>avimerge</application> (part of the | |
1125 <ulink url="http://www.theorie.physik.uni-goettingen.de/~ostreich/transcode/">transcode</ulink> | |
1126 tool set), available that might do the job. You can also try <application>MEncoder</application> | |
1127 if you have two files sharing the same dimensions and codec. Try | |
1128 <screen> | |
1129 cat file1 file2 > file3 | |
1130 mencoder -ovc copy -oac copy -o out.avi -forceidx file3.avi | |
1131 </screen> | |
1132 </para></answer> | |
1133 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 1134 |
10042 | 1135 <qandaentry> |
1136 <question><para> | |
1137 My tuner works, I can hear the sound and watch the video with <application>MPlayer</application>, | |
1138 but <application>MEncoder</application> doesn't encode audio! | |
9675 | 1139 </para></question> |
1140 <answer><para> | |
1141 TV audio encoding for Linux is currently unimplemented, we're working | |
1142 on it. At the moment it works only on BSD. | |
1143 </para></answer> | |
1144 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 1145 |
9675 | 1146 <qandaentry> |
1147 <question><para> | |
1148 I can't encode DVD subtitles into the AVI! | |
1149 </para></question> | |
1150 <answer><para> | |
1151 You have to specify the <option>-sid</option> option correctly! | |
1152 </para></answer> | |
1153 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 1154 |
9675 | 1155 <qandaentry> |
1156 <question><para> | |
10042 | 1157 <application>MEncoder</application> segfaults on startup! |
9675 | 1158 </para></question> |
1159 <answer><para> | |
1160 Upgrade DivX4Linux. | |
1161 </para></answer> | |
1162 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 1163 |
9675 | 1164 <qandaentry> |
1165 <question><para> | |
1166 How can I encode only selected chapters from a DVD? | |
1167 </para></question> | |
1168 <answer><para> | |
1169 Use the <option>-chapter</option> option correctly, like: <option>-chapter 5-7</option> | |
1170 </para></answer> | |
1171 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 1172 |
9675 | 1173 <qandaentry> |
1174 <question><para> | |
1175 I'm trying to work with 2GB+ files on a VFAT file system. Does it work? | |
1176 </para></question> | |
1177 <answer><para> | |
1178 No, VFAT doesn't support 2GB+ files. | |
1179 </para></answer> | |
1180 </qandaentry> | |
10373 | 1181 |
9675 | 1182 <qandaentry> |
1183 <question><para> | |
10042 | 1184 Why is the recommended bitrate printed by <application>MEncoder</application> negative? |
9675 | 1185 </para></question> |
1186 <answer><para> | |
1187 Because the bitrate you encoded the audio with is too large to fit the | |
1188 movie on any CD. Check if you have libmp3lame installed properly. | |
1189 </para></answer> | |
1190 </qandaentry> | |
10448 | 1191 |
1192 <qandaentry> | |
1193 <question><para> | |
1194 I can't encode ASF files to AVI/DivX because it uses 1000 fps? | |
1195 </para></question> | |
1196 <answer><para> | |
1197 Because ASF uses variable frame rate but AVI uses a fixed one, you | |
10461 | 1198 have to set it by hand using <option>-ofps</option>. |
10448 | 1199 </para></answer> |
1200 </qandaentry> | |
1201 | |
9675 | 1202 </qandadiv> |
1203 </qandaset> | |
1204 | |
1205 </chapter> |