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1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	6 <P><B><A NAME=5>5. FAQ section</A></B></P>
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1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	10 <TD COLSPAN=3><P><B><A NAME=5.1><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.1 Compilation</A></B></P>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	11 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
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1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	13 <TD>  </TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
2117 e3086808ee19 new Q/A gabucino parents: 2097 diff changeset	14 What does "No such file or directory" means ?
e3086808ee19 new Q/A gabucino parents: 2097 diff changeset	15 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
e3086808ee19 new Q/A gabucino parents: 2097 diff changeset	16 Probably there is no such file or directory.
e3086808ee19 new Q/A gabucino parents: 2097 diff changeset	17 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
e3086808ee19 new Q/A gabucino parents: 2097 diff changeset	18
e3086808ee19 new Q/A gabucino parents: 2097 diff changeset	19 <TD>  </TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	20 What's the problem with gcc 2.96 ?
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	21 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	22 gcc 2.96 is RedHat's UNOFFICIAL (it can be found only on RedHat sites, or
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	23 RedHat distributions) and BUGGY gcc release. gcc 2.96 is TOTALLY
2092 7ef08e76e77a gcc warnings fixed/added (sigh, a new one always comes out:) gabucino parents: 2091 diff changeset	24 unsupported by <B>MPlayer</B>, because it simply SKIPS MMX/3DNow codes, it just does
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	25 not compile it. Important: this is NOT an <B>MPlayer</B>-specific problem,
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	26 numerous other projects (DRI, avifile, etc..) have problems with this shit
2092 7ef08e76e77a gcc warnings fixed/added (sigh, a new one always comes out:) gabucino parents: 2091 diff changeset	27 too.<BR>
7ef08e76e77a gcc warnings fixed/added (sigh, a new one always comes out:) gabucino parents: 2091 diff changeset	28 <B><I>DO NOT USE gcc 2.96 !!!</I></B><BR>
7ef08e76e77a gcc warnings fixed/added (sigh, a new one always comes out:) gabucino parents: 2091 diff changeset	29 If you really really want to do so, be sure to use the newest.
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	30 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	31
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	32 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	33 Great, I have gcc 3.0.1 from RedHat/Mandrake, then I'm fine--!
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	34 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	35 No. There are issues with those, either. :( Use 2.95.x series, those are reliable,
2092 7ef08e76e77a gcc warnings fixed/added (sigh, a new one always comes out:) gabucino parents: 2091 diff changeset	36 and faster than 2.96 and 3.x.x . If you really really wish to use 3.0.x , be
2097 ba2f9b02e94f gccglibc baszas gabucino parents: 2092 diff changeset	37 sure to always use the newest.
2092 7ef08e76e77a gcc warnings fixed/added (sigh, a new one always comes out:) gabucino parents: 2091 diff changeset	38 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
7ef08e76e77a gcc warnings fixed/added (sigh, a new one always comes out:) gabucino parents: 2091 diff changeset	39
7ef08e76e77a gcc warnings fixed/added (sigh, a new one always comes out:) gabucino parents: 2091 diff changeset	40 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
7ef08e76e77a gcc warnings fixed/added (sigh, a new one always comes out:) gabucino parents: 2091 diff changeset	41 I tried to compile MPlayer, but I got this output:<BR>
7ef08e76e77a gcc warnings fixed/added (sigh, a new one always comes out:) gabucino parents: 2091 diff changeset	42 <PRE>
7ef08e76e77a gcc warnings fixed/added (sigh, a new one always comes out:) gabucino parents: 2091 diff changeset	43 In file included from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/std_cwchar.h:42,
7ef08e76e77a gcc warnings fixed/added (sigh, a new one always comes out:) gabucino parents: 2091 diff changeset	44 from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/fpos.h:40,
7ef08e76e77a gcc warnings fixed/added (sigh, a new one always comes out:) gabucino parents: 2091 diff changeset	45 from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/char_traits.h:40,
7ef08e76e77a gcc warnings fixed/added (sigh, a new one always comes out:) gabucino parents: 2091 diff changeset	46 from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/std_string.h:41,
7ef08e76e77a gcc warnings fixed/added (sigh, a new one always comes out:) gabucino parents: 2091 diff changeset	47 from /usr/include/g++-v3/string:31,
7ef08e76e77a gcc warnings fixed/added (sigh, a new one always comes out:) gabucino parents: 2091 diff changeset	48 from libwin32.h:36,
7ef08e76e77a gcc warnings fixed/added (sigh, a new one always comes out:) gabucino parents: 2091 diff changeset	49 from DS_AudioDecoder.h:4,
7ef08e76e77a gcc warnings fixed/added (sigh, a new one always comes out:) gabucino parents: 2091 diff changeset	50 from DS_AudioDec.cpp:5:
7ef08e76e77a gcc warnings fixed/added (sigh, a new one always comes out:) gabucino parents: 2091 diff changeset	51 /usr/include/wchar.h: In function Long long int wcstoq(const wchar_t*,
7ef08e76e77a gcc warnings fixed/added (sigh, a new one always comes out:) gabucino parents: 2091 diff changeset	52 wchar_t**, int)':
7ef08e76e77a gcc warnings fixed/added (sigh, a new one always comes out:) gabucino parents: 2091 diff changeset	53 /usr/include/wchar.h:514: cannot convert `const wchar_t* __restrict' to
7ef08e76e77a gcc warnings fixed/added (sigh, a new one always comes out:) gabucino parents: 2091 diff changeset	54 `const
7ef08e76e77a gcc warnings fixed/added (sigh, a new one always comes out:) gabucino parents: 2091 diff changeset	55 </PRE>
7ef08e76e77a gcc warnings fixed/added (sigh, a new one always comes out:) gabucino parents: 2091 diff changeset	56 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
2097 ba2f9b02e94f gccglibc baszas gabucino parents: 2092 diff changeset	57 Upgrade your glibc to the newest. On Mandrake, use 2.2.4-8mdk .
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	58 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	59
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	60 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
2137 d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	61 ...gcc 2.96... (yes, some people are STILL flaming about their gcc 2.96!!)
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	62 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	63 <P>But we has idegs (the word 'ideg' is described further in the FAQ). And our
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	64 idegcounters overflow again and again.</P>
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	65
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	66 <P>Unfortunately MPlayer is out of our control. It's used by lamers, Linux users
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	67 who can't even use windows, and never tried to compile a kernel. They installed
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	68 (with default options) Mandrake or RedHat or Suse, and without RTFM'ing they
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	69 send messages saying 'it doesn't work! help me! please! i'm new to the linux!
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	70 help! oh! help me!'. We can't stop them, but at least we try to force them RTFM
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	71 and to read fuckin' messages of ./configure and mplayer.</P>
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	72
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	73 <P>And you clever guys come and flame us with gcc 2.96 and binary packages.
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	74 Instead of helping users or making patches to help solve problems.</P>
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	75
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	76 <P>Half of our spare/free time is spent by answering silly mails here and
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	77 making newer tricks and checks to configure to avoid such mails.</P>
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	78
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	79 <P>And there is a balance. On one hand are you, clever guys, saying we are very
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	80 bad because we don't like buggy gcc 2.96, and at the other hand there are the
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	81 'new to linux' guys who are showing us gcc 2.96 is buggy.</P>
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	82
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	83 <P>Conclusinion: we can't be good. Half of people always will say we are bad.</P>
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	84
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	85 <P>Maybe we should close the project, make it closed source, commercial, and
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	86 provide install support for it. then we could leave current work, so
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	87 development could go faster, and we earn lots of money with it and buy a big
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	88 house, etc etc. Do you really want it? It seems.</P>
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	89
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	90 <P ALIGN=RIGHT>Arpi (a mail on the mplayer-users list)</P>
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	91 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	92
d756279ea665 I liked this mail very much gabucino parents: 2117 diff changeset	93 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	94 SDL output doesn't work or compile. Problem is ....
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	95 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	96 It is tested with newest SDL (probably runs on 1.1.7+).
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	97 It does NOT work with 1.1.6, 1.1.5 1.1.4 1.1.3 1.0.4 etc, don't ask.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	98 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	99
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	100 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	101 I am still having trouble compiling with SDL support. gcc says something
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	102 about "undefined reference to `SDL_EnableKeyRepeat'" What's now?
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	103 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	104 Where did you install the SDL library? If you installed in /usr/local
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	105 (the default) then edit the top level config.mak and add
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	106 "-L/usr/local/lib " after "X_LIBS=" Now type make. You're done!
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	107 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	108
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	109 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	110 It doesn't compile, and it misses uint64_t inttypes.h and similar things...
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	111 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	112 copy etc/inttypes.h to <B>MPlayer</B> directory (cp etc/inttypes.h .)
1774 6ad9ce536cf9 * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1731 diff changeset	113 try again...
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	114 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	115
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1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	117 I have Pentium III but ./configure doesn't detect SSE
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	118 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	119 Only kernel versions 2.4.x supports SSE (or try latest 2.2.19 or newer, but
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	120 be prepared for problems)
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	121 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	122
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	123 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	124 I have G200/G400, how to compile/use mga_vid driver?
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	125 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	126 Read all this documentation.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	127 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	128
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1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	130 Are there rpm/deb/... packages of <B>MPlayer</B>?
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	131 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	132 You can make a .deb package for yourself, check section <A HREF="documentation.html#6.1">6.1</A>.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	133 It's _STRONGLY_ discouraged to use precompiled packages
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	134 of <B>MPlayer</B>, since it (currently) _highly_ depends on compile-time
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	135 options and optimizations!
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	136 Precompiled packages are COMPLETELY unsupported by the <B>MPlayer</B> team!
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	137 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	138
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1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	140 During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't understand,
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	141 I DO have X installed!?
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	142 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	143 ...but you don't have the X development package installed. Or not
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	144 correctly. It's called XFree86-devel* under RedHat, and xlib6g-dev* under
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	145 Debian. Also check if the /usr/X11 symlink exists (this can be a problem on
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	146 Mandrake systems). It can be created with the<BR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	147     <CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11</CODE><BR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	148 command. Also check the /usr/include/X11 link :<BR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	149     <CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</CODE><BR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	150 Your distribution may differ from the Linux Filesystem Standard.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	151 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	152
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	153 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	154 What about DGA driver? I can't find it!!!
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	155 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	156 ./configure autodetects your DGA driver. If -vo help doesn't show
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	157 DGA, then there's a problem with your X installation.
1785 5bf17e98893a * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1774 diff changeset	158 Try ./configure --enable-dga (and RTFM)
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	159 Alternatively, try SDL's DGA driver with '-vo sdl:dga' options.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	160 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	161
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	162 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	163 I can't compile SVGAlib.. I'm using 2.3/2.4 kernel.
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	164 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	165 You have to edit SVGAlib's Makefile.cfg and comment "BACKGROUND = y" out.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	166 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	167
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	168 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
2001 05189dbfb847 more fixes gabucino parents: 1987 diff changeset	169 I compiled MPlayer with libdvdcss/libdivxdecore support, but when
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	170 I try to start it, it says:<BR>
2001 05189dbfb847 more fixes gabucino parents: 1987 diff changeset	171 <CODE>> error while loading shared libraries: lib*.so.0: cannot load
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	172 shared object file: No such file or directory</CODE><BR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	173 I checked up on the file and it IS there in /usr/local/lib.
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	174 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	175 What are you doing on Linux? Can't you install a library? Why do
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	176 we get these questions? It's not <B>MPlayer</B> specific at all! Add
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	177 /usr/local/lib to <B>/etc/ld.so.conf</B> and run <B>ldconfig</B> .
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	178 Or install it to /usr/lib , because if you can't solve the /usr/local
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	179 problem, you are careless enough to do such things.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	180 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	181
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	182 <TD COLSPAN=3><B><A NAME=5.2><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.2. General questions</A></B>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	183 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	184
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	185 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1785 5bf17e98893a * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1774 diff changeset	186 What about DVD playing ?
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	187 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	188 Read the CD/DVD section .
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	189 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	190
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	191 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	192 -xy option doesn't work with x11 driver (-vo x11)
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	193 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	194 x11 driver doesn't support scaling, but XF86VidMode support is now
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	195 used: you must specify the -vm and the -fs switch, and you're done.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	196 Make sure you have the right Modelines in your XF86Config file, and
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	197 try if the DGA driver (and SDL's DGA driver, see RTFM) works for you.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	198 It's much faster. If SDL's DGA works too, use that, it'll be EVEN faster!
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	199 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	200
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	201 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	202 What is the meaning of numbers in the status line?
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	203 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	204 See: <CODE><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57 41% 0% 2.6% 0 4</CODE><BR>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	205 <UL>
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	206 <LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A: audio position in seconds
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	207 <LI>V: video position in seconds
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	208 <LI>A-V: audio-video difference in seconds (delay)
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	209 <LI>ct: total A-V sync correction done
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	210 <LI>frames played (counting from last seek)
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	211 <LI>video codec cpu usage in percent (for mpeg it includes video_out too!)
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	212 <LI>video_out cpu usage for avi, 0 for mpg (see above)
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	213 <LI>audio codec cpu usage in percent
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	214 <LI>frames needed to drop to maintain A-V sync
1864 ff547d7d4ab3 * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1785 diff changeset	215 <LI>current level of image postprocessing (when using -autoq)
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	216 </UL>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	217 <I>Most of them are for debug purposes, and will be removed soon.</I>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	218 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	219
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	220 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1864 ff547d7d4ab3 * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1785 diff changeset	221 What if I don't want them to appear?
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	222 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1864 ff547d7d4ab3 * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1785 diff changeset	223 Then you use the -quiet option, and read the manpage.
ff547d7d4ab3 * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1785 diff changeset	224 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
ff547d7d4ab3 * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1785 diff changeset	225
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	226 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	227 Why is video_out cpu usage zero (0%) for mpeg files?
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	228 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	229 It's not zero, but it's built in into codec, so can't be measured separated.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	230 You should try to play the file using -vo null and then -vo ... and check
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	231 the difference to see video_out speed...
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	232 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	233
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	234 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	235 What's XMMP? (is it XMMS or XMPS but mispelled?)
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	236 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	237 It's a new project, see http://frozenproductions.com for details
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	238 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	239
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	240 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	241 There are error messages about file not found /usr/lib/win32/....
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	242 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	243 Download & install w32codec.zip from our FTP
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	244 (avifile's codec package has different DLL set)
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	245 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	246
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	247 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	248 Are there any mailing lists on MPlayer?
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	249 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	250 Yes! See RTFM on how to subscribe them!
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	251 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	252
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	253 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	254 I've found a nasty bug when I tried to play my favourite video!!
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	255 Who should I inform?
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	256 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	257 See Appendix <A HREF="bugreports.html">C</A>.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	258 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	259
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	260 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	261 I have problems playing files with ... codec. Can I use'em?
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	262 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1731 07e2dfca67a3 can't stop commiting :) gabucino parents: 1704 diff changeset	263 Check <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html</A>,
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	264 if it doesn't contain your codec, read
1731 07e2dfca67a3 can't stop commiting :) gabucino parents: 1704 diff changeset	265 <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.4">section 2.1.4</A>, and contact us.
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	266 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	267
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	268 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	269 Umm, what is "IdegCounter"?
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	270 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	271 A mixture of a hungarian and an english word. In english, "Ideg" means
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	272 "nerve", and is pronounced as something like "ydaegh" . It was first used
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	273 to measure the nervousness of A'rpi, after some (umm) "mystic" disappearance
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	274 of CVS code ;)
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	275 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	276
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	277 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	278 LIRC doesn't work, because ...
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	279 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	280 Are you sure you use "mplayer_lirc" instead of "mplayer"?
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	281 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	282
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	283 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	284 Subtitles are very nice, the most beautiful I've ever seen, but they slow
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	285 down the playing! I know it's unlikely...
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	286 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	287 After running ./configure , edit config.h and replace #undef FAST_OSD with
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	288 <CODE>#define FAST_OSD</CODE>. Then recompile.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	289 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	290
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	291 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	292 The OSD is flickering!
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	293 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	294 You use a vo driver with single buffering (x11,xv). With xv,
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	295 use -double option.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	296 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	297
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	298 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	299 What exactly is this libavcodec?
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	300 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1892 70dbd25c128c jo sok ilyen ize. gabucino parents: 1864 diff changeset	301 It's from Gerard Lantau's ffmpeg package (<A HREF="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net</A>).
1785 5bf17e98893a * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1774 diff changeset	302 It has C language DivX ;-) and OpenDivX alpha 47 codec. Some benchmarks
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	303 showed that its DivX seems to be even faster than DirectShow codec without
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	304 preprocessing, and only a few percent slower than ProjectMayo's DivX4
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	305 decoder. It uses YV12 pixel format, so old Voodoo users can use it for YUV.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	306 Also, open the possibility to play DivX on virtually every computer that
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	307 has a C compiler. Kinda great stuff, isn't it?
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	308 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	309
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	310 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	311 But configure tells me "Checking for libavcodec ... no"!
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	312 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	313 You need to get libavcodec from FFmpeg's CVS. Read the instructions in
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	314 the <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.2">ffmpeg section</A>.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	315 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	316
2047 337daaf16922 added 'icewm suxx' Q/A.. don't kill me. kill arpi instead. gabucino parents: 2001 diff changeset	317 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
337daaf16922 added 'icewm suxx' Q/A.. don't kill me. kill arpi instead. gabucino parents: 2001 diff changeset	318 The GUI isn't usable with icewm, because some panel are over the movie!!
337daaf16922 added 'icewm suxx' Q/A.. don't kill me. kill arpi instead. gabucino parents: 2001 diff changeset	319 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
2061 8bca893c9aa3 icewm sucks. details. gabucino parents: 2047 diff changeset	320 Known, icewm is shit and dictatoric. Unsolvable. In detail: icewm sucks
8bca893c9aa3 icewm sucks. details. gabucino parents: 2047 diff changeset	321 because its taskbar overrides GUI's window resize queries. If it asks for
8bca893c9aa3 icewm sucks. details. gabucino parents: 2047 diff changeset	322 resize to 800x600, then it resizes window to 800x(600-taskbar_size). It's bad.
8bca893c9aa3 icewm sucks. details. gabucino parents: 2047 diff changeset	323 Very bad. In short: shit.
2047 337daaf16922 added 'icewm suxx' Q/A.. don't kill me. kill arpi instead. gabucino parents: 2001 diff changeset	324 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
337daaf16922 added 'icewm suxx' Q/A.. don't kill me. kill arpi instead. gabucino parents: 2001 diff changeset	325
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	326 <TD COLSPAN=3>
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	327 <B><A NAME=5.3><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.3. File playing problems</A></B>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	328 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	329
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	330 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	331 ...... works with avifile/aviplay while doesn't with MPlayer.
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	332 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	333 <B>MPlayer</B> != avifile
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	334 The only common thing between these players is the Win32 DLL loader.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	335 The codecs (dll) sets, syncronization, demultiplexing etc is totaly
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	336 different and shouldn't be compared.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	337 If something works with aviplay it doesn't mean that <B>MPlayer</B> should do
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	338 it and vice versa.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	339 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	340
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	341 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	342 Audio goes out of sync playing .avi file.
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	343 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	344 Try with -bps or -nobps option
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	345 if still bad, send me (upload to ftp) that file, I'll check.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	346 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	347
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	348 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	349 Indeo 3.x/4.x movies are viewed upside-down!!!?
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	350 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	351 It's a known bug (really it's a bug/limitation of the DLL codec)
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	352 Try if your vo driver supports the -flip switch.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	353 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	354
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	355 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	356 Indeo 3.x,4.x video doesn't work at 32bpp resolutions (16,24 bpp are ok).
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	357 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	358 It's a known bug (really it's a bug/limitation of the DLL codec).
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	359 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	360
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	361 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	362 MPlayer exits with something error when using l3codeca.acm.
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	363 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	364 Check 'ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer' output. If it contains<BR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	365     <CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4???????)</CODE><BR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	366 where "?" is any number then it's ok, the error is not here. If it is:<BR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	367     <CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00??????)</CODE><BR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	368 then there is problem with your kernel/libc. Maybe you are using some
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	369 security patches (for example Solar Designer's OpenWall patch) which
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	370 forces loading libraries to very low addresses.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	371 Because l3codeca.acm is a non-relocatable DLL, it must be loaded to
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	372 0x00400000, we can't change this. You should use non-patched kernel,
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	373 or use <B>MPlayer</B>'s -afm 1 option to disable using l3codeca.acm.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	374 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	375
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	376 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	377 My computer plays M$ DivX AVIs with resolutions ~ 640x300 and stereo mp3
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	378 sound too slow. When I use -nosound switch, everything is ok (but quiet).
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	379 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1774 6ad9ce536cf9 * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1731 diff changeset	380 Ok son, your machine is too slow. RTFM or anything.
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	381 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	382
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	383 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	384 MPlayer dies with "MPlayer interrupted by signal 4 in module: decode_video".
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	385 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	386 Try running <B>MPlayer</B> on the machine you compiled on. Or recompile. Don't
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	387 use <B>MPlayer</B> on different CPU than it was compiled on.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	388 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	389
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	390 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	391 I have problems with [your window manager] and fullscreen xv/xmga/sdl/x11 modes..
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	392 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	393 Use the -fsmode switch. See example.conf or manpage.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	394 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	395
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	396 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	397 But it works with avifile!
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	398 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	399 So what?
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	400 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	401
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	402 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	403 Then avifile is better!
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	404 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	405 Then use avifile, it has nice GUI and nice C++ code :)
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	406 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	407
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	408 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	409 I got this playing mpeg files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001!
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	410 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	411 You have old version of codecs.conf at ~/.mplayer/. Upgrade it from etc/
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	412 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	413
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	414 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	415 After starting mplayer under KDE(1/2) I just get a black screen and nothing
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	416 happens, after about one minute the video starts playing.
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	417 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	418 The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device, either wait the time
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	419 until video starts or you disable the arts-daemon in kontrollcenter.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	420 If you want to use arts sound, specify audio output via SDL (ao=sdl), and
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	421 make sure your SDL can handle arts sound. Yet another option is to start
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	422 mplayer with artsdsp.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	423 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	424
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	425 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	426 I have an AVI that plays with grey screen with -vc odivx, and green with -vc divx4 .
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	427 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	428 It's not a DivX file, but an M$ MPEG4v3 . Update your codecs.conf.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	429 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	430
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	431 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1892 70dbd25c128c jo sok ilyen ize. gabucino parents: 1864 diff changeset	432 There this movie is, and when I play it I get video-audio desync and/or MPlayer crashes with the following:<BR>
70dbd25c128c jo sok ilyen ize. gabucino parents: 1864 diff changeset	433 <CODE>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</CODE>
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	434 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1892 70dbd25c128c jo sok ilyen ize. gabucino parents: 1864 diff changeset	435 This can have multiple reasons.<BR>
70dbd25c128c jo sok ilyen ize. gabucino parents: 1864 diff changeset	436 <LI>your CPU <B>and/or</B> video card <B>and/or</B> bus is too SLOW. <B>MPlayer</B>
70dbd25c128c jo sok ilyen ize. gabucino parents: 1864 diff changeset	437 displays a message if this is the case. (and the dropped frames counter is going up fast)</LI>
70dbd25c128c jo sok ilyen ize. gabucino parents: 1864 diff changeset	438 <LI>if it is an AVI, maybe it has shit interleaving. Try the <I>-ni</I> option.</LI>
70dbd25c128c jo sok ilyen ize. gabucino parents: 1864 diff changeset	439 <LI>your sound driver is shit, or you use ALSA 0.5 with <I>-ao oss</I>. See the <A HREF="sound.html">soundcards section</A>.</LI>
70dbd25c128c jo sok ilyen ize. gabucino parents: 1864 diff changeset	440 <LI>the AVI has shit header, try with the <I>-nobps</I> option, and/or <I>-mc 0</I> .</LI>
70dbd25c128c jo sok ilyen ize. gabucino parents: 1864 diff changeset	441 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
70dbd25c128c jo sok ilyen ize. gabucino parents: 1864 diff changeset	442
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	443 <TD COLSPAN=3>
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	444 <B><A NAME=5.4><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.4. Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></B>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	445 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	446
1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	447
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	448 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	449 Ok, -vo help shows DGA driver, but it is babbling about permissions!
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	450 Help me!
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	451 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	452 It works only if running as root! It's a DGA limitation.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	453 You should become to root (su -), and try again.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	454 Another solution is making mplayer SUID root, but its NOT RECOMMENDED!<BR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	455     <CODE>chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	456     <CODE>chmod 750 /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	457     <CODE>chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	458 <B>!!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!!</B><BR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	459 This is a BIG security risk! NEVER do this on a server or on a computer
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	460 can be accessed by more people than only you because they can gain root
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	461 privilegies through suid root mplayer!!!<BR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	462 !!!! SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ... !!!!
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	463 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	464
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	465 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	466 When using Xvideo, my Voodoo 3/Banshee says:<BR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	467 X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)<BR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	468   Major opcode of failed request: 147 (MIT-SHM)<BR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	469   Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (X_ShmAttach)<BR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	470   Serial number of failed request: 26<BR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	471   Current serial number in output stream:27<BR>
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	472 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	473 Your driver is old, update it. Either download (at least) DRI version 0.6
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	474 from <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">http://dri.sourceforge.net</A>,
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	475 or use the DRI cvs.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	476 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	477
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	478 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	479 When using Xvideo, I can't play DivX avis with my Voodoo 3/Banshee!
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	480 It says:<BR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	481 ...<BR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	482 Xvideo image format: 0x32315659 (YV12) planar<BR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	483 Xvideo image format: 0x30323449 (I420) planar<BR>
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	484 ...
1731 07e2dfca67a3 can't stop commiting :) gabucino parents: 1704 diff changeset	485 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A1:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	486 See the previous answer.
1731 07e2dfca67a3 can't stop commiting :) gabucino parents: 1704 diff changeset	487 </TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A2:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	488 Since 0.18pre4 we support libavcodec from the ffmpeg package. It contains
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	489 a C language DivX and OpenDivX decoder. The DivX decoder uses YV12 format
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	490 for output, thus it should work for you. Compile in libavcodec support.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	491 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	492
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	493 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	494 OpenGL (-vo gl) output doesn't work (hangup/black window/X11 errors/...).
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	495 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	496 Your opengl driver doesn't support dynamic texture changes (glTexSubImage)
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	497 It's known not to work with nVidia's binary shit.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	498 It's known to work with Utah-GLX/DRI and Matrox G400 card. Also with
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	499 DRI and Radeon card. It won't work with DRI others than these.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	500 it will not work with 3DFX cards because the 256x256 texture size limit.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	501 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	502
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	503 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	504 I have an nVidia TNT/TNT2 card, and I have a band with strange colours,
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	505 right under the movie! Whose fault is this?
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	506 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	507 It's the nVidia X driver's. These bugs are ONLY with the TNT/TNT2 cards,
2064 8fbf31d00124 nvidia csik updated gabucino parents: 2061 diff changeset	508 and we can't do anything about it, it's not our bug. UPDATE : it's fixed
8fbf31d00124 nvidia csik updated gabucino parents: 2061 diff changeset	509 in newest drivers, at last..
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	510 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	511
2065 147e114e906b new nvidia bug gabucino parents: 2064 diff changeset	512 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
147e114e906b new nvidia bug gabucino parents: 2064 diff changeset	513 I have an nVidia XYZ card, and when I click on the GUI's diplay window to toggle
147e114e906b new nvidia bug gabucino parents: 2064 diff changeset	514 displaying the GUI panel, a black square appears where I clicked. I have
147e114e906b new nvidia bug gabucino parents: 2064 diff changeset	515 the newest driver.
147e114e906b new nvidia bug gabucino parents: 2064 diff changeset	516 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
147e114e906b new nvidia bug gabucino parents: 2064 diff changeset	517 Yes, nvidia corrected a previous bug (above), and implemented a new one. Let's
147e114e906b new nvidia bug gabucino parents: 2064 diff changeset	518 congratule them.
147e114e906b new nvidia bug gabucino parents: 2064 diff changeset	519 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
147e114e906b new nvidia bug gabucino parents: 2064 diff changeset	520
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	521 <TD COLSPAN=3>
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	522 <B><A NAME=5.5><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.5. Feature requests</A></B>
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	523 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	524
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	525 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	526 Is there a hint on how to watch QuickTime and RealMedia movies in MPlayer?
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	527 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1682 dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	528 There's no way to do it. Therefore these formats deserve to die in flames.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	529 Theoretically you can reverse engineer Real codecs built for Linux (they
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	530 are available as .so files), but in practice that's really difficult, even
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	531 if you know how the compiler used by Real is making assembler code.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	532 As for QuickTime, it's possible to play some old movies and this
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	533 capability will be added to mplayer soon, but newer clips are all Sorenson
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	534 encoded, and that codec is built-in deep in the QT executable, there's
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	535 no way to use it.
dba45a1aafad * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1668 diff changeset	536 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
1612 1b011d6150c7 new, splitted, etc dox gabucino parents: diff changeset	537
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	538 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1898 10136e4b128a * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1892 diff changeset	539 When will be <your favourite video feature> (like subtitle placement) implemented?
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	540 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1898 10136e4b128a * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1892 diff changeset	541 Wait for libvo2.
10136e4b128a * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1892 diff changeset	542 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
10136e4b128a * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1892 diff changeset	543
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	544 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1898 10136e4b128a * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1892 diff changeset	545 Can I/When will I be able to encode audio with <I>-vo odivx</I> ?
1987 c4dbfa55d873 reviewed for release gabucino parents: 1926 diff changeset	546 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
1898 10136e4b128a * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1892 diff changeset	547 No you can't right now. It's planned, so just wait patiently.
10136e4b128a * empty log message * gabucino parents: 1892 diff changeset	548 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
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