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49 <B><I>We strongly discourage the use of gcc 2.96!!!</I></B><BR> |
| 6055 | 50 Read <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#gcc">this</A> |
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| 6055 | 62 Use the 2.95.x series for reliability (not <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#gcc">2.96</A>). |
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89 Quoted from a <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2001-October/005351.html">mail</A> A'rpi sent to the mplayer-users list (the word 'ideg' is described below): |
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| 100 <P>And you clever guys come and flame us with gcc 2.96 and binary packages. | |
| 101 Instead of helping users or making patches to help solve problems.</P> | |
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| 103 <P>Half of our spare/free time is spent by answering silly mails here and | |
| 104 making newer tricks and checks to configure to avoid such mails.</P> | |
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| 112 <P>Maybe we should close the project, make it closed source, commercial, and | |
| 113 provide install support for it. then we could leave current work, so | |
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128 SDL output doesn't work or compile. The problem is ... |
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| 1682 | 139 Where did you install the SDL library? If you installed in /usr/local |
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| 1682 | 166 Are there rpm/deb/... packages of <B>MPlayer</B>? |
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| 5979 | 169 There are RPM packages available on our homepage, don't use other sources! |
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| 1682 | 173 During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't understand, |
| 174 I DO have X installed!? | |
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| 1682 | 181 <CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11</CODE><BR> |
| 182 <CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</CODE><BR> | |
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| 1682 | 191 DGA, then there's a problem with your X installation. |
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| 2001 | 204 I compiled MPlayer with libdvdcss/libdivxdecore support, but when |
| 1682 | 205 I try to start it, it says:<BR> |
| 2001 | 206 <CODE>> error while loading shared libraries: lib*.so.0: cannot load |
| 1682 | 207 shared object file: No such file or directory</CODE><BR> |
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| 3774 | 232 Me too. :) |
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| 5700 | 260 Example: <CODE><FONT CLASS="text">A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57/57 41% 0% 2.6% 0 4 49%</CODE><BR> |
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| 1682 | 263 <LI>V: video position in seconds |
| 264 <LI>A-V: audio-video difference in seconds (delay) | |
| 265 <LI>ct: total A-V sync correction done | |
| 266 <LI>frames played (counting from last seek) | |
| 5700 | 267 <LI>frames decoded (counting from last seek) |
| 268 <LI>video codec cpu usage in percent (for slices and DR this includes video_out) | |
| 269 <LI>video_out cpu usage | |
| 1682 | 270 <LI>audio codec cpu usage in percent |
| 271 <LI>frames needed to drop to maintain A-V sync | |
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| 6122 | 295 Download the <A HREF="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/w32codec-0.90.tar.bz2">Win32 codecs</A> |
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| 5700 | 343 Are you sure you are using <CODE>mplayer</CODE> instead of <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE>? |
| 344 Note that it was <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE> for long time, including the 0.60 release, but recently | |
| 345 changed back to <CODE>mplayer</CODE>. | |
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| 1682 | 349 Subtitles are very nice, the most beautiful I've ever seen, but they slow |
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353 <CODE>#undef FAST_OSD</CODE> with <CODE>#define FAST_OSD</CODE>. Then recompile. |
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| 1682 | 357 The OSD is flickering! |
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| 1682 | 359 You use a vo driver with single buffering (x11,xv). With xv, |
| 5700 | 360 use the <CODE>-double</CODE> option. Also try <CODE>-vop expand</CODE> |
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366 See the <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.2">FFmpeg section</A>. |
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| 1682 | 370 But configure tells me "Checking for libavcodec ... no"! |
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| 1682 | 372 You need to get libavcodec from FFmpeg's CVS. Read the instructions in |
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| 2972 | 383 I can't access the GUI menu. I press right click, but I can't access any |
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394 Use: <CODE>mplayer <options> <filename> < /dev/null &</CODE> |
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422 Check <CODE>ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE> output. If it contains<BR> |
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426 then there is a problem with your kernel/libc. Maybe you are using some |
| 1682 | 427 security patches (for example Solar Designer's OpenWall patch) which |
| 428 forces loading libraries to very low addresses. | |
| 429 Because l3codeca.acm is a non-relocatable DLL, it must be loaded to | |
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| 1682 | 435 My computer plays M$ DivX AVIs with resolutions ~ 640x300 and stereo mp3 |
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| 6055 | 452 Read the <A HREF="bugreports.html">bug reporting guidelines</A> and send us a |
| 453 proper bug report. | |
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| 1682 | 457 But it works with avifile! |
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| 1682 | 459 So what? |
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| 1682 | 463 Then avifile is better! |
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| 1682 | 469 I got this playing mpeg files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001! |
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| 1682 | 479 happens, after about one minute the video starts playing. |
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| 1682 | 481 The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device, either wait the time |
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| 1682 | 484 make sure your SDL can handle arts sound. Yet another option is to start |
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| 1682 | 492 It's not a DivX file, but an M$ MPEG4v3 . Update your codecs.conf. |
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496 When I play this movie I get video-audio desync and/or MPlayer crashes with the following message:<BR> |
| 1892 | 497 <CODE>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</CODE> |
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| 1892 | 499 This can have multiple reasons.<BR> |
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507 <CODE>-mc 0</CODE>.</LI> |
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516 <CODE>-vc ffmjpeg</CODE> option (compile MPlayer with libavcodec for this to work). |
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520 When I try to grab from my tuner, it works, but colors are strange. It's OK |
| 3030 | 521 with other applications. |
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| 3030 | 523 Your card probably misreports its colorspace capacity. Try with YUY2 instead |
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524 of default YV12 (see the <A HREF="documentation.html#2.5">TV input documentation</A>). |
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528 When I start playing, I get this message but everything seems fine:<BR> |
| 3053 | 529 <CODE>Linux RTC init: ioctl (rtc_pie_on): Permission denied</CODE> |
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| 3162 | 536 I have A/V sync problems. Some of my AVIs play fine, but some play with |
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539 You have a buggy sound card/driver. Most likely it's fixed at 44100Hz, and |
| 5700 | 540 you try to play a file which has 22050Hz audio. Try the resample audio plugin. |
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545 only sound! MPlayer prints:<BR> |
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548 Update your <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>. |
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552 I get very strange percentage values (way too big) while playing files on my notebook. |
| 5016 | 553 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
| 554 It's an effect of the power management / power saving system of your notebook | |
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555 (BIOS, not kernel). Plug the external power connector in <b>before</b> you power on your |
| 5016 | 556 notebook. |
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| 1682 | 577 It works only if running as root! It's a DGA limitation. |
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579 Another solution is making <B>MPlayer</B> SUID root, but it's <B>NOT RECOMMENDED!</B><BR> |
| 1682 | 580 <CODE>chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> |
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581 <CODE>chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> |
| 1682 | 582 <CODE>chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> |
| 583 <B>!!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!!</B><BR> | |
| 584 This is a *BIG* security risk! *NEVER* do this on a server or on a computer | |
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| 1682 | 593 Major opcode of failed request: 147 (MIT-SHM)<BR> |
| 594 Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (X_ShmAttach)<BR> | |
| 595 Serial number of failed request: 26<BR> | |
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601 DRI version 0.6 from the <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">DRI homepage</A>, |
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608 Your OpenGL driver doesn't support dynamic texture changes (glTexSubImage). |
| 3858 | 609 It's known not to work with nVidia's binary mess. |
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610 It's known to work with Utah-GLX/DRI and Matrox G400 cards. Also with |
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611 DRI and Radeon cards. It won't work with DRI and other cards. |
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612 it will not work with 3DFX cards because of the 256x256 texture size limit. |
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616 I have an nVidia TNT/TNT2 card, and I have a band with strange colors, |
| 1682 | 617 right under the movie! Whose fault is this? |
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619 This is a bug of nVidia's binary X driver. These bugs appear ONLY with the |
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620 TNT/TNT2 cards, and we can't do anything about it. To fix the problem, upgrade |
| 5700 | 621 to the latest nVidia binary driver version. If still bad, complain to nVidia! |
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625 I have an nVidia XYZ card, and when I click on the GUI's display window to toggle |
| 2065 | 626 displaying the GUI panel, a black square appears where I clicked. I have |
| 627 the newest driver. | |
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629 Yes, nVidia corrected a previous bug (above), and introduced a new one. Let's |
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631 <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">nVidia</A>, this has already been |
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| 3343 | 636 When I use the GUI with SDL video output, a second video window is created. |
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638 Known, don't use SDL for the GUI yet. |
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642 Oh the world is cruel ...! SDL has only <CODE>x11</CODE> target, but not |
| 5498 | 643 <CODE>xv</CODE>! |
| 644 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> | |
| 645 Try that <CODE>x11</CODE> target again. Now try <CODE>-vo x11 -fs -zoom</CODE>. | |
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646 See the difference? No?! OK, here comes the enlightenment: SDL's |
| 5498 | 647 <CODE>x11</CODE> target uses xv when available, you don't have to worry about |
| 5700 | 648 it ... Note: you can force/disable Xv via SDL using <CODE>-forcexv<CODE> and <CODE>-noxv</CODE> |
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652 <B><A NAME="5.5"><FONT CLASS="text">5.5 DVD playback</A></B> |
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656 <FONT CLASS="text">While playing a DVD, I encountered this error:<BR> |
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657 <CODE>mplayer: ifo_read.c:1143: ifoRead_C_ADT_internal: Assertion nfo_length / |
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658 sizeof(cell_adr_t) >= c_adt->nr_of_vobs' failed.</CODE> |
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659 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD> |
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660 <FONT CLASS="text">This is a known libdvdread 0.9.1/0.9.2 bug. |
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661 Use libmpdvdkit. |
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662 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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664 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B> |
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665 <FONT CLASS="text">Can I compile libdvdread and libdvdcss on my sweet SPARC under Solaris? |
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667 <FONT CLASS="text">Who knows ... It's said to work, so please test it and send feedback. Refer to |
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668 the documentation of libdvdread and its homepage as well. We're not the authors |
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669 of libdvdread. |
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673 <FONT CLASS="text">What about subtitles? Can MPlayer display them? |
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675 <FONT CLASS="text">Yes! See the <A HREF="cd-dvd.html">DVD chapter</A> of the documentation. |
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678 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B> |
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679 <FONT CLASS="text">How can I set the region code of my DVD-drive? I don't have Windows! |
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682 <A HREF="http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvd/dvd_disc_20000215.tar.gz">regionset tool</A>. |
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688 <FONT CLASS="text">No, only for old-style DVD support. However you must have |
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689 the proper rights on the DVD device entry (in <CODE>/dev/</CODE>). |
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696 <A HREF="http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd">Ogle site</A>. |
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702 <FONT CLASS="text">Yes, try the <CODE>-chapter</CODE> option. |
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| 3857 | 719 This won't be done. It was, but then it messed up A/V sync. Feel free to |
| 2859 | 720 implement it, and send a patch. Don't ask for it. |
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738 This parameter can be computed easily: |
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739 <OL> |
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779 AnandTech</a> - Video Card Roundup - DVD Quality, Features & Performance |
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788 <table BORDER=1 COLS=5 WIDTH="100%"> |
| 3489 | 789 <tr> |
| 790 <td> </td> | |
| 791 | |
| 792 <td> | |
| 5700 | 793 <center>Matrox Gxxx</center> |
| 3489 | 794 </td> |
| 795 | |
| 796 <td> | |
| 5700 | 797 <center>ATI m64/r128/radeon</center> |
| 3489 | 798 </td> |
| 799 | |
| 800 <td> | |
| 5700 | 801 <center>nVidia tnt/geforce</center> |
| 3489 | 802 </td> |
| 803 | |
| 804 <td> | |
| 5700 | 805 <center>S3 Virge/Savage</center> |
| 3489 | 806 </td> |
| 807 </tr> | |
| 808 | |
| 809 <tr> | |
| 810 <td>Driver's provider</td> | |
| 811 | |
| 5700 | 812 <td>OEM and enthusiasts</td> |
| 3489 | 813 |
| 5700 | 814 <td>OEM and enthusiasts</td> |
| 3489 | 815 |
| 5700 | 816 <td>OEM or enthusiasts</td> |
| 3489 | 817 |
| 818 <td>enthusiasts</td> | |
| 819 </tr> | |
| 820 | |
| 821 <tr> | |
| 822 <td>Driver's quality</td> | |
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| 3489 | 827 |
| 5700 | 828 <td>buggy/unstable (X11 only)</td> |
| 3489 | 829 |
| 5700 | 830 <td>slow (X11 only)</td> |
| 3489 | 831 </tr> |
| 832 | |
| 833 <tr> | |
| 834 <td>VIDEO OVERLAY</td> | |
| 835 | |
| 836 <td></td> | |
| 837 | |
| 838 <td></td> | |
| 839 | |
| 840 <td></td> | |
| 841 | |
| 842 <td></td> | |
| 843 </tr> | |
| 844 | |
| 845 <tr> | |
| 846 <td>BES and YV2RGB</td> | |
| 847 | |
| 848 <td>YES</td> | |
| 849 | |
| 850 <td>YES</td> | |
| 851 | |
| 852 <td>YES</td> | |
| 853 | |
| 854 <td>YES</td> | |
| 855 </tr> | |
| 856 | |
| 857 <tr> | |
| 858 <td>scaling filters</td> | |
| 859 | |
| 860 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 861 | |
| 862 <td>YES</td> | |
| 863 | |
| 864 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 865 | |
| 866 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 867 </tr> | |
| 868 | |
| 869 <tr> | |
| 870 <td>adaptive deinterlace</td> | |
| 871 | |
| 5700 | 872 <td>N/A</td> |
| 3489 | 873 |
| 874 <td>YES</td> | |
| 875 | |
| 876 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 877 | |
| 878 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 879 </tr> | |
| 880 | |
| 881 <tr> | |
| 882 <td>Video equalizer (hue, contrast, saturation, color correction)</td> | |
| 883 | |
| 5700 | 884 <td>YES</td> |
| 3489 | 885 |
| 5700 | 886 <td>YES</td> |
| 3489 | 887 |
| 5700 | 888 <td>GeForce only</td> |
| 3489 | 889 |
| 890 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 891 </tr> | |
| 892 | |
| 893 <tr> | |
| 894 <td>Alpha blending, color and video keys</td> | |
| 895 | |
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| 3489 | 899 |
| 900 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 901 | |
| 902 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 903 </tr> | |
| 904 | |
| 905 <tr> | |
| 906 <td>Video capture</td> | |
| 907 | |
| 5700 | 908 <td>YES (Marvel)</td> |
| 3489 | 909 |
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| 3489 | 911 |
| 912 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 913 | |
| 914 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 915 </tr> | |
| 916 | |
| 917 <tr> | |
| 918 <td>TV-out</td> | |
| 919 | |
| 5700 | 920 <td>G400 only</td> |
| 3489 | 921 |
| 922 <td>YES</td> | |
| 923 | |
| 924 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 925 | |
| 926 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 927 </tr> | |
| 928 </table> | |
| 929 | |
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954 Read the <B>MEncoder</B> <A HREF="encoding.html">documentation</A>. |
| 3192 | 955 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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958 My tuner works, I can hear the sound and watch the video with MPlayer, but |
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959 MEncoder doesn't encode audio! |
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960 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
| 5227 | 961 TV audio encoding for Linux is currently unimplemented, we're working on it. |
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962 At the moment it works only on BSD. |
| 3966 | 963 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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966 I can't encode DVD subtitles into the AVI! |
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967 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
| 4398 | 968 You have to specify the <CODE>-sid</CODE> option correctly! |
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972 MEncoder segfaults on startup! |
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973 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
| 4116 | 974 Upgrade DivX4Linux. |
| 975 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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978 How can I encode only selected chapters from a DVD? |
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980 Use the <CODE>-chapter</CODE> option correctly, like: <CODE>-chapter 5-7</CODE> |
| 4398 | 981 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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983 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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984 I'm trying to work with 2GB+ files on a VFAT file system. Does it work? |
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985 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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986 No, VFAT doesn't support 2GB+ files. |
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987 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD> |
| 4116 | 988 |
| 1682 | 989 </TABLE> |
| 1612 | 990 |
| 991 </BODY> | |
| 992 </HTML> |