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How to run multiple instances of MPlayer.
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18 <H1><A NAME="faq">5. FAQ</A></H1>
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20 <UL>
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21 <LI><A HREF="#compilation">5.1 Compilation</A></LI>
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22 <LI><A HREF="#general">5.2 General questions</A></LI>
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23 <LI><A HREF="#playback">5.3 Playback problems</A></LI>
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24 <LI><A HREF="#driver">5.4 Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></LI>
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25 <LI><A HREF="#dvd">5.5 DVD playback</A></LI>
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26 <LI><A HREF="#features">5.6 Feature requests</A></LI>
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36 <PRE>
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40 Please submit a full bug report,
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61 <DD>A: <B>We strongly discourage the use of gcc 2.96!</B><BR>
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66 configure. Remember that you are on your own from this point. Do <B>not</B>
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68 <B>not</B> provide any support in case you run into problems.</DD>
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73 To check the status of current compilers' MPlayer support, see the
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74 <A HREF="documentation.html#installation">Installation</A> section.</DD>
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93 <DD>A: Upgrade your glibc to the latest release. On Mandrake, use 2.2.4-8mdk.</DD>
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96 <DT>Q: ... gcc 2.96 ... (Yes, some people are STILL flaming about gcc 2.96!)</DT>
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98 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2001-October/005351.html">mail</A>
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105 <P>Unfortunately MPlayer is out of our control. It's used by lamers, Linux
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118 <P>And there is a balance. On the one side are you, clever guys, saying we
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120 there are the 'new to Linux' guys who are showing us gcc 2.96 is buggy.</P>
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122 <P>Conclusion: We can't be good. Half the people will always say we are bad.</P>
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124 <P>Maybe we should close the project, make it closed source, commercial, and
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125 provide install support for it. then we could leave current work, so
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126 development could go faster, and we could earn lots of money with it and buy
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127 a big house, etc etc. Do you really want it? It seems.</P>
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133 <DD>A: It was tested to work with SDL 1.2.x and may run on SDL 1.1.7+.
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134 It does <B>not</B> work with any previous version. So if you choose to use
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135 such a version, you are on your own.</DD>
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141 <DD>A: Where did you install the SDL library? If you installed in /usr/local
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143 "-L/usr/local/lib" after "X_LIBS=". Now type make. You're done!</DD>
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146 <DT>Q: It doesn't compile, and it misses uint64_t inttypes.h and similar
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149 (<CODE>cp etc/inttypes.h .</CODE>) and try again ...</DD>
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150 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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152 <DT>Q: I have Linux running on a Pentium III but <CODE>./configure</CODE>
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153 doesn't detect SSE ...</DT>
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154 <DD>A: Only kernel versions 2.4.x support SSE (or try 2.2.19 or newer, but
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155 be prepared for problems).</DD>
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156 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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158 <DT>Q: I have a G200/G400, how do I compile/use the mga_vid driver?</DT>
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159 <DD>A: Read the <A HREF="video.html#mga_vid">mga_vid documentation</A>.</DD>
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160 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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162 <DT>Q: Are there rpm/deb/... packages of <B>MPlayer</B>?</DT>
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163 <DD>A: You can make a .deb package for yourself, check the
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164 <A HREF="documentation.html#debian">Debian packaging</A> section.
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165 There are links to official Red Hat RPM packages available on our
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166 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/dload.html">download page</A>.</DD>
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167 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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169 <DT>Q: During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't
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170 understand, I DO have X installed!?</DT>
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171 <DD>A: ... but you don't have the X development package installed. Or not
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172 correctly. It's called XFree86-devel* under Red Hat, and xlibs-dev under
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173 Debian. Also check if the <CODE>/usr/X11</CODE> and <CODE>/usr/include/X11</CODE>
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174 symlinks exist (this can be a problem on Mandrake systems). They can be
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175 created with these commands:<BR>
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176 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11</CODE><BR>
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177 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</CODE><BR>
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178 Your distribution may differ from the
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179 <A HREF="http://www.pathname.com/fhs/">Filesystem Hierarchy Standard</A>.</DD>
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180 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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182 <DT>Q: I can't compile SVGAlib. I'm using kernel 2.3/2.4 ...</DT>
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183 <DD>A: You have to edit SVGAlib's Makefile.cfg and comment
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184 <CODE>BACKGROUND = y</CODE> out.</DD>
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185 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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187 <DT>Q: I compiled MPlayer with libdvdcss/libdivxdecore support, but when
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188 I try to start it, it says:<BR>
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189 <CODE>&gt; error while loading shared libraries: lib*.so.0: cannot load
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190 shared object file: No such file or directory</CODE><BR>
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191 I checked up on the file and it IS there in <CODE>/usr/local/lib</CODE> ...</DT>
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192 <DD>A: Add <CODE>/usr/local/lib</CODE> to <CODE>/etc/ld.so.conf</CODE> and run
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193 <CODE>ldconfig</CODE>.</DD>
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194 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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196 <DT>Q: Hmm, strange. When loading the mga_vid.o kernel module, I found this in
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197 the logs:<BR>
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198 <CODE>Warning: loading mga_vid.o will taint the kernel: no license</CODE></DT>
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199 <DD>A: The latest kernel modutils require a flag indicating the license
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200 (mainly to avoid kernel hackers debugging closed source drivers).
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201 Upgrade your kernel, modutils and <B>MPlayer</B>.</DD>
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202 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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204 <DT>Q: When compiling <B>MEncoder</B>, it segfaults at linking!</DT>
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205 <DD>A: This is a linker problem. Upgrading binutils should help (2.11.92.*
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206 or newer should be good). Since it is not our fault, please do <B>not</B>
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207 report!</DD>
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208 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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209
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210 <DT>Q: MPlayer dies with segmentation fault upon pthread check!</DT>
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211 <DD>A: chmod 644 /usr/lib/libc.so</DD>
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212 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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213
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214 <DT>Q: I'd like to compile <B>MPlayer</B> on Minix!</DT>
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215 <DD>A: Me too. :)</DD>
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217 </DL>
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220 <H2><A NAME="general">5.2 General questions</A></H2>
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222 <DL>
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224 <DT>Q: Can I run multiple instances of <B>MPlayer</B>?</DT>
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225 <DD>A: Yes. Some video out drivers like xv, dga or (x)mga are exclusive,
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226 though, so you will not be able to run more than one instance of
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227 <B>MPlayer</B> running such a video out driver.</DD>
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228 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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230 <DT>Q: There is a timer in the upper left corner. How can I get rid of it?</DT>
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231 <DD>A: Press <CODE>o</CODE> and try the <CODE>-osdlevel</CODE> option.</DD>
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232 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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234 <DT>Q: The <CODE>-xy</CODE> or <CODE>-fs</CODE> option doesn't work with the
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235 x11 driver (<CODE>-vo x11</CODE>) ...</DT>
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236 <DD>A: It does, but you have to explicitly specify software scaling (very
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237 slow) with the <CODE>-zoom</CODE> option. You better use XF86VidMode
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238 support: You must specify the <CODE>-vm</CODE> and the <CODE>-fs</CODE>
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239 switch, and you're done. Make sure you have the right modelines in your
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240 XF86Config file, and try to make the <A HREF="video.html#dga">DGA driver</A>
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241 and <A HREF="video.html#sdl">SDL's DGA driver</A> work for you.
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242 It's much faster. If SDL's DGA works, use that, it'll be even faster.</DD>
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243 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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245 <DT>Q: What is the meaning of the numbers on the status line?</DT>
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246 <DD>A: Example:
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247 <CODE>A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57/57 41% 0% 2.6% 0 4 49%</CODE>
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248 <UL>
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249 <LI>A: audio position in seconds</LI>
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250 <LI>V: video position in seconds</LI>
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251 <LI>A-V: audio-video difference in seconds (delay)</LI>
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252 <LI>ct: total A-V sync correction done</LI>
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253 <LI>frames played (counting from last seek)</LI>
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254 <LI>frames decoded (counting from last seek)</LI>
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255 <LI>video codec cpu usage in percent (for slices and DR this includes
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256 video_out)</LI>
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257 <LI>video_out cpu usage</LI>
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258 <LI>audio codec cpu usage in percent</LI>
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259 <LI>frames needed to drop to maintain A-V sync</LI>
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260 <LI>current level of image postprocessing (when using <CODE>-autoq</CODE>)</LI>
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261 <LI>current cache size used (around 50% is normal)</LI>
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262 </UL>
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263 Most of them are for debug purposes and will be removed at some point.</DD>
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264 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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266 <DT>Q: What if I don't want them to appear?</DT>
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267 <DD>A: Use the <CODE>-quiet</CODE> option and read the man page.</DD>
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268 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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270 <DT>Q: Why is video_out cpu usage zero (0%) for some files?</DT>
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271 <DD>A1: It's not zero, but it's called from the codec and thus cannot be
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272 measured separately. You should try to play the file using
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273 <CODE>-vo null</CODE> and then <CODE>-vo ...</CODE> and check the
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274 difference to see the video_out speed.</DD>
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275 <DD>A2: You are using Direct Rendering,
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276 where the codec renders to the video memory itself. In this case, the
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277 decoding percentage contains the display percentage, too.</DD>
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278 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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280 <DT>Q: There are error messages about file not found
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281 <CODE>/usr/lib/win32/</CODE> ...</DT>
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282 <DD>A: Download the
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283 <A HREF="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/w32codec-0.90.tar.bz2">Win32 codecs</A>
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284 from <B>our</B> FTP site (avifile's codec package has a different DLL set)
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285 and install it.</DD>
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286 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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288 <DT>Q: Are there any mailing lists on MPlayer?</DT>
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289 <DD>A: Yes. See the bottom of the info page on
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290 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/info.html">our homepage</A> to
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291 subscribe.</DD>
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292 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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294 <DT>Q: I've found a nasty bug when I tried to play my favorite video!
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295 Who should I inform?</DT>
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296 <DD>A: Please read the <A HREF="bugreports.html">bug reporting guidelines</A>
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297 and follow the instructions.</DD>
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298 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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300 <DT>Q: I have problems playing files with the ... codec. Can I use them?</DT>
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301 <DD>A: Check the
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302 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html">codec status</A>,
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303 if it doesn't contain your codec, read the
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304 <A HREF="codecs.html">codec documentation</A>, especially the
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305 <A HREF="codecs.html#importing">codec importing HOWTO</A> and contact us.</DD>
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306 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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307
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308 <DT>Q: Umm, what is "IdegCounter"?</DT>
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309 <DD>A: A combination of a Hungarian and an English word. "Ideg" in Hungarian
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310 means the same as "nerve" in English, and is pronounced as something like
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311 "ydaegh". It was first used to measure the nervousness of A'rpi, after some
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312 (umm) "mysterious" disappearance of CVS code ;)</DD>
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313 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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314
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315 <DT>Q: And what is "Faszom(C)ounter"?</DT>
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316 <DD>A: "Fasz" is a Hungarian word you don't want to know, the others are
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318 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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320 <DT>Q: LIRC doesn't work, because ...</DT>
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321 <DD>A: Are you sure you are using <CODE>mplayer</CODE> instead of
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322 <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE>? Note that it was <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE> for a
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323 long time, including the 0.60 release, but it was recently changed back to
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324 <CODE>mplayer</CODE>.</DD>
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325 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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326
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327 <DT>Q: Subtitles are very nice, the most beautiful I've ever seen, but they
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328 slow down playing! I know it's unlikely ...</DT>
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329 <DD>A: After running <CODE>./configure</CODE>, edit <CODE>config.h</CODE> and
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330 replace <CODE>#undef FAST_OSD</CODE> with <CODE>#define FAST_OSD</CODE>.
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331 Then recompile.</DD>
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332 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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334 <DT>Q: The onscreen display (OSD) is flickering!</DT>
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335 <DD>A: You use a vo driver with single buffering (x11,xv). With xv,
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336 use the <CODE>-double</CODE> option. Also try <CODE>-vop expand</CODE></DD>
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337 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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339 <DT>Q: What exactly is this libavcodec thing?</DT>
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340 <DD>A: See the <A HREF="codecs.html#libavcodec">libavcodec section</A>.</DD>
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341 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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343 <DT>Q: But configure tells me "Checking for libavcodec ... no"!</DT>
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344 <DD>A: You need to get libavcodec from FFmpeg's CVS. Read the instructions in
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345 the <A HREF="codecs.html#libavcodec">libavcodec section</A>.</DD>
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346 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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348 <DT>Q: Icewm's taskbar keeps covering the movie in fullscreen mode!</DT>
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349 <DD>A: This shouldn't happen anymore, if it still does use the
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350 <CODE>-icelayer</CODE> option and report it to the
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351 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/">mplayer-users</A>
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352 mailing list.</DD>
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353 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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355 <DT>Q: I can't access the GUI menu. I press right click, but I can't access
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356 any menu items!</DT>
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357 <DD>A: Are you using FVWM? Try the following:<BR>
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358 Start -&gt; Settings -&gt; Configuration -&gt; Base Configuration<BR>
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359 Set "Use Applications position hints" to "Yes".</DD>
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360 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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362 <DT>Q: How can I run MPlayer in the background?</DT>
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363 <DD>A: Use: <CODE>mplayer &lt;options&gt; &lt;filename&gt; &lt; /dev/null &amp;</CODE></DD>
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365 </DL>
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367
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368 <H2><A NAME="playback">5.3 Playback problems</A></H2>
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370 <DL>
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372 <DT>Q: I can play certain AVIs but I get no sound and this kind of error:
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373 <PRE>
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374 Detected audio codec: [divx] afm:4 (DivX audio (WMA))
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375 Requested audio codec family [divx] (afm=4) not available (enable it at
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376 compile time!)
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377 </PRE>
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378 </DT>
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379 <DD>A: Probably the audio uses a codec not natively supported by
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380 <B>MPlayer</B>. Install the Win32 codec package as described in the README
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381 or <A HREF="documentation.html#installation">here</A>.</DD>
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382 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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384 <DT>Q: ... works with avifile/aviplay but doesn't with MPlayer.</DT>
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385 <DD>A: <B>MPlayer</B> is not avifile.
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386 The only common thing between these players is the Win32 DLL loader.
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387 The codecs (DLL) set, synchronization, demultiplexing etc is totally
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388 different and shouldn't be compared.
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389 If something works with aviplay it doesn't mean that <B>MPlayer</B> will
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390 work and vice versa.</DD>
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391 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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392
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393 <DT>Q: Audio goes out of sync playing an AVI file.</DT>
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394 <DD>A: Try the <CODE>-bps</CODE> or <CODE>-nobps</CODE> option. If it does not
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395 improve, read <A HREF="bugreports.html">this</A> and upload the file to FTP.</DD>
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396 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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398 <DT>Q: MPlayer exits with some error when using l3codeca.acm.</DT>
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399 <DD>A: Check <CODE>ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE> output. If it contains<BR>
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400 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4???????)</CODE><BR>
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401 where "?" is any number then it's OK, the error is not here. If it is:<BR>
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402 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00??????)</CODE><BR>
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403 then there is a problem with your kernel/libc. Maybe you are using some
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404 security patches (for example Solar Designer's OpenWall patch) which
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405 forces loading libraries to very low addresses.
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406 Because l3codeca.acm is a non-relocatable DLL, it must be loaded to
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407 0x00400000, we can't change this. You should use a non-patched kernel,
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408 or use <B>MPlayer</B>'s <CODE>-afm 1</CODE> option to disable using
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409 l3codeca.acm.</DD>
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412 <DT>Q: My computer plays M$ DivX AVIs with resolutions ~ 640x300 and stereo
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413 mp3 sound too slow. When I use -nosound switch, everything is OK (but
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414 quiet).</DT>
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415 <DD>A: Your machine is too slow or your soundcard driver is broken. Consult
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416 the documentation to see if you can improve performance.</DD>
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417 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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419 <DT>Q: MPlayer dies with "MPlayer interrupted by signal 4 in module:
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420 decode_video".</DT>
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421 <DD>A: Try running <B>MPlayer</B> on the machine you compiled on. Or recompile
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422 with runtime CPU detection
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423 (<CODE>./configure --enable-runtime-cpudetection</CODE>). Don't
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424 use <B>MPlayer</B> on a CPU different from the one it was compiled on,
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425 without using the feature mentioned just now.</DD>
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426 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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428 <DT>Q: I have problems with [your window manager] and fullscreen
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429 xv/xmga/sdl/x11 modes ...</DT>
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430 <DD>A: Read the <A HREF="bugreports.html">bug reporting guidelines</A> and
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431 send us a proper bug report.</DD>
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432 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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434 <DT>Q: I got this playing MPEG files: Can't find codec for video format
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435 0x10000001!</DT>
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436 <DD>A: You have an old version of codecs.conf at <CODE>~/.mplayer/</CODE>.
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437 Upgrade it from <CODE>/etc/</CODE>.<BR>
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438 <B>OR</B> you have the <CODE>vc=</CODE> option or something similar in your
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439 config file(s).</DD>
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442 <DT>Q: When starting MPlayer under KDE I just get a black screen and nothing
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443 happens. After about one minute the video starts playing.</DT>
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444 <DD>A: The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device. Either wait
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445 until the video starts or disable the arts-daemon in kontrol center. If you
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446 want to use arts sound, specify audio output via our native arts audio
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447 driver (<CODE>-ao arts</CODE>). If it fails or isn't compiled in, try SDL
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448 (<CODE>-ao sdl</CODE>) and make sure your SDL can handle arts sound. Yet
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449 another option is to start <B>MPlayer</B> with artsdsp.</DD>
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450 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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451
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452 <DT>Q: I have an AVI that produces a gray screen when played with
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453 <CODE>-vc odivx</CODE> and a green one with <CODE>-vc divx4</CODE>.</DT>
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454 <DD>A: It's not a DivX file, but an M$ MPEG4v3 . Update your codecs.conf.</DD>
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455 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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457 <DT>Q: When I play this movie I get video-audio desync and/or MPlayer crashes
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458 with the following message:<BR>
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459 <CODE>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</CODE></DT>
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460 <DD>A: This can have multiple reasons.
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461 <UL>
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462 <LI>Your CPU <B>and/or</B> video card <B>and/or</B> bus is too slow.
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463 <B>MPlayer</B> displays a message if this is the case (and the dropped
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464 frames counter goes up fast).</LI>
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465 <LI>If it is an AVI, maybe it has bad interleaving. Try the
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466 <CODE>-ni</CODE> option.</LI>
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467 <LI>Your sound driver is buggy, or you use ALSA 0.5 with <CODE>-ao oss</CODE>.
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468 See the <A HREF="sound.html">sound card section</A>.</LI>
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469 <LI>The AVI has a bad header, try the <CODE>-nobps</CODE> option, and/or
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470 <CODE>-mc 0</CODE>.</LI>
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471 </UL></DD>
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472 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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473
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474 <DT>Q: I have an MJPEG file which works with other players but displays only a
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475 black image in MPlayer.</DT>
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476 <DD>A: Disable the Windows DLL in <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>, or use the
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477 <CODE>-vc ffmjpeg</CODE> option (compile MPlayer with libavcodec for this
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478 to work).</DD>
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479 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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480
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481 <DT>Q: When I try to grab from my tuner, it works, but colors are strange.
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482 It's OK with other applications.</DT>
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483 <DD>A: Your card probably misreports its colorspace capacity. Try with YUY2
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484 instead of default YV12 (see the <A HREF="documentation.html#tv">TV input
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485 documentation</A>).</DD>
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486 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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487
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488 <DT>Q: When I start playing, I get this message but everything seems fine:<BR>
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489 <CODE>Linux RTC init: ioctl (rtc_pie_on): Permission denied</CODE></DT>
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490 <DD>A: You need root privileges or a
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491 specially set up kernel to use the new timing code. For details see the
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492 <A HREF="documentation.html#rtc">RTC section</A> of the documentation.</DD>
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493 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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495 <DT>Q: I have A/V sync problems. Some of my AVIs play fine, but some play with
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496 double speed!</DT>
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497 <DD>A: You have a buggy sound card/driver. Most likely it's fixed at 44100Hz,
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498 and you try to play a file which has 22050Hz audio. Try the resample audio
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499 plugin.</DD>
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500 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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501
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502 <DT>Q: All the WMV (or other..) files I play create a green/gray window and
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503 there is only sound! MPlayer prints:<BR>
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504 <CODE>Detected video codec: [null] drv:0 (NULL codec (no decoding))</CODE></DT>
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505 <DD>A: Update your <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>.</DD>
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506 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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507
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508 <DT>Q: I get very strange percentage values (way too big) while playing files
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509 on my notebook.</DT>
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510 <DD>A: It's an effect of the power management / power saving system of your
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511 notebook (BIOS, not kernel). Plug the external power connector in
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512 <B>before</B> you power on your notebook.</DD>
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513 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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514
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515 <DT>Q: The audio/video gets totally out of sync when I run MPlayer as root on
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516 my notebook. It works normal when i run it as a user.</DT>
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517 <DD>A: This is again a power management effect (see above). Plug the external
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518 power connector in <B>before</B> you power on your notebook or use the
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519 <CODE>-nortc</CODE> switch.</DD>
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520
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521 </DL>
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522
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523
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524 <H2><A NAME="driver">5.4 Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></H2>
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526 <DL>
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527
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528 <DT>Q: I have no sound when playing a video and get error messages similar to
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529 this one:
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530 <PRE>
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531 AO: [oss] 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
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532 audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy
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533 couldn't open/init audio device -> NOSOUND
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534 Audio: no sound!!!
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535 Start playing...
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536 </PRE>
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537 </DT>
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538 <DD>A: Are you running KDE or GNOME with the arts or esd sound daemon? Try
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539 disabling the sound daemon, or use the <CODE>-ao arts</CODE> switch to make
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540 <B>MPlayer</B> use arts.</DD>
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541 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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543 <DT>Q: What about the DGA driver? I can't find it!</DT>
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544 <DD>A: <CODE>./configure</CODE> autodetects your DGA driver. If
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545 <CODE>-vo help</CODE> doesn't show DGA, then there's a problem with your X
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546 installation. Try <CODE>./configure --enable-dga</CODE> and read the
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547 <A HREF="video.html#dga">documentation</A>. Alternatively, try SDL's DGA
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548 driver with the <CODE>-vo sdl:dga</CODE> option.</DD>
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549 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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551 <DT>Q: OK, <CODE>-vo help</CODE> shows DGA driver, but it complains about
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552 permissions. Help me!</DT>
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553 <DD>A: It works only if running as root! It's a DGA limitation.
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554 You should become root (<CODE>su -</CODE>), and try again.
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555 Another solution is making <B>MPlayer</B> SUID root, but it's
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556 <B>not recommended!</B><BR>
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557 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
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558 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
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559 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
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560 <BLOCKQUOTE>
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561 <B>Warning: security risk</B><BR>
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562 This is a <B>big</B> security risk! <B>Never</B> do this on a server or
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563 on a computer that you do not control completely because other users can
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564 gain root privileges through SUID root <B>MPlayer</B>. <B>You have been
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565 warned.</B>
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566 </BLOCKQUOTE>
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567 </DD>
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568 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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570 <DT>Q: When using Xvideo, my Voodoo 3/Banshee says:<BR>
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571 <CODE>X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private
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572 resource denied)<BR>
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573 &nbsp;&nbsp;Major opcode of failed request: 147 (MIT-SHM)<BR>
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574 &nbsp;&nbsp;Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (X_ShmAttach)<BR>
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575 &nbsp;&nbsp;Serial number of failed request: 26<BR>
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576 &nbsp;&nbsp;Current serial number in output stream:27</CODE></DT>
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577 <DD>A: The "tdfx" driver in XFree86 4.0.2/4.0.3 had this bug. This was solved
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578 by <A HREF="http://www.xfree86.org/cvs/changes_4_1.html">bugfix #621 of the
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579 XFree86 4.1.0 CVS log</A>. So upgrade to XFree86 4.1.0 or later.
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580 Alternatively, either download (at least) DRI version 0.6 from the
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581 <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">DRI homepage</A>, or use CVS DRI.</DD>
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582 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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584 <DT>Q: OpenGL (<CODE>-vo gl</CODE>) output doesn't work (hang/black window/X11
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585 errors/...).</DT>
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586 <DD>A: Your OpenGL driver doesn't support dynamic texture changes
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587 (glTexSubImage). It's known not to work with nVidia's binary mess.
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588 It's known to work with Utah-GLX/DRI and Matrox G400 cards. Also with
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589 DRI and Radeon cards. It won't work with DRI and other cards.
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590 it will not work with 3DFX cards because of the 256x256 texture size limit.</DD>
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591 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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593 <DT>Q: I have an nVidia TNT/TNT2 card, and I have a band with strange colors,
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594 right under the movie! Whose fault is this?</DT>
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595 <DD>A: This is a bug of nVidia's binary X driver. These bugs appear ONLY with
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596 the TNT/TNT2 cards, and we can't do anything about it. To fix the problem,
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597 upgrade to the latest nVidia binary driver version. If still bad, complain
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598 to nVidia!</DD>
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599 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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601 <DT>Q: I have an nVidia XYZ card, and when I click on the GUI's display window
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602 to toggle displaying the GUI panel, a black square appears where I clicked.
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603 I have the newest driver.</DT>
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604 <DD>A: Yes, nVidia corrected a previous bug (above), and introduced a new one.
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605 Let's congratulate them. UPDATE: According to
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606 <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">nVidia</A>, this has already
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607 been fixed.</DD>
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608 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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610 <DT>Q: When I use the GUI with SDL video output, a second video window is
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611 created.</DT>
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612 <DD>A: Known, don't use SDL for the GUI yet.</DD>
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613 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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614
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615 <DT>Q: Oh the world is cruel ...! SDL has only <CODE>x11</CODE> target, but
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616 not <CODE>xv</CODE>!</DT>
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617 <DD>A: Try that <CODE>x11</CODE> target again. Now try
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618 <CODE>-vo x11 -fs -zoom</CODE>. See the difference? No?! OK, here comes the
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619 enlightenment: SDL's <CODE>x11</CODE> target uses xv when available, you
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620 don't have to worry about it ... Note: you can force/disable Xv via SDL
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621 using <CODE>-forcexv</CODE> and <CODE>-noxv</CODE></DD>
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622
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623 </DL>
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626 <H2><A NAME="dvd">5.5 DVD playback</A></H2>
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627
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628 <DL>
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630 <DT>Q: While playing a DVD, I encountered this error:<BR>
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631 <CODE>mplayer: ifo_read.c:1143: ifoRead_C_ADT_internal: Assertion
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632 nfo_length / sizeof(cell_adr_t) >= c_adt->nr_of_vobs' failed.</CODE></DT>
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633 <DD>A: This is a known libdvdread 0.9.1/0.9.2 bug. Use <B>libmpdvdkit</B>,
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634 which is present in MPlayer source, and used by default.</DD>
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635 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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637 <DT>Q: Can I compile libdvdread and libdvdcss on my sweet SPARC under
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638 Solaris?</DT>
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639 <DD>A: Who knows ... It's said to work, so please test it and send feedback.
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640 Refer to the documentation of libdvdread and its homepage as well. We're not
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641 the authors of libdvdread. Use <B>libmpdvdkit</B>, which is present in
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642 <B>MPlayer</B> source, and used by default.</DD>
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643 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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644
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645 <DT>Q: What about subtitles? Can MPlayer display them?</DT>
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646 <DD>A: Yes. See the <A HREF="cd-dvd.html#dvd">DVD chapter</A> of the
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647 documentation.</DD>
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648 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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649
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650 <DT>Q: How can I set the region code of my DVD-drive? I don't have
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651 Windows!</DT>
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652 <DD>A: Use the
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653 <A HREF="http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvd/dvd_disc_20000215.tar.gz">regionset tool</A>.</DD>
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654 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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656 <DT>Q: Do I need to be (setuid) root/setuid fibmap_mplayer to be able to play
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657 a DVD?</DT>
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658 <DD>A: No, only for old-style DVD support. However you must have
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659 the proper rights on the DVD device entry (in <CODE>/dev/</CODE>).</DD>
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660 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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661
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662 <DT>Q: Where can I get libdvdread and libdvdcss packages?</DT>
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663 <DD>A: You don't need to. Use <B>libmpdvdkit</B>, which is present in
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664 <B>MPlayer</B> source, and used by default. Anyway, the packages mentioned
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665 can be get from the
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666 <A HREF="http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd">Ogle site</A>.</DD>
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667 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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668
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669 <DT>Q: Is it possible to play/encode only selected chapters?</DT>
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670 <DD>A: Yes, try the <CODE>-chapter</CODE> option.</DD>
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671 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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673 <DT>Q: My DVD playback is sluggish!</DT>
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674 <DD>A: Use the <CODE>-cache</CODE> option (described in the man page)
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675 and try enabling DMA for the DVD drive with the hdparm tool (described in
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676 the <A HREF="cd-dvd.html#cd">CD chapter</A> of the documentation).</DD>
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677
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678 </DL>
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681 <H2><A NAME="features">5.6 Feature requests</A></H2>
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682
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683 <DL>
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685 <DT>Q: If <B>MPlayer</B> is paused and I try to seek or press any key at all,
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686 <B>MPlayer</B> ceases to be paused. I would like to be able to seek in the
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687 paused movie.</DT>
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688 <DD>A: This is very tricky to implement without losing A/V synchronization.
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689 All attempts have failed so far, but patches are welcome.</DD>
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690 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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691
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692 <DT>Q: I'd like to seek +/- 1 frames instead of 10 seconds.</DT>
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693 <DD>A: This won't be done. It was, but then it messed up A/V sync. Feel free
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694 to implement it, and send a patch. Don't ask for it.</DD>
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695 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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697 <DT>Q: Where is the Windows version?</DT>
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698 <DD>A: It's not released, and won't be. Look around the Windows scene (open
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699 source ASF parsers, open source ASF encoders, etc) and you'll know why. We
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700 don't want to go to jail. BTW you can compile it yourself, under
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701 <A HREF="documentation.html#cygwin">Cygwin</A>.</DD>
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702 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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704 </DL>
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707 <H2><A NAME="encoding">5.7 Encoding</A></H2>
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709 <DL>
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710
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711 <DT>Q: How can I encode?</DT>
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712 <DD>A: Read the <B>MEncoder</B> <A HREF="encoding.html">documentation</A>.</DD>
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713 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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715 <DT>Q: How can I create VCDs?</DT>
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716 <DD>A: Try the <CODE>mencvcd</CODE> script from the <CODE>TOOLS</CODE>
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717 subdirectory. With it you can encode DVDs or other movies to VCD or SVCD
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718 format and even burn them directly to CD.</DD>
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719 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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721 <DT>Q: My tuner works, I can hear the sound and watch the video with MPlayer,
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722 but MEncoder doesn't encode audio!</DT>
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723 <DD>A: TV audio encoding for Linux is currently unimplemented, we're working
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724 on it. At the moment it works only on BSD.</DD>
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725 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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727 <DT>Q: I can't encode DVD subtitles into the AVI!</DT>
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728 <DD>A: You have to specify the <CODE>-sid</CODE> option correctly!</DD>
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731 <DT>Q: MEncoder segfaults on startup!</DT>
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732 <DD>A: Upgrade DivX4Linux.</DD>
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733 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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diego
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735 <DT>Q: How can I encode only selected chapters from a DVD?</DT>
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diego
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736 <DD>A: Use the <CODE>-chapter</CODE> option correctly, like:
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737 <CODE>-chapter 5-7</CODE></DD>
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738 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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gabucino
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diego
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740 <DT>Q: I'm trying to work with 2GB+ files on a VFAT file system. Does it work?</DT>
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diego
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741 <DD>A: No, VFAT doesn't support 2GB+ files.</DD>
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742 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
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743
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diego
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744 <DT>Q: Why is the recommended bitrate printed by MEncoder negative?</DT>
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diego
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745 <DD>A: Because the bitrate you encoded the audio with is too large to fit the
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diego
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746 movie on any CD. Check if you have libmp3lame installed properly.</DD>
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gabucino
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diego
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748 </DL>
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750 </BODY>
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751 </HTML>