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15 <P><B><A NAME=5>5. FAQ section</A></B></P>
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19 <TD COLSPAN=3><P><B><A NAME=5.1><FONT CLASS="text">5.1 Compilation</A></B></P>
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23 configure ends with this text, and MPlayer won't compile !<BR>
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24 <CODE>Your gcc does not support even i386 for '-march' and '-mcpu'.</CODE>
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26 Your gcc isn't installed correctly, check <CODE>config.log</CODE> file
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27 for details.
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31 What does "No such file or directory" means ?
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37 What's the problem with gcc 2.96 ?
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39 To be short: <B><I>DO NOT USE gcc 2.96 !!!</I></B><BR>
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40 Check <A HREF="gcc-2.96-3.0.html">this</A> and <A HREF="users_against_developers.html">this</A> texts!
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41 If you still really really want to do so, be sure to use the latest release.
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46 Great, I have gcc 3.0.1 from RedHat/Mandrake, then I'm fine--!
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48 No, since there have been/are issues with those compilers.<BR>
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49 Use 2.95.x series for reliability (not <A HREF="gcc-2.96-3.0.html">2.96</A>).
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50 Use the latest gcc 3.0.x (starting at 3.0.2) if you want to use a 3.0.x version.
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54 I tried to compile MPlayer, but I got this output:<BR>
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55 <PRE>
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56 In file included from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/std_cwchar.h:42,
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65 wchar_t**, int)':
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67 `const
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68 </PRE>
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69 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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70 Upgrade your glibc to the newest. On Mandrake, use 2.2.4-8mdk .
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74 ...gcc 2.96... (yes, some people are STILL flaming about their gcc 2.96!!)
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76 <P>But we has idegs (the word 'ideg' is described further in the FAQ). And our
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77 idegcounters overflow again and again.</P>
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79 <P>Unfortunately MPlayer is out of our control. It's used by lamers, Linux users
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80 who can't even use windows, and never tried to compile a kernel. They installed
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81 (with default options) Mandrake or RedHat or Suse, and without RTFM'ing they
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82 send messages saying 'it doesn't work! help me! please! i'm new to the linux!
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83 help! oh! help me!'. We can't stop them, but at least we try to force them RTFM
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84 and to read messages of ./configure and mplayer.</P>
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86 <P>And you clever guys come and flame us with gcc 2.96 and binary packages.
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87 Instead of helping users or making patches to help solve problems.</P>
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89 <P>Half of our spare/free time is spent by answering silly mails here and
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90 making newer tricks and checks to configure to avoid such mails.</P>
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92 <P>And there is a balance. On one hand are you, clever guys, saying we are very
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93 bad because we don't like buggy gcc 2.96, and at the other hand there are the
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94 'new to linux' guys who are showing us gcc 2.96 is buggy.</P>
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96 <P>Conclusion: we can't be good. Half of people always will say we are bad.</P>
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98 <P>Maybe we should close the project, make it closed source, commercial, and
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99 provide install support for it. then we could leave current work, so
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100 development could go faster, and we earn lots of money with it and buy a big
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101 house, etc etc. Do you really want it? It seems.</P>
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103 <P ALIGN=RIGHT>Arpi (a mail on the mplayer-users list)</P>
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107 Where can I find information about gcc 2.96 bugs ?
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109 In <A HREF="gcc-2.96-3.0.html">this</A> documentation. And <A HREF="users_against_developers.html">this</A>
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110 documentation describes why RedHat released 2.96 and other interesting things.
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114 SDL output doesn't work or compile. Problem is ....
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116 It is tested with newest SDL (probably runs on 1.1.7+).
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117 It does NOT work with any previous version, so don't ask.
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121 I am still having trouble compiling with SDL support. gcc says something
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122 about "undefined reference to `SDL_EnableKeyRepeat'" What's now?
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124 Where did you install the SDL library? If you installed in /usr/local
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125 (the default) then edit the top level config.mak and add
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126 "-L/usr/local/lib " after "X_LIBS=" Now type make. You're done!
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130 It doesn't compile, and it misses uint64_t inttypes.h and similar things...
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132 copy etc/inttypes.h to <B>MPlayer</B> directory (cp etc/inttypes.h .)
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133 try again...
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137 I have Pentium III but ./configure doesn't detect SSE
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139 Only kernel versions 2.4.x supports SSE (or try latest 2.2.19 or newer, but
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140 be prepared for problems)
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144 I have G200/G400, how to compile/use mga_vid driver?
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145 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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146 Read all this documentation.
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147 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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148
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149 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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150 Are there rpm/deb/... packages of <B>MPlayer</B>?
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151 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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152 You can make a .deb package for yourself, check section <A HREF="documentation.html#6.1">6.1</A>.
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153 It's _STRONGLY_ discouraged to use precompiled packages
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154 of <B>MPlayer</B>, since it (currently) _highly_ depends on compile-time
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155 options and optimizations!
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156 Precompiled packages are COMPLETELY unsupported by the <B>MPlayer</B> team!
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157 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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159 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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160 During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't understand,
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161 I DO have X installed!?
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162 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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163 ...but you don't have the X development package installed. Or not
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164 correctly. It's called XFree86-devel* under RedHat, and xlib6g-dev* under
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165 Debian. Also check if the /usr/X11 symlink exists (this can be a problem on
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166 Mandrake systems). It can be created with the<BR>
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167 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11</CODE><BR>
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168 command. Also check the /usr/include/X11 link :<BR>
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169 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</CODE><BR>
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170 Your distribution may differ from the Linux Filesystem Standard.
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171 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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173 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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174 What about DGA driver? I can't find it!!!
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175 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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176 ./configure autodetects your DGA driver. If -vo help doesn't show
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177 DGA, then there's a problem with your X installation.
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178 Try ./configure --enable-dga (and RTFM)
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179 Alternatively, try SDL's DGA driver with '-vo sdl:dga' options.
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180 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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182 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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183 I can't compile SVGAlib.. I'm using 2.3/2.4 kernel.
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184 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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185 You have to edit SVGAlib's Makefile.cfg and comment "BACKGROUND = y" out.
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186 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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188 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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189 I compiled MPlayer with libdvdcss/libdivxdecore support, but when
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190 I try to start it, it says:<BR>
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191 <CODE>&gt; error while loading shared libraries: lib*.so.0: cannot load
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192 shared object file: No such file or directory</CODE><BR>
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193 I checked up on the file and it IS there in /usr/local/lib.
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194 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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195 Add /usr/local/lib to <B>/etc/ld.so.conf</B> and run <B>ldconfig</B> .
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196 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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197
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198 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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199 MPlayer doesn't seem to find my libcss. What am I doing wrong ?
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200 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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201 It's normal. <B>MPlayer</B> no longer depends on libcss to play a DVD. You
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202 have to install <B>libdvdread</B> and <B>libdvdcss</B>. Check for DVD Playback
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203 part <A HREF="cd-dvd.html">here</A>. libcss is to be used for example when you
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204 want to play encrypted VOB files from hard disk (not for general users).
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205 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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206
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207 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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208 Hmm, strange. When loading the mga_vid.o kernel module, I found this in the logs:<BR>
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209 <CODE>Warning: loading mga_vid.o will taint the kernel: no license</CODE>
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210 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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211 The latest kernels modules needs require a flag indicating its license (mainly
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212 to avoid kernel hackers' debugging closed sources drivers).
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213 Upgrade your kernel and your modutils and <B>MPlayer</B>.
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214 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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215
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216 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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217 When compiling <B>MEncoder</B>, it segfaults at linking !!!
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218 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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219 Dunno, upgrading binutils should help (2.11.92.* or newer should be good). Not our fault, do NOT report!
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220 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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221
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222 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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223 I'd like to compile <B>MPlayer</B> on Minix !
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224 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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225 Me too. :)
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226 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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227
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228
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229 <TD COLSPAN=3><B><A NAME=5.2><FONT CLASS="text">5.2. General questions</A></B>
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230 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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232 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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233 What about DVD playing ?
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234 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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235 Read the CD/DVD section in <A HREF="cd-dvd.html">this page</A>.
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236 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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237
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238 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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239 -xy or -fs option doesn't work with x11 driver (-vo x11)
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240 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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241 It does, but you have to explicitly specify software scaling (it's SLOW!) with
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242 the <CODE>-zoom</CODE> option. You better use XF86VidMode support:
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243 you must specify the -vm and the -fs switch, and you're done.
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244 Make sure you have the right Modelines in your XF86Config file, and
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245 try if the DGA driver (and SDL's DGA driver, see RTFM) works for you.
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246 It's much faster. If SDL's DGA works too, use that, it'll be EVEN faster!
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247 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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249 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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250 What is the meaning of numbers in the status line?
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251 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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252 See: <CODE><FONT CLASS="text">A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57 41% 0% 2.6% 0 4 49%</CODE><BR>
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253 <UL>
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254 <LI><FONT CLASS="text">A: audio position in seconds
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255 <LI>V: video position in seconds
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256 <LI>A-V: audio-video difference in seconds (delay)
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257 <LI>ct: total A-V sync correction done
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258 <LI>frames played (counting from last seek)
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259 <LI>video codec cpu usage in percent (for mpeg it includes video_out too!)
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260 <LI>video_out cpu usage for avi, 0 for mpg (see above)
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261 <LI>audio codec cpu usage in percent
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262 <LI>frames needed to drop to maintain A-V sync
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263 <LI>current level of image postprocessing (when using -autoq)
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264 <LI>current cache size used (normal is ~50%)
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265 </UL>
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266 <I>Most of them are for debug purposes, and will be removed soon.</I>
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267 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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269 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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270 What if I don't want them to appear?
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271 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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272 Then you use the -quiet option, and read the manpage.
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273 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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274
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275 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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276 Why is video_out cpu usage zero (0%) for mpeg files?
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277 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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278 It's not zero, but it's built in into codec, so can't be measured separated.
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279 You should try to play the file using -vo null and then -vo ... and check
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280 the difference to see video_out speed...
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281 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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282
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283 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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284 What's XMMP? (is it XMMS or XMPS but mispelled?)
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285 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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286 It's a new project, see http://frozenproductions.com for details
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287 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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288
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289 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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290 There are error messages about file not found /usr/lib/win32/....
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291 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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292 Download <A HREF="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/w32codec-0.60.tar.bz2">w32codec-0.60.tar.bz2</A>
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293 from *our* FTP (avifile's codec package has different DLL set).
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294 Install it.
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295 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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297 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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298 Are there any mailing lists on MPlayer?
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299 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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300 Yes! See RTFM on how to subscribe them!
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303 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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304 I've found a nasty bug when I tried to play my favourite video!!
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305 Who should I inform?
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306 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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307 See Appendix <A HREF="bugreports.html">C</A>.
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308 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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310 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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311 I have problems playing files with ... codec. Can I use'em?
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312 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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313 Check <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html</A>,
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314 if it doesn't contain your codec, read
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315 <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.3">section 2.1.3</A>, and contact us.
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316 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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318 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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319 Umm, what is "IdegCounter"?
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320 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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321 A mixture of a hungarian and an english word. In english, "Ideg" means
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322 "nerve", and is pronounced as something like "ydaegh" . It was first used
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323 to measure the nervousness of A'rpi, after some (umm) "mystic" disappearance
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324 of CVS code ;)
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325 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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326
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327 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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328 And what is "Faszom(C)ounter" ?
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329 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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330 "Fasz" is a hungarian word you don't want to know, the others are in
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331 connection with the pervert minds of the MPlayer developers.
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332 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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333
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334 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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335 LIRC doesn't work, because ...
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336 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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337 Are you sure you use "mplayer_lirc" instead of "mplayer"?
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338 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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340 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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341 Subtitles are very nice, the most beautiful I've ever seen, but they slow
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342 down the playing! I know it's unlikely...
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343 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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344 After running ./configure , edit config.h and replace <CODE>#undef FAST_OSD</CODE> with
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345 <CODE>#define FAST_OSD</CODE>. Then recompile.
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346 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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348 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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349 The OSD is flickering!
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350 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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351 You use a vo driver with single buffering (x11,xv). With xv,
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352 use -double option.
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353 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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354
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355 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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356 What exactly is this libavcodec?
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357 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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358 See the <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.2">2.1.2.2 section</A>.
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359 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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360
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361 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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362 But configure tells me "Checking for libavcodec ... no"!
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363 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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364 You need to get libavcodec from FFmpeg's CVS. Read the instructions in
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365 the <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.2">ffmpeg section</A>.
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366 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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367
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368 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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369 The GUI isn't usable with icewm, because some panel are over the movie!!
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370 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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371 Known, icewm is dictatoric. Unsolvable. In detail:
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372 its taskbar overrides GUI's window resize queries. If it asks for
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373 resize to 800x600, then it resizes window to 800x(600-taskbar_size). It's bad.
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374 Very bad.
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375 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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377 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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378 I can't access the GUI menu. I press right click, but I can't access any
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379 menu items !
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380 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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381 Are you using FVWM ? Try the following :<BR>
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382 Start -&gt; Settings -&gt; Configuration -&gt; Base Configuration<BR>
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383 <BR>
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384 Set "Use Applications position hints" to Yes.
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385 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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387 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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388 How can I run MPlayer in the background ?
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389 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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390 Use : <CODE>mplayer &lt;options&gt; &lt;filename&gt; &lt; /dev/null &
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391 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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392
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393 <TD COLSPAN=3>
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394 <B><A NAME=5.3><FONT CLASS="text">5.3. File playing problems</A></B>
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395 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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397 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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398 ...... works with avifile/aviplay while doesn't with MPlayer.
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399 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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400 <B>MPlayer</B> != avifile
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401 The only common thing between these players is the Win32 DLL loader.
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402 The codecs (dll) sets, syncronization, demultiplexing etc is totaly
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403 different and shouldn't be compared.
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404 If something works with aviplay it doesn't mean that <B>MPlayer</B> should do
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405 it and vice versa.
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406 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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408 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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409 Audio goes out of sync playing .avi file.
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410 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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411 Try with -bps or -nobps option
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412 if still bad, send me (upload to ftp) that file, I'll check.
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415 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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416 Indeo 3.x/4.x movies are viewed upside-down!!!?
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418 It's a known bug (really it's a bug/limitation of the DLL codec)
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419 Try if your vo driver supports the -flip switch.
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420 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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421
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422 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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423 Indeo 3.x,4.x video doesn't work at 32bpp resolutions (16,24 bpp are ok).
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424 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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425 It's a known bug (really it's a bug/limitation of the DLL codec).
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427
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428 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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429 MPlayer exits with something error when using l3codeca.acm.
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430 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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431 Check 'ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer' output. If it contains<BR>
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432 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4???????)</CODE><BR>
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433 where "?" is any number then it's ok, the error is not here. If it is:<BR>
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434 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00??????)</CODE><BR>
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435 then there is problem with your kernel/libc. Maybe you are using some
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436 security patches (for example Solar Designer's OpenWall patch) which
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437 forces loading libraries to very low addresses.
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438 Because l3codeca.acm is a non-relocatable DLL, it must be loaded to
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439 0x00400000, we can't change this. You should use non-patched kernel,
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440 or use <B>MPlayer</B>'s -afm 1 option to disable using l3codeca.acm.
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441 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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443 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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444 My computer plays M$ DivX AVIs with resolutions ~ 640x300 and stereo mp3
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445 sound too slow. When I use -nosound switch, everything is ok (but quiet).
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446 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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447 Ok son, your machine is too slow. RTFM or anything.
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448 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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449
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450 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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451 MPlayer dies with "MPlayer interrupted by signal 4 in module: decode_video".
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452 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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453 Try running <B>MPlayer</B> on the machine you compiled on. Or recompile. Don't
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454 use <B>MPlayer</B> on different CPU than it was compiled on.
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455 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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457 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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458 I have problems with [your window manager] and fullscreen xv/xmga/sdl/x11 modes..
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459 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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460 Use the -fsmode switch. See example.conf or manpage.
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461 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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462
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463 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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464 But it works with avifile!
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465 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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466 So what?
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467 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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469 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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470 Then avifile is better!
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471 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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472 Then use avifile, it has nice GUI and nice C++ code :)
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473 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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474
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475 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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476 I got this playing mpeg files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001!
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477 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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478 You have old version of codecs.conf at ~/.mplayer/. Upgrade it from etc/<BR>
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479 <B>OR</B> you have the <CODE>vc=</CODE> option or similar, in your
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480 config file(s).
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481 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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482
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483 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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484 After starting mplayer under KDE(1/2) I just get a black screen and nothing
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485 happens, after about one minute the video starts playing.
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486 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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487 The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device, either wait the time
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488 until video starts or you disable the arts-daemon in kontrollcenter.
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489 If you want to use arts sound, specify audio output via SDL (ao=sdl), and
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490 make sure your SDL can handle arts sound. Yet another option is to start
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491 mplayer with artsdsp.
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492 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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493
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494 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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495 I have an AVI that plays with grey screen with -vc odivx, and green with -vc divx4 .
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496 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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497 It's not a DivX file, but an M$ MPEG4v3 . Update your codecs.conf.
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498 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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499
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500 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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501 There this movie is, and when I play it I get video-audio desync and/or MPlayer crashes with the following:<BR>
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502 <CODE>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</CODE>
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503 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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504 This can have multiple reasons.<BR>
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505 <LI>your CPU <B>and/or</B> video card <B>and/or</B> bus is too SLOW. <B>MPlayer</B>
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506 displays a message if this is the case. (and the dropped frames counter is going up fast)</LI>
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507 <LI>if it is an AVI, maybe it has bad interleaving. Try the <I>-ni</I> option.</LI>
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508 <LI>your sound driver is buggy, or you use ALSA 0.5 with <I>-ao oss</I>. See the <A HREF="sound.html">soundcards section</A>.</LI>
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509 <LI>the AVI has bad header, try with the <I>-nobps</I> option, and/or <I>-mc 0</I> .</LI>
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510 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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511
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512 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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513 I have an MJPEG file which works with other players but displays only black
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514 image in MPlayer.
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515 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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516 Disable the Windows DLL in <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>, or use <CODE>-vc ffmjpeg</CODE> option (you have to
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517 compile MPlayer with libavcodec).
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518 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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519
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520 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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521 When I try to grab from my tuner, it works, but colors are strange. It's ok
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522 with other applications.
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523 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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524 Your card probably misreports its colorspace capacity. Try with YUY2 instead
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525 of default YV12 (see TV input documentation).
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526 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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527
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528 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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529 When I try to start playing, I get this message, but playing is good :<BR>
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530 <CODE>Linux RTC init: ioctl (rtc_pie_on): Permission denied</CODE>
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531 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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532 See the <A HREF="documentation.html#1.3">Installation section</A>. The part
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533 about new sync code.
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534 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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535
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536 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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537 I have A/V sync problems. Some of my AVIs play fine, but some play with
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538 double speed !
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539 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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540 You have buggy soundcard/driver. Most likely it's fixed at 44100Hz, and
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541 you try to play a file which has 22050Hz audio. Try the <CODE>-ao sdl</CODE>
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542 driver.
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543 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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544
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545 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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546 All the WMV (or other..) files I play gives green/gray window and there is
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547 only sound! It prints:<BR>
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548 <CODE>Detected video codec: [null] drv:0 (NULL codec (no decoding))</CODE>
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549 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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550 Update your <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>
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551 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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553 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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554 I get very strange percent numbers (way too big) while playing files on my notebook ?
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555 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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556 It's an effect of the power management / power saving system of your notebook
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557 (bios, not kernel). Plug the externel power connecter in <b>before</b> you power on your
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558 notebook.
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559 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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560
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561 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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562 The audio/video get's totaly out of sync when i run MPlayer as root. It works normal
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563 when i run it as a user.
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564 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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565 This is again a power managment effect (see above). Plug the externel power connecter
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566 in <b>before</b> you power on your notebook.
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567 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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568
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569 <TD COLSPAN=3>
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570 <B><A NAME=5.4><FONT CLASS="text">5.4. Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></B>
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571 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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574 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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575 Ok, -vo help shows DGA driver, but it is babbling about permissions!
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576 Help me!
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577 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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578 It works only if running as root! It's a DGA limitation.
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579 You should become to root (su -), and try again.
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580 Another solution is making mplayer SUID root, but its NOT RECOMMENDED!<BR>
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581 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
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582 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>chmod 750 /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
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583 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
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584 <B>!!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!!</B><BR>
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585 This is a *BIG* security risk! *NEVER* do this on a server or on a computer
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586 can be accessed by more people than only you because they can gain root
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587 privilegies through suid root mplayer!!!<BR>
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588 <B>!!!! SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ... !!!!</B>
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589 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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591 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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592 When using Xvideo, my Voodoo 3/Banshee says:<BR>
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593 <CODE>X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)<BR>
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594 &nbsp;&nbsp;Major opcode of failed request: 147 (MIT-SHM)<BR>
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595 &nbsp;&nbsp;Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (X_ShmAttach)<BR>
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596 &nbsp;&nbsp;Serial number of failed request: 26<BR>
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597 &nbsp;&nbsp;Current serial number in output stream:27</CODE><BR>
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598 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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599 Your driver is old, update it. Either download (at least) DRI version 0.6
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600 from <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">http://dri.sourceforge.net</A>,
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601 or use the DRI cvs.
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602 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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604 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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605 When using Xvideo, I can't play DivX avis with my Voodoo 3/Banshee!
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606 It says:<BR>
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607 ...<BR>
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608 <CODE>Xvideo image format: 0x32315659 (YV12) planar<BR>
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609 Xvideo image format: 0x30323449 (I420) planar<BR></CODE>
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610 ...
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611 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A1:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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612 See the previous answer.
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613 </TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A2:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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614 Since 0.18pre4 we support libavcodec from the ffmpeg package. It contains
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615 a C language DivX and OpenDivX decoder. The DivX decoder uses YV12 format
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616 for output, thus it should work for you. Compile in libavcodec support.
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617 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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619 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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620 OpenGL (-vo gl) output doesn't work (hangup/black window/X11 errors/...).
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621 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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622 Your opengl driver doesn't support dynamic texture changes (glTexSubImage)
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623 It's known not to work with nVidia's binary mess.
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624 It's known to work with Utah-GLX/DRI and Matrox G400 card. Also with
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625 DRI and Radeon card. It won't work with DRI others than these.
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626 it will not work with 3DFX cards because the 256x256 texture size limit.
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627 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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629 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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630 I have an nVidia TNT/TNT2 card, and I have a band with strange colours,
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631 right under the movie! Whose fault is this?
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632 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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633 It's the nVidia X driver's. These bugs are ONLY with the TNT/TNT2 cards,
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634 and we can't do anything about it, it's not our bug. UPDATE : it's fixed
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635 in newest drivers, at last..
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636 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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638 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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639 I have an nVidia XYZ card, and when I click on the GUI's diplay window to toggle
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640 displaying the GUI panel, a black square appears where I clicked. I have
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641 the newest driver.
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642 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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643 Yes, nvidia corrected a previous bug (above), and implemented a new one. Let's
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644 congratule them. UPDATE : according to
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645 <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">NVidia</A>, this is already
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646 corrected.
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647 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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648
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649 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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650 When I use the GUI with SDL video output, a second video window is created.
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651 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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652 Known, don't use SDL for GUI yet.
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653 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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654
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655 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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656 Oh the world is cruel..! SDL has only <CODE>x11</CODE> target, but not
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657 <CODE>xv</CODE>!
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658 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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659 Try that <CODE>x11</CODE> target again. Now try <CODE>-vo x11 -fs -zoom</CODE>.
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660 See the difference? No?! Ok, here comes the enlightenment: SDL's
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661 <CODE>x11</CODE> target uses xv when available, you don't have to worry about
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662 it...
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663 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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665 <TD COLSPAN=3>
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666 <B><A NAME=5.5><FONT CLASS="text">5.5. Feature requests</A></B>
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669 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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670 Is there a hint on how to watch RealMedia movies in MPlayer?
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671 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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672 There's no way to do it. Therefore this format deserves to die in flames.
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673 Theoretically you can reverse engineer Real codecs built for Linux (they
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674 are available as .so files), but in practice that's really difficult, even
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675 if you know how the compiler used by Real is making assembler code.
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676 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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678 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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679 When will be &lt;your favourite video feature&gt; (like subtitle placement) implemented?
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680 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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681 Wait for libvo2.
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682 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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684 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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685 I'd like to seek +/- 1 frames, instead of 10 seconds.
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686 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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687 This won't be done. It was, but then it messed up A/V sync. Feel free to
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688 implement it, and send a patch. Don't ask for it.
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689 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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691 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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692 Where is the Windows version ?
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693 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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694 It's not released, and won't be. Look around the windows scene (opensource
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695 ASF parsers, opensource ASF encoders, etc) and you'll know why. We don't
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696 want to go to jail.
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697 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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698
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699
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700 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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701 What card you may suggest me to buy?</b></td>
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702 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A0:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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703 It's for your opinion only but our issues are:
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704 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A1:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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705 Speed:
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706 <br>This
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707 parameter can be computed very easy:
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708 <br><b>a)</b>
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709 which movies do you plan to watch:
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710 <br><b>-
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711 MPEG1:</b> 320x200@32=256000
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712 <br>so
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713 you need only 256*25fps=6.4Mb/sec bandwidth (This format can be played
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714 in real-time on any PC since P-100 + S3Virge)
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715 <br><b>-
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716 MPEG4:</b> 640x480@32=1228800
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717 <br>you
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718 need videobandwidth 1.2*25fps=30Mb/sec To watch such movie in real-time
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719 you need enough power PC: (Celeron-450+DIMM based video card)
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720 <br><b>-
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721 MPEG2 (aka DVD or SDTV):</b> 1024x768@32=3145728
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722 <br>you
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723 need videobandwidth 3*30fps=90Mb/sec In extremal cases (if your video card
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724 supports IDCT decoding) this can be played on the same PC as for MPEG4
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725 <br><b>-
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726 HDTV (HighData TeleVision):</b> 2000x2000@32=16000000
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727 <br>i.e.
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728 videobandwidth = 16*30fps=480Mb/sec (This means also that you need at least
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729 32Mb of video memory to watch this stream: 16Mb for RGB area and 16Mb for
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730 YUV area)
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731 <br><b>b)</b>
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732 Bandwidth of PCI slot is: 33Mhz*32bit=132Mb/sec And PCI2.1 has 66MHz*32bit=265Mb/sec
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733 that is far enough for any movie playback (except HDTV streams which really
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734 require AGP bus).
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735 <br><b>c)</b>
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736 What memory type should be installed on video card:
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737 <br><b>SIMM</b>
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738 - avoid that
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739 <br><b>DIMM</b>
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740 - good if your video card has 128-bit memory access.
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741 <br><b>DDR</b>
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742 - is far enough for all types.
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743 <br>Note:
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744 By DGA comparision - there is no any visible difference between video cards
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745 which have installed the same type of video memory.
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746 <br><b>Resume:</b>
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747 If you have enough power CPU (Celeron-450 or K6-2-500) it would be enough
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748 to buy any video card which has at least 8Mb of DIMM or DDR memory.
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749 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A2:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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750 Quality:
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751 <br>This
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752 question was investigated in depth at:
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753 <br><a href="http://www.anandtech.com">http://www.anadtech.com</a>
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754 AnandTech - Video Card Roundup - DVD Quality, Features &amp; Performance
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755 (October 2000)
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756 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A3:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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757 WORKING features under Linux:
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758 <br>If
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759 you are win32 user then probably you have support (from driver and DirectX8
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760 side) for any feature which was introduced in your chip.
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761 <br>But
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762 for <b>linux </b>users:
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763 <br>Currently
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764 I know only several vendors which have more or less advanced support under
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765 Linux:
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766 <br>&nbsp;
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767 <table BORDER COLS=5 WIDTH="100%" NOSAVE >
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768 <tr>
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769 <td>&nbsp;</td>
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770
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771 <td>
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772 <center>Matrox</center>
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773 </td>
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774
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775 <td>
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776 <center>ATI</center>
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777 </td>
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778
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779 <td>
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780 <center>NVidia</center>
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781 </td>
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782
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783 <td>
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784 <center>S4 Savage</center>
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785 </td>
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786 </tr>
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787
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788 <tr>
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789 <td>Driver's provider</td>
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790
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791 <td>enthusiasts</td>
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792
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793 <td>enthusiasts</td>
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794
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795 <td>OEM + enthusiasts</td>
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796
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797 <td>enthusiasts</td>
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798 </tr>
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799
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800 <tr>
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801 <td>Driver's quality</td>
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802
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803 <td>Best(X11,kernel)</td>
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804
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805 <td>Best(X11,GATOS,kernel)</td>
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806
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807 <td>Buggy(X11 only)</td>
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808
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809 <td>Best(X11 only)</td>
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810 </tr>
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811
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812 <tr>
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813 <td>VIDEO OVERLAY</td>
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814
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815 <td></td>
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816
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817 <td></td>
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818
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819 <td></td>
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820
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821 <td></td>
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822 </tr>
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823
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824 <tr>
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825 <td>BES and YV2RGB</td>
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826
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827 <td>YES</td>
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828
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829 <td>YES</td>
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830
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831 <td>YES</td>
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832
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833 <td>YES</td>
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834 </tr>
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835
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836 <tr>
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837 <td>scaling filters</td>
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838
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839 <td>N/A</td>
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840
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841 <td>YES</td>
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842
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843 <td>N/A</td>
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844
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845 <td>N/A</td>
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846 </tr>
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847
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848 <tr>
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849 <td>adaptive deinterlace</td>
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850
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851 <td>NO</td>
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852
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853 <td>YES</td>
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854
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855 <td>N/A</td>
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856
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857 <td>N/A</td>
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858 </tr>
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859
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860 <tr>
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861 <td>Video equalizer (hue, contrast, saturation, color correction)</td>
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862
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863 <td>N/A</td>
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864
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865 <td>PARTLY&nbsp;(under devel)</td>
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866
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867 <td>N/A</td>
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868
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869 <td>N/A</td>
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870 </tr>
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871
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872 <tr>
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873 <td>Alpha blending, color and video keys</td>
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874
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875 <td>PARTLY</td>
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876
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877 <td>PARTLY&nbsp;(under devel)</td>
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878
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879 <td>N/A</td>
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880
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881 <td>N/A</td>
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882 </tr>
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883
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884 <tr>
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885 <td>Video capture</td>
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886
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887 <td>N/A</td>
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888
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889 <td>YES(GATOS)</td>
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890
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891 <td>N/A</td>
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892
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893 <td>N/A</td>
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894 </tr>
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895
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896 <tr>
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897 <td>TV-out</td>
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898
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899 <td>YES</td>
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900
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901 <td>YES</td>
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902
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903 <td>N/A</td>
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904
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905 <td>N/A</td>
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906 </tr>
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907 </table>
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908
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909 <p>Well
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910 - it's very rude observing of video card. Indeed we should pay our attention
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911 for models of video card:
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912 <br>For
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913 example if MatroxG400 drivers support TV-out then G450 and G550 has no such
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914 support.
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915 <br>Other
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916 sample: Adaptive deinterlacing exists only since Rage128 chip and isn't
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917 present on Mach64+ ones. Same as 3D features are far different from Mach64
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918 to Radeon2 8500 with trueform possibilities.
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919 <p><b>ANYWAY
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920 - MPLAYER'S TEAM DOESN'T ACCEPT ANY CLAIMS IF YOU AFTER</b>
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921 <br><b>READING
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922 OF THIS MATERIAL WILL BUY CARD WHICH IS UNSUCCESSFUL FOR YOU!!!</b>
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923 <br><b>THIS
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924 MATERIAL IS ONLY OUR VISION.</b>
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925 <p><b>Q:</b>
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926 If PCI slot is far enough for most types of movies then why S3 Virge
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927 <br>is
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928 too slow for them?
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929 <br><b>A:</b>
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930 Due to its SIMM memory.
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931 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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932
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933 <TD COLSPAN=3>
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934 <B><A NAME=5.6><FONT CLASS="text">5.6. Encoding</A></B>
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935 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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936
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937 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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938 How can I encode ?
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939 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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940 Check <A HREF="encoding.html">this documentation</A>.
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941 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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942
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943 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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944 My tuner works, with MPlayer I can hear the sound and watch the video, but
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945 MEncoder doesn't encode audio !
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946 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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947 TV audio encoding for Linux is currently unimplemented, we're working on it.
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948 Currently it's working only on BSD.
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949 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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950
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951 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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952 I can't encode DVD subtitles into the AVI !
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953 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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954 You have to specify the <CODE>-sid</CODE> option correctly!
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955 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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956
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957 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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958 MEncoder segfaults on start !
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959 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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960 Upgrade DivX4Linux.
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961 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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962
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963 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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964 How can I encode only selected chapters from DVD ?
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965 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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966 Use the <CODE>-chapter</CODE> option correctly, like : <CODE>-chapter 5-7</CODE>
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967 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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968
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969 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text">
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970 I'm trying to work with 2Gb+ files on a VFAT filesystem. Does it work?
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971 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">
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972 No, VFAT doesn't support 2Gb+ files.
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973 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>
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974
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975 </TABLE>
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976
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977 </BODY>
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978 </HTML>