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49 <B><I>We strongly discourage the use of gcc 2.96!!!</I></B><BR> |
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51 document for details. If you still really really want to use it, be sure to get |
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6055 | 62 Use the 2.95.x series for reliability (not <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#gcc">2.96</A>). |
2954 | 63 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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89 Quoted from a <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2001-October/005351.html">mail</A> A'rpi sent to the mplayer-users list (the word 'ideg' is described below): |
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97 help! oh! help me!'. We can't stop them, but at least we try to force them to |
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98 RTFM and to read messages of ./configure and MPlayer.</P> |
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100 <P>And you clever guys come and flame us with gcc 2.96 and binary packages. | |
101 Instead of helping users or making patches to help solve problems.</P> | |
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103 <P>Half of our spare/free time is spent by answering silly mails here and | |
104 making newer tricks and checks to configure to avoid such mails.</P> | |
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110 <P>Conclusion: We can't be good. Half the people always will say we are bad.</P> |
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112 <P>Maybe we should close the project, make it closed source, commercial, and | |
113 provide install support for it. then we could leave current work, so | |
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128 SDL output doesn't work or compile. The problem is ... |
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130 It was tested to work with SDL 1.2.x and may run on SDL 1.1.7+. |
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140 (the default) then edit the top level config.mak and add | |
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147 Copy etc/inttypes.h to the <B>MPlayer</B> directory (<CODE>cp etc/inttypes.h .</CODE>) |
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1682 | 166 Are there rpm/deb/... packages of <B>MPlayer</B>? |
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5979 | 169 There are RPM packages available on our homepage, don't use other sources! |
1682 | 170 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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1682 | 173 During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't understand, |
174 I DO have X installed!? | |
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1682 | 181 <CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11</CODE><BR> |
182 <CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</CODE><BR> | |
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190 <CODE>./configure</CODE> autodetects your DGA driver. If <CODE>-vo help</CODE> doesn't show |
1682 | 191 DGA, then there's a problem with your X installation. |
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193 <A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.3">documentation</A>. |
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194 Alternatively, try SDL's DGA driver with the <CODE>-vo sdl:dga</CODE> option. |
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203 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
2001 | 204 I compiled MPlayer with libdvdcss/libdivxdecore support, but when |
1682 | 205 I try to start it, it says:<BR> |
2001 | 206 <CODE>> error while loading shared libraries: lib*.so.0: cannot load |
1682 | 207 shared object file: No such file or directory</CODE><BR> |
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217 The latest kernel modutils require a flag indicating the license (mainly |
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218 to avoid kernel hackers debugging closed source drivers). |
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219 Upgrade your kernel, modutils and <B>MPlayer</B>. |
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3774 | 232 Me too. :) |
3053 | 233 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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1612 | 238 |
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259 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
5700 | 260 Example: <CODE><FONT CLASS="text">A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57/57 41% 0% 2.6% 0 4 49%</CODE><BR> |
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1682 | 263 <LI>V: video position in seconds |
264 <LI>A-V: audio-video difference in seconds (delay) | |
265 <LI>ct: total A-V sync correction done | |
266 <LI>frames played (counting from last seek) | |
5700 | 267 <LI>frames decoded (counting from last seek) |
268 <LI>video codec cpu usage in percent (for slices and DR this includes video_out) | |
269 <LI>video_out cpu usage | |
1682 | 270 <LI>audio codec cpu usage in percent |
271 <LI>frames needed to drop to maintain A-V sync | |
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1864 | 279 What if I don't want them to appear? |
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5700 | 285 Why is video_out cpu usage zero (0%) for some files? |
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6122 | 295 Download the <A HREF="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/w32codec-0.90.tar.bz2">Win32 codecs</A> |
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304 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/info.html">our homepage</A> to subscribe! |
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1682 | 309 Who should I inform? |
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321 <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.3">codec importing HOWTO</A> and contact us. |
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342 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
5700 | 343 Are you sure you are using <CODE>mplayer</CODE> instead of <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE>? |
344 Note that it was <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE> for long time, including the 0.60 release, but recently | |
345 changed back to <CODE>mplayer</CODE>. | |
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1682 | 349 Subtitles are very nice, the most beautiful I've ever seen, but they slow |
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353 <CODE>#undef FAST_OSD</CODE> with <CODE>#define FAST_OSD</CODE>. Then recompile. |
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1682 | 357 The OSD is flickering! |
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358 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
1682 | 359 You use a vo driver with single buffering (x11,xv). With xv, |
5700 | 360 use the <CODE>-double</CODE> option. Also try <CODE>-vop expand</CODE> |
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365 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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366 See the <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.2">FFmpeg section</A>. |
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369 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
1682 | 370 But configure tells me "Checking for libavcodec ... no"! |
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1682 | 372 You need to get libavcodec from FFmpeg's CVS. Read the instructions in |
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1682 | 374 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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376 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> |
6122 | 377 Icewm's taskbar keeps covering the movie in fullscreen mode! |
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6120 | 379 The taskbar cannot be overlapped by any window unless you add the following |
380 line to <CODE>~/.icewm/preferences</CODE>:<BR> | |
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2972 | 387 I can't access the GUI menu. I press right click, but I can't access any |
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388 menu items! |
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390 Are you using FVWM? Try the following:<BR> |
2972 | 391 Start -> Settings -> Configuration -> Base Configuration<BR> |
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392 Set "Use Applications position hints" to "Yes". |
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396 How can I run MPlayer in the background? |
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398 Use: <CODE>mplayer <options> <filename> < /dev/null &</CODE> |
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408 <B>MPlayer</B> != avifile. |
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420 read <A HREF="bugreports.html">this</A> and upload the file to FTP. |
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426 Check <CODE>ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE> output. If it contains<BR> |
1682 | 427 <CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4???????)</CODE><BR> |
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1682 | 429 <CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00??????)</CODE><BR> |
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430 then there is a problem with your kernel/libc. Maybe you are using some |
1682 | 431 security patches (for example Solar Designer's OpenWall patch) which |
432 forces loading libraries to very low addresses. | |
433 Because l3codeca.acm is a non-relocatable DLL, it must be loaded to | |
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435 or use <B>MPlayer</B>'s <CODE>-afm 1</CODE> option to disable using l3codeca.acm. |
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1682 | 439 My computer plays M$ DivX AVIs with resolutions ~ 640x300 and stereo mp3 |
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1682 | 447 MPlayer dies with "MPlayer interrupted by signal 4 in module: decode_video". |
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1682 | 449 Try running <B>MPlayer</B> on the machine you compiled on. Or recompile. Don't |
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455 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
6055 | 456 Read the <A HREF="bugreports.html">bug reporting guidelines</A> and send us a |
457 proper bug report. | |
1682 | 458 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
459 | |
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1682 | 461 But it works with avifile! |
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462 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
1682 | 463 So what? |
464 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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1682 | 467 Then avifile is better! |
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1682 | 470 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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1682 | 473 I got this playing mpeg files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001! |
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474 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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1682 | 483 happens, after about one minute the video starts playing. |
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1682 | 485 The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device, either wait the time |
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1682 | 488 make sure your SDL can handle arts sound. Yet another option is to start |
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1682 | 496 It's not a DivX file, but an M$ MPEG4v3 . Update your codecs.conf. |
497 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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1892 | 501 <CODE>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</CODE> |
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1892 | 503 This can have multiple reasons.<BR> |
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504 <UL> |
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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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507 <LI>If it is an AVI, maybe it has bad interleaving. Try the <CODE>-ni</CODE> option.</LI> |
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509 See the <A HREF="sound.html">sound card section</A>.</LI> |
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511 <CODE>-mc 0</CODE>.</LI> |
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2606 | 517 image in MPlayer. |
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518 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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520 <CODE>-vc ffmjpeg</CODE> option (compile MPlayer with libavcodec for this to work). |
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524 When I try to grab from my tuner, it works, but colors are strange. It's OK |
3030 | 525 with other applications. |
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526 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
3030 | 527 Your card probably misreports its colorspace capacity. Try with YUY2 instead |
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3053 | 533 <CODE>Linux RTC init: ioctl (rtc_pie_on): Permission denied</CODE> |
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535 You need root privileges to use the new timing code. For details see the |
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536 <A HREF="documentation.html#1.3">installation section</A> of the documentation. |
3053 | 537 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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3162 | 540 I have A/V sync problems. Some of my AVIs play fine, but some play with |
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543 You have a buggy sound card/driver. Most likely it's fixed at 44100Hz, and |
5700 | 544 you try to play a file which has 22050Hz audio. Try the resample audio plugin. |
3162 | 545 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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548 All the WMV (or other..) files I play create a green/gray window and there is |
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3192 | 550 <CODE>Detected video codec: [null] drv:0 (NULL codec (no decoding))</CODE> |
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552 Update your <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>. |
3192 | 553 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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556 I get very strange percentage values (way too big) while playing files on my notebook. |
5016 | 557 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
558 It's an effect of the power management / power saving system of your notebook | |
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559 (BIOS, not kernel). Plug the external power connector in <b>before</b> you power on your |
5016 | 560 notebook. |
561 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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565 It works normal when i run it as a user. |
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567 This is again a power management effect (see above). Plug the external power connector |
5016 | 568 in <b>before</b> you power on your notebook. |
569 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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1682 | 580 It works only if running as root! It's a DGA limitation. |
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581 You should become root (<CODE>su -</CODE>), and try again. |
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582 Another solution is making <B>MPlayer</B> SUID root, but it's <B>NOT RECOMMENDED!</B><BR> |
1682 | 583 <CODE>chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> |
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584 <CODE>chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> |
1682 | 585 <CODE>chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> |
586 <B>!!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!!</B><BR> | |
587 This is a *BIG* security risk! *NEVER* do this on a server or on a computer | |
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589 privileges through SUID root MPlayer!!!<BR> |
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1682 | 594 When using Xvideo, my Voodoo 3/Banshee says:<BR> |
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1682 | 596 Major opcode of failed request: 147 (MIT-SHM)<BR> |
597 Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (X_ShmAttach)<BR> | |
598 Serial number of failed request: 26<BR> | |
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601 The "tdfx" driver in XFree86 4.0.2/4.0.3 had this bug. This was solved by |
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611 Your OpenGL driver doesn't support dynamic texture changes (glTexSubImage). |
3858 | 612 It's known not to work with nVidia's binary mess. |
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614 DRI and Radeon cards. It won't work with DRI and other cards. |
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615 it will not work with 3DFX cards because of the 256x256 texture size limit. |
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619 I have an nVidia TNT/TNT2 card, and I have a band with strange colors, |
1682 | 620 right under the movie! Whose fault is this? |
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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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623 TNT/TNT2 cards, and we can't do anything about it. To fix the problem, upgrade |
5700 | 624 to the latest nVidia binary driver version. If still bad, complain to nVidia! |
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628 I have an nVidia XYZ card, and when I click on the GUI's display window to toggle |
2065 | 629 displaying the GUI panel, a black square appears where I clicked. I have |
630 the newest driver. | |
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632 Yes, nVidia corrected a previous bug (above), and introduced a new one. Let's |
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3343 | 639 When I use the GUI with SDL video output, a second video window is created. |
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645 Oh the world is cruel ...! SDL has only <CODE>x11</CODE> target, but not |
5498 | 646 <CODE>xv</CODE>! |
647 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> | |
648 Try that <CODE>x11</CODE> target again. Now try <CODE>-vo x11 -fs -zoom</CODE>. | |
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649 See the difference? No?! OK, here comes the enlightenment: SDL's |
5498 | 650 <CODE>x11</CODE> target uses xv when available, you don't have to worry about |
5700 | 651 it ... Note: you can force/disable Xv via SDL using <CODE>-forcexv<CODE> and <CODE>-noxv</CODE> |
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659 <FONT CLASS="text">While playing a DVD, I encountered this error:<BR> |
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660 <CODE>mplayer: ifo_read.c:1143: ifoRead_C_ADT_internal: Assertion nfo_length / |
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661 sizeof(cell_adr_t) >= c_adt->nr_of_vobs' failed.</CODE> |
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663 <FONT CLASS="text">This is a known libdvdread 0.9.1/0.9.2 bug. |
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664 Use libmpdvdkit. |
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665 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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668 <FONT CLASS="text">Can I compile libdvdread and libdvdcss on my sweet SPARC under Solaris? |
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670 <FONT CLASS="text">Who knows ... It's said to work, so please test it and send feedback. Refer to |
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671 the documentation of libdvdread and its homepage as well. We're not the authors |
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672 of libdvdread. |
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676 <FONT CLASS="text">What about subtitles? Can MPlayer display them? |
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678 <FONT CLASS="text">Yes! See the <A HREF="cd-dvd.html">DVD chapter</A> of the documentation. |
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682 <FONT CLASS="text">How can I set the region code of my DVD-drive? I don't have Windows! |
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685 <A HREF="http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvd/dvd_disc_20000215.tar.gz">regionset tool</A>. |
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689 <FONT CLASS="text">Do I need to be (setuid) root/setuid fibmap_mplayer to be able to play a DVD? |
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691 <FONT CLASS="text">No, only for old-style DVD support. However you must have |
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692 the proper rights on the DVD device entry (in <CODE>/dev/</CODE>). |
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696 <FONT CLASS="text">Where can I get libdvdread and libdvdcss packages? |
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699 <A HREF="http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd">Ogle site</A>. |
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703 <FONT CLASS="text">Is it possible to play/encode only selected chapters? |
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705 <FONT CLASS="text">Yes, try the <CODE>-chapter</CODE> option. |
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709 <FONT CLASS="text">My DVD playback is sluggish! |
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711 <FONT CLASS="text">Use the <CODE>-cache</CODE> option (described in the manpage!) and |
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712 try enabling DMA for the DVD drive. |
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3857 | 722 This won't be done. It was, but then it messed up A/V sync. Feel free to |
2859 | 723 implement it, and send a patch. Don't ask for it. |
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3053 | 731 want to go to jail. |
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738 It's for your information only but our criteria are: |
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741 This parameter can be computed easily: |
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747 in real-time on any PC since the times of Pentium-100 + S3Virge).</LI> |
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752 <LI><B>MPEG2 (aka DVD or SDTV):</B> 1024x768@32=3145728<BR> |
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755 as for MPEG4.</LI> |
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759 for the YUV area.</LI> |
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760 </UL> |
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764 HDTV streams which really require an AGP bus).</LI> |
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766 <UL> |
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767 <LI><B>SIMM</B> - Avoid that.</LI> |
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769 <LI><B>DDR</B> - Is fast enough for all types.</LI> |
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779 Quality:<BR> |
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789 or less advanced driver support:<BR><BR> |
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791 <table BORDER=1 COLS=5 WIDTH="100%"> |
3489 | 792 <tr> |
793 <td> </td> | |
794 | |
795 <td> | |
5700 | 796 <center>Matrox Gxxx</center> |
3489 | 797 </td> |
798 | |
799 <td> | |
5700 | 800 <center>ATI m64/r128/radeon</center> |
3489 | 801 </td> |
802 | |
803 <td> | |
5700 | 804 <center>nVidia tnt/geforce</center> |
3489 | 805 </td> |
806 | |
807 <td> | |
5700 | 808 <center>S3 Virge/Savage</center> |
3489 | 809 </td> |
810 </tr> | |
811 | |
812 <tr> | |
813 <td>Driver's provider</td> | |
814 | |
5700 | 815 <td>OEM and enthusiasts</td> |
3489 | 816 |
5700 | 817 <td>OEM and enthusiasts</td> |
3489 | 818 |
5700 | 819 <td>OEM or enthusiasts</td> |
3489 | 820 |
821 <td>enthusiasts</td> | |
822 </tr> | |
823 | |
824 <tr> | |
825 <td>Driver's quality</td> | |
826 | |
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3489 | 830 |
5700 | 831 <td>buggy/unstable (X11 only)</td> |
3489 | 832 |
5700 | 833 <td>slow (X11 only)</td> |
3489 | 834 </tr> |
835 | |
836 <tr> | |
837 <td>VIDEO OVERLAY</td> | |
838 | |
839 <td></td> | |
840 | |
841 <td></td> | |
842 | |
843 <td></td> | |
844 | |
845 <td></td> | |
846 </tr> | |
847 | |
848 <tr> | |
849 <td>BES and YV2RGB</td> | |
850 | |
851 <td>YES</td> | |
852 | |
853 <td>YES</td> | |
854 | |
855 <td>YES</td> | |
856 | |
857 <td>YES</td> | |
858 </tr> | |
859 | |
860 <tr> | |
861 <td>scaling filters</td> | |
862 | |
863 <td>N/A</td> | |
864 | |
865 <td>YES</td> | |
866 | |
867 <td>N/A</td> | |
868 | |
869 <td>N/A</td> | |
870 </tr> | |
871 | |
872 <tr> | |
873 <td>adaptive deinterlace</td> | |
874 | |
5700 | 875 <td>N/A</td> |
3489 | 876 |
877 <td>YES</td> | |
878 | |
879 <td>N/A</td> | |
880 | |
881 <td>N/A</td> | |
882 </tr> | |
883 | |
884 <tr> | |
885 <td>Video equalizer (hue, contrast, saturation, color correction)</td> | |
886 | |
5700 | 887 <td>YES</td> |
3489 | 888 |
5700 | 889 <td>YES</td> |
3489 | 890 |
5700 | 891 <td>GeForce only</td> |
3489 | 892 |
893 <td>N/A</td> | |
894 </tr> | |
895 | |
896 <tr> | |
897 <td>Alpha blending, color and video keys</td> | |
898 | |
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899 <td>PARTIAL</td> |
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901 <td>PARTIAL (under development)</td> |
3489 | 902 |
903 <td>N/A</td> | |
904 | |
905 <td>N/A</td> | |
906 </tr> | |
907 | |
908 <tr> | |
909 <td>Video capture</td> | |
910 | |
5700 | 911 <td>YES (Marvel)</td> |
3489 | 912 |
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913 <td>YES (GATOS)</td> |
3489 | 914 |
915 <td>N/A</td> | |
916 | |
917 <td>N/A</td> | |
918 </tr> | |
919 | |
920 <tr> | |
921 <td>TV-out</td> | |
922 | |
5700 | 923 <td>G400 only</td> |
3489 | 924 |
925 <td>YES</td> | |
926 | |
927 <td>N/A</td> | |
928 | |
929 <td>N/A</td> | |
930 </tr> | |
931 </table> | |
932 | |
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935 G550 do not necessarily have this feature.<BR> |
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936 Another example: Adaptive deinterlacing exists only for the Rage128 chip and |
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938 from Mach64 to the Radeon 8500 with TRUFORM technology.</P> |
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940 <P><B>ANYWAY - THE MPLAYER TEAM DOESN'T ACCEPT ANY CLAIMS IF AFTER READING THIS |
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941 MATERIAL YOU BUY A CARD WHICH IS UNSATISFACTORY FOR YOU!!! THIS IS ONLY OUR |
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942 POINT OF VIEW.</B></P> |
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944 <P><B>Q:</B> If a PCI slot is fast enough for most types of movies then why is |
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945 the S3 Virge too slow for them?<BR> |
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946 <B>A:</B> Due to its SIMM memory.</P> |
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3489 | 948 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
949 | |
3192 | 950 <TD COLSPAN=3> |
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955 How can I encode? |
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956 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
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963 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
5227 | 964 TV audio encoding for Linux is currently unimplemented, we're working on it. |
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970 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
4398 | 971 You have to specify the <CODE>-sid</CODE> option correctly! |
3966 | 972 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
973 | |
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976 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> |
4116 | 977 Upgrade DivX4Linux. |
978 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
979 | |
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985 | |
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990 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD> |
4116 | 991 |
1682 | 992 </TABLE> |
1612 | 993 |
994 </BODY> | |
995 </HTML> |