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| 6393 | 25 <TR><TD COLSPAN=3><P><B><A NAME=5.1>5.1 Compilation</A></B></P> |
| 1682 | 26 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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| 6393 | 28 <TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Compilation stops with an error message similar to this one: |
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| 6393 | 37 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>As the error message clearly states, this is a compiler problem. Upgrade your |
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| 6393 | 41 <TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Configure ends with this text, and MPlayer won't compile!<BR> |
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| 6393 | 43 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Your gcc isn't installed correctly, check the <CODE>config.log</CODE> file |
| 3290 | 44 for details. |
| 45 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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| 6393 | 47 <TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>What does "No such file or directory" mean? |
| 48 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Probably there is no such file or directory. | |
| 2117 | 49 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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| 6393 | 51 <TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>What's the problem with gcc 2.96? |
| 52 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><B>We strongly discourage the use of gcc 2.96!!!</B><BR> | |
| 6055 | 53 Read <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#gcc">this</A> |
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57 in case you run into problems. |
| 2954 | 58 <BR> |
| 1682 | 59 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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| 6393 | 61 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Great, I have gcc 3.0.1 from Red Hat/Mandrake, then I'm fine--! |
| 62 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>No, since there have been/are issues with these compilers as well.<BR> | |
| 6055 | 63 Use the 2.95.x series for reliability (not <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#gcc">2.96</A>). |
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| 6393 | 67 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I tried to compile MPlayer, but I got this output: |
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| 6393 | 82 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Upgrade your glibc to the latest release. On Mandrake, use 2.2.4-8mdk. |
| 1682 | 83 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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| 6393 | 85 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>... gcc 2.96 ... (Yes, some people are STILL flaming about their gcc 2.96!!) |
| 86 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Quoted from a | |
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92 <P>And we have idegs. And our idegcounter overflowed again and again.</P> |
| 2137 | 93 |
| 94 <P>Unfortunately MPlayer is out of our control. It's used by lamers, Linux users | |
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| 101 <P>And you clever guys come and flame us with gcc 2.96 and binary packages. | |
| 102 Instead of helping users or making patches to help solve problems.</P> | |
| 103 | |
| 104 <P>Half of our spare/free time is spent by answering silly mails here and | |
| 105 making newer tricks and checks to configure to avoid such mails.</P> | |
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109 the 'new to Linux' guys who are showing us gcc 2.96 is buggy.</P> |
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111 <P>Conclusion: We can't be good. Half the people always will say we are bad.</P> |
| 2137 | 112 |
| 113 <P>Maybe we should close the project, make it closed source, commercial, and | |
| 114 provide install support for it. then we could leave current work, so | |
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| 119 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
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| 6393 | 121 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Where can I find information about gcc 2.96 bugs? |
| 122 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><A HREF="users_against_developers.html#gcc">This</A> | |
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| 2488 | 124 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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| 6393 | 126 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>SDL output doesn't work or compile. The problem is ... |
| 127 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It was tested to work with SDL 1.2.x and may run on SDL 1.1.7+. | |
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128 It does <B>not</B> work with any previous version. So if you choose to use such |
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129 a version, you are on your own. |
| 1682 | 130 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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| 6393 | 132 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I am still having trouble compiling with SDL support. gcc says something |
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133 about "undefined reference to `SDL_EnableKeyRepeat'". What now? |
| 6393 | 134 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Where did you install the SDL library? If you installed in /usr/local |
| 1682 | 135 (the default) then edit the top level config.mak and add |
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136 "-L/usr/local/lib" after "X_LIBS=". Now type make. You're done! |
| 1682 | 137 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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| 6393 | 139 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>It doesn't compile, and it misses uint64_t inttypes.h and similar things ... |
| 140 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Copy etc/inttypes.h to the <B>MPlayer</B> directory (<CODE>cp etc/inttypes.h .</CODE>) | |
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| 1682 | 142 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 1612 | 143 |
| 6393 | 144 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I have Linux running on a Pentium III but <CODE>./configure</CODE> doesn't detect |
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145 SSE ... |
| 6393 | 146 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Only kernel versions 2.4.x support SSE (or try 2.2.19 or newer, but |
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147 be prepared for problems). |
| 1682 | 148 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 149 | |
| 6393 | 150 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I have a G200/G400, how do I compile/use the mga_vid driver? |
| 151 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Read the <A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.7">mga_vid documentation</A>. | |
| 1682 | 152 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 153 | |
| 6393 | 154 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Are there rpm/deb/... packages of <B>MPlayer</B>? |
| 155 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You can make a .deb package for yourself, check the <A HREF="documentation.html#6.1">Debian packaging</A> section. | |
| 5979 | 156 There are RPM packages available on our homepage, don't use other sources! |
| 1682 | 157 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 1612 | 158 |
| 6393 | 159 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't understand, |
| 1682 | 160 I DO have X installed!? |
| 6393 | 161 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>... but you don't have the X development package installed. Or not |
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164 symlinks exist (this can be a problem on Mandrake systems). They can be created |
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165 with these commands:<BR> |
| 1682 | 166 <CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11</CODE><BR> |
| 167 <CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</CODE><BR> | |
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| 1682 | 170 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 171 | |
| 6393 | 172 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I can't compile SVGAlib. I'm using kernel 2.3/2.4 ... |
| 173 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You have to edit SVGAlib's Makefile.cfg and comment <CODE>BACKGROUND = y</CODE> out. | |
| 1682 | 174 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 175 | |
| 6393 | 176 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I compiled MPlayer with libdvdcss/libdivxdecore support, but when |
| 1682 | 177 I try to start it, it says:<BR> |
| 2001 | 178 <CODE>> error while loading shared libraries: lib*.so.0: cannot load |
| 1682 | 179 shared object file: No such file or directory</CODE><BR> |
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| 6393 | 181 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Add <CODE>/usr/local/lib</CODE> to <CODE>/etc/ld.so.conf</CODE> and run <CODE>ldconfig</CODE>. |
| 1682 | 182 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 183 | |
| 6393 | 184 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Hmm, strange. When loading the mga_vid.o kernel module, I found this in the logs:<BR> |
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| 192 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This is a linker problem. Upgrading binutils should help (2.11.92.* or newer | |
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| 2772 | 194 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 195 | |
| 6393 | 196 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I'd like to compile <B>MPlayer</B> on Minix! |
| 197 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Me too. :) | |
| 3053 | 198 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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| 6393 | 201 <TD COLSPAN=3><B><A NAME="5.2">5.2 General questions</A></B> |
| 1682 | 202 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 1612 | 203 |
| 6393 | 204 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>The <CODE>-xy</CODE> or <CODE>-fs</CODE> option doesn't work with the x11 driver (<CODE>-vo x11</CODE>) ... |
| 205 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It does, but you have to explicitly specify software scaling (it's SLOW!) with | |
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| 1682 | 212 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 1612 | 213 |
| 6393 | 214 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>What is the meaning of the numbers on the status line? |
| 215 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Example: <CODE>A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57/57 41% 0% 2.6% 0 4 49%</CODE><BR> | |
| 1682 | 216 <UL> |
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| 1682 | 218 <LI>V: video position in seconds |
| 219 <LI>A-V: audio-video difference in seconds (delay) | |
| 220 <LI>ct: total A-V sync correction done | |
| 221 <LI>frames played (counting from last seek) | |
| 5700 | 222 <LI>frames decoded (counting from last seek) |
| 223 <LI>video codec cpu usage in percent (for slices and DR this includes video_out) | |
| 224 <LI>video_out cpu usage | |
| 1682 | 225 <LI>audio codec cpu usage in percent |
| 226 <LI>frames needed to drop to maintain A-V sync | |
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| 1682 | 231 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 1612 | 232 |
| 6393 | 233 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>What if I don't want them to appear? |
| 234 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Use the <CODE>-quiet</CODE> option and read the man page. | |
| 1864 | 235 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 236 | |
| 6393 | 237 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Why is video_out cpu usage zero (0%) for some files? |
| 238 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It's not zero, but it's called from the codec and thus cannot be measured | |
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| 1682 | 241 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 242 | |
| 6393 | 243 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>There are error messages about file not found <CODE>/usr/lib/win32/</CODE> ... |
| 244 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Download the <A HREF="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/w32codec-0.90.tar.bz2">Win32 codecs</A> | |
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| 1682 | 247 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 1612 | 248 |
| 6393 | 249 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Are there any mailing lists on MPlayer? |
| 250 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Yes! See the bottom of the info page on | |
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| 1682 | 252 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 253 | |
| 6393 | 254 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I've found a nasty bug when I tried to play my favorite video!! |
| 1682 | 255 Who should I inform? |
| 6393 | 256 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Please read the <A HREF="bugreports.html">bug reporting guidelines</A> and follow |
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| 1682 | 258 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 259 | |
| 6393 | 260 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I have problems playing files with the ... codec. Can I use them? |
| 261 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Check the <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html">codec status</A>, | |
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| 1682 | 265 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 266 | |
| 6393 | 267 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Umm, what is "IdegCounter"? |
| 268 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>A combination of a Hungarian and an English word. "Ideg" in Hungarian means | |
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| 1682 | 272 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 273 | |
| 6393 | 274 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>And what is "Faszom(C)ounter"? |
| 275 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>"Fasz" is a Hungarian word you don't want to know, the others are connected to | |
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| 6393 | 279 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>LIRC doesn't work, because ... |
| 280 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Are you sure you are using <CODE>mplayer</CODE> instead of <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE>? | |
| 5700 | 281 Note that it was <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE> for long time, including the 0.60 release, but recently |
| 282 changed back to <CODE>mplayer</CODE>. | |
| 1682 | 283 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 284 | |
| 6393 | 285 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Subtitles are very nice, the most beautiful I've ever seen, but they slow |
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| 6393 | 287 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>After running <CODE>./configure</CODE> , edit <CODE>config.h</CODE> and replace |
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| 1682 | 289 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 1612 | 290 |
| 6393 | 291 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>The OSD is flickering! |
| 292 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You use a vo driver with single buffering (x11,xv). With xv, | |
| 5700 | 293 use the <CODE>-double</CODE> option. Also try <CODE>-vop expand</CODE> |
| 1682 | 294 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 295 | |
| 6393 | 296 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>What exactly is this libavcodec thing? |
| 297 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>See the <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.2">FFmpeg section</A>. | |
| 1682 | 298 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 299 | |
| 6393 | 300 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>But configure tells me "Checking for libavcodec ... no"! |
| 301 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You need to get libavcodec from FFmpeg's CVS. Read the instructions in | |
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| 1682 | 303 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 304 | |
| 6393 | 305 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Icewm's taskbar keeps covering the movie in fullscreen mode! |
| 306 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This shouldn't happen anymore, if it still does use the <CODE>-icelayer</CODE> | |
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| 6393 | 314 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Are you using FVWM? Try the following:<BR> |
| 2972 | 315 Start -> Settings -> Configuration -> Base Configuration<BR> |
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| 2972 | 317 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 318 | |
| 6393 | 319 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>How can I run MPlayer in the background? |
| 320 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Use: <CODE>mplayer <options> <filename> < /dev/null &</CODE> | |
| 4680 | 321 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 322 | |
| 1682 | 323 <TD COLSPAN=3> |
| 6393 | 324 <B><A NAME="5.3">5.3 File playing problems</A></B> |
| 1682 | 325 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 326 | |
| 6393 | 327 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>... works with avifile/aviplay but doesn't with MPlayer. |
| 328 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><B>MPlayer</B> != avifile. | |
| 1682 | 329 The only common thing between these players is the Win32 DLL loader. |
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| 1682 | 331 different and shouldn't be compared. |
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| 1682 | 334 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 335 | |
| 6393 | 336 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Audio goes out of sync playing a .avi file. |
| 337 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Try the <CODE>-bps</CODE> or <CODE>-nobps</CODE> option. If it does not improve, | |
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| 1682 | 339 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 1612 | 340 |
| 6393 | 341 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>MPlayer exits with some error when using l3codeca.acm. |
| 342 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Check <CODE>ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE> output. If it contains<BR> | |
| 1682 | 343 <CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4???????)</CODE><BR> |
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| 1682 | 345 <CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00??????)</CODE><BR> |
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| 1682 | 347 security patches (for example Solar Designer's OpenWall patch) which |
| 348 forces loading libraries to very low addresses. | |
| 349 Because l3codeca.acm is a non-relocatable DLL, it must be loaded to | |
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| 1682 | 352 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 1612 | 353 |
| 6393 | 354 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>My computer plays M$ DivX AVIs with resolutions ~ 640x300 and stereo mp3 |
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| 6393 | 356 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Your machine is too slow or your soundcard driver is broken. Consult the documentation to see if you can improve |
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| 6393 | 360 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>MPlayer dies with "MPlayer interrupted by signal 4 in module: decode_video". |
| 361 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Try running <B>MPlayer</B> on the machine you compiled on. Or recompile. Don't | |
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| 1682 | 363 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 1612 | 364 |
| 6393 | 365 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I have problems with [your window manager] and fullscreen xv/xmga/sdl/x11 modes ... |
| 366 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Read the <A HREF="bugreports.html">bug reporting guidelines</A> and send us a | |
| 6055 | 367 proper bug report. |
| 1682 | 368 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 369 | |
| 6393 | 370 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>But it works with avifile! |
| 371 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>So what? | |
| 1682 | 372 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 1612 | 373 |
| 6393 | 374 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Then avifile is better! |
| 375 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Then use avifile, it has a nice GUI and nice C++ code :) | |
| 1682 | 376 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 377 | |
| 6393 | 378 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I got this playing mpeg files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001! |
| 379 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You have an old version of codecs.conf at <CODE>~/.mplayer/</CODE>. Upgrade it | |
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| 1682 | 383 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 384 | |
| 6393 | 385 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>When starting MPlayer under KDE I just get a black screen and nothing happens. |
| 6352 | 386 After about one minute the video starts playing. |
| 6393 | 387 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device. Either wait until the |
| 6352 | 388 video starts or disable the arts-daemon in kontrol center. If you want |
| 6329 | 389 to use arts sound, specify audio output via our native arts audio driver |
| 6352 | 390 (<CODE>-ao arts</CODE>). If it fails or isn't compiled in, try SDL |
| 391 (<CODE>-ao sdl</CODE>) and make sure your SDL can handle arts sound. Yet | |
| 6329 | 392 another option is to start <B>MPlayer</B> with artsdsp. |
| 1682 | 393 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 394 | |
| 6393 | 395 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I have an AVI that produces a gray screen when played with <CODE>-vc odivx</CODE> |
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| 6393 | 397 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It's not a DivX file, but an M$ MPEG4v3 . Update your codecs.conf. |
| 1682 | 398 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 399 | |
| 6393 | 400 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>When I play this movie I get video-audio desync and/or MPlayer crashes with the following message:<BR> |
| 1892 | 401 <CODE>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</CODE> |
| 6393 | 402 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This can have multiple reasons.<BR> |
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| 1892 | 412 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 413 | |
| 6393 | 414 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I have an MJPEG file which works with other players but displays only a black |
| 2606 | 415 image in MPlayer. |
| 6393 | 416 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Disable the Windows DLL in <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>, or use the |
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| 2606 | 418 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 419 | |
| 6393 | 420 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>When I try to grab from my tuner, it works, but colors are strange. It's OK |
| 3030 | 421 with other applications. |
| 6393 | 422 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Your card probably misreports its colorspace capacity. Try with YUY2 instead |
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| 3030 | 424 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 425 | |
| 6393 | 426 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>When I start playing, I get this message but everything seems fine:<BR> |
| 3053 | 427 <CODE>Linux RTC init: ioctl (rtc_pie_on): Permission denied</CODE> |
| 6393 | 428 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You need root privileges to use the new timing code. For details see the |
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| 3053 | 430 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 431 | |
| 6393 | 432 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I have A/V sync problems. Some of my AVIs play fine, but some play with |
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| 6393 | 434 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You have a buggy sound card/driver. Most likely it's fixed at 44100Hz, and |
| 5700 | 435 you try to play a file which has 22050Hz audio. Try the resample audio plugin. |
| 3162 | 436 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 437 | |
| 6393 | 438 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>All the WMV (or other..) files I play create a green/gray window and there is |
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| 3192 | 440 <CODE>Detected video codec: [null] drv:0 (NULL codec (no decoding))</CODE> |
| 6393 | 441 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Update your <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>. |
| 3192 | 442 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 443 | |
| 6393 | 444 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I get very strange percentage values (way too big) while playing files on my notebook. |
| 445 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It's an effect of the power management / power saving system of your notebook | |
| 6282 | 446 (BIOS, not kernel). Plug the external power connector in <B>before</B> you power on your |
| 5016 | 447 notebook. |
| 448 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
| 449 | |
| 6393 | 450 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>The audio/video gets totally out of sync when I run MPlayer as root on my notebook. |
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| 6393 | 452 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This is again a power management effect (see above). Plug the external power |
| 6282 | 453 connector in <B>before</B> you power on your notebook or use the |
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| 5016 | 455 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 3053 | 456 |
| 1682 | 457 <TD COLSPAN=3> |
| 6393 | 458 <B><A NAME="5.4">5.4 Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></B> |
| 1682 | 459 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 1612 | 460 |
| 461 | |
| 6393 | 462 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>What about the DGA driver? I can't find it!!! |
| 463 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><CODE>./configure</CODE> autodetects your DGA driver. If <CODE>-vo help</CODE> doesn't show | |
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| 6393 | 470 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>OK, <CODE>-vo help</CODE> shows DGA driver, but it complains about permissions! |
| 1682 | 471 Help me! |
| 6393 | 472 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It works only if running as root! It's a DGA limitation. |
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474 Another solution is making <B>MPlayer</B> SUID root, but it's <B>NOT RECOMMENDED!</B><BR> |
| 1682 | 475 <CODE>chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> |
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| 1682 | 477 <CODE>chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> |
| 478 <B>!!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!!</B><BR> | |
| 479 This is a *BIG* security risk! *NEVER* do this on a server or on a computer | |
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| 1682 | 483 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 1612 | 484 |
| 6393 | 485 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>When using Xvideo, my Voodoo 3/Banshee says:<BR> |
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| 1682 | 487 Major opcode of failed request: 147 (MIT-SHM)<BR> |
| 488 Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (X_ShmAttach)<BR> | |
| 489 Serial number of failed request: 26<BR> | |
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| 6393 | 491 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>The "tdfx" driver in XFree86 4.0.2/4.0.3 had this bug. This was solved by |
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| 1682 | 496 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 1612 | 497 |
| 6393 | 498 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>OpenGL (<CODE>-vo gl</CODE>) output doesn't work (hang/black window/X11 errors/...). |
| 499 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Your OpenGL driver doesn't support dynamic texture changes (glTexSubImage). | |
| 3858 | 500 It's known not to work with nVidia's binary mess. |
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| 1682 | 504 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 1612 | 505 |
| 6393 | 506 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I have an nVidia TNT/TNT2 card, and I have a band with strange colors, |
| 1682 | 507 right under the movie! Whose fault is this? |
| 6393 | 508 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This is a bug of nVidia's binary X driver. These bugs appear ONLY with the |
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| 5700 | 510 to the latest nVidia binary driver version. If still bad, complain to nVidia! |
| 1682 | 511 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 1612 | 512 |
| 6393 | 513 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I have an nVidia XYZ card, and when I click on the GUI's display window to toggle |
| 2065 | 514 displaying the GUI panel, a black square appears where I clicked. I have |
| 515 the newest driver. | |
| 6393 | 516 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Yes, nVidia corrected a previous bug (above), and introduced a new one. Let's |
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| 2065 | 520 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 521 | |
| 6393 | 522 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>When I use the GUI with SDL video output, a second video window is created. |
| 523 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Known, don't use SDL for the GUI yet. | |
| 3343 | 524 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 525 | |
| 6393 | 526 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Oh the world is cruel ...! SDL has only <CODE>x11</CODE> target, but not |
| 5498 | 527 <CODE>xv</CODE>! |
| 6393 | 528 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Try that <CODE>x11</CODE> target again. Now try <CODE>-vo x11 -fs -zoom</CODE>. |
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| 5498 | 530 <CODE>x11</CODE> target uses xv when available, you don't have to worry about |
| 5700 | 531 it ... Note: you can force/disable Xv via SDL using <CODE>-forcexv<CODE> and <CODE>-noxv</CODE> |
| 5498 | 532 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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| 6393 | 538 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B> |
| 539 While playing a DVD, I encountered this error:<BR> | |
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| 6393 | 542 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> |
| 543 This is a known libdvdread 0.9.1/0.9.2 bug. | |
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| 6393 | 547 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B> |
| 548 Can I compile libdvdread and libdvdcss on my sweet SPARC under Solaris? | |
| 549 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> | |
| 550 Who knows ... It's said to work, so please test it and send feedback. Refer to | |
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| 6393 | 555 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B> |
| 556 What about subtitles? Can MPlayer display them? | |
| 557 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> | |
| 558 Yes! See the <A HREF="cd-dvd.html">DVD chapter</A> of the documentation. | |
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| 6393 | 561 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B> |
| 562 How can I set the region code of my DVD-drive? I don't have Windows! | |
| 563 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> | |
| 564 Use the | |
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| 6393 | 568 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B> |
| 569 Do I need to be (setuid) root/setuid fibmap_mplayer to be able to play a DVD? | |
| 570 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> | |
| 571 No, only for old-style DVD support. However you must have | |
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| 6393 | 575 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B> |
| 576 Where can I get libdvdread and libdvdcss packages? | |
| 577 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> | |
| 578 From the | |
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| 6393 | 582 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B> |
| 583 Is it possible to play/encode only selected chapters? | |
| 584 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> | |
| 585 Yes, try the <CODE>-chapter</CODE> option. | |
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| 6393 | 588 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B> |
| 589 My DVD playback is sluggish! | |
| 590 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> | |
| 591 Use the <CODE>-cache</CODE> option (described in the man page) | |
| 6352 | 592 and try enabling DMA for the DVD drive with the hdparm tool (described in the |
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| 6393 | 597 <B><A NAME="5.6">5.6 Feature requests</A></B> |
| 1682 | 598 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 1612 | 599 |
| 6393 | 600 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I'd like to seek +/- 1 frames instead of 10 seconds. |
| 601 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This won't be done. It was, but then it messed up A/V sync. Feel free to | |
| 2859 | 602 implement it, and send a patch. Don't ask for it. |
| 603 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
| 604 | |
| 6393 | 605 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B> Where is the Windows version? |
| 606 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> It's not released, and won't be. Look around the Windows scene (open source | |
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| 3053 | 608 want to go to jail. |
| 609 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> | |
| 610 | |
| 3489 | 611 |
| 6393 | 612 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>What card do you suggest me to buy? |
| 613 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A0:</TD><TD>It's for your information only but our criteria are: | |
| 614 </TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A1:</TD><TD>Speed:<BR> | |
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615 This parameter can be computed easily: |
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616 <OL> |
| 6055 | 617 <LI>Which movies do you plan to watch? |
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619 <LI><B>MPEG1:</B> 320x200@32=256000<BR> |
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649 <B>Conclusion:</B> If you have enough CPU power (Celeron-450 or K6-2-500) it |
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| 3489 | 664 <tr> |
| 665 <td> </td> | |
| 666 | |
| 667 <td> | |
| 5700 | 668 <center>Matrox Gxxx</center> |
| 3489 | 669 </td> |
| 670 | |
| 671 <td> | |
| 5700 | 672 <center>ATI m64/r128/radeon</center> |
| 3489 | 673 </td> |
| 674 | |
| 675 <td> | |
| 5700 | 676 <center>nVidia tnt/geforce</center> |
| 3489 | 677 </td> |
| 678 | |
| 679 <td> | |
| 5700 | 680 <center>S3 Virge/Savage</center> |
| 3489 | 681 </td> |
| 682 </tr> | |
| 683 | |
| 684 <tr> | |
| 685 <td>Driver's provider</td> | |
| 686 | |
| 5700 | 687 <td>OEM and enthusiasts</td> |
| 3489 | 688 |
| 5700 | 689 <td>OEM and enthusiasts</td> |
| 3489 | 690 |
| 5700 | 691 <td>OEM or enthusiasts</td> |
| 3489 | 692 |
| 693 <td>enthusiasts</td> | |
| 694 </tr> | |
| 695 | |
| 696 <tr> | |
| 697 <td>Driver's quality</td> | |
| 698 | |
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| 3489 | 702 |
| 5700 | 703 <td>buggy/unstable (X11 only)</td> |
| 3489 | 704 |
| 5700 | 705 <td>slow (X11 only)</td> |
| 3489 | 706 </tr> |
| 707 | |
| 708 <tr> | |
| 709 <td>VIDEO OVERLAY</td> | |
| 710 | |
| 711 <td></td> | |
| 712 | |
| 713 <td></td> | |
| 714 | |
| 715 <td></td> | |
| 716 | |
| 717 <td></td> | |
| 718 </tr> | |
| 719 | |
| 720 <tr> | |
| 721 <td>BES and YV2RGB</td> | |
| 722 | |
| 723 <td>YES</td> | |
| 724 | |
| 725 <td>YES</td> | |
| 726 | |
| 727 <td>YES</td> | |
| 728 | |
| 729 <td>YES</td> | |
| 730 </tr> | |
| 731 | |
| 732 <tr> | |
| 733 <td>scaling filters</td> | |
| 734 | |
| 735 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 736 | |
| 737 <td>YES</td> | |
| 738 | |
| 739 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 740 | |
| 741 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 742 </tr> | |
| 743 | |
| 744 <tr> | |
| 745 <td>adaptive deinterlace</td> | |
| 746 | |
| 5700 | 747 <td>N/A</td> |
| 3489 | 748 |
| 749 <td>YES</td> | |
| 750 | |
| 751 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 752 | |
| 753 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 754 </tr> | |
| 755 | |
| 756 <tr> | |
| 757 <td>Video equalizer (hue, contrast, saturation, color correction)</td> | |
| 758 | |
| 5700 | 759 <td>YES</td> |
| 3489 | 760 |
| 5700 | 761 <td>YES</td> |
| 3489 | 762 |
| 5700 | 763 <td>GeForce only</td> |
| 3489 | 764 |
| 765 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 766 </tr> | |
| 767 | |
| 768 <tr> | |
| 769 <td>Alpha blending, color and video keys</td> | |
| 770 | |
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| 3489 | 774 |
| 775 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 776 | |
| 777 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 778 </tr> | |
| 779 | |
| 780 <tr> | |
| 781 <td>Video capture</td> | |
| 782 | |
| 5700 | 783 <td>YES (Marvel)</td> |
| 3489 | 784 |
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| 787 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 788 | |
| 789 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 790 </tr> | |
| 791 | |
| 792 <tr> | |
| 793 <td>TV-out</td> | |
| 794 | |
| 5700 | 795 <td>G400 only</td> |
| 3489 | 796 |
| 797 <td>YES</td> | |
| 798 | |
| 799 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 800 | |
| 801 <td>N/A</td> | |
| 802 </tr> | |
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817 the S3 Virge too slow for them?<BR> |
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| 3489 | 820 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 821 | |
| 3192 | 822 <TD COLSPAN=3> |
| 6393 | 823 <B><A NAME="5.7">5.7 Encoding</A></B> |
| 3192 | 824 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 825 | |
| 6393 | 826 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>How can I encode? |
| 827 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Read the <B>MEncoder</B> <A HREF="encoding.html">documentation</A>. | |
| 3192 | 828 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 829 | |
| 6393 | 830 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>My tuner works, I can hear the sound and watch the video with MPlayer, but |
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| 6393 | 832 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>TV audio encoding for Linux is currently unimplemented, we're working on it. |
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| 3966 | 834 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 835 | |
| 6393 | 836 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I can't encode DVD subtitles into the AVI! |
| 837 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You have to specify the <CODE>-sid</CODE> option correctly! | |
| 3966 | 838 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 839 | |
| 6393 | 840 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>MEncoder segfaults on startup! |
| 841 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Upgrade DivX4Linux. | |
| 4116 | 842 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
| 843 | |
| 6393 | 844 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>How can I encode only selected chapters from a DVD? |
| 845 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Use the <CODE>-chapter</CODE> option correctly, like: <CODE>-chapter 5-7</CODE> | |
| 4398 | 846 </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> |
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| 6393 | 848 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I'm trying to work with 2GB+ files on a VFAT file system. Does it work? |
| 849 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>No, VFAT doesn't support 2GB+ files. | |
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| 6393 | 852 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Why is the recommended bitrate printed by MEncoder negative? |
| 853 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Because the bitrate you encoded the audio with is too large to fit the | |
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| 1612 | 858 |
| 859 </BODY> | |
| 860 </HTML> |