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1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
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2 <!-- $Revision$ -->
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3 <chapter id="faq" xreflabel="FAQ">
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4 <title>Frequently Asked Questions</title>
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5
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6 <qandaset defaultlabel="qanda">
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7
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8 <qandadiv id="faq-development">
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9 <title>Development</title>
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11 <qandaentry>
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12 <question><para>
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13 How do I create a proper patch for <application>MPlayer</application>?
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14 </para></question>
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15 <answer><para>
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16 We made a <ulink url="../../tech/patches.txt">short document</ulink>
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17 describing all the necessary details. Please follow the instructions.
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18 </para></answer>
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19 </qandaentry>
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21 <qandaentry>
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22 <question><para>
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23 How can I support <application>MPlayer</application> development?
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24 </para></question>
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25 <answer><para>
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26 We are more than happy to accept your hardware and software
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27 <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/donations.html">donations</ulink>.
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28 They help us in continuously improving MPlayer.
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29 </para></answer>
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30 </qandaentry>
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31
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32 <qandaentry>
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33 <question><para>
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34 How can I become an <application>MPlayer</application> developer?
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35 </para></question>
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36 <answer><para>
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37 We always welcome coders and documenters. Read the
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38 <ulink url="../../tech/">technical documentation</ulink>
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39 to get a first grasp. Then you should subscribe to the
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40 <ulink url="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dev-eng">mplayer-dev-eng</ulink>
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41 mailing list and start coding.
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42 </para></answer>
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43 </qandaentry>
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46 <question><para>
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47 Why don't you use autoconf/automake?
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48 </para></question>
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49 <answer><para>
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50 We have a modular, handwritten build system. It does a reasonably good
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51 job, so why change? Besides, we dislike the auto* tools, just like
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52 <ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/889/">other people</ulink>.
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53 </para></answer>
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55 </qandadiv>
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56
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57 <qandadiv id="faq-compilation">
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58 <title>Compilation</title>
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59 <qandaentry>
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60 <question><para>
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61 Are there binary (RPM/deb) packages of <application>MPlayer</application>?
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62 </para></question>
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63 <answer><para>
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64 See the <link linkend="debian">Debian</link> and <link linkend="rpm">RPM</link>
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65 section for details.
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66 </para></answer>
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67 </qandaentry>
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68
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69 <qandaentry>
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70 <question><para>
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71 Compilation stops with an error message similar to this one:
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72 <screen>
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73 cfft.c: In function`passf2':
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74 cfft.c:556: unable to find a register to spill in class `FLOAT_REGS'
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75 cfft.c:556: this is the insn:
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76 (insn 235 233 246 (set (subreg:SF (reg/v:DI 29 rmm0 [110]) 0)
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77 (minus:SF (mem:SF (plus:SI (mult:SI (reg:SI 1 edx [112])
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78 (const_int 8 [0x8]))
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79 (reg/v/f:SI 3 ebx [62])) [4 S4 A32])
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80 (reg:SF 8 st(0) [132]))) 533 {*fop_sf_1_nosse} (insn_list
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81 232 (nil)) (expr_list:REG_DEAD (reg:SF 8 st(0) [132])
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82 (nil)))
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83 cfft.c:556: confused by earlier errors, bailing out
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84 </screen>
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85 </para></question>
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86 <answer><para>
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87 This is a known problem of <application>gcc</application> 3.2, upgrade
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88 to 3.3 to solve the problem. How to install gcc is described in the
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89 <link linkend="gcc-296">gcc 2.96</link> section. Alternatively you can use
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90 an external FAAD library as described in the
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91 <link linkend="aac">AAC</link> section.
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92 </para></answer>
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93 </qandaentry>
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95 <qandaentry>
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96 <question><para>
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97 Compilation stops with an error message similar to this one:
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98 <screen>
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99 In file included from mplayer.c:34:
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100 mw.h: In function `mplMainDraw':
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101 mw.h:209: Internal compiler error in print_rtl_and_abort, at flow.c:6458
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102 Please submit a full bug report,
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103 with preprocessed source if appropriate.
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104 </screen>
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105 </para></question>
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106 <answer><para>
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107 This is a known problem of <application>gcc</application> 3.0.4, upgrade
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108 to 3.1 to solve the problem. How to install gcc is described in the
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109 <link linkend="gcc-296">gcc 2.96</link> section.
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110 </para></answer>
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112
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113 <qandaentry>
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114 <question><para>
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115 Configure ends with this text, and MPlayer won't compile!
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116 <screen>Your gcc does not support even i386 for '-march' and '-mcpu'</screen>
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117 </para></question>
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118 <answer><para>
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119 Your gcc isn't installed correctly, check the <filename>config.log</filename>
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120 file for details.
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121 </para></answer>
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122 </qandaentry>
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124 <qandaentry>
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125 <question><para>
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126 What's the problem with gcc 2.96?
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127 </para></question>
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128 <answer><para>
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129 <emphasis role="bold">We strongly discourage the use of gcc 2.96!</emphasis>
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130 Read <link linkend="gcc-296">this</link> document for details about why Red Hat
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131 released gcc 2.96 and what the problems are all about. If you still really really
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132 want to use it, be sure to get the latest release and give the
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133 <option>--disable-gcc-checking</option> option to configure. Remember that you
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134 are on your own from this point. Do <emphasis role="bold">not</emphasis> report
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135 bugs, do <emphasis role="bold">not</emphasis> ask for help on the mailing lists.
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136 We will <emphasis role="bold">not</emphasis> provide any support in case you run
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137 into problems.
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138 </para></answer>
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139 </qandaentry>
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141 <qandaentry>
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142 <question><para>
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143 Great, I have gcc 3.0.1 from Red Hat/Mandrake, then I'm fine!
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144 </para></question>
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145 <answer><para>
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146 No, since there have been/are issues with these compilers as well.
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147 To check the status of current compilers' MPlayer support, see the
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148 <link linkend="install">Installation</link> section.
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149 </para></answer>
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153 <question><para>
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154 I tried to compile MPlayer, but I got this output:
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155 <screen>
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156 In file included from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/std_cwchar.h:42,
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157 from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/fpos.h:40,
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158 from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/char_traits.h:40,
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159 from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/std_string.h:41,
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160 from /usr/include/g++-v3/string:31,
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161 from libwin32.h:36,
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162 from DS_AudioDecoder.h:4,
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163 from DS_AudioDec.cpp:5:
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164 /usr/include/wchar.h: In function Long long int wcstoq(const wchar_t*,
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165 wchar_t**, int)':
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166 /usr/include/wchar.h:514: cannot convert `const wchar_t* __restrict' to
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167 `const
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168 </screen>
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169 </para></question>
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170 <answer><para>
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171 Upgrade your glibc to the latest release. On Mandrake, use 2.2.4-8mdk.
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176 <question><para>
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177 .. gcc 2.96 ... (Yes, some people are STILL flaming about gcc 2.96!)
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178 </para></question>
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179 <answer><para>
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180 Quoted from a <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2001-October/005351.html">mail</ulink>
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181 A'rpi sent to the <ulink url="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/">mplayer-users</ulink>
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182 list (the word 'ideg' is described below):
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183 <blockquote>
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184 <para>
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185 And we have idegs. And our idegcounter overflowed again and again.
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186 </para>
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187 <para>
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188 Unfortunately MPlayer is out of our control. It's used by lamers, Linux
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189 users who can't even use Windows, and never tried to compile a kernel. They
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191 RTFM'ing they send messages saying 'it doesn't work! help me! please! i'm
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192 new to Linux! help! oh! help me!'. We can't stop them, but at least we try
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193 to force them to RTFM and to read the messages of ./configure and MPlayer.
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212 Maybe we should close the project, make it closed source, commercial, and
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213 provide install support for it. then we could leave current work, so development
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214 could go faster, and we could earn lots of money with it and buy a big house,
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215 etc etc. Do you really want it? It seems.
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226 It was tested to work with SDL 1.2.x and may run on SDL 1.1.7+. It does
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227 <emphasis role="bold">not</emphasis> work with any previous version. So
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228 if you choose to use such a version, you are on your own.
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234 I am still having trouble compiling with SDL support. gcc says something
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235 about &quot;undefined reference to `SDL_EnableKeyRepeat'&quot;. What now?
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239 <filename class="directory">/usr/local</filename> (the default) then edit the
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240 top level <filename>config.mak</filename> and add &quot;-L/usr/local/lib&quot;
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257 I have Linux running on a Pentium III but <filename>./configure</filename>
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258 doesn't detect SSE ...
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261 Only kernel versions 2.4.x support SSE (or try 2.2.19 or newer, but be
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271 Read the <link linkend="mga_vid">mga_vid</link> section.
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279 <screen>Warning: loading mga_vid.o will taint the kernel: no license</screen>
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282 The latest kernel modutils require a flag indicating the license
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283 (mainly to avoid kernel hackers debugging closed source drivers).
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284 Upgrade your kernel, modutils and <application>MPlayer</application>.
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290 During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't understand,
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291 I DO have X installed!?
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293 <answer><para>
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294 ... but you don't have the X development package installed. Or not correctly.
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295 It's called <filename>XFree86-devel*</filename> under Red Hat, and
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296 <filename>xlibs-dev</filename> under Debian. Also check if the
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297 <filename class="directory">/usr/X11</filename> and
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298 <filename class="directory">/usr/include/X11</filename> symlinks exist (this
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299 can be a problem on Mandrake systems). They can be created with these commands:
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300 <screen>
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305 <ulink url="http://www.pathname.com/fhs/">Filesystem Hierarchy Standard</ulink>.
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311 I can't compile SVGAlib. I'm using kernel 2.3/2.4 ...
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314 You have to edit SVGAlib's <filename>Makefile.cfg</filename> and comment
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315 <systemitem>BACKGROUND = y</systemitem> out.
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321 I compiled MPlayer with libdvdcss/libdivxdecore support, but when I try to start it, it says:
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322 <screen>
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323 error while loading shared libraries: lib*.so.0: cannot load shared object file: No such file or directory
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324 </screen>
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325 I checked up on the file and it IS there in <filename class="directory">/usr/local/lib</filename> ...
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328 Add <filename class="directory">/usr/local/lib</filename> to <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename>
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329 and run <command>ldconfig</command>.
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335 When compiling <application>MEncoder</application>, it segfaults at linking!
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338 This is a linker problem. Upgrading binutils should help (2.11.92.*
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339 or newer should be good). Since it is not our fault, please do
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340 <emphasis role="bold">not</emphasis> report!
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346 MPlayer dies with segmentation fault upon pthread check!
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349 <command>chmod 644 /usr/lib/libc.so</command>
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355 I'd like to compile <application>MPlayer</application> on Minix!
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357 <answer><para>
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358 Me too. :)
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369 Are there any mailing lists on <application>MPlayer</application>?
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372 Yes. See the <link linkend="mailinglists">mailing lists</link>
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373 section.
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379 I've found a nasty bug when I tried to play my favorite video! Who should I inform?
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382 Please read the
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383 <link linkend="bugreports">bug reporting guidelines</link>
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384 and follow the instructions.
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389 <question><para>
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390 I have problems playing files with the ... codec. Can I use them?
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391 </para></question>
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392 <answer><para>
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393 Check the <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html">codec status</ulink>,
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394 if it doesn't contain your codec, read the <link linkend="codecs">codec documentation</link>,
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395 especially the <link linkend="win32-codecs">codec importing HOWTO</link> and contact us.
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401 When I start playing, I get this message but everything seems fine:
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402 <screen>Linux RTC init: ioctl (rtc_pie_on): Permission denied</screen>
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404 <answer><para>
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405 You need root privileges or a specially set up kernel to use the new timing
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406 code. For details see the <link linkend="rtc">RTC section</link> of the documentation.
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411 <question><para>
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412 There is a timer in the upper left corner. How can I get rid of it?
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413 </para></question>
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414 <answer><para>
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415 Press <keycap>o</keycap> and try the <option>-osdlevel</option> option.
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416 </para></answer>
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421 The <option>-xy</option> or <option>-fs</option> option doesn't work with
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422 the x11 driver (<option>-vo x11</option>) ...
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423 </para></question>
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424 <answer><para>
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425 It does, but you have to explicitly specify software scaling (very slow) with the
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426 <option>-zoom</option> option. You better use XF86VidMode support: You must
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427 specify the <option>-vm</option> and the <option>-fs</option> option, and you're
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428 done. Make sure you have the right modelines in your <filename>XF86Config</filename>
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429 file, and try to make the <link linkend="dga">DGA driver</link> and
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430 <link linkend="sdl">SDL's DGA driver</link> work for you. It's much
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431 faster. If SDL's DGA works, use that, it'll be even faster.
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432 </para></answer>
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436 <question><para>
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437 What is the meaning of the numbers on the status line?
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438 </para></question>
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439 <answer><para>
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440 Example:
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441 <screen>A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57/57 41% 0% 2.6% 0 4 49%</screen>
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442 <itemizedlist>
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443 <listitem><para>A: audio position in seconds</para></listitem>
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444 <listitem><para>V: video position in seconds</para></listitem>
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445 <listitem><para>A-V: audio-video difference in seconds (delay)</para></listitem>
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446 <listitem><para>ct: total A-V sync correction done</para></listitem>
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447 <listitem><para>frames played (counting from last seek)</para></listitem>
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448 <listitem><para>frames decoded (counting from last seek)</para></listitem>
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449 <listitem><para>video codec cpu usage in percent (for slices and DR this includes
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450 video_out)</para></listitem>
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451 <listitem><para>video_out cpu usage</para></listitem>
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452 <listitem><para>audio codec cpu usage in percent</para></listitem>
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453 <listitem><para>frames needed to drop to maintain A-V sync</para></listitem>
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454 <listitem><para>current level of image postprocessing (when using
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455 <option>-autoq</option>)</para></listitem>
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456 <listitem><para>current cache size used (around 50% is normal)</para></listitem>
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457 </itemizedlist>
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458 Most of them are for debug purposes and will be removed at some point.
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459 </para></answer>
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463 <question><para>
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464 What if I don't want them to appear?
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465 </para></question>
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466 <answer><para>
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467 Use the <option>-quiet</option> option and read the man page.
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468 </para></answer>
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472 <question><para>
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473 Why is video_out cpu usage zero (0%) for some files?
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474 </para></question>
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475 <answer><para>
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476 It's not zero, but it's called from the codec and thus cannot be measured
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477 separately. You should try to play the file using <option>-vo null</option> and
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478 then <option>-vo ...</option> and check the difference to see the video_out speed.
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479 </para></answer>
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480 <answer><para>
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481 You are using Direct Rendering, where the codec renders to the video memory
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482 itself. In this case, the decoding percentage contains the display percentage, too.
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483 </para></answer>
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484 </qandaentry>
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487 <question><para>
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488 There are error messages about file not found <filename>/usr/local/lib/codecs/</filename> ...
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489 </para></question>
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490 <answer><para>
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491 Download the Win32 codecs from our
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492 <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/">codecs page</ulink>
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493 (avifile's codec package has a different DLL set) and install it.
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494 </para></answer>
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498 <question><para>
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499 Umm, what is &quot;IdegCounter&quot;?
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500 </para></question>
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501 <answer><para>
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502 A combination of a Hungarian and an English word. &quot;Ideg&quot; in Hungarian
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503 means the same as "nerve" in English, and is pronounced as something like
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504 quot;ydaegh&quot;. It was first used to measure the nervousness of A'rpi, after
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505 some (umm) &quot;mysterious&quot; disappearance of CVS code ;)
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506 </para></answer>
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507 </qandaentry>
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508
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509 <qandaentry>
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510 <question><para>
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511 And what is &quot;Faszom(C)ounter&quot;?
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512 </para></question>
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513 <answer><para>
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514 &quot;Fasz&quot; is a Hungarian word you don't want to know, the others are
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515 connected to the perverted minds of the MPlayer developers.
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516 </para></answer>
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517 </qandaentry>
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520 <question><para>
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521 LIRC doesn't work, because ...
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522 </para></question>
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523 <answer><para>
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524 Are you sure you are using <command>mplayer</command> instead of
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525 <command>mplayer_lirc</command>? Note that it was <command>mplayer_lirc</command>
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526 for a long time, including the 0.60 release, but it was recently changed back to
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527 <command>mplayer</command>.
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528 </para></answer>
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529 </qandaentry>
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532 <question><para>
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533 Subtitles are very nice, the most beautiful I've ever seen, but they
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534 slow down playing! I know it's unlikely ...
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535 </para></question>
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536 <answer><para>
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537 After running <filename>./configure</filename>, edit <filename>config.h</filename>
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538 and replace <systemitem>#undef FAST_OSD</systemitem> with
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539 <systemitem>#define FAST_OSD</systemitem>. Then recompile.
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540 </para></answer>
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541 </qandaentry>
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544 <question><para>
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545 The onscreen display (OSD) is flickering!
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546 </para></question>
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547 <answer><para>
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548 You use a vo driver with single buffering (x11,xv). With xv, use the
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549 <option>-double</option> option. Also try <option>-vf expand</option>.
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550 </para></answer>
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551 </qandaentry>
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554 <question><para>
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555 What exactly is this libavcodec thing?
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556 </para></question>
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557 <answer><para>
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558 See the <link linkend="ffmpeg">libavcodec section</link>.
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559 </para></answer>
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560 </qandaentry>
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561
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562 <qandaentry>
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563 <question><para>
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564 But configure tells me &quot;Checking for libavcodec ... no&quot;!
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565 </para></question>
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566 <answer><para>
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567 You need to get libavcodec from FFmpeg's CVS. Read the instructions in the
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568 <link linkend="ffmpeg">libavcodec section</link>.
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569 </para></answer>
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570 </qandaentry>
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573 <question><para>
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574 Icewm's taskbar keeps covering the movie in fullscreen mode!
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575 </para></question>
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576 <answer><para>
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577 This shouldn't happen anymore, if it still does use the <option>-fstype</option>
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578 layer option and report it to the <ulink url="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/">mplayer-users</ulink>
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579 mailing list.
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581 </qandaentry>
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582
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583 <qandaentry>
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584 <question><para>
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585 I can't access the GUI menu. I press right click, but I can't
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586 access any menu items!
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587 </para></question>
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588 <answer><para>
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589 Are you using FVWM? Try the following:
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590 <orderedlist>
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591 <listitem><para>Start -> Settings -> Configuration -> Base Configuration</para></listitem>
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592 <listitem><para>Set &quot;Use Applications position hints&quot; to &quot;Yes&quot;</para></listitem>
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593 </orderedlist>
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594 </para></answer>
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595 </qandaentry>
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596
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597 <qandaentry>
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598 <question><para>
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599 How can I run MPlayer in the background?
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600 </para></question>
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601 <answer><para>
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602 Use:
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603 <screen>mplayer <replaceable>options</replaceable> <replaceable>filename</replaceable> &lt; /dev/null &amp;</screen>
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604 </para></answer>
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605 </qandaentry>
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606 </qandadiv>
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607
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608 <qandadiv id="faq-playback">
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609 <title>Playback problems</title>
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610
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611 <qandaentry>
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612 <question><para>
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613 I cannot pinpoint the cause of some strange playback problem.
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614 </para></question>
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615 <answer><para>
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616 Do you have a stray <filename>codecs.conf</filename> file in
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617 <filename>~/.mplayer/</filename>, <filename>/etc/</filename>,
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618 <filename>/usr/local/etc/</filename> or a similar location? Remove it,
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619 outdated <filename>codecs.conf</filename> files can cause obscure
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620 problems. MPlayer will use its builtin one instead.
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621 </para></answer>
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622 </qandaentry>
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623
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624 <qandaentry>
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625 <question><para>
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626 ... works with <application>xine/avifile/...</application> but doesn't with
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627 <application>MPlayer</application>.
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628 </para></question>
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629 <answer><para>
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630 <application>MPlayer</application> is not <application>xine/avifile/...</application>.
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631 Although these players have some code in common, the codecs (DLL) set,
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632 synchronization, demultiplexing etc is different and should not be
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633 compared. If you have a file <application>MPlayer</application> fails to
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634 play correctly but works in another player, please read the
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635 <link linkend="bugreports">bug reporting guidelines</link> and upload
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636 the file to our FTP server.
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637 </para></answer>
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638 </qandaentry>
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639
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640 <qandaentry>
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641 <question><para>
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642 Audio goes out of sync playing an AVI file.
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643 </para></question>
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644 <answer><para>
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645 Try the <option>-bps</option> or <option>-nobps</option> option. If it does not
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646 improve, read <link linkend="bugreports">this</link> and upload the file to FTP.
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647 </para></answer>
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648 </qandaentry>
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649
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650 <qandaentry>
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651 <question><para>
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652 <application>MPlayer</application> exits with some error when using <filename>l3codeca.acm</filename>.
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653 </para></question>
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654 <answer><para>
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655 Check <command>ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer</command> output. If it contains
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656 <screen>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4???????)</screen>
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657 where &quot;?&quot; is any number then it's OK, the error is not here. If it is:
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658 <screen>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00??????)</screen>
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659 then there is a problem with your kernel/libc. Maybe you are using some security
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660 patches (for example Solar Designer's OpenWall patch) which forces loading
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661 libraries to very low addresses. Because <filename>l3codeca.acm</filename> is a
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662 non-relocatable DLL, it must be loaded to <literal>0x00400000</literal>, we can't
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663 change this. You should use a non-patched kernel, or use MPlayer's
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664 <option>-afm 1</option> option to disable using <filename>l3codeca.acm</filename>.
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665 </para></answer>
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666 </qandaentry>
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667
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668 <qandaentry>
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669 <question><para>
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670 My computer plays MS DivX AVIs with resolutions ~ 640x300 and stereo mp3 sound
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671 too slow. When I use <option>-nosound</option> option, everything is OK (but quiet).
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672 </para></question>
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673 <answer><para>
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674 Your machine is too slow or your soundcard driver is broken. Consult the
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675 documentation to see if you can improve performance.
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676 </para></answer>
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677 </qandaentry>
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678
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679 <qandaentry>
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680 <question><para>
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681 <application>MPlayer</application> dies with &quot;MPlayer interrupted by
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682 signal 4 in module: decode_video&quot;.
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683 </para></question>
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684 <answer><para>
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685 Try running MPlayer on the machine you compiled on. Or recompile with runtime
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686 CPU detection (<command>./configure --enable-runtime-cpudetection</command>).
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687 Don't use MPlayer on a CPU different from the one it was compiled on, without
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688 using the feature mentioned just now.
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689 </para></answer>
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690 </qandaentry>
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691
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692 <qandaentry>
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693 <question><para>
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694 I have problems with [your window manager] and fullscreen xv/xmga/sdl/x11 modes ...
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695 </para></question>
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696 <answer><para>
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697 Read the <link linkend="bugreports">bug reporting guidelines</link> and send us
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698 a proper bug report.
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699 </para></answer>
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700 </qandaentry>
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701
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702 <qandaentry>
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703 <question><para>
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704 I got this playing MPEG files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001!
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705 </para></question>
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706 <answer><para>
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707 You have an old version of <filename>codecs.conf</filename> in
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708 <filename class="directory">~/.mplayer/</filename>,
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709 <filename class="directory">/etc/</filename>,
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710 <filename class="directory">/usr/local/etc/</filename> or similar. Remove it,
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711 it's not needed anymore.
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712 <emphasis role="bold">OR</emphasis> you have the <option>vc=</option> option or
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713 something similar in your config file(s).
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714 </para></answer>
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715 </qandaentry>
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716
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717 <qandaentry>
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718 <question><para>
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719 When starting <application>MPlayer</application> under KDE I just get a black
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720 screen and nothing happens. After about one minute the video starts playing.
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721 </para></question>
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722 <answer><para>
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723 The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device. Either wait until the
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724 video starts or disable the arts-daemon in kontrol center. If you want to use
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725 arts sound, specify audio output via our native arts audio driver
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726 (<option>-ao arts</option>). If it fails or isn't compiled in, try SDL
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727 (<option>-ao sdl</option>) and make sure your SDL can handle arts sound. Yet
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728 another option is to start <application>MPlayer</application> with artsdsp.
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729 </para></answer>
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730 </qandaentry>
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731
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732 <qandaentry>
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733 <question><para>
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734 I have an AVI that produces a gray screen when played with <option>-vc odivx</option>
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735 and a green one with <option>-vc divx4</option>.
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736 </para></question>
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737 <answer><para>
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738 It's not a DivX file, but an MS MPEG4v3.
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739 If you have an old version of <filename>codecs.conf</filename> in
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740 <filename class="directory">~/.mplayer/</filename>,
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741 <filename class="directory">/etc/</filename>,
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742 <filename class="directory">/usr/local/etc/</filename> or similar, remove it.
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743 </para></answer>
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744 </qandaentry>
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745
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746 <qandaentry>
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747 <question><para>
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748 When I play this movie I get video-audio desync and/or <application>MPlayer</application>
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749 crashes with the following message:
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750 <screen>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</screen>
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751 </para></question>
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752 <answer><para>
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753 This can have multiple reasons.
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754 <itemizedlist>
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755 <listitem><para>
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756 Your CPU <emphasis role="bold">and/or</emphasis> video card <emphasis role="bold">and/or</emphasis>
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757 bus is too slow. MPlayer displays a message if this is the case (and the
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758 dropped frames counter goes up fast).
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759 </para></listitem>
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760 <listitem><para>
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761 If it is an AVI, maybe it has bad interleaving. Try the <option>-ni</option> option.
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762 </para></listitem>
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763 <listitem><para>
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764 Your sound driver is buggy, or you use ALSA 0.5 with <option>-ao oss</option>.
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765 See the <link linkend="audio-dev">sound card section</link>.
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766 </para></listitem>
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767 <listitem><para>
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768 The AVI has a bad header, try the <option>-nobps</option> option, and/or <option>-mc 0</option>.
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769 </para></listitem>
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770 </itemizedlist>
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771 </para></answer>
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772 </qandaentry>
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774 <qandaentry>
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775 <question><para>
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776 I have an MJPEG file which works with other players but displays only a black image in
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777 <application>MPlayer</application>
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778 </para></question>
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779 <answer><para>
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780 Use another codec to play the file, try <option>-vc ffmjpeg</option>.
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781 </para></answer>
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782 </qandaentry>
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783
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784 <qandaentry>
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785 <question><para>
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786 When I try to grab from my tuner, it works, but colors are strange. It's OK with other
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787 applications.
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788 </para></question>
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789 <answer><para>
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790 Your card probably misreports its colorspace capacity. Try with YUY2 instead of
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791 default YV12 (see the <link linkend="tv-input">TV</link> section).
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792 </para></answer>
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793 </qandaentry>
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794
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795 <qandaentry>
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796 <question><para>
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797 I have A/V sync problems. Some of my AVIs play fine, but some play with double speed!
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798 </para></question>
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799 <answer><para>
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800 You have a buggy sound card/driver. Most likely it's fixed at 44100Hz, and you
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801 try to play a file which has 22050Hz audio. Try the resample audio plugin.
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802 </para></answer>
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803 </qandaentry>
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804
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805 <qandaentry>
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806 <question><para>
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807 All the WMV (or other..) files I play create a green/gray window and there is
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808 only sound! <application>MPlayer</application> prints:
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809 <screen>Detected video codec: [null] drv:0 (NULL codec (no decoding))</screen>
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810 </para></question>
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811 <answer><para>
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812 If you have an old version of <filename>codecs.conf</filename> in
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813 <filename class="directory">~/.mplayer/</filename>,
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814 <filename class="directory">/etc/</filename>,
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815 <filename class="directory">/usr/local/etc/</filename> or similar, remove it.
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816 </para></answer>
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817 </qandaentry>
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818
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819 <qandaentry>
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820 <question><para>
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821 I get very strange percentage values (way too big) while playing files on my notebook.
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822 </para></question>
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823 <answer><para>
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824 It's an effect of the power management / power saving system of your notebook
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825 (BIOS, not kernel). Plug the external power connector in
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826 <emphasis role="bold">before</emphasis> you power on your notebook. You can also
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827 try whether <ulink url="http://www.brodo.de/cpufreq/">cpufreq</ulink>
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828 (a SpeedStep interface for Linux) helps you.
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829 </para></answer>
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830 </qandaentry>
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831
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832 <qandaentry>
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833 <question><para>
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834 The audio/video gets totally out of sync when I run <application>MPlayer</application>
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835 as root on my notebook. It works normal when i run it as a user.
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836 </para></question>
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837 <answer><para>
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838 This is again a power management effect (see above). Plug the external power
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839 connector in <emphasis role="bold">before</emphasis> you power on your notebook
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840 or use the <option>-nortc</option> option.
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841 </para></answer>
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842 </qandaentry>
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843
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844 <qandaentry>
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845 <question><para>
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846 While playing a movie it suddenly gets jerky and I get the following message:
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847 <screen>Badly interleaved AVI file detected - switching to -ni mode...</screen>
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848 </para></question>
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849 <answer><para>
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850 Badly interleaved files and <option>-cache</option> don't work well together.
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851 Try <option>-nocache</option>.
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852 </para></answer>
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853 </qandaentry>
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854
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855 <qandaentry>
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856 <question><para>
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857 How can i play MPEG Layer 2 (mp2) audio files ?
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858 </para></question>
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859 <answer><para>
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860 You have to use <option>-rawaudio on:format=0x50</option>
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861 </para></answer>
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862 </qandaentry>
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863 </qandadiv>
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864
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865
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866 <qandadiv id="faq-driver">
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867 <title>Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</title>
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868 <qandaentry>
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869 <question><para>
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870 I have no sound when playing a video and get error messages similar to this one:
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871 <screen>
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872 AO: [oss] 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
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873 audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy
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874 couldn't open/init audio device -> NOSOUND
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875 Audio: no sound!!!
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876 Start playing...
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877 </screen>
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878 </para></question>
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879 <answer><para>
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880 Are you running KDE or GNOME with the ARTS or ESD sound daemon? Try disabling
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881 the sound daemon or use the <option>-ao arts</option> or <option>-ao esd</option>
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882 option to make MPlayer use ARTS or ESD.
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883 </para></answer>
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884 </qandaentry>
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885
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886 <qandaentry>
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887 <question><para>
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888 What about the DGA driver? I can't find it!
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889 </para></question>
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890 <answer><para>
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891 <filename>./configure</filename> autodetects your DGA driver. If <option>-vo help</option>
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892 doesn't show DGA, then there's a problem with your X installation. Try
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893 <command>./configure --enable-dga</command> and read the
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894 <link linkend="dga">DGA</link> section. Alternatively, try SDL's DGA driver
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895 with the <option>-vo sdl:dga</option> option.
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896 </para></answer>
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897 </qandaentry>
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898
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899 <qandaentry>
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900 <question><para>
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901 OK, <option>-vo help</option> shows DGA driver, but it complains about permissions.
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902 Help me!
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903 </para></question>
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904 <answer><para>
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905 It works only if running as root! It's a DGA limitation. You should become root
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906 (<command>su -</command>), and try again. Another solution is making MPlayer SUID
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907 root, but it's not recommended!
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908 <screen>
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909 chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer
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910 chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/mplayer
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911 chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer
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912 </screen>
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913 <warning><para>
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914 This is a <emphasis role="bold">big</emphasis> security risk! <emphasis role="bold">Never</emphasis>
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915 do this on a server or on a computer that you do not control completely because
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916 other users can gain root privileges through SUID root MPlayer.
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917 <emphasis role="bold">You have been warned</emphasis>.
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918 </para></warning>
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919 </para></answer>
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920 </qandaentry>
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921
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923 <question><para>
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924 When using Xvideo, my Voodoo 3/Banshee says:
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925 <screen>
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926 X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)
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927 Major opcode of failed request: 147 (MIT-SHM)
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928 Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (X_ShmAttach)
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929 Serial number of failed request: 26
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930 Current serial number in output stream:27
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931 </screen>
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932 </para></question>
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933 <answer><para>
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934 The &quot;tdfx&quot; driver in XFree86 4.0.2/4.0.3 had this bug. This was
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935 solved by <ulink url="http://www.xfree86.org/cvs/changes_4_1.html">bugfix #621
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936 of the XFree86 4.1.0 CVS log</ulink>. So upgrade to XFree86 4.1.0 or later.
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937 Alternatively, either download (at least) DRI version 0.6 from the
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938 <ulink url="http://dri.sourceforge.net">DRI homepage</ulink>, or use CVS DRI.
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939 </para></answer>
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940 </qandaentry>
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943 <question><para>
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944 OpenGL (<option>-vo gl</option>) output doesn't work (hang/black window/X11
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945 errors/...).
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946 </para></question>
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947 <answer><para>
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948 Your OpenGL driver doesn't support dynamic texture changes (glTexSubImage).
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949 It's known not to work with nVidia's binary mess. It's known to work with
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950 Utah-GLX/DRI and Matrox G400 cards. Also with DRI and Radeon cards. It won't
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951 work with DRI and other cards. it will not work with 3DFX cards because of
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952 the 256x256 texture size limit.
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953 </para></answer>
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954 </qandaentry>
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955
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957 <question><para>
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958 I have an nVidia TNT/TNT2 card, and I have a band with strange colors, right
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959 under the movie! Whose fault is this?
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960 </para></question>
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961 <answer><para>
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962 This is a bug of nVidia's binary X driver. These bugs appear ONLY with the
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963 TNT/TNT2 cards, and we can't do anything about it. To fix the problem, upgrade
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964 to the latest nVidia binary driver version. If still bad, complain to nVidia!
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965 </para></answer>
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966 </qandaentry>
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968 <qandaentry>
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969 <question><para>
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970 I have an nVidia XYZ card, and when I click on the GUI's display window to
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971 toggle displaying the GUI panel, a black square appears where I clicked. I have
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972 the newest driver.
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973 </para></question>
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974 <answer><para>
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975 Yes, nVidia corrected a previous bug (above), and introduced a new one.
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976 Let's congratulate them. UPDATE: According to <link linkend="nvidia">nVidia</link>,
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977 this has already been fixed.
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978 </para></answer>
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979 </qandaentry>
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981 <qandaentry>
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982 <question><para>
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983 Oh the world is cruel ...! SDL has only <systemitem>x11</systemitem> target,
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984 but not <systemitem>xv</systemitem>!
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985 </para></question>
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986 <answer><para>
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987 Try that <systemitem>x11</systemitem> target again. Now try <option>-vo x11
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988 -fs -zoom</option>. See the difference? No?! OK, here comes the enlightenment:
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989 SDL's <systemitem>x11</systemitem> target uses xv when available, you don't have
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990 to worry about it ... Note: you can force/disable Xv via SDL using
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991 <option>-forcexv</option> and <option>-noxv</option>
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992 </para></answer>
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993 </qandaentry>
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994 </qandadiv>
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995
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996 <qandadiv id="faq-dvd">
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997 <title>DVD playback</title>
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998 <qandaentry>
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999 <question><para>
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1000 What about DVD navigation?
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1001 </para></question>
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1002 <answer><para>
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1003 Support for dvdnav in <application>MPlayer</application> is currently broken,
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1004 normal playback does work, though. If you want to have fancy menus, you will
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1005 have to use another player like <application>Xine</application> or
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1006 <application>Ogle</application>. If you care about DVD navigation, send a
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1007 <ulink url="../../tech/patches.txt">patch</ulink>.
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1008 </para></answer>
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1009 </qandaentry>
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1012 <question><para>
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1013 While playing a DVD, I encountered this error:
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1014 <screen>mplayer: ifo_read.c:1143: ifoRead_C_ADT_internal: Assertion nfo_length / sizeof(cell_adr_t) >= c_adt->nr_of_vobs' failed.</screen>
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1015 </para></question>
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1016 <answer><para>
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1017 This is a known libdvdread 0.9.1/0.9.2 bug. Use <emphasis role="bold">libmpdvdkit2</emphasis>,
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1018 which is present in <application>MPlayer</application> source, and used by default.
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1019 </para></answer>
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1020 </qandaentry>
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1022 <qandaentry>
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1023 <question><para>
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1024 Can I compile libdvdread and libdvdcss on my sweet SPARC under Solaris?
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1025 </para></question>
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1026 <answer><para>
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1027 Who knows ... It's said to work, so please test it and send feedback. Refer to
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1028 the documentation of libdvdread and its homepage as well. We're not the authors
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1029 of libdvdread. Use <emphasis role="bold">libmpdvdkit2</emphasis>, which is present
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1030 in <application>MPlayer</application> source, and used by default.
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1031 </para></answer>
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1032 </qandaentry>
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1033
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1034 <qandaentry>
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1035 <question><para>
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1036 What about subtitles? Can MPlayer display them?
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1037 </para></question>
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1038 <answer><para>
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1039 Yes. See the <link linkend="dvd">DVD chapter</link>.
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1040 </para></answer>
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1041 </qandaentry>
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1043 <qandaentry>
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1044 <question><para>
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1045 How can I set the region code of my DVD-drive? I don't have Windows!
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1046 </para></question>
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1047 <answer><para>
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1048 Use the <ulink url="http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvd/dvd_disc_20000215.tar.gz">regionset tool</ulink>.
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1049 </para></answer>
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1050 </qandaentry>
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1051
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1052 <qandaentry>
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1053 <question><para>
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1054 Do I need to be (setuid) root/setuid fibmap_mplayer to be able to play a DVD?
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1055 </para></question>
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1056 <answer><para>
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1057 No, only for old-style DVD support. However you must have the proper rights
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1058 on the DVD device entry (in <filename class="directory">/dev/</filename>).
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1059 </para></answer>
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1060 </qandaentry>
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1062 <qandaentry>
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1063 <question><para>
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1064 Where can I get libdvdread and libdvdcss packages?
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1065 </para></question>
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1066 <answer><para>
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1067 You don't need to. Use <emphasis role="bold">libmpdvdkit2</emphasis>, which is
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1068 present in the MPlayer source, and used by default. You can get the mentioned
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1069 packages from the <ulink url="http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/">Ogle site</ulink>.
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1070 </para></answer>
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1071 </qandaentry>
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1072
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1073 <qandaentry>
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1074 <question><para>
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1075 Is it possible to play/encode only selected chapters?
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1076 </para></question>
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1077 <answer><para>
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1078 Yes, try the <option>-chapter</option> option.
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1079 </para></answer>
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1080 </qandaentry>
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1083 <question><para>
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1084 My DVD playback is sluggish!
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1085 </para></question>
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1086 <answer><para>
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1087 Use the <option>-cache</option> option (described in the man page) and try
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1088 enabling DMA for the DVD drive with the <command>hdparm</command> tool (described
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1089 in the <link linkend="drives">CD chapter</link>).
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1090 </para></answer>
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1091 </qandaentry>
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1092 </qandadiv>
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1093
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1094 <qandadiv id="faq-features">
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1095 <title>Feature requests</title>
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1096 <qandaentry>
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1097 <question><para>
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1098 If MPlayer is paused and I try to seek or press any key at all, MPlayer
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1099 ceases to be paused. I would like to be able to seek in the paused movie.
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1100 </para></question>
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1101 <answer><para>
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1102 This is very tricky to implement without losing A/V synchronization.
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1103 All attempts have failed so far, but patches are welcome.
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1104 </para></answer>
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1108 <question><para>
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1109 I'd like to seek +/- 1 frames instead of 10 seconds.
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1110 </para></question>
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1111 <answer><para>
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1112 This won't be done. It was, but then it messed up A/V sync.
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1113 Feel free to implement it, and send a patch. Don't ask for it.
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1114 </para></answer>
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1115 </qandaentry>
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1116
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1118 <question><para>
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1119 How can I make MPlayer remember the options I use for this particular file?
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1120 </para></question>
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1121 <answer><para>
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1122 Create a file named <filename>movie.avi.conf</filename> with the file-specific
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1123 options in it and put it in <filename class="directory">~/.mplayer</filename> or
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1124 in the same directory as the file.
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1125 </para></answer>
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1126 </qandaentry>
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1128
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1129 <qandadiv id="faq-encoding">
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1130 <title>Encoding</title>
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1132 <question><para>
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1133 How can I encode?
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1134 </para></question>
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1135 <answer><para>
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1136 Read the <link linkend="mencoder">MEncoder</link> section.
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1137 </para></answer>
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1138 </qandaentry>
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1139
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1141 <question><para>
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1142 How can I create VCDs?
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1143 </para></question>
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1144 <answer><para>
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1145 Try the <filename>mencvcd</filename> script from the <filename class="directory">TOOLS</filename>
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1146 subdirectory. With it you can encode DVDs or other movies to VCD or SVCD format
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1147 and even burn them directly to CD.
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1148 </para></answer>
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1149 </qandaentry>
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1150
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1151 <qandaentry>
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1152 <question><para>
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1153 How can I join two video files?
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1154 </para></question>
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1155 <answer><para>
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1156 This has been discussed to no end on mplayer-users. Go search the
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1157 <ulink url="http://mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/htsearch?restrict=/mplayer-users/">archives</ulink>
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1158 for a complete answer. This is a complicated topic and your mileage may vary a
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1159 lot depending on the kind of files you want to merge. MPEGs can be concatenated
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1160 into a single file with luck. For AVIs there are two tools,
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1161 <ulink url="http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/">avidemux</ulink> and
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1162 <application>avimerge</application> (part of the
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1163 <ulink url="http://www.theorie.physik.uni-goettingen.de/~ostreich/transcode/">transcode</ulink>
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1164 tool set), available that might do the job. You can also try <application>MEncoder</application>
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1165 if you have two files sharing the same dimensions and codec. Try
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1166 <screen>
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1167 cat file1 file2 > file3
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1168 mencoder -ovc copy -oac copy -o out.avi -forceidx file3.avi
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1169 </screen>
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1170 </para></answer>
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1171 </qandaentry>
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1172
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1173 <qandaentry>
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1174 <question><para>
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1175 My tuner works, I can hear the sound and watch the video with <application>MPlayer</application>,
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1176 but <application>MEncoder</application> doesn't encode audio!
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1177 </para></question>
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1178 <answer><para>
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1179 TV audio encoding for Linux is currently unimplemented, we're working
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1180 on it. At the moment it works only on BSD.
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1181 </para></answer>
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1182 </qandaentry>
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1183
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1184 <qandaentry>
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1185 <question><para>
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1186 I can't encode DVD subtitles into the AVI!
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1187 </para></question>
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1188 <answer><para>
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1189 You have to specify the <option>-sid</option> option correctly!
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1190 </para></answer>
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1191 </qandaentry>
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1192
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1193 <qandaentry>
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1194 <question><para>
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1195 <application>MEncoder</application> segfaults on startup!
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1196 </para></question>
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1197 <answer><para>
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1198 Upgrade DivX4Linux.
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1199 </para></answer>
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1200 </qandaentry>
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1201
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1202 <qandaentry>
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1203 <question><para>
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1204 How can I encode only selected chapters from a DVD?
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1205 </para></question>
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1206 <answer><para>
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1207 Use the <option>-chapter</option> option correctly, like: <option>-chapter 5-7</option>
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1208 </para></answer>
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1209 </qandaentry>
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1210
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1211 <qandaentry>
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1212 <question><para>
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1213 I'm trying to work with 2GB+ files on a VFAT file system. Does it work?
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1214 </para></question>
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1215 <answer><para>
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1216 No, VFAT doesn't support 2GB+ files.
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1217 </para></answer>
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1218 </qandaentry>
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1219
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1220 <qandaentry>
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1221 <question><para>
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1222 Why is the recommended bitrate printed by <application>MEncoder</application> negative?
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1223 </para></question>
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1224 <answer><para>
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1225 Because the bitrate you encoded the audio with is too large to fit the
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1226 movie on any CD. Check if you have libmp3lame installed properly.
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1227 </para></answer>
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1228 </qandaentry>
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1229
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1230 <qandaentry>
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1231 <question><para>
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1232 I can't encode ASF files to AVI/DivX because it uses 1000 fps?
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1233 </para></question>
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1234 <answer><para>
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1235 Because ASF uses variable frame rate but AVI uses a fixed one, you
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1236 have to set it by hand using <option>-ofps</option>.
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1237 </para></answer>
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1238 </qandaentry>
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1239
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1240
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1241 <qandaentry>
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1242 <question><para>
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1243 How can I put subtitles in the output file?
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1244 </para></question>
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1245 <answer><para>
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1246 Just pass the <option>-sub &lt;filename&gt;</option> (or <option>-sid</option>,
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1247 <option>-vobsub</option>, respectively) option to MEncoder.
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1248 </para></answer>
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1249 </qandaentry>
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1250
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1251 </qandadiv>
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1252 </qandaset>
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1253
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1254 </chapter>