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libmpdvdkit --> libmpdvdkit2, small corrections Added entry about abandoned dvdnav and the all time No. 1 question "How can I join two video files". Please check this for correctness.

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    <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dev-eng">mplayer-dev-eng</A>
    mailing list and start coding.</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: Can I run multiple instances of <B>MPlayer</B>?</DT>
  <DD>A: Yes. Some video out drivers like xv, dga or (x)mga are exclusive,
    though, so you will not be able to run more than one instance of
    <B>MPlayer</B> running such a video out driver. To a lesser degree this
    also applies to audio drivers. Not all allow playback of multiple streams
    on the same device.</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: There is a timer in the upper left corner. How can I get rid of it?</DT>
  <DD>A: Press <CODE>o</CODE> and try the <CODE>-osdlevel</CODE> option.</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

<H2><A NAME="dvd">5.5 DVD playback</A></H2>

<DL>

  <DT>Q: While playing a DVD, I encountered this error:<BR>
    <CODE>mplayer: ifo_read.c:1143: ifoRead_C_ADT_internal: Assertion
    nfo_length / sizeof(cell_adr_t) &gt;= c_adt-&gt;nr_of_vobs' failed.</CODE></DT>
  <DD>A: This is a known libdvdread 0.9.1/0.9.2 bug. Use <B>libmpdvdkit</B>,
    which is present in MPlayer source, and used by default.</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: Can I compile libdvdread and libdvdcss on my sweet SPARC under
    Solaris?</DT>
  <DD>A: Who knows ... It's said to work, so please test it and send feedback.
    Refer to the documentation of libdvdread and its homepage as well. We're not
    the authors of libdvdread. Use <B>libmpdvdkit</B>, which is present in
    <B>MPlayer</B> source, and used by default.</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: What about subtitles? Can MPlayer display them?</DT>
  <DD>A: Yes. See the <A HREF="cd-dvd.html#dvd">DVD chapter</A> of the

  <DD>A: No, only for old-style DVD support. However you must have
    the proper rights on the DVD device entry (in <CODE>/dev/</CODE>).</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: Where can I get libdvdread and libdvdcss packages?</DT>
  <DD>A: You don't need to. Use <B>libmpdvdkit</B>, which is present in
    <B>MPlayer</B> source, and used by default. Anyway, the packages mentioned
    can be get from the
    <A HREF="http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd">Ogle site</A>.</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: Is it possible to play/encode only selected chapters?</DT>
  <DD>A: Yes, try the <CODE>-chapter</CODE> option.</DD>

  <DD>A: Try the <CODE>mencvcd</CODE> script from the <CODE>TOOLS</CODE>
    subdirectory. With it you can encode DVDs or other movies to VCD or SVCD
    format and even burn them directly to CD.</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: My tuner works, I can hear the sound and watch the video with MPlayer,
    but MEncoder doesn't encode audio!</DT>
  <DD>A: TV audio encoding for Linux is currently unimplemented, we're working
    on it. At the moment it works only on BSD.</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

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  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: Can I run multiple instances of <B>MPlayer</B>?</DT>
  <DD>A: Yes. Some video out drivers like xv, dga or (x)mga are exclusive, some
    are exclusive in combination with certain graphics boards and drivers. You
    will not be able to run more than one instance of MPlayer with one of those
    video out drivers. To a lesser degree this also applies to audio drivers.
    Not all allow playback of multiple streams on the same device.</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: There is a timer in the upper left corner. How can I get rid of it?</DT>
  <DD>A: Press <CODE>o</CODE> and try the <CODE>-osdlevel</CODE> option.</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

<H2><A NAME="dvd">5.5 DVD playback</A></H2>

<DL>

  <DT>Q: What about DVD navigation?</DT>
  <DD>A: Support for dvdnav in MPlayer is currently broken, normal playback
    does work, though. If you want to have fancy menus, you will have to use
    another player like <A HREF="http://xine.sourceforge.net/">xine</A> or
    <A HREF="http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd">Ogle</A>. If you care
    about DVD navigation, send a <A HREF="tech/patches.txt">patch</A>.</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: While playing a DVD, I encountered this error:<BR>
    <CODE>mplayer: ifo_read.c:1143: ifoRead_C_ADT_internal: Assertion
    nfo_length / sizeof(cell_adr_t) &gt;= c_adt-&gt;nr_of_vobs' failed.</CODE></DT>
  <DD>A: This is a known libdvdread 0.9.1/0.9.2 bug. Use <B>libmpdvdkit2</B>,
    which is present in MPlayer source, and used by default.</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: Can I compile libdvdread and libdvdcss on my sweet SPARC under
    Solaris?</DT>
  <DD>A: Who knows ... It's said to work, so please test it and send feedback.
    Refer to the documentation of libdvdread and its homepage as well. We're not
    the authors of libdvdread. Use <B>libmpdvdkit2</B>, which is present in
    <B>MPlayer</B> source, and used by default.</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: What about subtitles? Can MPlayer display them?</DT>
  <DD>A: Yes. See the <A HREF="cd-dvd.html#dvd">DVD chapter</A> of the

  <DD>A: No, only for old-style DVD support. However you must have
    the proper rights on the DVD device entry (in <CODE>/dev/</CODE>).</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: Where can I get libdvdread and libdvdcss packages?</DT>
  <DD>A: You don't need to. Use <B>libmpdvdkit2</B>, which is present in the
    MPlayer source, and used by default. You can get the mentioned packages
    from the
    <A HREF="http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd">Ogle site</A>.</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: Is it possible to play/encode only selected chapters?</DT>
  <DD>A: Yes, try the <CODE>-chapter</CODE> option.</DD>

  <DD>A: Try the <CODE>mencvcd</CODE> script from the <CODE>TOOLS</CODE>
    subdirectory. With it you can encode DVDs or other movies to VCD or SVCD
    format and even burn them directly to CD.</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: How can I join two video files?</DT>
  <DD>A: This has been discussed to no end on mplayer-users. Go search the
    <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/htsearch?restrict=/mplayer-users/">archives</A>
    for a complete answer. This is a complicated topic and your mileage may
    vary a lot depending on the kind of files you want to merge. MPEGs can be
    concatenated into a single file with luck. For AVIs there are two tools,
    <A HREF="http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/">avidemux</A>
    and avimerge (part of the
    <A HREF="http://www.theorie.physik.uni-goettingen.de/~ostreich/transcode/">transcode</A>
    tool set), available that might do the job. You can also try MEncoder if
    you have two files sharing the same dimensions and codec. Try<BR>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>cat file1 file2 &gt; file3</CODE><BR>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>mencoder -ovc copy -oac copy -o out.avi -forceidx file3.avi</CODE></DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: My tuner works, I can hear the sound and watch the video with MPlayer,
    but MEncoder doesn't encode audio!</DT>
  <DD>A: TV audio encoding for Linux is currently unimplemented, we're working
    on it. At the moment it works only on BSD.</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>