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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Read the <A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.7">mga_vid documentation</A>.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Are there rpm/deb/... packages of <B>MPlayer</B>?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You can make a .deb package for yourself, check the <A HREF="documentation.html#6.1">Debian packaging</A> section.
There are RPM packages available on our homepage, don't use other sources!
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't understand,
I DO have X installed!?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>... but you don't have the X development package installed. Or not
correctly. It's called XFree86-devel* under Red Hat, and xlib6g-dev* under
Debian.  Also check if the <CODE>/usr/X11</CODE> and <CODE>/usr/include/X11</CODE>
symlinks exist (this can be a problem on Mandrake systems). They can be created
with these commands:<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11</CODE><BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</CODE><BR>

</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A1:</TD><TD>It's not zero, but it's called from the codec and thus cannot be measured
separately. You should try to play the file using <CODE>-vo null</CODE> and then
<CODE>-vo ...</CODE> and check the difference to see the video_out speed.
</TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A2:</TD><TD>You are using Direct Rendering,
where the codec renders to the video memory itself. In this case, the
decoding percentage contains the display percentage too.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>There are error messages about file not found <CODE>/usr/lib/win32/</CODE> ...
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Download the <A HREF="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/w32codec-0.90.tar.bz2">Win32 codecs</A>
from <B>our</B> FTP site (avifile's codec package has a different DLL set) and

the perverted minds of the MPlayer developers.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>LIRC doesn't work, because ...
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Are you sure you are using <CODE>mplayer</CODE> instead of <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE>?
Note that it was <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE> for long time, including the 0.60 release, but recently
changed back to <CODE>mplayer</CODE>.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Subtitles are very nice, the most beautiful I've ever seen, but they slow
down playing! I know it's unlikely ...
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>After running <CODE>./configure</CODE> , edit <CODE>config.h</CODE> and replace

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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Read the <A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.7">mga_vid documentation</A>.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Are there rpm/deb/... packages of <B>MPlayer</B>?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You can make a .deb package for yourself, check the <A HREF="documentation.html#6.1">Debian packaging</A> section.
There are links to official Red Hat RPM packages available on our
<A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/dload.html">download page</A>.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't understand,
I DO have X installed!?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>... but you don't have the X development package installed. Or not
correctly. It's called XFree86-devel* under Red Hat, and xlibs-dev under
Debian.  Also check if the <CODE>/usr/X11</CODE> and <CODE>/usr/include/X11</CODE>
symlinks exist (this can be a problem on Mandrake systems). They can be created
with these commands:<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11</CODE><BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</CODE><BR>

</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A1:</TD><TD>It's not zero, but it's called from the codec and thus cannot be measured
separately. You should try to play the file using <CODE>-vo null</CODE> and then
<CODE>-vo ...</CODE> and check the difference to see the video_out speed.
</TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A2:</TD><TD>You are using Direct Rendering,
where the codec renders to the video memory itself. In this case, the
decoding percentage contains the display percentage, too.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>There are error messages about file not found <CODE>/usr/lib/win32/</CODE> ...
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Download the <A HREF="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/w32codec-0.90.tar.bz2">Win32 codecs</A>
from <B>our</B> FTP site (avifile's codec package has a different DLL set) and

the perverted minds of the MPlayer developers.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>LIRC doesn't work, because ...
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Are you sure you are using <CODE>mplayer</CODE> instead of <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE>?
Note that it was <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE> for a long time, including the 0.60
release, but it was recently changed back to <CODE>mplayer</CODE>.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Subtitles are very nice, the most beautiful I've ever seen, but they slow
down playing! I know it's unlikely ...
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>After running <CODE>./configure</CODE> , edit <CODE>config.h</CODE> and replace