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  <DD>A: Press <CODE>o</CODE> and try the <CODE>-osdlevel</CODE> option.</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: The <CODE>-xy</CODE> or <CODE>-fs</CODE> option doesn't work with the
    x11 driver (<CODE>-vo x11</CODE>) ...</DT>
  <DD>A: It does, but you have to explicitly specify software scaling (it's
    SLOW!) with the <CODE>-zoom</CODE> option. You better use XF86VidMode
    support: You must specify the <CODE>-vm</CODE> and the <CODE>-fs</CODE>
    switch, and you're done. Make sure you have the right modelines in your
    XF86Config file, and try to make the <A HREF="video.html#dga">DGA driver</A>
    and <A HREF="video.html#sdl">SDL's DGA driver</A> work for you.
    It's much faster. If SDL's DGA works, use that, it'll be EVEN faster!</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: What is the meaning of the numbers on the status line?</DT>
  <DD>A: Example:
    <CODE>A: 2.1  V: 2.2  A-V: -0.167  ct: 0.042  57/57  41%  0%  2.6% 0 4 49%</CODE>

  <DT>Q: When I play this movie I get video-audio desync and/or MPlayer crashes
    with the following message:<BR>
    <CODE>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</CODE></DT>
  <DD>A: This can have multiple reasons.
    <UL>
      <LI>Your CPU <B>and/or</B> video card <B>and/or</B> bus is too SLOW.
        <B>MPlayer</B>displays a message if this is the case (and the dropped
        frames counter goes up fast).</LI>
      <LI>If it is an AVI, maybe it has bad interleaving. Try the
        <CODE>-ni</CODE> option.</LI>
      <LI>Your sound driver is buggy, or you use ALSA 0.5 with <CODE>-ao oss</CODE>.
        See the <A HREF="sound.html">sound card section</A>.</LI>

  <DT>Q: OK, <CODE>-vo help</CODE> shows DGA driver, but it complains about
    permissions. Help me!</DT>
  <DD>A: It works only if running as root! It's a DGA limitation.
    You should become root (<CODE>su -</CODE>), and try again.
    Another solution is making <B>MPlayer</B> SUID root, but it's
    <B>NOT RECOMMENDED!</B><BR>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
    <B>!!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!!</B><BR>
    This is a *BIG* security risk! *NEVER* do this on a server or on a computer
    that you do not control completely because other users can gain root
    privileges through SUID root MPlayer!!!<BR>
    <B>!!!! SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ... !!!!</B></DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: When using Xvideo, my Voodoo 3/Banshee says:<BR>
    <CODE>X Error of failed request:  BadAccess (attempt to access private
    resource denied)<BR>

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  <DD>A: Press <CODE>o</CODE> and try the <CODE>-osdlevel</CODE> option.</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: The <CODE>-xy</CODE> or <CODE>-fs</CODE> option doesn't work with the
    x11 driver (<CODE>-vo x11</CODE>) ...</DT>
  <DD>A: It does, but you have to explicitly specify software scaling (very
    slow) with the <CODE>-zoom</CODE> option. You better use XF86VidMode
    support: You must specify the <CODE>-vm</CODE> and the <CODE>-fs</CODE>
    switch, and you're done. Make sure you have the right modelines in your
    XF86Config file, and try to make the <A HREF="video.html#dga">DGA driver</A>
    and <A HREF="video.html#sdl">SDL's DGA driver</A> work for you.
    It's much faster. If SDL's DGA works, use that, it'll be even faster.</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: What is the meaning of the numbers on the status line?</DT>
  <DD>A: Example:
    <CODE>A: 2.1  V: 2.2  A-V: -0.167  ct: 0.042  57/57  41%  0%  2.6% 0 4 49%</CODE>

  <DT>Q: When I play this movie I get video-audio desync and/or MPlayer crashes
    with the following message:<BR>
    <CODE>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</CODE></DT>
  <DD>A: This can have multiple reasons.
    <UL>
      <LI>Your CPU <B>and/or</B> video card <B>and/or</B> bus is too slow.
        <B>MPlayer</B> displays a message if this is the case (and the dropped
        frames counter goes up fast).</LI>
      <LI>If it is an AVI, maybe it has bad interleaving. Try the
        <CODE>-ni</CODE> option.</LI>
      <LI>Your sound driver is buggy, or you use ALSA 0.5 with <CODE>-ao oss</CODE>.
        See the <A HREF="sound.html">sound card section</A>.</LI>

  <DT>Q: OK, <CODE>-vo help</CODE> shows DGA driver, but it complains about
    permissions. Help me!</DT>
  <DD>A: It works only if running as root! It's a DGA limitation.
    You should become root (<CODE>su -</CODE>), and try again.
    Another solution is making <B>MPlayer</B> SUID root, but it's
    <B>not recommended!</B><BR>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
    <BLOCKQUOTE>
      <B>Warning: security risk</B><BR>
      This is a <B>big</B> security risk! <B>Never</B> do this on a server or
      on a computer that you do not control completely because other users can
      gain root privileges through SUID root <B>MPlayer</B>. <B>You have been
      warned.</B>
    </BLOCKQUOTE>
  </DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: When using Xvideo, my Voodoo 3/Banshee says:<BR>
    <CODE>X Error of failed request:  BadAccess (attempt to access private
    resource denied)<BR>