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The <option>-vo x11</option> output will be even slower than on Linux,
since QNX has only X <emphasis>emulation</emphasis> which is VERY slow. Use SDL.
</para>
</sect1>

<sect1 id="cygwin">
<title>Cygwin</title>
<para>
The Cygwin port is still in its infancy. Currently there is no support for
OpenGL. SDL is known to distort sound and image or crash on
some systems. <ulink url="../../tech/patches.txt">Patches</ulink>
are always welcome. Best results are achieved with the native DirectX video
output driver (<option>-vo directx</option>) and the native Windows waveout
audio driver (<option>-ao win32</option>). You should also check out the
<ulink url="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-cygwin/">mplayer-cygwin</ulink>
mailing list for help and latest information.
</para>

<para>
Cygwin versions prior to 1.3.23 do not include <filename>inttypes.h</filename>.
You will have to copy or symlink <filename>etc/cygwin_inttypes.h</filename>
from the MPlayer source directory to <filename>/usr/include/inttypes.h</filename>
in order to make MPlayer compile.
</para>

<para>
To get native DirectX video, download
<ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/dx7headers.tgz">DirectX 7 header files</ulink>,
extract them to <filename>/usr/include/</filename> or <filename>/usr/local/include/</filename>
and recompile. You will then be able to use the directx video out driver. You
can make the movie window stay on top with <option>-vo directx:ontop</option>. If
the image is distorted, try turning off hardware acceleration with
<option>-vo directx:noaccel</option>.
</para>

<para>
Instructions and files for making SDL run under Cygwin can be found on the
<ulink url="http://www.libsdl.org/extras/win32/cygwin/">libsdl site</ulink>.
</para>

<para>
You can play VCDs by playing the .DAT or .MPG files that Windows exposes on
VCDs. It works like this (adjust for the drive letter of your CD-ROM):
<screen>mplayer d:/mpegav/avseq01.dat</screen>
<screen>mplayer /cygdrive/d/MPEG2/AVSEQ01.MPG</screen>
</para>

<para>
DVDs also work, just set the DVD device correctly to whatever your CD-ROM
device is:
<screen>mplayer dvd://&lt;title&gt; -dvd-device '\\.\d:'</screen>
</para>

<para>
QuickTime and Real DLLs also work. Compile with <option>--enable-qtx</option>
and <option>--enable-real</option> and put the codecs into
the default Windows DLL location, <filename class="directory">C:\WINNT\system32</filename>
or <filename class="directory">C:\Windows\system</filename> depending on your
Windows version.
</para>

<para>
The Cygwin console is rather slow. Redirecting output or using the
<option>-quiet</option> option has been reported to improve performance.
</para>
 
</sect1>

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The <option>-vo x11</option> output will be even slower than on Linux,
since QNX has only X <emphasis>emulation</emphasis> which is VERY slow. Use SDL.
</para>
</sect1>

<sect1 id="windows">
<title>Windows</title>

<para>Yes, MPlayer runs on Windows under
  <ulink url="http://www.cygwin.com/">Cygwin</ulink> and
  <ulink url="http://www.mingw.org/">MinGW</ulink>.
  It does not have a GUI yet, but the command line version is almost completely
  functional. <ulink url="../../tech/patches.txt">Patches</ulink> are always welcome.
  You should check out the
  <ulink url="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-cygwin/">mplayer-cygwin</ulink>
  mailing list for help and latest information.</para>

<para>Best results are achieved with the native DirectX video output driver
  (<option>-vo directx</option>) and the native Windows waveout audio driver
  (<option>-ao win32</option>)  as OpenGL does not work and SDL is known to
  distort sound and image or crash on some systems. You can make the movie
  window stay on top with <option>-vo directx:ontop</option>. If the image is
  distorted, try turning off hardware acceleration with
  <option>-vo directx:noaccel</option>. Download
  <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/dx7headers.tgz">DirectX 7 header files</ulink>
  to compile the DirectX video output driver.</para>

<para>QuickTime and Real DLLs also work. Compile with <option>--enable-qtx</option>
  and <option>--enable-real</option> and put the codecs into the
  default Windows DLL location, <filename class="directory">C:\WINNT\system32</filename> or
  <filename class="directory">C:\Windows\system</filename> depending on your Windows version.</para>

<para>There are precompiled binary versions made by Sascha Sommer available for
  download from
  <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta/">our homepage</ulink>.
  Joey Parrish has been making
  <ulink url="http://joey.nicewarrior.org/cygmp/">unofficial Windows packages</ulink>
  complete with installer.</para>

<sect2 id="cygwin">
<title>Cygwin</title>

<para>Cygwin versions prior to 1.5.0 do not include <filename>inttypes.h</filename>. You
  will have to copy or symlink <filename>etc/cygwin_inttypes.h</filename> from the
  MPlayer source directory to <filename>/usr/include/inttypes.h</filename> in order to
  make MPlayer compile.</para>

<para>DirectX header files need to be extracted to <filename class="directory">/usr/include/</filename> or
  <filename class="directory">/usr/local/include/</filename>.</para>

<para>Instructions and files for making SDL run under Cygwin can be found on the
  <ulink url="http://www.libsdl.org/extras/win32/cygwin/">libsdl site</ulink>.</para>

<para>You can play VCDs by playing the <filename>.DAT</filename> or <filename>.MPG</filename> files
  that Windows exposes on VCDs.  It works like this (adjust for the drive letter
  of your CD-ROM):</para>

<screen>mplayer d:/mpegav/avseq01.dat</screen>

<screen>mplayer /cygdrive/d/MPEG2/AVSEQ01.MPG</screen>

<para>DVDs also work, just set the DVD device correctly to whatever your CD-ROM
  device is:</para>

<screen>mplayer dvd://&lt;title&gt; -dvd-device '\\.\d:'</screen>

<para>The Cygwin console is rather slow. Redirecting output or using the
  <option>-quiet</option> option has been reported to improve performance.</para>

</sect2>


<sect2 id="mingw">
<title>MinGW</title>

<para>Installing a version of MinGW that could compile MPlayer used to be quite
  tricky, but only consists of three simple steps now and should work out of
  the box soon.</para>

<itemizedlist>
  <listitem><para>Install MinGW 3.0.0 or later.</para></listitem>
  <listitem><para>Install MSYS 1.0.9 or later and tell the MSYS postinstall that
    MinGW is installed.</para></listitem>
  <listitem><para>Replace <filename>/mingw/include/sys/types.h</filename> with this
    <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta/contrib/types.h"><filename>types.h</filename></ulink>.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<para>Extract DirectX header files to <filename class="directory">/mingw/include/</filename>.</para>

<para>VCDs and DVDs work almost like Cygwin (adjust for the drive letter of your
  CD-ROM):</para>

<screen>mplayer d:/mpegav/avseq01.dat</screen>

<screen>mplayer /d/MPEG2/AVSEQ01.MPG</screen>

<screen>mplayer dvd://&lt;title&gt; -dvd-device /d/</screen>

</sect2>


</sect1>

</chapter>