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 "-L/usr/local/lib" after "X_LIBS=". Now type make. You're done!</DD>
 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
 <DT>Q: It doesn't compile, and it misses uint64_t inttypes.h and similar
 things ...</DT>
-<DD>A: Copy etc/inttypes.h to the <B>MPlayer</B> directory
+<DD>A: Copy etc/inttypes.h to the MPlayer directory
 (<CODE>cp etc/inttypes.h .</CODE>) and try again ...</DD>
 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
 <DT>Q: I have Linux running on a Pentium III but <CODE>./configure</CODE>
 doesn't detect SSE ...</DT>
 <DT>Q: I have a G200/G400, how do I compile/use the mga_vid driver?</DT>
 <DD>A: Read the <A HREF="video.html#mga_vid">mga_vid documentation</A>.</DD>
 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
-<DT>Q: Are there rpm/deb/... packages of <B>MPlayer</B>?</DT>
+<DT>Q: Are there rpm/deb/... packages of MPlayer?</DT>
 <DD>A: You can make a .deb package for yourself, check the
 <A HREF="documentation.html#debian">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>.</DD>
 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
 <DT>Q: Hmm, strange. When loading the mga_vid.o kernel module, I found this in
 the logs:<BR>
 <CODE>Warning: loading mga_vid.o will taint the kernel: no license</CODE></DT>
 <DD>A: The latest kernel modutils require a flag indicating the license
 (mainly to avoid kernel hackers debugging closed source drivers).
-Upgrade your kernel, modutils and <B>MPlayer</B>.</DD>
+Upgrade your kernel, modutils and MPlayer.</DD>
 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
-<DT>Q: When compiling <B>MEncoder</B>, it segfaults at linking!</DT>
+<DT>Q: When compiling MEncoder, it segfaults at linking!</DT>
 <DD>A: This is a linker problem. Upgrading binutils should help (2.11.92.*
 or newer should be good). Since it is not our fault, please do <B>not</B>
 report!</DD>
 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
 <DT>Q: MPlayer dies with segmentation fault upon pthread check!</DT>
 <DD>A: chmod 644 /usr/lib/libc.so</DD>
 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
-<DT>Q: I'd like to compile <B>MPlayer</B> on Minix!</DT>
+<DT>Q: I'd like to compile MPlayer on Minix!</DT>
 <DD>A: Me too. :)</DD>
 </DL>
 <H2><A NAME="general">5.2 General questions</A></H2>
 <DL>
-<DT>Q: How do I create a proper patch for <B>MPlayer</B>?</DT>
+<DT>Q: How do I create a proper patch for MPlayer?</DT>
 <DD>A: We made a <A HREF="tech/patches.txt">short document</A> describing
 all the necessary details. Please follow the instructions.</DD>
 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
-<DT>Q: How can I support <B>MPlayer</B> development?</DT>
+<DT>Q: How can I support MPlayer development?</DT>
 <DD>A: We are more than happy to accept your hardware and software
 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/donations.html">donations</A>.
-They help us in continuously improving <B>MPlayer</B>.</DD>
+They help us in continuously improving MPlayer.</DD>
 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
-<DT>Q: How can I become an <B>MPlayer</B> developer?</DT>
+<DT>Q: How can I become an MPlayer developer?</DT>
 <DD>A: We always welcome coders and documenters.  Read the
 <A HREF="tech/">technical documentation</A> to get a first grasp. Then you
 should subscribe to the
 <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>
+<DT>Q: Can I run multiple instances of MPlayer?</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>
 Requested audio codec family [divx] (afm=4) not available (enable it at
 compile time!)
 </PRE>
 </DT>
 <DD>A: Probably the audio uses a codec not natively supported by
-<B>MPlayer</B>. Install the Win32 codec package as described in the README
+MPlayer. Install the Win32 codec package as described in the README
 or in the <A HREF="documentation.html#installation">Installation</A> section.</DD>
 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
 <DT>Q: ... works with avifile/aviplay but doesn't with MPlayer.</DT>
-<DD>A: <B>MPlayer</B> is not avifile.
+<DD>A: MPlayer is not avifile.
 The only common thing between these players is the Win32 DLL loader.
 The codecs (DLL) set, synchronization, demultiplexing etc is totally
 different and shouldn't be compared.
-If something works with aviplay it doesn't mean that <B>MPlayer</B> will
+If something works with aviplay it doesn't mean that MPlayer will
 work and vice versa.</DD>
 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
 <DT>Q: Audio goes out of sync playing an AVI file.</DT>
 <DD>A: Try the <CODE>-bps</CODE> or <CODE>-nobps</CODE> option. If it does not
 then there is a problem with your kernel/libc. Maybe you are using some
 security patches (for example Solar Designer's OpenWall patch) which
 forces loading libraries to very low addresses.
 Because l3codeca.acm is a non-relocatable DLL, it must be loaded to
 0x00400000, we can't change this. You should use a non-patched kernel,
-or use <B>MPlayer</B>'s <CODE>-afm 1</CODE> option to disable using
+or use MPlayer's <CODE>-afm 1</CODE> option to disable using
 l3codeca.acm.</DD>
 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
 <DT>Q: My computer plays M$ DivX AVIs with resolutions ~ 640x300 and stereo
 mp3 sound too slow. When I use -nosound switch, everything is OK (but
 the documentation to see if you can improve performance.</DD>
 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
 <DT>Q: MPlayer dies with "MPlayer interrupted by signal 4 in module:
 decode_video".</DT>
-<DD>A: Try running <B>MPlayer</B> on the machine you compiled on. Or recompile
+<DD>A: Try running MPlayer on the machine you compiled on. Or recompile
 with runtime CPU detection
 (<CODE>./configure --enable-runtime-cpudetection</CODE>). Don't
-use <B>MPlayer</B> on a CPU different from the one it was compiled on,
+use MPlayer on a CPU different from the one it was compiled on,
 without using the feature mentioned just now.</DD>
 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
 <DT>Q: I have problems with [your window manager] and fullscreen
 xv/xmga/sdl/x11 modes ...</DT>
 <DD>A: The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device. Either wait
 until the video starts or disable the arts-daemon in kontrol center. If you
 want to use arts sound, specify audio output via our native arts audio
 driver (<CODE>-ao arts</CODE>). If it fails or isn't compiled in, try SDL
 (<CODE>-ao sdl</CODE>) and make sure your SDL can handle arts sound. Yet
-another option is to start <B>MPlayer</B> with artsdsp.</DD>
+another option is to start MPlayer with artsdsp.</DD>
 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
 <DT>Q: I have an AVI that produces a gray screen when played with
 <CODE>-vc odivx</CODE> and a green one with <CODE>-vc divx4</CODE>.</DT>
 <DD>A: It's not a DivX file, but an M$ MPEG4v3 . Update your codecs.conf.</DD>
 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
+MPlayer 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>
 Start playing...
 </PRE>
 </DT>
 <DD>A: Are you running KDE or GNOME with the arts or esd sound daemon? Try
 disabling the sound daemon, or use the <CODE>-ao arts</CODE> switch to make
-<B>MPlayer</B> use arts.</DD>
+MPlayer use arts.</DD>
 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
 <DT>Q: What about the DGA driver? I can't find it!</DT>
 <DD>A: <CODE>./configure</CODE> autodetects your DGA driver. If
 <CODE>-vo help</CODE> doesn't show DGA, then there's a problem with your X
 <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
+Another solution is making MPlayer 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
+gain root privileges through SUID root MPlayer. <B>You have been
 warned.</B>
 </BLOCKQUOTE>
 </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>
+MPlayer 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
 documentation.</DD>
 <H2><A NAME="features">5.6 Feature requests</A></H2>
 <DL>
-<DT>Q: If <B>MPlayer</B> is paused and I try to seek or press any key at all,
+<DT>Q: If MPlayer is paused and I try to seek or press any key at all,
-<B>MPlayer</B> ceases to be paused. I would like to be able to seek in the
+MPlayer ceases to be paused. I would like to be able to seek in the
 paused movie.</DT>
 <DD>A: This is very tricky to implement without losing A/V synchronization.
 All attempts have failed so far, but patches are welcome.</DD>
 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
 <H2><A NAME="encoding">5.7 Encoding</A></H2>
 <DL>
 <DT>Q: How can I encode?</DT>
-<DD>A: Read the <B>MEncoder</B> <A HREF="encoding.html">documentation</A>.</DD>
+<DD>A: Read the MEncoder <A HREF="encoding.html">documentation</A>.</DD>
 <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
 <DT>Q: How can I create VCDs?</DT>
 <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

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