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Added 2 entries: no sound without win32 and no sound with sound daemon. Consolidated gcc 2.96 and avifile entries.

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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Probably there is no such file or directory.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>What's the problem with gcc 2.96?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><B>We strongly discourage the use of gcc 2.96!!!</B><BR>
Read <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#gcc">this</A>
document for details. If you still really really want to use it, be sure to get
the latest release, but remember that  you are on your own. Do <B>not</B> report
bugs or ask for help on the mailing lists. We will <B>not</B> provide any support
in case you run into problems.
<BR>
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Great, I have gcc 3.0.1 from Red Hat/Mandrake, then I'm fine--!
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>No, since there have been/are issues with these compilers as well.<BR>
To check the status of current compilers' MPlayer support, see the

provide install support for it. then we could leave current work, so
development could go faster, and we could earn lots of money with it and buy a
big house, etc etc. Do you really want it? It seems.</P>
</BLOCKQUOTE>

</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Where can I find information about gcc 2.96 bugs?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><A HREF="users_against_developers.html#gcc">This</A>
document describes why Red Hat released 2.96 and other interesting things.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>SDL output doesn't work or compile. The problem is ...
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It was tested to work with SDL 1.2.x and may run on SDL 1.1.7+.
It does <B>not</B> work with any previous version. So if you choose to use such

<TD COLSPAN=3>
<B><A NAME="5.3">5.3 File playing problems</A></B>
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>... works with avifile/aviplay but doesn't with MPlayer.
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><B>MPlayer</B> != 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.

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have problems with [your window manager] and fullscreen xv/xmga/sdl/x11 modes ...
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Read the <A HREF="bugreports.html">bug reporting guidelines</A> and send us a
proper bug report.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>But it works with avifile!
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>So what?
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Then avifile is better!
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Then use avifile, it has a nice GUI and nice C++ code :)
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I got this playing mpeg files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001!
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You have an old version of codecs.conf at <CODE>~/.mplayer/</CODE>. Upgrade it
from <CODE>/etc/</CODE>.<BR>
<B>OR</B> you have the <CODE>vc=</CODE> option or something similar in your
config file(s).
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD COLSPAN=3>
<B><A NAME="5.4">5.4 Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></B>
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>


<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>What about the DGA driver? I can't find it!!!
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><CODE>./configure</CODE> autodetects your DGA driver. If <CODE>-vo help</CODE> doesn't show
DGA, then there's a problem with your X installation.
Try <CODE>./configure --enable-dga</CODE> and read the

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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Probably there is no such file or directory.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>What's the problem with gcc 2.96?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><B>We strongly discourage the use of gcc 2.96!!!</B><BR>
Read <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#gcc">this</A> document for details
about why Red Hat released gcc 2.96 and what the problems are all about. If you
still really really want to use it, be sure to get the latest release and give
the <CODE>--disable-gcc-checking</CODE> option to configure. Remember that  you
are on your own from this point. Do <B>not</B> report bugs, do <B>not</B> ask
for help on the mailing lists. We will <B>not</B> provide any support in case
you run into problems.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Great, I have gcc 3.0.1 from Red Hat/Mandrake, then I'm fine--!
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>No, since there have been/are issues with these compilers as well.<BR>
To check the status of current compilers' MPlayer support, see the

provide install support for it. then we could leave current work, so
development could go faster, and we could earn lots of money with it and buy a
big house, etc etc. Do you really want it? It seems.</P>
</BLOCKQUOTE>

</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>SDL output doesn't work or compile. The problem is ...
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It was tested to work with SDL 1.2.x and may run on SDL 1.1.7+.
It does <B>not</B> work with any previous version. So if you choose to use such

<TD COLSPAN=3>
<B><A NAME="5.3">5.3 File playing problems</A></B>
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I can play certain AVIs but I
get no sound and this kind of error:
<PRE>
Detected audio codec: [divx] afm:4 (DivX audio (WMA))
Requested audio codec family [divx] (afm=4) not available (enable it at
compile time!)
</PRE>
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Probably the audio uses a codec
not natively supported by <B>MPlayer</B>. Install the Win32 codec package as
described in the README or <A HREF="documentation.html#1.3">here</A>.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>... works with avifile/aviplay but doesn't with MPlayer.
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><B>MPlayer</B> != 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.

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have problems with [your window manager] and fullscreen xv/xmga/sdl/x11 modes ...
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Read the <A HREF="bugreports.html">bug reporting guidelines</A> and send us a
proper bug report.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I got this playing MPEG files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001!
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You have an old version of codecs.conf at <CODE>~/.mplayer/</CODE>. Upgrade it
from <CODE>/etc/</CODE>.<BR>
<B>OR</B> you have the <CODE>vc=</CODE> option or something similar in your
config file(s).
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD COLSPAN=3>
<B><A NAME="5.4">5.4 Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></B>
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have no sound when playing a
video and get error messages similar to this one:
<PRE>
AO: [oss] 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy
couldn't open/init audio device -> NOSOUND
Audio: no sound!!!
Start playing...
</PRE>
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>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.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3>&nbsp;</TD><TR>

<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>What about the DGA driver? I can't find it!!!
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><CODE>./configure</CODE> autodetects your DGA driver. If <CODE>-vo help</CODE> doesn't show
DGA, then there's a problem with your X installation.
Try <CODE>./configure --enable-dga</CODE> and read the