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Advertise mencvcd, the woes of seeking in a paused movie and to OSD or not to OSD.
author diego
date Thu, 25 Jul 2002 01:48:17 +0000
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199 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Me too. :) 199 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Me too. :)
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203 <TD COLSPAN=3><B><A NAME="5.2">5.2 General questions</A></B> 203 <TD COLSPAN=3><B><A NAME="5.2">5.2 General questions</A></B>
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206 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>There is a timer in the upper
207 left corner. How can I get rid of it?
208 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Press <CODE>o</CODE> and try the
209 <CODE>-osdlevel</CODE> option.
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206 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>The <CODE>-xy</CODE> or <CODE>-fs</CODE> option doesn't work with the x11 driver (<CODE>-vo x11</CODE>) ... 212 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>The <CODE>-xy</CODE> or <CODE>-fs</CODE> option doesn't work with the x11 driver (<CODE>-vo x11</CODE>) ...
207 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It does, but you have to explicitly specify software scaling (it's SLOW!) with 213 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It does, but you have to explicitly specify software scaling (it's SLOW!) with
208 the <CODE>-zoom</CODE> option. You better use XF86VidMode support: 214 the <CODE>-zoom</CODE> option. You better use XF86VidMode support:
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627 <B><A NAME="5.6">5.6 Feature requests</A></B> 633 <B><A NAME="5.6">5.6 Feature requests</A></B>
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636 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>If <B>MPlayer</B> is paused
637 and I try to seek or press any key at all, <B>MPlayer</B> ceases to be paused.
638 I would like to be able to seek in the paused movie.
639 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This is very tricky to implement
640 without losing A/V synchronization. All attempts have failed so far, but patches
641 are welcome.
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643
630 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I'd like to seek +/- 1 frames instead of 10 seconds. 644 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I'd like to seek +/- 1 frames instead of 10 seconds.
631 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This won't be done. It was, but then it messed up A/V sync. Feel free to 645 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This won't be done. It was, but then it messed up A/V sync. Feel free to
632 implement it, and send a patch. Don't ask for it. 646 implement it, and send a patch. Don't ask for it.
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646 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>How can I encode? 660 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>How can I encode?
647 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Read the <B>MEncoder</B> <A HREF="encoding.html">documentation</A>. 661 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Read the <B>MEncoder</B> <A HREF="encoding.html">documentation</A>.
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664 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>How can I create VCDs?
665 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Try the <CODE>mencvcd</CODE>
666 script from the <CODE>TOOLS</CODE> subdirectory. With it you can encode DVDs or
667 other movies to VCD or SVCD format and even burn them directly to CD.</A>.
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650 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>My tuner works, I can hear the sound and watch the video with MPlayer, but 670 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>My tuner works, I can hear the sound and watch the video with MPlayer, but
651 MEncoder doesn't encode audio! 671 MEncoder doesn't encode audio!
652 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>TV audio encoding for Linux is currently unimplemented, we're working on it. 672 </B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>TV audio encoding for Linux is currently unimplemented, we're working on it.
653 At the moment it works only on BSD. 673 At the moment it works only on BSD.
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