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      <LI><A HREF="#sgi">6.4 Silicon Graphics / Irix</A></LI>
      <LI><A HREF="#qnx">6.5 QNX</A></LI>
      <LI><A HREF="#cygwin">6.6 Cygwin</A></LI>
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<P>The <CODE>-vo x11</CODE> output will be even slower than on Linux, since
  QNX has only X <I>emulation</I> which is VERY slow. Use SDL.</P>


<H2><A NAME="cygwin">6.6 Cygwin</A></H2>

<P>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.
  <A HREF="../tech/patches.txt">Patches</A> are always welcome.
  Best results are achieved with the native DirectX video output driver
  (<CODE>-vo directx</CODE>) and the native Windows waveout audio driver
  (<CODE>-ao win32</CODE>). You should also check out the
  <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-cygwin/">mplayer-cygwin</A>
  mailing list for help and latest information.</P>

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

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

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

<P>You can play VCDs by playing the <CODE>.DAT</CODE> or <CODE>.MPG</CODE> files

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

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

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

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



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      </LI>
      <LI><A HREF="#solaris">6.3 Solaris</A></LI>
      <LI><A HREF="#sgi">6.4 Silicon Graphics / Irix</A></LI>
      <LI><A HREF="#qnx">6.5 QNX</A></LI>
      <LI><A HREF="#windows">6.6 Windows</A></LI>
        <UL>
          <LI><A HREF="#cygwin">6.6.1 Cygwin</A></LI>
          <LI><A HREF="#mingw">6.6.2 MinGW</A></LI>
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      <LI><A HREF="encoding.html#2pass">7.1 Encoding 2 or 3-pass MPEG-4 ("DIVX")</A></LI>

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


<H2><A NAME="windows">6.6 Windows</A></H2>

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

<P>Best results are achieved with the native DirectX video output driver
  (<CODE>-vo directx</CODE>) and the native Windows waveout audio driver
  (<CODE>-ao win32</CODE>)  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 <CODE>-vo directx:ontop</CODE>. If the image is
  distorted, try turning off hardware acceleration with
  <CODE>-vo directx:noaccel</CODE>. Download
  <A HREF="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/dx7headers.tgz">DirectX 7 header files</A>
  to compile the DirectX video output driver.</P>

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

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

<H3><A NAME="cygwin">6.6.1 Cygwin</A></H3>

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

<P>DirectX header files need to be extracted to <CODE>/usr/include/</CODE> or
  <CODE>/usr/local/include/</CODE>.</P>

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

<P>You can play VCDs by playing the <CODE>.DAT</CODE> or <CODE>.MPG</CODE> files

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

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

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

<H3><A NAME="mingw">6.6.2 MinGW</A></H3>

<P>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.</P>

<OL>
  <LI>Install MinGW 3.0.0 or later.</LI>
  <LI>Install MSYS 1.0.9 or later and tell the MSYS postinstall that
    MinGW is installed.</LI>
  <LI>Replace <CODE>/mingw/include/sys/types.h</CODE> with this
    <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta/contrib/types.h"><CODE>types.h</CODE></A>.</LI>
</OL>

<P>Extract DirectX header files to <CODE>/mingw/include/</CODE>.</P>

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

<P><CODE>mplayer d:/mpegav/avseq01.dat</CODE></P>

<P><CODE>mplayer /d/MPEG2/AVSEQ01.MPG</CODE></P>

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





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