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<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/889/">other people</ulink>.
</para></answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandadiv>

<qandadiv id="faq-compilation-installation">
<title>Compilation and installation</title>
<qandaentry>
<question><para>
Compilation fails with an error and <application>gcc</application> bails out
with some cryptic message containing the phrase
<systemitem>internal compiler error</systemitem> or

<filename class="directory">/usr/X11</filename> and
<filename class="directory">/usr/include/X11</filename> symlinks exist (this
can be a problem on Mandrake systems).
</para></answer>
</qandaentry>


<qandaentry>
<question><para>
Building on Mac OS 10.3 leads to several link errors</para></question>
<answer><para>

use the framework that is installed on your system via dynamic links that
are resolved at run-time.
(You can verify this using <systemitem>otool -l</systemitem>).
</para></answer>
</qandaentry>

</qandadiv>

<qandadiv id="faq-general">
<title>General questions</title>

<qandaentry>

Use:
<screen>mplayer <replaceable>options</replaceable> <replaceable>filename</replaceable> &lt; /dev/null &amp;</screen>
</para></answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandadiv>

<qandadiv id="faq-playback">
<title>Playback problems</title>

<qandaentry>

<screen>
mplayer -vf expand=0:-100:0:0 -slang de dvd://1
</screen>
</para></answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question><para>
How can I select audio/subtitle tracks from a DVD, OGM, Matroska or NUT file?
</para></question>
<answer><para>

Try <option>-nocache</option>.
</para></answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandadiv>

<qandadiv id="faq-driver">
<title>Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</title>

<qandaentry>
<question><para>

<option>-mc 0.1</option> can help.
</para></answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandadiv>

<qandadiv id="faq-dvd">
<title>DVD playback</title>
<qandaentry>
<question><para>
What about DVD navigation/menus?
</para></question>
<answer><para>

</screen>
</para></answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandadiv>

<qandadiv id="faq-features">
<title>Feature requests</title>
<qandaentry>
<question><para>
If <application>MPlayer</application> is paused and I try to seek or press any key at all,
<application>MPlayer</application> ceases to be paused. I would like to be able
to seek in the paused movie.

Stepping backwards is unlikely to be implemented anytime soon.
</para></answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandadiv>

<qandadiv id="faq-encoding">
<title>Encoding</title>
<qandaentry>
<question><para>
How can I encode?
</para></question>
<answer><para>

Since ASF uses variable framerate but AVI uses a fixed one, you
have to set it by hand with the <option>-ofps</option> option.
</para></answer>
</qandaentry>


<qandaentry>
<question><para>
How can I put subtitles in the output file?
</para></question>
<answer><para>

<qandaentry>
<question><para>
Why do third-party players fail to play MPEG-4 movies encoded by
<application>MEncoder</application> versions later than 1.0pre7?
</para></question>

<answer><para>
<systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>, the native MPEG-4
encoding library usually shipped with <application>MEncoder</application>,
used to set the FourCC to 'DIVX' when encoding MPEG-4 videos
(the FourCC is an AVI tag to identify the software used to encode and

Have a look at the <filename class="directory">TOOLS</filename>
subdirectory for a collection of random scripts and hacks.
<filename>TOOLS/README</filename> contains documentation.
</para></answer>
</qandaentry>

</qandadiv>
</qandaset>

</chapter>

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<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/889/">other people</ulink>.
</para></answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandadiv>


<qandadiv id="faq-compilation-installation">
<title>Compilation and installation</title>

<qandaentry>
<question><para>
Compilation fails with an error and <application>gcc</application> bails out
with some cryptic message containing the phrase
<systemitem>internal compiler error</systemitem> or

<filename class="directory">/usr/X11</filename> and
<filename class="directory">/usr/include/X11</filename> symlinks exist (this
can be a problem on Mandrake systems).
</para></answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question><para>
Building on Mac OS 10.3 leads to several link errors</para></question>
<answer><para>

use the framework that is installed on your system via dynamic links that
are resolved at run-time.
(You can verify this using <systemitem>otool -l</systemitem>).
</para></answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandadiv>


<qandadiv id="faq-general">
<title>General questions</title>

<qandaentry>

Use:
<screen>mplayer <replaceable>options</replaceable> <replaceable>filename</replaceable> &lt; /dev/null &amp;</screen>
</para></answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandadiv>


<qandadiv id="faq-playback">
<title>Playback problems</title>

<qandaentry>

<screen>
mplayer -vf expand=0:-100:0:0 -slang de dvd://1
</screen>
</para></answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question><para>
How can I select audio/subtitle tracks from a DVD, OGM, Matroska or NUT file?
</para></question>
<answer><para>

Try <option>-nocache</option>.
</para></answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandadiv>


<qandadiv id="faq-driver">
<title>Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</title>

<qandaentry>
<question><para>

<option>-mc 0.1</option> can help.
</para></answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandadiv>


<qandadiv id="faq-dvd">
<title>DVD playback</title>

<qandaentry>
<question><para>
What about DVD navigation/menus?
</para></question>
<answer><para>

</screen>
</para></answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandadiv>


<qandadiv id="faq-features">
<title>Feature requests</title>

<qandaentry>
<question><para>
If <application>MPlayer</application> is paused and I try to seek or press any key at all,
<application>MPlayer</application> ceases to be paused. I would like to be able
to seek in the paused movie.

Stepping backwards is unlikely to be implemented anytime soon.
</para></answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandadiv>


<qandadiv id="faq-encoding">
<title>Encoding</title>

<qandaentry>
<question><para>
How can I encode?
</para></question>
<answer><para>

Since ASF uses variable framerate but AVI uses a fixed one, you
have to set it by hand with the <option>-ofps</option> option.
</para></answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry>
<question><para>
How can I put subtitles in the output file?
</para></question>
<answer><para>

<qandaentry>
<question><para>
Why do third-party players fail to play MPEG-4 movies encoded by
<application>MEncoder</application> versions later than 1.0pre7?
</para></question>
<answer><para>
<systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>, the native MPEG-4
encoding library usually shipped with <application>MEncoder</application>,
used to set the FourCC to 'DIVX' when encoding MPEG-4 videos
(the FourCC is an AVI tag to identify the software used to encode and

Have a look at the <filename class="directory">TOOLS</filename>
subdirectory for a collection of random scripts and hacks.
<filename>TOOLS/README</filename> contains documentation.
</para></answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandadiv>

</qandaset>

</chapter>