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99 A'rpi sent to the | 99 A'rpi sent to the |
100 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/">mplayer-users</A> | 100 <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/">mplayer-users</A> |
101 list (the word 'ideg' is described below): | 101 list (the word 'ideg' is described below): |
102 <BLOCKQUOTE> | 102 <BLOCKQUOTE> |
103 <P>And we have idegs. And our idegcounter overflowed again and again.</P> | 103 <P>And we have idegs. And our idegcounter overflowed again and again.</P> |
104 | 104 |
105 <P>Unfortunately MPlayer is out of our control. It's used by lamers, Linux | 105 <P>Unfortunately MPlayer is out of our control. It's used by lamers, Linux |
106 users who can't even use Windows, and never tried to compile a kernel. They | 106 users who can't even use Windows, and never tried to compile a kernel. They |
107 installed (with default options) Mandrake or Red Hat or SuSE, and without | 107 installed (with default options) Mandrake or Red Hat or SuSE, and without |
108 RTFM'ing they send messages saying 'it doesn't work! help me! please! i'm | 108 RTFM'ing they send messages saying 'it doesn't work! help me! please! i'm |
109 new to Linux! help! oh! help me!'. We can't stop them, but at least we try | 109 new to Linux! help! oh! help me!'. We can't stop them, but at least we try |
110 to force them to RTFM and to read the messages of ./configure and MPlayer.</P> | 110 to force them to RTFM and to read the messages of ./configure and MPlayer.</P> |
111 | 111 |
112 <P>And you clever guys come and flame us with gcc 2.96 and binary packages. | 112 <P>And you clever guys come and flame us with gcc 2.96 and binary packages. |
113 Instead of helping users or making patches to help solve problems.</P> | 113 Instead of helping users or making patches to help solve problems.</P> |
114 | 114 |
115 <P>Half of our spare/free time is spent by answering silly mails here and | 115 <P>Half of our spare/free time is spent by answering silly mails here and |
116 making newer tricks and checks to configure to avoid such mails.</P> | 116 making newer tricks and checks to configure to avoid such mails.</P> |
117 | 117 |
118 <P>And there is a balance. On the one side are you, clever guys, saying we | 118 <P>And there is a balance. On the one side are you, clever guys, saying we |
119 are very bad because we don't like buggy gcc 2.96, and on the other side | 119 are very bad because we don't like buggy gcc 2.96, and on the other side |
120 there are the 'new to Linux' guys who are showing us gcc 2.96 is buggy.</P> | 120 there are the 'new to Linux' guys who are showing us gcc 2.96 is buggy.</P> |
121 | 121 |
122 <P>Conclusion: We can't be good. Half the people will always say we are bad.</P> | 122 <P>Conclusion: We can't be good. Half the people will always say we are bad.</P> |
123 | 123 |
124 <P>Maybe we should close the project, make it closed source, commercial, and | 124 <P>Maybe we should close the project, make it closed source, commercial, and |
125 provide install support for it. then we could leave current work, so | 125 provide install support for it. then we could leave current work, so |
126 development could go faster, and we could earn lots of money with it and buy | 126 development could go faster, and we could earn lots of money with it and buy |
127 a big house, etc etc. Do you really want it? It seems.</P> | 127 a big house, etc etc. Do you really want it? It seems.</P> |
128 </BLOCKQUOTE> | 128 </BLOCKQUOTE> |
198 <CODE>Warning: loading mga_vid.o will taint the kernel: no license</CODE></DT> | 198 <CODE>Warning: loading mga_vid.o will taint the kernel: no license</CODE></DT> |
199 <DD>A: The latest kernel modutils require a flag indicating the license | 199 <DD>A: The latest kernel modutils require a flag indicating the license |
200 (mainly to avoid kernel hackers debugging closed source drivers). | 200 (mainly to avoid kernel hackers debugging closed source drivers). |
201 Upgrade your kernel, modutils and MPlayer.</DD> | 201 Upgrade your kernel, modutils and MPlayer.</DD> |
202 <DD> </DD> | 202 <DD> </DD> |
203 | 203 |
204 <DT>Q: When compiling MEncoder, it segfaults at linking!</DT> | 204 <DT>Q: When compiling MEncoder, it segfaults at linking!</DT> |
205 <DD>A: This is a linker problem. Upgrading binutils should help (2.11.92.* | 205 <DD>A: This is a linker problem. Upgrading binutils should help (2.11.92.* |
206 or newer should be good). Since it is not our fault, please do <B>not</B> | 206 or newer should be good). Since it is not our fault, please do <B>not</B> |
207 report!</DD> | 207 report!</DD> |
208 <DD> </DD> | 208 <DD> </DD> |
209 | 209 |
210 <DT>Q: MPlayer dies with segmentation fault upon pthread check!</DT> | 210 <DT>Q: MPlayer dies with segmentation fault upon pthread check!</DT> |
211 <DD>A: chmod 644 /usr/lib/libc.so</DD> | 211 <DD>A: chmod 644 /usr/lib/libc.so</DD> |
212 <DD> </DD> | 212 <DD> </DD> |
213 | 213 |
214 <DT>Q: I'd like to compile MPlayer on Minix!</DT> | 214 <DT>Q: I'd like to compile MPlayer on Minix!</DT> |
215 <DD>A: Me too. :)</DD> | 215 <DD>A: Me too. :)</DD> |
216 <DD> </DD> | 216 <DD> </DD> |
217 | 217 |
218 </DL> | 218 </DL> |
541 <DD>A: This is again a power management effect (see above). Plug the external | 541 <DD>A: This is again a power management effect (see above). Plug the external |
542 power connector in <B>before</B> you power on your notebook or use the | 542 power connector in <B>before</B> you power on your notebook or use the |
543 <CODE>-nortc</CODE> option.</DD> | 543 <CODE>-nortc</CODE> option.</DD> |
544 <DD> </DD> | 544 <DD> </DD> |
545 | 545 |
546 <DT>Q: While playing a movie it suddenly gets jerky and I get | |
547 the following message:<BR> | |
548 <CODE>Badly interleaved AVI file detected - switching to -ni | |
549 mode...</CODE> | |
550 <DD>A: Badly interleaved files and <CODE>-cache</CODE> don't work well | |
551 together. Try <CODE>-nocache</CODE>.</DD> | |
552 <DD> </DD> | |
553 | |
546 </DL> | 554 </DL> |
547 | 555 |
548 | 556 |
549 <H2><A NAME="driver">5.4 Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></H2> | 557 <H2><A NAME="driver">5.4 Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></H2> |
550 | 558 |
708 <DD>A: Use the <CODE>-cache</CODE> option (described in the man page) | 716 <DD>A: Use the <CODE>-cache</CODE> option (described in the man page) |
709 and try enabling DMA for the DVD drive with the hdparm tool (described in | 717 and try enabling DMA for the DVD drive with the hdparm tool (described in |
710 the <A HREF="cd-dvd.html#cd">CD chapter</A> of the documentation).</DD> | 718 the <A HREF="cd-dvd.html#cd">CD chapter</A> of the documentation).</DD> |
711 <DD> </DD> | 719 <DD> </DD> |
712 | 720 |
713 <DT>Q: While playing a movie it suddenly gets jerky and I get | |
714 the following message:<BR> | |
715 <CODE>Badly interleaved AVI file detected - switching to -ni | |
716 mode...</CODE> | |
717 <DD>A: Badly interleaved files and <CODE>-cache</CODE> don't work well | |
718 together. Try <CODE>-nocache</CODE>.</DD> | |
719 <DD> </DD> | |
720 | |
721 </DL> | 721 </DL> |
722 | 722 |
723 | 723 |
724 <H2><A NAME="features">5.6 Feature requests</A></H2> | 724 <H2><A NAME="features">5.6 Feature requests</A></H2> |
725 | 725 |