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--- a/DOCS/faq.html Thu Mar 07 17:50:25 2002 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/faq.html Thu Mar 07 17:55:34 2002 +0000 @@ -1,47 +1,56 @@ <HTML> + +<HEAD> +<STYLE> + .text + {font-family : Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; + font-size : 14px;} +</STYLE> +</HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR=white> -<FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> +<FONT CLASS="text"> <P><B><A NAME=5>5. FAQ section</A></B></P> <TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH=100% ALIGN=left> -<TD COLSPAN=3><P><B><A NAME=5.1><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.1 Compilation</A></B></P> +<TD COLSPAN=3><P><B><A NAME=5.1><FONT CLASS="text">5.1 Compilation</A></B></P> </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> configure ends with this text, and MPlayer won't compile !<BR> <CODE>Your gcc does not support even i386 for '-march' and '-mcpu'.</CODE> -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Your gcc isn't installed correctly, check <CODE>config.log</CODE> file for details. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> What does "No such file or directory" means ? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Probably there is no such file or directory. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> What's the problem with gcc 2.96 ? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> To be short: <B><I>DO NOT USE gcc 2.96 !!!</I></B><BR> Check <A HREF="gcc-2.96-3.0.html">this</A> and <A HREF="users_against_developers.html">this</A> texts! If you still really really want to do so, be sure to use the latest release. <BR> </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> Great, I have gcc 3.0.1 from RedHat/Mandrake, then I'm fine--! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> No, since there have been/are issues with those compilers.<BR> Use 2.95.x series for reliability (not <A HREF="gcc-2.96-3.0.html">2.96</A>). Use the latest gcc 3.0.x (starting at 3.0.2) if you want to use a 3.0.x version. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> I tried to compile MPlayer, but I got this output:<BR> <PRE> In file included from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/std_cwchar.h:42, @@ -57,13 +66,13 @@ /usr/include/wchar.h:514: cannot convert `const wchar_t* __restrict' to `const </PRE> -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Upgrade your glibc to the newest. On Mandrake, use 2.2.4-8mdk . </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> ...gcc 2.96... (yes, some people are STILL flaming about their gcc 2.96!!) -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> <P>But we has idegs (the word 'ideg' is described further in the FAQ). And our idegcounters overflow again and again.</P> @@ -94,52 +103,52 @@ <P ALIGN=RIGHT>Arpi (a mail on the mplayer-users list)</P> </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> Where can I find information about gcc 2.96 bugs ? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> In <A HREF="gcc-2.96-3.0.html">this</A> documentation. And <A HREF="users_against_developers.html">this</A> documentation describes why RedHat released 2.96 and other interesting things. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> SDL output doesn't work or compile. Problem is .... -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> It is tested with newest SDL (probably runs on 1.1.7+). It does NOT work with any previous version, so don't ask. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> I am still having trouble compiling with SDL support. gcc says something about "undefined reference to `SDL_EnableKeyRepeat'" What's now? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Where did you install the SDL library? If you installed in /usr/local (the default) then edit the top level config.mak and add "-L/usr/local/lib " after "X_LIBS=" Now type make. You're done! </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> It doesn't compile, and it misses uint64_t inttypes.h and similar things... -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> copy etc/inttypes.h to <B>MPlayer</B> directory (cp etc/inttypes.h .) try again... </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> I have Pentium III but ./configure doesn't detect SSE -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Only kernel versions 2.4.x supports SSE (or try latest 2.2.19 or newer, but be prepared for problems) </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> I have G200/G400, how to compile/use mga_vid driver? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Read all this documentation. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> Are there rpm/deb/... packages of <B>MPlayer</B>? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> You can make a .deb package for yourself, check section <A HREF="documentation.html#6.1">6.1</A>. It's _STRONGLY_ discouraged to use precompiled packages of <B>MPlayer</B>, since it (currently) _highly_ depends on compile-time @@ -147,10 +156,10 @@ Precompiled packages are COMPLETELY unsupported by the <B>MPlayer</B> team! </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't understand, I DO have X installed!? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> ...but you don't have the X development package installed. Or not correctly. It's called XFree86-devel* under RedHat, and xlib6g-dev* under Debian. Also check if the /usr/X11 symlink exists (this can be a problem on @@ -161,74 +170,74 @@ Your distribution may differ from the Linux Filesystem Standard. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> What about DGA driver? I can't find it!!! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> ./configure autodetects your DGA driver. If -vo help doesn't show DGA, then there's a problem with your X installation. Try ./configure --enable-dga (and RTFM) Alternatively, try SDL's DGA driver with '-vo sdl:dga' options. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> I can't compile SVGAlib.. I'm using 2.3/2.4 kernel. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> You have to edit SVGAlib's Makefile.cfg and comment "BACKGROUND = y" out. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> I compiled MPlayer with libdvdcss/libdivxdecore support, but when I try to start it, it says:<BR> <CODE>> error while loading shared libraries: lib*.so.0: cannot load shared object file: No such file or directory</CODE><BR> I checked up on the file and it IS there in /usr/local/lib. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Add /usr/local/lib to <B>/etc/ld.so.conf</B> and run <B>ldconfig</B> . </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> MPlayer doesn't seem to find my libcss. What am I doing wrong ? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> It's normal. <B>MPlayer</B> no longer depends on libcss to play a DVD. You have to install <B>libdvdread</B> and <B>libdvdcss</B>. Check for DVD Playback part <A HREF="cd-dvd.html">here</A>. libcss is to be used for example when you want to play encrypted VOB files from hard disk (not for general users). </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> Hmm, strange. When loading the mga_vid.o kernel module, I found this in the logs:<BR> <CODE>Warning: loading mga_vid.o will taint the kernel: no license</CODE> -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> The latest kernels modules needs require a flag indicating its license (mainly to avoid kernel hackers' debugging closed sources drivers). Upgrade your kernel and your modutils and <B>MPlayer</B>. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> When compiling <B>MEncoder</B>, it segfaults at linking !!! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Dunno, upgrading binutils should help (2.11.92.* or newer should be good). Not our fault, do NOT report! </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> I'd like to compile <B>MPlayer</B> on Minix ! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Me too. :) </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD COLSPAN=3><B><A NAME=5.2><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.2. General questions</A></B> +<TD COLSPAN=3><B><A NAME=5.2><FONT CLASS="text">5.2. General questions</A></B> </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> What about DVD playing ? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Read the CD/DVD section in <A HREF="cd-dvd.html">this page</A>. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -xy or -fs option doesn't work with x11 driver (-vo x11) -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> It does, but you have to explicitly specify software scaling (it's SLOW!) with the <CODE>-zoom</CODE> option. You better use XF86VidMode support: you must specify the -vm and the -fs switch, and you're done. @@ -237,12 +246,12 @@ It's much faster. If SDL's DGA works too, use that, it'll be EVEN faster! </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> What is the meaning of numbers in the status line? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> -See: <CODE><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57 41% 0% 2.6% 0 4 49%</CODE><BR> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> +See: <CODE><FONT CLASS="text">A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57 41% 0% 2.6% 0 4 49%</CODE><BR> <UL> -<LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A: audio position in seconds +<LI><FONT CLASS="text">A: audio position in seconds <LI>V: video position in seconds <LI>A-V: audio-video difference in seconds (delay) <LI>ct: total A-V sync correction done @@ -257,137 +266,137 @@ <I>Most of them are for debug purposes, and will be removed soon.</I> </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> What if I don't want them to appear? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Then you use the -quiet option, and read the manpage. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> Why is video_out cpu usage zero (0%) for mpeg files? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> It's not zero, but it's built in into codec, so can't be measured separated. You should try to play the file using -vo null and then -vo ... and check the difference to see video_out speed... </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> What's XMMP? (is it XMMS or XMPS but mispelled?) -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> It's a new project, see http://frozenproductions.com for details </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> There are error messages about file not found /usr/lib/win32/.... -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Download <A HREF="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/w32codec.zip">w32codec.zip</A> from *our* FTP (avifile's codec package has different DLL set). Install it. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> Are there any mailing lists on MPlayer? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Yes! See RTFM on how to subscribe them! </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> I've found a nasty bug when I tried to play my favourite video!! Who should I inform? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> See Appendix <A HREF="bugreports.html">C</A>. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> I have problems playing files with ... codec. Can I use'em? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Check <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html</A>, if it doesn't contain your codec, read <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.3">section 2.1.3</A>, and contact us. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> Umm, what is "IdegCounter"? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> A mixture of a hungarian and an english word. In english, "Ideg" means "nerve", and is pronounced as something like "ydaegh" . It was first used to measure the nervousness of A'rpi, after some (umm) "mystic" disappearance of CVS code ;) </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> And what is "Faszom(C)ounter" ? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> "Fasz" is a hungarian word you don't want to know, the others are in connection with the pervert minds of the MPlayer developers. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> LIRC doesn't work, because ... -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Are you sure you use "mplayer_lirc" instead of "mplayer"? </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> Subtitles are very nice, the most beautiful I've ever seen, but they slow down the playing! I know it's unlikely... -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> After running ./configure , edit config.h and replace <CODE>#undef FAST_OSD</CODE> with <CODE>#define FAST_OSD</CODE>. Then recompile. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> The OSD is flickering! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> You use a vo driver with single buffering (x11,xv). With xv, use -double option. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> What exactly is this libavcodec? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> See the <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.2">2.1.2.2 section</A>. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> But configure tells me "Checking for libavcodec ... no"! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> You need to get libavcodec from FFmpeg's CVS. Read the instructions in the <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.2">ffmpeg section</A>. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> The GUI isn't usable with icewm, because some panel are over the movie!! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Known, icewm is dictatoric. Unsolvable. In detail: its taskbar overrides GUI's window resize queries. If it asks for resize to 800x600, then it resizes window to 800x(600-taskbar_size). It's bad. Very bad. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> I can't access the GUI menu. I press right click, but I can't access any menu items ! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Are you using FVWM ? Try the following :<BR> Start -> Settings -> Configuration -> Base Configuration<BR> <BR> Set "Use Applications position hints" to Yes. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> How can I run MPlayer in the background ? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Use : <CODE>mplayer <options> <filename> < /dev/null & </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> <TD COLSPAN=3> -<B><A NAME=5.3><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.3. File playing problems</A></B> +<B><A NAME=5.3><FONT CLASS="text">5.3. File playing problems</A></B> </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> ...... works with avifile/aviplay while doesn't with MPlayer. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> <B>MPlayer</B> != avifile The only common thing between these players is the Win32 DLL loader. The codecs (dll) sets, syncronization, demultiplexing etc is totaly @@ -396,29 +405,29 @@ it and vice versa. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> Audio goes out of sync playing .avi file. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Try with -bps or -nobps option if still bad, send me (upload to ftp) that file, I'll check. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> Indeo 3.x/4.x movies are viewed upside-down!!!? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> It's a known bug (really it's a bug/limitation of the DLL codec) Try if your vo driver supports the -flip switch. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> Indeo 3.x,4.x video doesn't work at 32bpp resolutions (16,24 bpp are ok). -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> It's a known bug (really it's a bug/limitation of the DLL codec). </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> MPlayer exits with something error when using l3codeca.acm. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Check 'ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer' output. If it contains<BR> <CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4???????)</CODE><BR> where "?" is any number then it's ok, the error is not here. If it is:<BR> @@ -431,50 +440,50 @@ or use <B>MPlayer</B>'s -afm 1 option to disable using l3codeca.acm. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> My computer plays M$ DivX AVIs with resolutions ~ 640x300 and stereo mp3 sound too slow. When I use -nosound switch, everything is ok (but quiet). -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Ok son, your machine is too slow. RTFM or anything. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> MPlayer dies with "MPlayer interrupted by signal 4 in module: decode_video". -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Try running <B>MPlayer</B> on the machine you compiled on. Or recompile. Don't use <B>MPlayer</B> on different CPU than it was compiled on. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> I have problems with [your window manager] and fullscreen xv/xmga/sdl/x11 modes.. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Use the -fsmode switch. See example.conf or manpage. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> But it works with avifile! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> So what? </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> Then avifile is better! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Then use avifile, it has nice GUI and nice C++ code :) </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> I got this playing mpeg files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> You have old version of codecs.conf at ~/.mplayer/. Upgrade it from etc/<BR> <B>OR</B> you have the <CODE>vc=</CODE> option or similar, in your config file(s). </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> After starting mplayer under KDE(1/2) I just get a black screen and nothing happens, after about one minute the video starts playing. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device, either wait the time until video starts or you disable the arts-daemon in kontrollcenter. If you want to use arts sound, specify audio output via SDL (ao=sdl), and @@ -482,16 +491,16 @@ mplayer with artsdsp. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> I have an AVI that plays with grey screen with -vc odivx, and green with -vc divx4 . -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> It's not a DivX file, but an M$ MPEG4v3 . Update your codecs.conf. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> There this movie is, and when I play it I get video-audio desync and/or MPlayer crashes with the following:<BR> <CODE>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</CODE> -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> This can have multiple reasons.<BR> <LI>your CPU <B>and/or</B> video card <B>and/or</B> bus is too SLOW. <B>MPlayer</B> displays a message if this is the case. (and the dropped frames counter is going up fast)</LI> @@ -500,57 +509,57 @@ <LI>the AVI has bad header, try with the <I>-nobps</I> option, and/or <I>-mc 0</I> .</LI> </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> I have an MJPEG file which works with other players but displays only black image in MPlayer. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Disable the Windows DLL in <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>, or use <CODE>-vc ffmjpeg</CODE> option (you have to compile MPlayer with libavcodec). </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> When I try to grab from my tuner, it works, but colors are strange. It's ok with other applications. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Your card probably misreports its colorspace capacity. Try with YUY2 instead of default YV12 (see TV input documentation). </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> When I try to start playing, I get this message, but playing is good :<BR> <CODE>Linux RTC init: ioctl (rtc_pie_on): Permission denied</CODE> -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> See the <A HREF="documentation.html#1.3">Installation section</A>. The part about new sync code. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> I have A/V sync problems. Some of my AVIs play fine, but some play with double speed ! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> You have buggy soundcard/driver. Most likely it's fixed at 44100Hz, and you try to play a file which has 22050Hz audio. Try the <CODE>-ao sdl</CODE> driver. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> All the WMV (or other..) files I play gives green/gray window and there is only sound! It prints:<BR> <CODE>Detected video codec: [null] drv:0 (NULL codec (no decoding))</CODE> -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Update your <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE> </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> <TD COLSPAN=3> -<B><A NAME=5.4><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.4. Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></B> +<B><A NAME=5.4><FONT CLASS="text">5.4. Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></B> </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> Ok, -vo help shows DGA driver, but it is babbling about permissions! Help me! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> It works only if running as root! It's a DGA limitation. You should become to root (su -), and try again. Another solution is making mplayer SUID root, but its NOT RECOMMENDED!<BR> @@ -564,37 +573,37 @@ <B>!!!! SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ... !!!!</B> </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> When using Xvideo, my Voodoo 3/Banshee says:<BR> <CODE>X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)<BR> Major opcode of failed request: 147 (MIT-SHM)<BR> Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (X_ShmAttach)<BR> Serial number of failed request: 26<BR> Current serial number in output stream:27</CODE><BR> -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Your driver is old, update it. Either download (at least) DRI version 0.6 from <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">http://dri.sourceforge.net</A>, or use the DRI cvs. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> When using Xvideo, I can't play DivX avis with my Voodoo 3/Banshee! It says:<BR> ...<BR> <CODE>Xvideo image format: 0x32315659 (YV12) planar<BR> Xvideo image format: 0x30323449 (I420) planar<BR></CODE> ... -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">A1:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A1:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> See the previous answer. -</TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">A2:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A2:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Since 0.18pre4 we support libavcodec from the ffmpeg package. It contains a C language DivX and OpenDivX decoder. The DivX decoder uses YV12 format for output, thus it should work for you. Compile in libavcodec support. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> OpenGL (-vo gl) output doesn't work (hangup/black window/X11 errors/...). -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Your opengl driver doesn't support dynamic texture changes (glTexSubImage) It's known not to work with nVidia's binary mess. It's known to work with Utah-GLX/DRI and Matrox G400 card. Also with @@ -602,140 +611,140 @@ it will not work with 3DFX cards because the 256x256 texture size limit. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> I have an nVidia TNT/TNT2 card, and I have a band with strange colours, right under the movie! Whose fault is this? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> It's the nVidia X driver's. These bugs are ONLY with the TNT/TNT2 cards, and we can't do anything about it, it's not our bug. UPDATE : it's fixed in newest drivers, at last.. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> I have an nVidia XYZ card, and when I click on the GUI's diplay window to toggle displaying the GUI panel, a black square appears where I clicked. I have the newest driver. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Yes, nvidia corrected a previous bug (above), and implemented a new one. Let's congratule them. UPDATE : according to <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">NVidia</A>, this is already corrected. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> When I use the GUI with SDL video output, a second video window is created. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Known, don't use SDL for GUI yet. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> <TD COLSPAN=3> -<B><A NAME=5.5><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.5. Feature requests</A></B> +<B><A NAME=5.5><FONT CLASS="text">5.5. Feature requests</A></B> </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> Is there a hint on how to watch RealMedia movies in MPlayer? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> There's no way to do it. Therefore this format deserves to die in flames. Theoretically you can reverse engineer Real codecs built for Linux (they are available as .so files), but in practice that's really difficult, even if you know how the compiler used by Real is making assembler code. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> When will be <your favourite video feature> (like subtitle placement) implemented? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Wait for libvo2. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> I want to play MP3 files with MPlayer ! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> This feature is not planned. There are much better players (mpg123, 3pm, xmms) for this task, use them. BTW, MPlayer stands for Movie Player. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> I'd like to seek +/- 1 frames, instead of 10 seconds. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> This won't be done. It was, but then it messed up A/V sync. Feel free to implement it, and send a patch. Don't ask for it. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> Where is the Windows version ? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> It's not released, and won't be. Look around the windows scene (opensource ASF parsers, opensource ASF encoders, etc) and you'll know why. We don't want to go to jail. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> -What card you may suggest me to buy?</font></font></b></td> -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A0:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> -It's for your opinion only but our issues are:</font></font> -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A1:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> -Speed:</font></font> -<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>This -parameter can be computed very easy:</font></font> -<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>a)</b> -which movies do you plan to watch:</font></font> -<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>- -MPEG1:</b> 320x200@32=256000</font></font> -<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>so +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> +What card you may suggest me to buy?</b></td> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A0:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> +It's for your opinion only but our issues are: +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A1:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> +Speed: +<br>This +parameter can be computed very easy: +<br><b>a)</b> +which movies do you plan to watch: +<br><b>- +MPEG1:</b> 320x200@32=256000 +<br>so you need only 256*25fps=6.4Mb/sec bandwidth (This format can be played -in real-time on any PC since P-100 + S3Virge)</font></font> -<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>- -MPEG4:</b> 640x480@32=1228800</font></font> -<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>you +in real-time on any PC since P-100 + S3Virge) +<br><b>- +MPEG4:</b> 640x480@32=1228800 +<br>you need videobandwidth 1.2*25fps=30Mb/sec To watch such movie in real-time -you need enough power PC: (Celeron-450+DIMM based video card)</font></font> -<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>- -MPEG2 (aka DVD or SDTV):</b> 1024x768@32=3145728</font></font> -<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>you +you need enough power PC: (Celeron-450+DIMM based video card) +<br><b>- +MPEG2 (aka DVD or SDTV):</b> 1024x768@32=3145728 +<br>you need videobandwidth 3*30fps=90Mb/sec In extremal cases (if your video card -supports IDCT decoding) this can be played on the same PC as for MPEG4</font></font> -<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>- -HDTV (HighData TeleVision):</b> 2000x2000@32=16000000</font></font> -<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>i.e. +supports IDCT decoding) this can be played on the same PC as for MPEG4 +<br><b>- +HDTV (HighData TeleVision):</b> 2000x2000@32=16000000 +<br>i.e. videobandwidth = 16*30fps=480Mb/sec (This means also that you need at least 32Mb of video memory to watch this stream: 16Mb for RGB area and 16Mb for -YUV area)</font></font> -<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>b)</b> +YUV area) +<br><b>b)</b> Bandwidth of PCI slot is: 33Mhz*32bit=132Mb/sec And PCI2.1 has 66MHz*32bit=265Mb/sec that is far enough for any movie playback (except HDTV streams which really -require AGP bus).</font></font> -<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>c)</b> -What memory type should be installed on video card:</font></font> -<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>SIMM</b> -- avoid that</font></font> -<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>DIMM</b> -- good if your video card has 128-bit memory access.</font></font> -<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>DDR</b> -- is far enough for all types.</font></font> -<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>Note: +require AGP bus). +<br><b>c)</b> +What memory type should be installed on video card: +<br><b>SIMM</b> +- avoid that +<br><b>DIMM</b> +- good if your video card has 128-bit memory access. +<br><b>DDR</b> +- is far enough for all types. +<br>Note: By DGA comparision - there is no any visible difference between video cards -which have installed the same type of video memory.</font></font> -<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>Resume:</b> +which have installed the same type of video memory. +<br><b>Resume:</b> If you have enough power CPU (Celeron-450 or K6-2-500) it would be enough -to buy any video card which has at least 8Mb of DIMM or DDR memory.</font></font> -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A2:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> -Quality:</font></font> -<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>This -question was investigated in depth at:</font></font> -<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><a href="http://www.anandtech.com">http://www.anadtech.com</a> +to buy any video card which has at least 8Mb of DIMM or DDR memory. +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A2:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> +Quality: +<br>This +question was investigated in depth at: +<br><a href="http://www.anandtech.com">http://www.anadtech.com</a> AnandTech - Video Card Roundup - DVD Quality, Features & Performance -(October 2000)</font></font> -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A3:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> -WORKING features under Linux:</font></font> -<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>If +(October 2000) +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A3:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> +WORKING features under Linux: +<br>If you are win32 user then probably you have support (from driver and DirectX8 -side) for any feature which was introduced in your chip.</font></font> -<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>But -for <b>linux </b>users:</font></font> -<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>Currently +side) for any feature which was introduced in your chip. +<br>But +for <b>linux </b>users: +<br>Currently I know only several vendors which have more or less advanced support under -Linux:</font></font> +Linux: <br> <table BORDER COLS=5 WIDTH="100%" NOSAVE > <tr> @@ -879,68 +888,68 @@ </tr> </table> -<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>Well +<p>Well - it's very rude observing of video card. Indeed we should pay our attention -for models of video card:</font></font> -<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>For +for models of video card: +<br>For example if MatroxG400 drivers support TV-out then G450 and G550 has no such -support.</font></font> -<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>Other +support. +<br>Other sample: Adaptive deinterlacing exists only since Rage128 chip and isn't present on Mach64+ ones. Same as 3D features are far different from Mach64 -to Radeon2 8500 with trueform possibilities.</font></font> -<p><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>ANYWAY -- MPLAYER'S TEAM DOESN'T ACCEPT ANY CLAIMS IF YOU AFTER</font></font></b> -<br><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>READING -OF THIS MATERIAL WILL BUY CARD WHICH IS UNSUCCESSFUL FOR YOU!!!</font></font></b> -<br><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>THIS -MATERIAL IS ONLY OUR VISION.</font></font></b> -<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>Q:</b> -If PCI slot is far enough for most types of movies then why S3 Virge</font></font> -<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1>is -too slow for them?</font></font> -<br><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size=-1><b>A:</b> -Due to its SIMM memory.</font></font> +to Radeon2 8500 with trueform possibilities. +<p><b>ANYWAY +- MPLAYER'S TEAM DOESN'T ACCEPT ANY CLAIMS IF YOU AFTER</b> +<br><b>READING +OF THIS MATERIAL WILL BUY CARD WHICH IS UNSUCCESSFUL FOR YOU!!!</b> +<br><b>THIS +MATERIAL IS ONLY OUR VISION.</b> +<p><b>Q:</b> +If PCI slot is far enough for most types of movies then why S3 Virge +<br>is +too slow for them? +<br><b>A:</b> +Due to its SIMM memory. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> <TD COLSPAN=3> -<B><A NAME=5.6><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.6. Encoding</A></B> +<B><A NAME=5.6><FONT CLASS="text">5.6. Encoding</A></B> </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> How can I encode ? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Check <A HREF="encoding.html">this documentation</A>. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> My tuner works, with MPlayer I can hear the sound and watch the video, but MEncoder doesn't encode audio ! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> TV audio encoding is currently unimplemented, we're working on it. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> I can't encode DVD subtitles into the AVI ! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> You have to specify the <CODE>-sid</CODE> option correctly! </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> MEncoder segfaults on start ! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Upgrade DivX4Linux. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> How can I encode only selected chapters from DVD ? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Use the <CODE>-chapter</CODE> option correctly, like : <CODE>-chapter 5-7</CODE> </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> I'm trying to work with 2Gb+ files on a VFAT filesystem. Does it work? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> No, VFAT doesn't support 2Gb+ files. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>