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| date | Thu, 27 Sep 2001 15:23:41 +0000 |
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--- a/DOCS/faq.html Thu Sep 27 14:21:56 2001 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/faq.html Thu Sep 27 15:23:41 2001 +0000 @@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ <TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH=100% ALIGN=left> -<TD COLSPAN=3><P><B><A NAME=5.1>5.1 Compilation</A></B></P> +<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><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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's the problem with gcc 2.96 ? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> gcc 2.96 is RedHat's UNOFFICIAL (it can be found only on RedHat sites, or RedHat distributions) and BUGGY gcc release. gcc 2.96 is TOTALLY unsupported by <B>MPlayer</B>, because it simply SKIPS MMX codes, it just does @@ -21,72 +21,52 @@ too.<BR>** DO NOT USE gcc 2.96 !!! ** </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> Great, I have gcc 3.0.1 from RedHat/Mandrake, then I'm fine--! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> -No :) Their gcc 3.0.1 was compiled with gcc 2.96, so they are -buggy shit too. :) -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> -Now then. Is MPlayer ready for gcc 3.x.x ? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> -Is gcc 3.x.x is ready for MPlayer, Linux kernel, and others ? +</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"> +No. There are issues with those, either. :( Use 2.95.x series, those are reliable, +and faster than 2.96 and 3.x.x . </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> -I have gcc 3.x.x and got strange compiling errors ! It worked with gcc 2.95 ! -Why can't I compile it? I love gcc 3.x.x , it's ... hmm ... (dunno what to say) ... so, I love it ! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> -Don't worry, it's a gcc 3.x.x feature. Don't downgrade to gcc 2.95, because -it might work :)) -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> -So what should I compile MPlayer with ? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> -Any of gcc 2.95 series. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> SDL output doesn't work or compile. Problem is .... -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> It is tested with newest SDL (probably runs on 1.1.7+). It does NOT work with 1.1.6, 1.1.5 1.1.4 1.1.3 1.0.4 etc, don't ask. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> 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>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> 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>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> It doesn't compile, and it misses uint64_t inttypes.h and similar things... -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> 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>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> I have Pentium III but ./configure doesn't detect SSE -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> 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>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> I have G200/G400, how to compile/use mga_vid driver? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> Read all this documentation. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> Are there rpm/deb/... packages of <B>MPlayer</B>? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> 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 @@ -94,10 +74,10 @@ Precompiled packages are COMPLETELY unsupported by the <B>MPlayer</B> team! </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't understand, I DO have X installed!? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> ...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 @@ -108,28 +88,28 @@ Your distribution may differ from the Linux Filesystem Standard. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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 about DGA driver? I can't find it!!! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> ./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>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> I can't compile SVGAlib.. I'm using 2.3/2.4 kernel. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> 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>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> I compiled MPlayer with libcss/libdivxdecore support, but when I try to start it, it says:<BR> <CODE>> error while loading shared libraries: libcss.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>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> What are you doing on Linux? Can't you install a library? Why do we get these questions? It's not <B>MPlayer</B> specific at all! Add /usr/local/lib to <B>/etc/ld.so.conf</B> and run <B>ldconfig</B> . @@ -137,18 +117,18 @@ problem, you are careless enough to do such things. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD COLSPAN=3><B><A NAME=5.2>5.2. General questions</A></B> +<TD COLSPAN=3><B><A NAME=5.2><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.2. General questions</A></B> </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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 about DVD playing ? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> Read the CD/DVD section . </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> -xy option doesn't work with x11 driver (-vo x11) -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> x11 driver doesn't support scaling, but XF86VidMode support is now used: you must specify the -vm and the -fs switch, and you're done. Make sure you have the right Modelines in your XF86Config file, and @@ -156,12 +136,12 @@ 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>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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 is the meaning of numbers in the status line? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> -See: <CODE>A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57 41% 0% 2.6% 0 4</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"> +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</CODE><BR> <UL> -<LI>A: audio position in seconds +<LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>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 @@ -175,87 +155,87 @@ <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>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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 if I don't want them to appear? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> Then you use the -quiet option, and read the manpage. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> Why is video_out cpu usage zero (0%) for mpeg files? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> 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>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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's XMMP? (is it XMMS or XMPS but mispelled?) -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> It's a new project, see http://frozenproductions.com for details </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> There are error messages about file not found /usr/lib/win32/.... -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> Download & install w32codec.zip from *our* FTP (avifile's codec package has different DLL set) </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> Are there any mailing lists on MPlayer? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> Yes! See RTFM on how to subscribe them! </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> 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>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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 Appendix <A HREF="bugreports.html">C</A>. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> I have problems playing files with ... codec. Can I use'em? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> 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#2.1.4">section 2.1.4</A>, and contact us. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> Umm, what is "IdegCounter"? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> 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>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> LIRC doesn't work, because ... -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> Are you sure you use "mplayer_lirc" instead of "mplayer"? </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> 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>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> After running ./configure , edit config.h and replace #undef FAST_OSD with <CODE>#define FAST_OSD</CODE>. Then recompile. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> The OSD is flickering! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> 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>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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 exactly is this libavcodec? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> It's from Gerard Lantau's ffmpeg package (<A HREF="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net</A>). It has C language DivX ;-) and OpenDivX alpha 47 codec. Some benchmarks showed that its DivX seems to be even faster than DirectShow codec without @@ -265,20 +245,20 @@ has a C compiler. Kinda great stuff, isn't it? </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> But configure tells me "Checking for libavcodec ... no"! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> 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 COLSPAN=3> -<B><A NAME=5.3>5.3. File playing problems</A></B> +<B><A NAME=5.3><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.3. File playing problems</A></B> </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> ...... works with avifile/aviplay while doesn't with MPlayer. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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>MPlayer</B> != avifile The only common thing between these players is the Win32 DLL loader. The codecs (dll) sets, syncronization, demultiplexing etc is totaly @@ -287,29 +267,29 @@ it and vice versa. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> Audio goes out of sync playing .avi file. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> 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>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> Indeo 3.x/4.x movies are viewed upside-down!!!? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> 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>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> 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>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> 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>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> MPlayer exits with something error when using l3codeca.acm. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> 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> @@ -322,48 +302,48 @@ 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>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> 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>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> Ok son, your machine is too slow. RTFM or anything. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> MPlayer dies with "MPlayer interrupted by signal 4 in module: decode_video". -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> 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>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> I have problems with [your window manager] and fullscreen xv/xmga/sdl/x11 modes.. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> Use the -fsmode switch. See example.conf or manpage. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> But it works with avifile! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> So what? </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> Then avifile is better! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> Then use avifile, it has nice GUI and nice C++ code :) </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> I got this playing mpeg files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> You have old version of codecs.conf at ~/.mplayer/. Upgrade it from etc/ </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> 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>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> 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 @@ -371,16 +351,16 @@ mplayer with artsdsp. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> 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>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> 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>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> 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>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> 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> @@ -390,14 +370,14 @@ </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> <TD COLSPAN=3> -<B><A NAME=5.4>5.4. Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></B> +<B><A NAME=5.4><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.4. Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></B> </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> Ok, -vo help shows DGA driver, but it is babbling about permissions! Help me! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> 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> @@ -411,20 +391,20 @@ !!!! SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ... !!!! </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> When using Xvideo, my Voodoo 3/Banshee says:<BR> 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<BR> -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> 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>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> When using Xvideo, I can't play DivX avis with my Voodoo 3/Banshee! It says:<BR> ...<BR> @@ -439,9 +419,9 @@ for output, thus it should work for you. Compile in libavcodec support. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> OpenGL (-vo gl) output doesn't work (hangup/black window/X11 errors/...). -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> Your opengl driver doesn't support dynamic texture changes (glTexSubImage) It's known not to work with nVidia's binary shit. It's known to work with Utah-GLX/DRI and Matrox G400 card. Also with @@ -449,21 +429,21 @@ 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>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> 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>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> 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. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> <TD COLSPAN=3> -<B><A NAME=5.5>5.5. Feature requests</A></B> +<B><A NAME=5.5><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.5. Feature requests</A></B> </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> Is there a hint on how to watch QuickTime and RealMedia movies in MPlayer? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> There's no way to do it. Therefore these formats deserve 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 @@ -474,15 +454,15 @@ no way to use it. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> When will be <your favourite video feature> (like subtitle placement) implemented? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> Wait for libvo2. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<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"> Can I/When will I be able to encode audio with <I>-vo odivx</I> ? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</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"> No you can't right now. It's planned, so just wait patiently. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>