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--- a/DOCS/documentation.html Fri Aug 24 16:28:26 2001 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/documentation.html Fri Aug 24 18:48:13 2001 +0000 @@ -1,316 +1,288 @@ <HTML> - <BODY> -<P> -<CENTER>MPlayer - Movie Player for LINUX (C) 2000-2001 Arpad Gereoffy (A'rpi/ESP-team)<BR> -<BR> -<A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu">http://www.mplayerhq.hu</A></CENTER><BR> -</P> +<P><CENTER><B>MPlayer - Movie Player for LINUX (C) 2000-2001 Arpad Gereoffy (A'rpi/ESP-team)</B><BR> +<BR><A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu">http://www.mplayerhq.hu</A></CENTER></P> + +<P><HR></P> + +<P>Table of Contents</P> <P><HR></P> -<P> -Table of Contents -</P> +<P><UL> +<LI><A HREF="#1">1. Introduction</A> + <UL><LI><A HREF="#1.1">1.1 Overview</A></LI> + <LI><A HREF="#1.2">1.2 History</A></LI> + <LI><A HREF="#1.3">1.3 Installation</A></LI> + <LI><A HREF="#1.4">1.4 What about the GUI?</A> + </LI></UL> +</LI><LI><A HREF="#2">2. Features</A> + <UL><LI><A HREF="codecs.html">2.1 Video Formats, Audio & Video Codecs</A> + <UL><LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.1">2.1.1 Supported input formats</A></LI> + <LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2">2.1.2 Supported audio & video codecs</A> + <UL><LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.1">2.1.2.1 DivX4</A></LI> + <LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.2">2.1.2.2 ffmpeg's DivX/libavcodec</A></LI> + </UL> + </LI><LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.4">2.1.4 Codec importing howto</A></LI> + <UL><LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.4.1">2.1.4.1 VFW codecs</A></LI> + <LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.4.2">2.1.4.2 DirectShow codecs</A></LI> + </UL> + </LI></UL> + </LI><LI><A HREF="video.html">2.2 Video & Audio output devices</A> + <UL><LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1">2.2.1 Video output devices</A> + <UL><LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.1">2.2.1.1 MTRR</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.2">2.2.1.2 Xv</A> + <UL><LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.2.1">2.2.1.2.1 3dfx cards</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.2.2">2.2.1.2.2 S3 cards</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.2.3">2.2.1.2.3 nVidia cards</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.2.4">2.2.1.2.4 ATI cards</A> + </LI></UL> + </LI><LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3">2.2.3.2 DGA</A> + <UL><LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.1">2.2.1.3.1 Summary</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.2">2.2.1.3.2 What is DGA</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.3">2.2.1.3.3 Installing DGA support for MPlayer</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.4">2.2.1.3.4 Resolution switching</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.5">2.2.1.3.5 DGA & MPlayer</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.6">2.2.1.3.6 Features of the DGA driver</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.7">2.2.1.3.7 Speed issues</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.8">2.2.1.3.8 Known bugs</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.9">2.2.1.3.9 Future work</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.A">2.2.1.3.A Some modelines</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.B">2.2.1.3.B Bug Reports</A> + </LI></UL> + </LI><LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.4">2.2.1.4 SDL</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.5">2.2.1.5 SVGAlib</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.6">2.2.1.6 Framebuffer output (FBdev)</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.7">2.2.1.7 Matrox framebuffer (mga_vid)</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.8">2.2.1.8 SiS 6326 framebuffer (sis_vid)</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.9">2.2.1.9 3dfx YUV support</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.10">2.2.1.10 OpenGL output</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.11">2.2.1.11 AAlib - text mode displaying</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.A">2.2.1.A TVout</A> + </LI><UL><LI><A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.A.1">2.2.1.A.1 Matrox cards</A> + </UL></LI></UL> + </LI><LI><A HREF="sound.html#2.2.2">2.2.2 Audio output devices</A> + <UL><LI><A HREF="sound.html#2.2.2.1">2.2.2.1 Soundcard experiences, recommendations</A> + </LI></UL> + </LI></UL> + </LI></UL> +</LI><LI><A HREF="#3">3. Usage</A> + <UL><LI><A HREF="#3.1">3.1 Control from keyboard</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="#3.2">3.2 Control from LIRC (Linux Infrared Remote Control)</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="#3.3">3.3 Streaming from network or pipes</A> + </LI></UL> +</LI><LI><A HREF="cd-dvd.html#4">4. CD/DVD section</A> + <UL><LI><A HREF="cd-dvd.html#4.1">4.1 CD drives</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="cd-dvd.html#4.2">4.2 DVD playback</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="cd-dvd.html#4.3">4.3 DVD playback FAQ</A> + </LI></UL> +</LI><LI><A HREF="faq.html">5. FAQ section</A> + <UL><LI><A HREF="faq.html#5.1">5.1 Compilation</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="faq.html#5.2">5.2 General questions</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="faq.html#5.3">5.3 File playing problems</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="faq.html#5.4">5.4 Video/audio driver problems</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="faq.html#5.5">5.5 Feature requests</A> + </LI></UL> +</LI><LI><A HREF="#6">6. Misc OS'es</A> + <UL><LI><A HREF="#6.1">6.1 Debian packaging</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="#6.2">6.2 FreeBSD</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="#6.3">6.3 Solaris 8</A> + </LI><LI><A HREF="#6.4">6.4 StrongARM</A> + </LI></UL> +</LI><LI><A HREF="#A">A. Authors</A> +</LI><LI><A HREF="#B">B. Mailing lists</A> +</LI><LI><A HREF="bugreports.html">C. How to report bugs</A> + +</LI></UL></P> <P><HR></P> -<PRE> -<P> - <A HREF="#1">1. Introduction</A> -</P> -<P> - <A HREF="#1.1">1.1 Overview</A> - <A HREF="#1.2">1.2 History</A> - <A HREF="#1.3">1.3 Installation</A> - <A HREF="#1.4">1.4 What about the GUI?</A> -</P> -<P> - <A HREF="#2">2. Features</A> -</P> -<P> - <A HREF="codecs.html">2.1 Video Formats, Audio & Video Codecs</A> - <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.1">2.1.1 Supported input formats</A> - <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2">2.1.2 Supported audio & video codecs</A> - <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.1">2.1.2.1 DivX4</A> - <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.2">2.1.2.2 ffmpeg's DivX/libavcodec</A> - <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.3">2.1.2.3 Hardware AC3 decoding</A> - <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.4">2.1.4 Codec importing howto</A> - <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.4.1">2.1.4.1 VFW codecs</A> - <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.4.2">2.1.4.2 DirectShow codecs</A> -</P> -<P> - <A HREF="video.html">2.2 Video & Audio output devices</A> - <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1">2.2.1 Video output devices</A> - <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.1">2.2.1.1 MTRR</A> - <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.2">2.2.1.2 Xv</A> - <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.2.1">2.2.1.2.1 3dfx cards</A> - <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.2.2">2.2.1.2.2 S3 cards</A> - <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.2.3">2.2.1.2.3 nVidia cards</A> - <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.2.4">2.2.1.2.4 ATI cards</A> - <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3">2.2.3.2 DGA</A> - <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.1">2.2.1.3.1 Summary</A> - <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.2">2.2.1.3.2 What is DGA</A> - <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.3">2.2.1.3.3 Installing DGA support for MPlayer</A> - <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.4">2.2.1.3.4 Resolution switching</A> - <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.5">2.2.1.3.5 DGA & MPlayer</A> - <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.6">2.2.1.3.6 Features of the DGA driver</A> - <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.7">2.2.1.3.7 Speed issues</A> - <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.8">2.2.1.3.8 Known bugs</A> - <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.9">2.2.1.3.9 Future work</A> - <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.A">2.2.1.3.A Some modelines</A> - <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.3.B">2.2.1.3.B Bug Reports</A> - <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.4">2.2.1.4 SDL</A> - <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.5">2.2.1.5 SVGAlib</A> - <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.6">2.2.1.6 Framebuffer output (FBdev)</A> - <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.7">2.2.1.7 Matrox framebuffer (mga_vid)</A> - <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.8">2.2.1.8 SiS 6326 framebuffer (sis_vid)</A> - <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.9">2.2.1.9 3dfx YUV support</A> - <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.10">2.2.1.10 OpenGL output</A> - <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.11">2.2.1.11 AAlib - text mode displaying</A> - <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.A">2.2.1.A TVout</A> - <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.A.1">2.2.1.A.1 Matrox cards</A> - <A HREF="sound.html#2.2.2">2.2.2 Audio output devices</A> - <A HREF="sound.html#2.2.2.1">2.2.2.1 Soundcard experiences, recommendations</A> -</P> -<P> - <A HREF="#3">3. Usage</A> -</P> -<P> - <A HREF="#3.1">3.1 Control from keyboard</A> - <A HREF="#3.2">3.2 Control from LIRC (Linux Infrared Remote Control)</A> - <A HREF="#3.3">3.3 Streaming from network or pipes</A> -</P> -<P> - <A HREF="cd-dvd.html#4">4. CD/DVD section</A> -</P> -<P> - <A HREF="cd-dvd.html#4.1">4.1 CD drives</A> - <A HREF="cd-dvd.html#4.2">4.2 DVD playback</A> - <A HREF="cd-dvd.html#4.3">4.3 DVD playback FAQ</A> -</P> -<P> - <A HREF="faq.html">5. FAQ section</A> -</P> -<P> - <A HREF="faq.html#5.1">5.1 Compilation</A> - <A HREF="faq.html#5.2">5.2 General questions</A> - <A HREF="faq.html#5.3">5.3 File playing problems</A> - <A HREF="faq.html#5.4">5.4 Video/audio driver problems</A> - <A HREF="faq.html#5.5">5.5 Feature requests</A> -</P> -<P> - <A HREF="#6">6. Misc OS'es</A> -</P> -<P> - <A HREF="#6.1">6.1 Debian packaging</A> - <A HREF="#6.2">6.2 FreeBSD</A> - <A HREF="#6.3">6.3 Solaris 8</A> - <A HREF="#6.4">6.4 StrongARM</A> -</P> -<P> - <A HREF="#A">A. Authors</A> -</P> -<P> - <A HREF="#B">B. Mailing lists</A> -</P> -<P> - <A HREF="bugreports.html">C. How to report bugs</A> -</P> -</PRE> -<P><HR></P> +<P><B><A NAME=1>1. Introduction</A></B></P> + +<P><B><A NAME=1.1>1.1. Overview</A></B></P> + +<P><B>MPlayer</B> is a movie player for LINUX. It plays most MPEG, AVI and ASF files, +supported by many native and Win32 DLL codecs. You can watch VCD, DVD and +even DivX movies too. The another big feature of mplayer is the wide range of +supported output drivers. It works with X11, Xv, DGA, OpenGL, SVGAlib, fbdev, +AAlib, but you can use SDL (and this way all drivers of SDL) and some +lowlevel card-specific drivers (for Matrox) too! Most of them supports +software or hardware scaling, so you can enjoy movies in fullscreen. And what +about the nice big antialiased shaded subtitles (7 supported types!!!) with +hungarian, english, cyrillic, czech, korean fonts, and OSD?</P> -<P><PRE> - <A NAME=1>1. Introduction</A> - - - <A NAME=1.1>1.1. Overview</A> - - <B>MPlayer</B> is a movie player for LINUX. It plays most MPEG, AVI and ASF files, - supported by many native and Win32 DLL codecs. You can watch VCD, DVD and - even DivX movies too. The another big feature of mplayer is the wide range of - supported output drivers. It works with X11, Xv, DGA, OpenGL, SVGAlib, fbdev, - AAlib, but you can use SDL (and this way all drivers of SDL) and some - lowlevel card-specific drivers (for Matrox) too! Most of them supports - software or hardware scaling, so you can enjoy movies in fullscreen. And what - about the nice big antialiased shaded subtitles (7 supported types!!!) with - hungarian, english, cyrillic, czech, korean fonts, and OSD? +<P>I didn't write any codecs, just some players. I spent +a lot of time finding the best way to parse bad damaged input files +(both MPEG and AVI) and to do perfect A-V sync with seeking ability. +My player is rock solid playing damaged MPEG files (useful for some VCDs), +and it plays bad AVI files which are unplayable with the famous +windows media player. Even AVI files without index chunk are playable, and +you can rebuild their indexes with the -idx option, thus enabling seeking! +As you see, stability and quality are the most important things for me, +but the speed is also amazing.</P> - I didn't write any codecs, just some players. I spent - a lot of time finding the best way to parse bad damaged input files - (both MPEG and AVI) and to do perfect A-V sync with seeking ability. - My player is rock solid playing damaged MPEG files (useful for some VCDs), - and it plays bad AVI files which are unplayable with the famous - windows media player. Even AVI files without index chunk are playable, and - you can rebuild their indexes with the -idx option, thus enabling seeking! - As you see, stability and quality are the most important things for me, - but the speed is also amazing. - +<P><B><A NAME=1.2>1.2. History</A></B></P> - <A NAME=1.2>1.2. History</A> +<P>This began a year ago... +I've tried lots of players under linux (mtv,xmps,dvdview,livid/oms,VideoLAN, +xine,xanim,avifile,xmmp) but they all have some problem. Mostly with special +files or with audio/video sync. Most of them is unable to play both MPEG1, +MPEG2 and AVI (DivX) files. Many players have image quality or speed problems +too. So I've decided to write/modify one...</P> - This began a year ago... - I've tried lots of players under linux (mtv,xmps,dvdview,livid/oms,VideoLAN, - xine,xanim,avifile,xmmp) but they all have some problem. Mostly with special - files or with audio/video sync. Most of them is unable to play both MPEG1, - MPEG2 and AVI (DivX) files. Many players have image quality or speed problems - too. So I've decided to write/modify one... - - - mpg12play v0.1-v0.3: +<P><UL> +<LI><B>mpg12play v0.1-v0.3:</B><BR> The first try, hacked together in a half hour! I've used libmpeg3 from www.heroinewarrior.com up to the version 0.3, but there were image quality and speed problems with it. - - mpg12play v0.5-v0.87: +<LI><B>mpg12play v0.5-v0.87:</B><BR> Mpeg codec replaced with DVDview by Dirk Farin, it was a great stuff, but it was slow and was written in C++ (I hate C++!!!) - - mpg12play v0.9-v0.95pre5: - Mpeg codec was libmpeg2 (mpeg2dec) by Aaron Holtzman & Michel Lespinasse. +<LI><B>mpg12play v0.9-v0.95pre5:</B><BR> + Mpeg codec was libmpeg2 (mpeg2dec) by Aaron Holtzman & Michel Lespinasse. It's great, optimized very fast C code with perfect image quality and 100% MPEG standard conformance. - - <B>MPlayer</B> v0.3-v0.9: +<LI><B>MPlayer v0.3-v0.9:</B><BR> It was a pack of two programs: mpg12playv0.95pre6 and my new simple AVI player 'avip' based on avifile's Win32 DLL loader. - - <B>MPlayer</B> v0.10: +<LI><B>MPlayer v0.10:</B><BR> The MPEG and AVI player in a single binary! - - <B>MPlayer</B> v0.11: +<LI><B>MPlayer v0.11:</B><BR> Some new developers joined and from 0.11 the mplayer project is a team-work! Added .ASF file support, and OpenDivX (see www.projectmayo.com) en/decoding. - - <B>MPlayer</B> v0.17 "The IdegCounter" +<LI><B>MPlayer v0.17 "The IdegCounter"</B><BR> The release version of the 0.11pre after 4 months of heavy development! Try it, and be amazed! Thousands of new features added... and of course old code was improved too, bugs removed etc. - - <B>MPlayer</B> 0.18 "The BugCounter" +<LI><B>MPlayer 0.18 "The BugCounter"</B><BR> 2 months since 0.17 and here's a new release.. Completed ASF support, more subtitle formats, introduced libao (similar to libvo but to audio), even more stable than ever, and so on. It's a MUST ! - +</UL></P> - <A NAME=1.3>1.3. Installation</A> +<P><B><A NAME=1.3>1.3. Installation</A></B></P> - If you plan to use <B>MPlayer</B> on x86 architecture, you possibly want to use - Win32 codecs. Download and unzip w32codecs.zip to /usr/lib/win32 . - Note: the avifile project has similar codecs package, but it differs - from our, so if you want to use all supported codecs, then use - our package! However, you can use our codecs package with avifile. +<P>If you plan to use <B>MPlayer</B> on x86 architecture, you possibly want to use +Win32 codecs. Download and unzip w32codecs.zip to /usr/lib/win32 . +Note: the avifile project has similar codecs package, but it differs +from our, so if you want to use all supported codecs, then use +our package! However, you can use our codecs package with avifile.</P> + +<P>If you own a Matrox G200/G400/G450 card, then please see the <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.7">2.2.1.7</A> +section in order to gain big speedup. It is important to do these steps +_before_ compiling <B>MPlayer</B>, otherwise no Matrox-specific support will be +built.</P> + +<P>If you plan to use the ProjectMayo's <B>DivX4</B> codec, check the +<A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.1">2.1.2.1</A> section before compiling.</P> - If you own a Matrox G200/G400/G450 card, then please see the <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.7">2.2.1.7</A> - section in order to gain big speedup. It is important to do these steps - _before_ compiling <B>MPlayer</B>, otherwise no Matrox-specific support will be - built. +<P>Then build <B>MPlayer</B>:</P> + +<PRE> ./configure + make + make install</PRE> - If you plan to use the ProjectMayo's <B>DivX4</B> codec, check the - <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.1">2.1.2.1</A> section before compiling. - - Then build <B>MPlayer</B>: +<P>It is recommended to browse the output of ./configure , it contains info +about what will be built, and what won't. You may also want to view +config.h and config.mak files.</P> +<P>Though not mandatory, the fonts should be installed in order to gain +OSD, and subtitle functionality. Download mp_font3.zip and optional +(if exists) language updates.</P> - ./configure - make - make install +<PRE> mkdir ~/.mplayer/font + cd ~/.mplayer/font + unzip mp_font3.zip + unzip mp_font3_hu.zip</PRE> - It is recommended to browse the output of ./configure , it contains info - about what will be built, and what won't. You may also want to view - config.h and config.mak files. - - Though not mandatory, the fonts should be installed in order to gain - OSD, and subtitle functionality. Download mp_font3.zip and optional - (if exists) language updates. +<P><B><A NAME=1.4>1.4. What about the GUI?</A></B></P> +<P>I'm not a GUI programmer. I hate GUIs, I like the pure black 80x25 console. +So the player has only keyboard control from the controlling console/xterm now. +There is a GUI development for the player, coordinated by Pontscho/Fresh! +It's still under development, but it will be merged and released real soon. +BTW he needs some nice skins, if you are a good graphician, contact him!!!</P> - mkdir ~/.mplayer/font - cd ~/.mplayer/font - unzip mp_font3.zip - unzip mp_font3_hu.zip +<P><B><A NAME=2>2. Features</A></B></P> - - <A NAME=1.4>1.4. What about the GUI ?</A> +<P><A NAME=2.1>2.1. <A HREF="codecs.html">Video Formats, Audio & Video Codecs</A></P> - I'm not a GUI programmer. I hate GUIs, I like the pure black 80x25 console. - So the player has only keyboard control from the controlling console/xterm now. - There is a GUI development for the player, coordinated by Pontscho/Fresh! - It's still under development, but it will be merged and released real soon. - BTW he needs some nice skins, if you are a good graphician, contact him!!! +<P><A NAME=2.2>2.2. <A HREF="video.html">Video</A> & <A HREF="sound.html">Audio</A> output devices</P> - - <A NAME=2>2. Features</A> - - - <A NAME=2.1>2.1. <A HREF="codecs.html">Video Formats, Audio & Video Codecs</A></A> +<P><B><A NAME=3>3. Usage</A></B></P> - - <A NAME=2.2>2.2. <A HREF="video.html">Video</A> & <A HREF="sound.html">Audio</A> output devices</A> - - - <A NAME=3>3. Usage</A> +<P><TABLE BORDER=0> +<TD> </TD><TD>file</TD><TD> </TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] [path/]filename</CODE></TD><TR> +<TD></TD><TD>VCD</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] -vcd trackno /dev/cdrom</CODE></TD><TR> +<TD></TD><TD>DVD</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] -dvd titleno [/dev/dvd]</CODE></TD><TR> +<TD></TD><TD>net</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] http://site.com/file.[mpg|avi]</CODE></TD><TR> +</TABLE></P> - file: mplayer [options] [path/]filename - VCD: mplayer [options] -vcd trackno /dev/cdrom - DVD: mplayer [options] -dvdauth /dev/dvd filename.VOB - net: mplayer [options] http://site.com/file.[mpg|avi] - - mplayer -vo x11 /mnt/Films/Contact/contact2.mpg +<P><PRE> mplayer -vo x11 /mnt/Films/Contact/contact2.mpg mplayer -vcd 2 /dev/cdrom mplayer -afm 3 /mnt/DVDtrailers/alien4.vob mplayer -dvd /dev/dvd /mnt/dvd/matrix.vob - mplayer -abs 65536 -delay -0.4 -nobps ~/movies/test.avi - - - <A NAME=3.1>3.1. Control from keyboard</A> + mplayer -abs 65536 -delay -0.4 -nobps ~/movies/test.avi</PRE></P> - <- or -> seek backward/forward 10 seconds - up or down seek backward/forward 1 minute - pgup/pgdown seek backward/forward 10 minutes - p or SPACE pause movie (press any key) - q or ESC stop playing and quit program - + or - adjust audio delay by +/- 0.1 second - / or * decrease/increase volume - o toggle OSD: none / seek / seek+timer - m toggle using master/pcm volume - z or x adjust subtitle delay by +/- 0.1 second +<P><B><A NAME=3.1>3.1. Control from keyboard</A></B></P> + +<P><TABLE BORDER=0> +<TD> </TD><TD><- or -></TD><TD> </TD><TD>seek backward/forward 10 seconds</TD><TR> +<TD></TD><TD>up or down</TD><TD></TD><TD>seek backward/forward 1 minute</TD><TR> +<TD></TD><TD>pgup/pgdown</TD><TD></TD><TD>seek backward/forward 10 minutes</TD><TR> +<TD></TD><TD>p or SPACE</TD><TD></TD><TD>pause movie (press any key)</TD><TR> +<TD></TD><TD>q or ESC</TD><TD></TD><TD>stop playing and quit program</TD><TR> +<TD></TD><TD>+ or -</TD><TD></TD><TD>adjust audio delay by +/- 0.1 second</TD><TR> +<TD></TD><TD>/ or *</TD><TD></TD><TD>decrease/increase volume</TD><TR> +<TD></TD><TD>o</TD><TD></TD><TD>toggle OSD: none / seek / seek+timer</TD><TR> +<TD></TD><TD>m</TD><TD></TD><TD>toggle using master/pcm volume</TD><TR> +<TD></TD><TD>z or x</TD><TD></TD><TD>adjust subtitle delay by +/- 0.1 second</TD><TR> - (the following keys are valid only when using DirectShow DivX codec) +<TD COLSPAN=4><P><I>(the following keys are valid only when using DirectShow DivX codec)</I></P></TD><TR> - 1 or 2 adjust contrast - 3 or 4 adjust brightness - 5 or 6 adjust ? - 7 or 8 adjust saturation +<TD></TD><TD>1 or 2</TD><TD></TD><TD>adjust contrast</TD><TR> +<TD></TD><TD>3 or 4</TD><TD></TD><TD>adjust brightness</TD><TR> +<TD></TD><TD>5 or 6</TD><TD></TD><TD>adjust ?</TD><TR> +<TD></TD><TD>7 or 8</TD><TD></TD><TD>adjust saturation</TD><TR> +</TABLE></P> - - <A NAME=3.2>3.2. Control from LIRC</A> +<P><B><A NAME=3.2>3.2. Control from LIRC</A></B></P> - Linux Infrared Remote Control - use an easy to build home-brewn IR-receiver, - an (almost) arbitrary remote control and control your linux box with it! - More about it at www.lirc.org. +<P>Linux Infrared Remote Control - use an easy to build home-brewn IR-receiver, +an (almost) arbitrary remote control and control your linux box with it! +More about it at <A HREF="http://www.lirc.org">www.lirc.org</A>.</P> - If you have installed the lirc-package, you can compile <B>MPlayer</B> with LIRC - support using ./configure --enable-lirc +<P>If you have installed the lirc-package, you can compile <B>MPlayer</B> with LIRC +support using ./configure --enable-lirc</P> - If everything went fine, <B>MPlayer</B> will print a message like - LIRC init was successful. - on startup. If an error occurs it will tell you. If it doens't tell you - anything about LIRC there's no support compiled in. That's it :-) +<P>If everything went fine, <B>MPlayer</B> will print a message like +LIRC init was successful. +on startup. If an error occurs it will tell you. If it doens't tell you +anything about LIRC there's no support compiled in. That's it :-)</P> - The application name for <B>MPlayer</B> is - oh wonder - mplayer_lirc. - It understands the following commands: +<P>The application name for <B>MPlayer</B> is - oh wonder - mplayer_lirc. +It understands the following commands:</P> - PAUSE - pause playing. Any other keystroke will continue replay. - QUIT - exit mplayer - RWND - 10 secs back - FRWND - 60 secs back - FWD - skip 10 secs - FFWD - skip 60 secs - INCVOL - increase volume one percent - DECVOL - decrease volmue one percent - MASTER - use master mixer channel - PCM - use pcm mixer channel +<P><TABLE BORDER=0> +<TD> </TD><TD>PAUSE</TD><TD> </TD><TD>pause playing. Any other keystroke will continue replay.</TD><TR> +<TD></TD><TD>QUIT</TD><TD></TD><TD>exit mplayer</TD><TR> +<TD></TD><TD>RWND</TD><TD></TD><TD>10 secs back</TD><TR> +<TD></TD><TD>FRWND</TD><TD></TD><TD>60 secs back</TD><TR> +<TD></TD><TD>FWD</TD><TD></TD><TD>skip 10 secs</TD><TR> +<TD></TD><TD>FFWD</TD><TD></TD><TD>skip 60 secs</TD><TR> +<TD></TD><TD>INCVOL</TD><TD></TD><TD>increase volume one percent</TD><TR> +<TD></TD><TD>DECVOL</TD><TD></TD><TD>decrease volmue one percent</TD><TR> +<TD></TD><TD>MASTER</TD><TD></TD><TD>use master mixer channel</TD><TR> +<TD></TD><TD>PCM</TD><TD></TD><TD>use pcm mixer channel</TD><TR> +</TABLE></P> - Don't forget to enable the repeat flag for RWND/FWD in .lircrc. Here's an - excerpt from my .lircrc: +<P> Don't forget to enable the repeat flag for RWND/FWD in .lircrc. Here's an +excerpt from my .lircrc:</P> - begin +<P><PRE> begin remote = CU-SX070 prog = mplayer_lirc button = Tape_Play @@ -323,419 +295,446 @@ prog = mplayer_lirc button = Tape_Stop config = QUIT - end - - If you don't like the standard location for the lirc-config file (~/.lircrc) - use the -lircconf [filename] switch to specify another file. - + end</PRE></P> - <A NAME=3.3>3.3. Streaming from network or pipes</A> +<P>If you don't like the standard location for the lirc-config file (~/.lircrc) +use the -lircconf [filename] switch to specify another file.</P> - <B>MPlayer</B> can play media from network, by using the HTTP protocol, and even - beta ASF streaming (FROM network) is available. - Configuring it is simple, just recompile <B>MPlayer</B> with - +<P><B><A NAME=3.3>3.3. Streaming from network or pipes</A></B></P> - ./configure --enable-streaming - +<P><B>MPlayer</B> can play media from network, by using the HTTP protocol, and even +beta ASF streaming (FROM network) is available. +Configuring it is simple, just recompile <B>MPlayer</B> with</P> - <B>MPlayer</B> can read from stdin (NOT named pipes). This can be for example - used to play from FTP : +<P><CODE> ./configure --enable-streaming</CODE></P> - - wget ftp://micorsops.com/something.avi -O - | mplayer - +<P><B>MPlayer</B> can read from stdin (NOT named pipes). This can be for example +used to play from FTP:</P> +<P><CODE> wget ftp://micorsops.com/something.avi -O - | mplayer -</CODE></P> - <A NAME=4>4. <A HREF="faq.html">FAQ section</A></A> - +<P><B><A NAME=4>4. <A HREF="faq.html">FAQ section</A></A></B></P> - <A NAME=5>5. <A HREF="cd-dvd.html">CD/DVD section</A></A> - +<P><B><A NAME=5>5. <A HREF="cd-dvd.html">CD/DVD section</A></A></B></P> - <A NAME=6>6. Misc OS'es</A> - +<P><B><A NAME=6>6. Misc OS'es</A></B></P> - <A NAME=6.1>6.1. Debian packaging</A> +<P><B><A NAME=6.1>6.1. Debian packaging</A></B></P> - To build the package, get the cvs version, or .tgz and uncompress it, - and cd into programs directory: - +<P>To build the package, get the cvs version, or .tgz and uncompress it, +and cd into programs directory:</P> - cd main - fakeroot debian/rules binary +<P><PRE> cd main + fakeroot debian/rules binary</PRE></P> - - (... mplayer detects hardware/software, builds itself and.. ) - dpkg-deb: building package `mplayer' in `../mplayer_0.18-1_i386.deb'. +<P>(... mplayer detects hardware/software, builds itself and.. ) +dpkg-deb: building package `mplayer' in `../mplayer_0.18-1_i386.deb'.</P> - And now just become root, and : +<P>And now just become root, and:</P> - - dpkg -i ../mplayer_0.18-1_i386.deb as root. +<P><PRE> dpkg -i ../mplayer_0.18-1_i386.deb as root.</PRE></P> +<P>Here's how it looks like:</P> - Here's how it looks like: - - eyck@incubus:/src/main$ sudo dpkg -i ../mplayer_0.18-1_i386.deb +<P><PRE> eyck@incubus:/src/main$ sudo dpkg -i ../mplayer_0.18-1_i386.deb Password: (Reading database ... 26946 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace mplayer 0.17a-1 (using ../mplayer_0.18-1_i386.deb) Unpacking replacement mplayer ... - Setting up mplayer (0.18-1) ... + Setting up mplayer (0.18-1) ...</PRE></P> - <A NAME=6.2>6.2. FreeBSD</A> +<P><B><A NAME=6.2>6.2. FreeBSD</A></B></P> - To build the package you will need GNU make (gmake, /usr/ports/devel/gmake), - native BSD make will not work. +<P>To build the package you will need GNU make (gmake, /usr/ports/devel/gmake), +native BSD make will not work.</P> - To run <B>MPlayer</B> you will need to re-compile the kernel with - "options USER_LDT" (unless you are running -CURRENT, where this is default). - If you have a CPU with SSE also use "options CPU_ENABLE_SSE" to use it - (FreeBSD-STABLE required, or use kernel patches). +<P>To run <B>MPlayer</B> you will need to re-compile the kernel with +"options USER_LDT" (unless you are running -CURRENT, where this is default). +If you have a CPU with SSE also use "options CPU_ENABLE_SSE" to use it +(FreeBSD-STABLE required, or use kernel patches).</P> - If <B>MPlayer</B> complains about "CD-ROM Device '/dev/cdrom' not found!" make a - symbolic link : ln -s /dev/(your_cdrom_device) /dev/cdrom +<P>If <B>MPlayer</B> complains about "CD-ROM Device '/dev/cdrom' not found!" make a +symbolic link: <CODE>ln -s /dev/(your_cdrom_device) /dev/cdrom</CODE></P> - There's no DVD support for FreeBSD yet. - Feel free to add it :-) +<P>There's no DVD support for FreeBSD yet. +Feel free to add it :-)</P> - <A NAME=6.3>6.3. Solaris 8</A> - - AVI file playback works best on Solaris x86, because you have the - option to use the win32 codecs on the x86 platform. On Solaris SPARC, - you'll find quite a few AVI files with non working video and/or - audio playback, because the video/audio codecs using the win32 DLLs - are not available. However, <B>DivX/OpenDivX</B> movies should work, - when using libavcodec. +<P><B><A NAME=6.3>6.3. Solaris 8</A></B></P> - To build the package you will need GNU make (gmake, /opt/sfw/gmake), native - Solaris make will not work. Typical error you get when building with solaris' - make instead of GNU make: +<P>AVI file playback works best on Solaris x86, because you have the +option to use the win32 codecs on the x86 platform. On Solaris SPARC, +you'll find quite a few AVI files with non working video and/or +audio playback, because the video/audio codecs using the win32 DLLs +are not available. However, <B>DivX/OpenDivX</B> movies should work, +when using libavcodec.</P> +<P>To build the package you will need GNU make (gmake, /opt/sfw/gmake), native +Solaris make will not work. Typical error you get when building with solaris' +make instead of GNU make:</P> - % /usr/ccs/bin/make - make: Fatal error in reader: Makefile, line 25: Unexpected end of line seen - +<P><PRE> % /usr/ccs/bin/make + make: Fatal error in reader: Makefile, line 25: Unexpected end of line seen</P></PRE> - On Solaris SPARC, you need the GNU C/C++ Compiler; it does not matter - if GNU C/C++ compiler is configured with or without the GNU assembler. +<P>On Solaris SPARC, you need the GNU C/C++ Compiler; it does not matter +if GNU C/C++ compiler is configured with or without the GNU assembler.</P> - On Solaris x86, you need the GNU assembler and the GNU C/C++ - compiler, configured to use the GNU assembler! The mplayer code on - the x86 platform makes heavy use of MMX, SSE and 3DNOW! - instructions that cannot be compiled using Sun's assembler - /usr/ccs/bin/as. +<P>On Solaris x86, you need the GNU assembler and the GNU C/C++ +compiler, configured to use the GNU assembler! The mplayer code on +the x86 platform makes heavy use of MMX, SSE and 3DNOW! +instructions that cannot be compiled using Sun's assembler +<CODE>/usr/ccs/bin/as</CODE>.</P> - The configure script tries to find out, which assembler program is - used by your "gcc" command (in case the autodetection fails, use - the "--as=/whereever/you/have/installed/gnu-as" option to tell the - configure script where it can find GNU "as" on your system). +<P>The configure script tries to find out, which assembler program is +used by your "gcc" command (in case the autodetection fails, use +the "--as=/whereever/you/have/installed/gnu-as" option to tell the +configure script where it can find GNU "as" on your system).</P> - Error message from configure on a Solaris x86 system using GCC - without GNU assembler: +<P>Error message from configure on a Solaris x86 system using GCC +without GNU assembler:</P> - % configure +<P><PRE> % configure ... Checking assembler (/usr/ccs/bin/as) ... , failed - Please upgrade(downgrade) binutils to 2.10.1... + Please upgrade(downgrade) binutils to 2.10.1...</PRE></P> - (Solution: Install and use a gcc configured with "--with-as=gas") +<P>(Solution: Install and use a gcc configured with "--with-as=gas")</P> - Typical error you get when building with a GNU C compiler that does - not use GNU as: +<P>Typical error you get when building with a GNU C compiler that does +not use GNU as:</P> - % gmake +<P><PRE> % gmake ... gcc -c -Iloader -Ilibvo -O4 -march=i686 -mcpu=i686 -pipe -ffast-math -fomit-frame-pointer -I/usr/local/include -o mplayer.o mplayer.c Assembler: mplayer.c "(stdin)", line 3567 : Illegal mnemonic "(stdin)", line 3567 : Syntax error - ... more "Illegal mnemonic" and "Syntax error" errors ... + ... more "Illegal mnemonic" and "Syntax error" errors ...</PRE></P> + +<P>For DVD support you must have the patched libcss installed. Patch: +<A HREF="http://www.tools.de/solaris/mplayer/">http://www.tools.de/solaris/mplayer/</A>.</P> + +<P>Due to two bugs in solaris 8 x86, you cannot reliably play DVDs using a +capacity >4GB:</P> + +<P><UL><LI>The sd(7D) driver on solaris 8 x86 driver has bug when accessing a +disk block >4GB on a device using a logical blocksize != DEV_BSIZE +(i.e. CDROM and DVD media). Due to a 32bit int overflow, a disk +address modulo 4GB is accessed. +(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22516) +<LI>The similar bug is present in the hsfs(7FS) filesystem code (aka +ISO9660), hsfs currently does not support partitions/disks >4GB, +all data is accessed modulo 4GB +(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22592) +</UL></P> + +<P><B><A NAME=6.4>6.4. StrongARM</A></B></P> + +<P><B>MPlayer</B> is reported to compile on StrongARM. Use the following command line:</P> + +<P><PRE> ./configure --target=arm-linux --disable-css --with-x11libdir=/usr/arm/lib + --with-x11incdir=/usr/arm/lib --disable-gcc-checking</PRE></P> + +<P><B><A NAME=A>Appendix A - Authors</A></B></P> + +<P>NOTE: Do *NOT* send bugreports, help & feature requests directly to the authors!</P> + +<P>Read Appendix <A HREF="#C">C</A> and subscribe to mplayer-users mailing lists.</P> + +<P ALIGN=center><B><U>The <B>MPlayer</B> project:</U></B></P> +<P><UL> +<LI>Árpád Gereöffy (A'rpi/ESP-team): [arpi@thot.banki.hu] +<UL><LI>player code (mpeg stream demultiplexer and avi/asf parser, A-V sync, seek...) +</LI><LI>mp3lib, based on mpglib sources [MP3 audio decoder] +</LI><LI>getch2 [keyboard handler] +</LI><LI>some changes in libmpeg2 code (progressive frames, bitrate & fps support) +</LI><LI>libvo improvements: adding OpenGL support, bugfix in mga driver... +</LI><LI>triple buffering & YUY2 support (for DivX/MPEG4) into mga_vid driver +</LI><LI>scripts in the TVout directory (TVout on Matrox G400DH, read documentation) +</LI><LI>hacking DivX/Mpeg4 VfW codecs to get YUV output +</LI><LI>opendivx decoder speed optimizations (see opendivx/ChangeLog) +</LI><LI>OSD & SUB display code +</LI><LI>ffmpeg/libavcodec integration +</LI><LI>DivX4Linux (ProjectMayo) support (see documentation) +</LI></UL> + +</LI><LI>Zoltán Ponekker (Pontscho/Fresh!): [pontscho@makacs.poliod.hu] +<UL><LI>configure script and Makefiles for easy compile +</LI><LI>GUI system (near complete!?) +</LI><LI>3DNow! support into mp3lib +</LI><LI>3DNow! support into fastmemcpy.h +</LI><LI>various X11 driver changes (keyboard handling, fullscreen, bpp detect, etc) +</LI><LI>libvo: adding xmga driver, and fullscreen support to xv +</LI><LI>audio mixer (volume) support +</LI></UL> + +</LI><LI>Gábor Lénárt (LGB): [lgb@lgb.hu] +<UL><LI>./configure script improvements +</LI><LI>Makefile improvements +</LI><LI>prelimenary DVD support +</LI><LI>another GUI code (is that so..?) +</LI><LI>various X11 cleanups and fixes +</LI></UL> - For DVD support you must have the patched libcss installed. Patch: - http://www.tools.de/solaris/mplayer/ +</LI><LI>Gábor Bérczi (Gabucino): [gabucino@k2.jozsef.kando.hu] +<UL><LI>documentation maintainer +</LI><LI>hungarian translation of documentation +</LI><LI>second webpage design&gfx +</LI><LI>webpage maintainer +</LI><LI>testing, codecs quality & speed comparsions +</LI><LI>IRC channel #<B>MPlayer</B> operator +(devel channel, users earn kickban) +</LI><LI>experimental MINIX port :) +</LI></UL> + +</LI><LI>Szabolcs Berecz (Szabi): [szabi@inf.elte.hu] +<UL><LI>codecs.conf file parser +</LI><LI>config file and command line parser +</LI><LI>mga_vid fixes, module option etc. +</LI><LI>fbdev support in libvo +</LI><LI>type #7 subtitle support +</LI></UL> + +</LI><LI>László Megyer (Lez, Laaz): [lez@sch.bme.hu] +<UL><LI>SUB reader +</LI><LI>screensaver+DPMS disable for libvo +</LI></UL> + +</LI><LI>Gyula László (Chass, Tégla): [chass-@freemail.hu] +<UL><LI>first fonts (mp_font1.zip) +</LI><LI>third (current) homepage design&gfx +</LI></UL> + +</LI><LI>Zoltán Márk Vicián (Se7en): [se7en@sch.bme.hu] +<UL><LI>SVGAlib support in libvo +</LI></UL> + +</LI><LI>Alex Beregszaszi (Al3x): [alex@naxine.org] +<UL><LI>ALSA output driver in libao2 +</LI><LI>vo_ggi output driver in libvo (www.ggi-project.org) +</LI></UL> + +</LI><LI>Andreas Ackermann (Acki): [asackerm@stud.informatik.uni-erlangen.de] +<UL><LI>LIRC support (see documentation) +</LI><LI>DGA support in libvo +</LI></UL> +</LI><LI>Felix Bünemann (Atmos): [atmosfear@users.sourceforge.net] +<UL><LI>SDL driver maintainer +</LI><LI>Additional YUV formats fixes +</LI><LI>New font (mp_font2.zip) +</LI><LI>PNG file output support in libvo +</LI><LI>flipping support (for Indeo 3/4, etc) +</LI><LI>SDL audio driver in libao2 +</LI><LI>RAW PCM/WAVE file writer for libao2 +</LI></UL> - Due to two bugs in solaris 8 x86, you cannot reliably play DVDs using a - capacity >4GB: +</LI><LI>TeLeNiEkO: [telenieko@telenieko.com] +<UL><LI>spanish translation of documentation +</LI></UL> + +</LI><LI>Michael Graffam: [mgraffam@idsi.net] +<UL><LI>XF86VidMode support to vo_x11 and vo_dga +</LI><LI>Video mode switching code to vo_dga +</LI></UL> + +</LI><LI>Jens Hoffmann: [hoffmajs@gmx.de] +<UL><LI>Additional YUV formats support +</LI><LI>found the big BITMAPINFOHEADER problem -> solved ASV2 pixelization +</LI></UL> + +</LI><LI>Nick Kurshev: [nickols_k@mail.ru] +<UL><LI>memcpy optimizations for AMD K7 and Intel Pentium III (fastmemcpy.h) +</LI><LI>CDROM tune info +</LI><LI>further 3DNow! optimizations into mp3lib and libac3 and ffmpeg +</LI><LI>russian translation of documentation +</LI></UL> + +</LI><LI>German Gomez Garcia: [german@piraos.com] +<UL><LI>DVD .ifo parser and chapter selection [not yet in the main trunk] +</LI><LI>SPDIF AC3 output for SBLive! +</LI></UL> + +</LI><LI>Dariush Pietrzak (Eyck): [eyck@incubus.ar.lublin.pl] +<UL><LI>debian packaging support (see debian/* and this documentation) +</LI><LI>support for vplayer subtitle format +</LI><LI>prelimenary support for .RT subtitle format +</LI></UL> + +</LI><LI>Marcus Comstedt: [marcus@idonex.se] +<UL><LI>initial solaris8-x86 support +</LI></UL> - - The sd(7D) driver on solaris 8 x86 driver has bug when accessing a - disk block >4GB on a device using a logical blocksize != DEV_BSIZE - (i.e. CDROM and DVD media). Due to a 32bit int overflow, a disk - address modulo 4GB is accessed. - (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22516) +</LI><LI>Jürgen Keil and Marcus Comstedt: [jk@tools.de] [marcus@idonex.se] +<UL><LI>patched <B>MPlayer</B> to work on Solaris 8 x86 +</LI><LI>configure fixes +</LI><LI>various fixes (win32, configure, etc) +</LI><LI>SUN audio driver in libao2 +</LI></UL> + +</LI><LI>Vladimir Kushnir: [vkushnir@Alfacom.net] +<UL><LI>patched <B>MPlayer</B> to work on FreeBSD x86 +</LI></UL> + +</LI><LI>Bertrand BAUDET: [bertrand_baudet@yahoo.com] +<UL><LI>network streaming support +</LI></UL> + +</LI><LI>Artur Zaprzala: <zybi@fanthom.irc.pl> +<UL><LI>Complete font generator prog + OSD font (TOOLS/subfont-c) +</LI></UL> + +</LI><LI>lanzz@lanzz.org: +<UL><LI>GIMP font generator plugin (TOOLS/subfont-gimp) +</LI></UL> + +</LI><LI>Adam Tla/lka: [atlka@pg.gda.pl] +<UL><LI>osd/sub review, fixes, optimization, utf8 support +</LI></LI>various fixes +</LI></UL> + +</LI><LI>Folke Ashberg: [folke@ashberg.de] +<UL><LI>native AAlib driver (-vo aa) +</LI></UL> + +</LI></UL></P> + +<P>Main testers:</P> + +<P><UL> +<LI>Tibor Balázs (Tibcu) +<LI>Péter Sasi (SaPe) +<LI>Christoph H. Lampert +<LI>Attila Kinali +<LI>Dirk Vornheder +</UL></P> + +<P ALIGN=center><B><U>The codecs, libs:</U></B></P> + +<P><UL> +<LI>Aaron Holtzman: [aholtzma@engr.uvic.ca] +<UL><LI>ac3dec (and libac3) author [AC3 audio decoder] +</LI><LI>mga_vid driver [Matrox G200/G400 YUV Back-end Scaler] +</LI><LI>mpeg2dec [Fast MPEG1/MPEG2 video decoder, currently used in player] +</LI></UL> + +</LI><LI>Michel Lespinasse: [walken@zoy.org] +<UL><LI>did large libmpeg2 changes for better speed and mpeg conformance +</LI></UL> + +</LI><LI>Eugene Kuznetsov: [divx@euro.ru] +<UL><LI>avifile author [AVI player library for linux, using Win32 VfW/ACM codecs] +</LI><LI>technical help about AVI and ASF formats, and how to get YUV using VfW... +</LI><LI>divx4linux techical support +</LI></UL> + +</LI><LI>Zdenek Kabelac: [kabi@informatics.muni.cz] +<UL><LI>current avifile maintainer(?) +</LI><LI>some technical help about the win32 stuff and timers +</LI></UL> + +</LI><LI>Gerard Lantau: [glantau@yahoo.fr] +<UL><LI>ffmpeg/libavcodec author,maintainer (opensource mpeg, mjpeg, divx en/decoder) +</LI></UL> + +</LI><LI>Project Mayo: [http://www.projectmayo.com] +<UL><LI>the OpenDivX codec authors +</LI></UL> + +</LI><LI>Michael Hipp: +<UL><LI>mpglib author [isn't used directly but some parts in mp3lib] +</LI></UL> - - The similar bug is present in the hsfs(7FS) filesystem code (aka - ISO9660), hsfs currently does not support partitions/disks >4GB, - all data is accessed modulo 4GB - (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22592) +</LI><LI>Mark Podlipec: +<UL><LI>xa_gsm.c author [MS-GSM audio codec] + [from a GSM library by Jutta Degener and Carsten Bormann] +</LI></UL> + +</LI></UL></P> + +<P>Their code is not used in current player version, but I've got some ideas or +other technical help from:</P> + +<P><UL> +<LI>John F. McGowan http://www.jmcgowan.com/ +<UL><LI>AVI FAQ author/collector. [site with many useful docs on codecs and avi fmt] +</LI></UL> +</LI><LI>Dirk Farin: [farin@ti.uni-mannheim.de] +<UL><LI>dvdview author [MPEG1/MPEG2 video decoder, used in v0.5-v0.8] +</LI></UL> + +</LI><LI>Adam Williams: [broadcast@earthling.net] +<UL><LI>libmpeg3 (and xmovie) author [MPEG1/MPEG2 video decoder, used in v0.1-v0.4] +</LI></UL> + +</UL></P> + +<P><B><A NAME=B>Appendix B - Mailing lists</A></B></P> + +<P>There are some public mailing lists on <B>MPlayer</B>. Subscribing can be +achieved on the following addresses:</P> + +<P><UL> +<LI>MPlayer core/hungarian developers list:<BR> +<A HREF="http://mp.dev.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-devel">http://mp.dev.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-devel</A> +<P>I dunno, it is the FLAME list in hungarian language :) +Also some talking about mplayer core team internals, like mplayer +party, sponsors etc can be here.</P> - <A NAME=6.4>6.4. StrongARM</A> +</LI><LI>MPlayer developers list:<BR> +<A HREF="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-dev-eng">http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-dev-eng</A> +<P>This list is about mplayer development! Talking about interface/API changes, +new libraryes, code optimization, ./configure changes, and send patches here. +Do NOT send bugreports, user questions, feature requests here! +This list should be kept low-traffic.</P> - <B>MPlayer</B> is reported to compile on StrongARM. Use the following command line: +</LI><LI>MPlayer users list:<BR> +<A HREF="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-users">http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-users</A> +<P><UL> +<LI>send bugreports here (after reading DOCS/BUGS, Appendix <A HREF="#C">C</A>)</LI> +<LI>send feature requests here (after reading DOCS/TODO)</LI> +<LI>send user questions here (after reading all this documentation)</LI> +</UL></P> + +</LI><LI>MPlayer & Matrox G200/G400/G450 users:<BR> +<A HREF="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-matrox">http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-matrox</A> +<P>Send matrox-related questions here<UL> +<LI>things about mga_vid</LI> +<LI>matrox's official beta drivers (for X 4.x.x)</LI> +<LI>and about matroxfb-TVout stuff.</LI></UL></P> +</LI><LI>mpg12play-portable developers:<BR> +<A HREF="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-mpg12play">http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-mpg12play</A> +<P>This list is for talking about mplayer ports to non-x86 platforms +(IRIX, Solaris-SPARC, Alpha, Commodore64, Sharp Calculator, +Teapot etc...)</P> - ./configure --target=arm-linux --disable-css --with-x11libdir=/usr/arm/lib - --with-x11incdir=/usr/arm/lib --disable-gcc-checking +</LI><LI>MPlayer announce:<BR> +<A HREF="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-announce">http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-announce</A> +<P>Very low traffic list :) +And it's read-only. I'll post something shit there if a new release is done.</P> + +</LI><LI>MPlayer CVS-log: <BR> +<A HREF="http://mp.dev.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-cvslog">http://mp.dev.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-cvslog</A> +<P>Send only questions about CVS changes here. +(if you don't understand why a change is required or you've better fix) +Be sure in that your target developer reads this list!</P> + +</LI></UL></P> + +<P>NOTE: language of above lists are ENGLISH, unless explicitly stated +otherwise. Please do not send messages using other language!</P> - <A NAME=A>Appendix A - Authors</A> - -NOTE: Do *NOT* send bugreports, help & feature requests directly to the authors! -===== Read Appendix <A HREF="#C">C</A> and subscribe to mplayer-users mailing lists. - -========================== The <B>MPlayer</B> project: =============================== - -Árpád Gereöffy (A'rpi/ESP-team): [arpi@thot.banki.hu] -- player code (mpeg stream demultiplexer and avi/asf parser, A-V sync, seek...) -- mp3lib, based on mpglib sources [MP3 audio decoder] -- getch2 [keyboard handler] -- some changes in libmpeg2 code (progressive frames, bitrate & fps support) -- libvo improvements: adding OpenGL support, bugfix in mga driver... -- triple buffering & YUY2 support (for DivX/MPEG4) into mga_vid driver -- scripts in the TVout directory (TVout on Matrox G400DH, read documentation) -- hacking DivX/Mpeg4 VfW codecs to get YUV output -- opendivx decoder speed optimizations (see opendivx/ChangeLog) -- OSD & SUB display code -- ffmpeg/libavcodec integration -- DivX4Linux (ProjectMayo) support (see documentation) - -Zoltán Ponekker (Pontscho/Fresh!): [pontscho@makacs.poliod.hu] -- configure script and Makefiles for easy compile -- GUI system (near complete!?) -- 3DNow! support into mp3lib -- 3DNow! support into fastmemcpy.h -- various X11 driver changes (keyboard handling, fullscreen, bpp detect, etc) -- libvo: adding xmga driver, and fullscreen support to xv -- audio mixer (volume) support - -Gábor Lénárt (LGB): [lgb@lgb.hu] -- ./configure script improvements -- Makefile improvements -- prelimenary DVD support -- another GUI code (is that so..?) -- various X11 cleanups and fixes - -Gábor Bérczi (Gabucino): [gabucino@k2.jozsef.kando.hu] -- documentation maintainer -- hungarian translation of documentation -- second webpage design&gfx -- webpage maintainer -- testing, codecs quality & speed comparsions -- IRC channel #<B>MPlayer</B> operator - (devel channel, users earn kickban) -- experimental MINIX port - -Szabolcs Berecz (Szabi): [szabi@inf.elte.hu] -- codecs.conf file parser -- config file and command line parser -- mga_vid fixes, module option etc. -- fbdev support in libvo -- type #7 subtitle support - -László Megyer (Lez, Laaz): [lez@sch.bme.hu] -- SUB reader -- screensaver+DPMS disable for libvo - -Gyula László (Chass, Tégla): [chass-@freemail.hu] -- first fonts (mp_font1.zip) -- third (current) homepage design&gfx - -Zoltán Márk Vicián (Se7en): [se7en@sch.bme.hu] -- SVGAlib support in libvo - -Alex Beregszaszi (Al3x): [alex@naxine.org] -- ALSA output driver in libao2 -- vo_ggi output driver in libvo (www.ggi-project.org) - -Andreas Ackermann (Acki): [asackerm@stud.informatik.uni-erlangen.de] -- LIRC support (see documentation) -- DGA support in libvo - -Felix Bünemann (Atmos): [atmosfear@users.sourceforge.net] -- SDL driver maintainer -- Additional YUV formats fixes -- New font (mp_font2.zip) -- PNG file output support in libvo -- flipping support (for Indeo 3/4, etc) -- SDL audio driver in libao2 -- RAW PCM/WAVE file writer for libao2 - -TeLeNiEkO: [telenieko@telenieko.com] -- spanish translation of documentation - -Michael Graffam: [mgraffam@idsi.net] -- XF86VidMode support to vo_x11 and vo_dga -- Video mode switching code to vo_dga - -Jens Hoffmann: [hoffmajs@gmx.de] -- Additional YUV formats support -- found the big BITMAPINFOHEADER problem -> solved ASV2 pixelization - -Nick Kurshev: [nickols_k@mail.ru] -- memcpy optimizations for AMD K7 and Intel Pentium III (fastmemcpy.h) -- CDROM tune info -- further 3DNow! optimizations into mp3lib and libac3 and ffmpeg -- russian translation of documentation - -German Gomez Garcia: [german@piraos.com] -- DVD .ifo parser and chapter selection [not yet in the main trunk] -- SPDIF AC3 output for SBLive! - -Dariush Pietrzak (Eyck): [eyck@incubus.ar.lublin.pl] -- debian packaging support (see debian/* and this documentation) -- support for vplayer subtitle format -- prelimenary support for .RT subtitle format - -Marcus Comstedt: [marcus@idonex.se] -- initial solaris8-x86 support - -Jürgen Keil and Marcus Comstedt: [jk@tools.de] [marcus@idonex.se] -- patched <B>MPlayer</B> to work on Solaris 8 x86 -- configure fixes -- various fixes (win32, configure, etc) -- SUN audio driver in libao2 - -Vladimir Kushnir: [vkushnir@Alfacom.net] -- patched <B>MPlayer</B> to work on FreeBSD x86 - -Bertrand BAUDET: [bertrand_baudet@yahoo.com] -- network streaming support - -Artur Zaprzala: [zybi@fanthom.irc.pl] -- Complete font generator prog + OSD font (TOOLS/subfont-c) - -lanzz@lanzz.org: -- GIMP font generator plugin (TOOLS/subfont-gimp) - -Adam Tla/lka: [atlka@pg.gda.pl] -- osd/sub review, fixes, optimization, utf8 support -- various fixes - -Folke Ashberg: [folke@ashberg.de] -- native AAlib driver (-vo aa) - -Main testers: - Tibor Balázs (Tibcu) - Péter Sasi (SaPe) - Christoph H. Lampert - Attila Kinali - Dirk Vornheder - -========================== The codecs, libs: ================================= - -Aaron Holtzman: [aholtzma@engr.uvic.ca] -- ac3dec (and libac3) author [AC3 audio decoder] -- mga_vid driver [Matrox G200/G400 YUV Back-end Scaler] -- mpeg2dec [Fast MPEG1/MPEG2 video decoder, currently used in player] - -Michel Lespinasse: [walken@zoy.org] -- did large libmpeg2 changes for better speed and mpeg conformance - -Eugene Kuznetsov: [divx@euro.ru] -- avifile author [AVI player library for linux, using Win32 VfW/ACM codecs] -- technical help about AVI and ASF formats, and how to get YUV using VfW... -- divx4linux techical support - -Zdenek Kabelac: [kabi@informatics.muni.cz] -- current avifile maintainer(?) -- some technical help about the win32 stuff and timers - -Gerard Lantau: [glantau@yahoo.fr] -- ffmpeg/libavcodec author,maintainer (opensource mpeg, mjpeg, divx en/decoder) - -Project Mayo: [http://www.projectmayo.com] -- the OpenDivX codec authors - -Michael Hipp: -- mpglib author [isn't used directly but some parts in mp3lib] - -Mark Podlipec: -- xa_gsm.c author [MS-GSM audio codec] - [from a GSM library by Jutta Degener and Carsten Bormann] - -Their code is not used in current player version, but I've got some ideas or -other technical help from: - -John F. McGowan http://www.jmcgowan.com/ -- AVI FAQ author/collector. [site with many useful docs on codecs and avi fmt] - -Dirk Farin: [farin@ti.uni-mannheim.de] -- dvdview author [MPEG1/MPEG2 video decoder, used in v0.5-v0.8] - -Adam Williams: [broadcast@earthling.net] -- libmpeg3 (and xmovie) author [MPEG1/MPEG2 video decoder, used in v0.1-v0.4] +<P><B><A NAME=C><A HREF="bugreports.html">Appendix C</A> - How to report bugs</A></B></P> - <A NAME=B>Appendix B - Mailing lists</A> - - There are some public mailing lists on <B>MPlayer</B>. Subscribing can be - achieved on the following addresses: - - - <B>MPlayer</B> core/hungarian developers list: - http://mp.dev.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-devel - - I dunno, it is the FLAME list in hungarian language :) - Also some talking about mplayer core team internals, like mplayer - party, sponsors etc can be here. - - - <B>MPlayer</B> developers list: - http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-dev-eng - - This list is about mplayer development! Talking about interface/API changes, - new libraryes, code optimization, ./configure changes, and send patches here. - Do NOT send bugreports, user questions, feature requests here! - This list should be kept low-traffic. - - - <B>MPlayer</B> users list: - http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-users - - - send bugreports here (after reading DOCS/BUGS, Appendix <A HREF="#C">C</A>) - - send feature requests here (after reading DOCS/TODO) - - send user questions here (after reading all this documentation) - - - <B>MPlayer</B> & Matrox G200/G400/G450 users: - http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-matrox - - Send matrox-related questions here, - - things about mga_vid, - - matrox's official beta drivers (for X 4.x.x) - - and about matroxfb-TVout stuff. - - - mpg12play-portable developers: - http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-mpg12play - - This list is for talking about mplayer ports to non-x86 platforms - (IRIX, Solaris-SPARC, Alpha, Commodore64, Sharp Calculator, - Teapot etc...) - - - <B>MPlayer</B> announce: - http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-announce - - Very low traffic list :) - And it's read-only. I'll post something shit there if a new release - is done. - - - <B>MPlayer</B> CVS-log: - http://mp.dev.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-cvslog - - Send only questions about CVS changes here. - (if you don't understand why a change is required or you've better fix) - Be sure in that your target developer reads this list! - - NOTE: language of above lists are ENGLISH, unless explicitly stated - otherwise. Please do not send messages using other language! - - - <A NAME=C><A HREF="bugreports.html">Appendix C</A> - How to report bugs</A> - -</PRE> +<BR> +<HR>MPlayer documentation project </BODY> - </HTML>