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More fixes by the Wanderer and tip about another SVCD constrain suggested by Giacomo Comes
author | gpoirier |
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date | Wed, 29 Jun 2005 08:23:10 +0000 |
parents | 346ace66cdb4 |
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <!-- $Revision$ --> <sect1 id="audio"> <title>Audio output devices</title> <sect2 id="sync"> <title>Audio/Video synchronization</title> <para> Linux sound card drivers have compatibility problems. This is because <application>MPlayer</application> relies on an in-built feature of <emphasis>properly</emphasis> coded sound drivers that enable them to maintain correct audio/video sync. Regrettably, some driver authors don't take the care to code this feature since it is not needed for playing MP3s or sound effects. </para> <para> Other media players like <ulink url="http://avifile.sf.net">aviplay</ulink> or <ulink url="http://xinehq.de">xine</ulink> possibly work out-of-the-box with these drivers because they use "simple" methods with internal timing. Measuring showed that their methods are not as efficient as <application>MPlayer</application>'s. </para> <para> Using <application>MPlayer</application> with a properly written audio driver will never result in A/V desyncs related to the audio, except only with very badly created files (check the man page for workarounds). </para> <para> If you happen to have a bad audio driver, try the <option>-autosync</option> option, it should sort out your problems. See the man page for detailed information. </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="troubleshooting"> <title>Troubleshooting</title> <para>Some notes:</para> <para> If you have ALSA version 0.5, then you almost always have to use <option>-ao alsa5</option>, since ALSA 0.5 has buggy OSS emulation code, and will <emphasis role="bold">crash <application>MPlayer</application></emphasis> with a message like this: <screen> DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!<!-- --></screen> </para> <para> If the sound clicks when playing from CD-ROM, turn on IRQ unmasking as described in the <link linkend="drives">CD-ROM</link> section. </para> </sect2> </sect1>