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One more bounds check, though IMO the gif lib really should do this.

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鐃緒申<!-- $Revision$ -->
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鐃緒申<chapter id="faq" xreflabel="FAQ">
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鐃緒申<title>Frequently Asked Questions</title>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaset defaultlabel="qanda">
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandadiv id="faq-development">
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鐃緒申<title>Development</title>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaentry>
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鐃緒申<question><para>
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鐃緒申How do I create a proper patch for <application>MPlayer</application>?
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鐃緒申</para></question>
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鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申We made a <ulink url="../../tech/patches.txt">short document</ulink>
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鐃緒申describing all the necessary details. Please follow the instructions.
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鐃緒申</para></answer>
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鐃緒申</qandaentry>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaentry>
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鐃緒申<question><para>
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鐃緒申How do I translate <application>MPlayer</application> to a new language?
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鐃緒申</para></question>
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鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申Read the <ulink url="../../tech/translations.txt">translation HOWTO</ulink>,
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鐃緒申it should explain everything. You can get further help on the
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鐃緒申<ulink url="http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-translations">MPlayer-translations</ulink>
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鐃緒申mailing list.
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鐃緒申</para></answer>
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鐃緒申</qandaentry>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaentry>
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鐃緒申<question><para>
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鐃緒申How can I support <application>MPlayer</application> development?
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鐃緒申</para></question>
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鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申We are more than happy to accept your hardware and software
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鐃緒申<ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/donations.html">donations</ulink>.
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鐃緒申They help us in continuously improving <application>MPlayer</application>.
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鐃緒申</para></answer>
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鐃緒申</qandaentry>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaentry>
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鐃緒申<question><para>
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鐃緒申How can I become an <application>MPlayer</application> developer?
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鐃緒申</para></question>
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鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申We always welcome coders and documenters. Read the
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鐃緒申<ulink url="../../tech/">technical documentation</ulink>
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鐃緒申to get a first grasp. Then you should subscribe to the
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鐃緒申<ulink url="http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dev-eng">MPlayer-dev-eng</ulink>
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鐃緒申mailing list and start coding. If you want to help out with the documentation,
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鐃緒申join the
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鐃緒申<ulink url="http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-docs">MPlayer-docs</ulink>
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鐃緒申mailing list.
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鐃緒申</para></answer>
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鐃緒申</qandaentry>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaentry>
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鐃緒申<question><para>
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鐃緒申Why don't you use autoconf/automake?
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鐃緒申</para></question>
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鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申We have a modular, handwritten build system. It does a reasonably good
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鐃緒申job, so why change? Besides, we dislike the auto* tools, just like
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鐃緒申<ulink url="http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/889/">other people</ulink>.
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鐃緒申</para></answer>
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鐃緒申</qandaentry>
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鐃緒申</qandadiv>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandadiv id="faq-compilation-installation">
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鐃緒申<title>Compilation and installation</title>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaentry>
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鐃緒申<question><para>
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鐃緒申Compilation fails with an error and <application>gcc</application> bails out
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鐃緒申with some cryptic message containing the phrase
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鐃緒申<systemitem>internal compiler error</systemitem> or
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鐃緒申<systemitem>unable to find a register to spill</systemitem>.
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鐃緒申</para></question>
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鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申You have stumbled over a bug in <application>gcc</application>. Please
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鐃緒申<ulink url="http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html">report it to the gcc team</ulink>
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鐃緒申but not to us. For some reason <application>MPlayer</application> seems to
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鐃緒申trigger compiler bugs frequently. Nevertheless we cannot fix them and do not
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鐃緒申add workarounds for compiler bugs to our sources. To avoid this problem,
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鐃緒申either stick with a compiler version that is known to be reliable and
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鐃緒申stable, or upgrade frequently.
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鐃緒申</para></answer>
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鐃緒申</qandaentry>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaentry>
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鐃緒申<question><para>
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鐃緒申Are there binary (RPM/Debian) packages of <application>MPlayer</application>?
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鐃緒申</para></question>
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鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申See the <link linkend="debian">Debian</link> and <link linkend="rpm">RPM</link>
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鐃緒申section for details.
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鐃緒申</para></answer>
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鐃緒申</qandaentry>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaentry>
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鐃緒申<question><para>
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鐃緒申How can I build a 32 bit <application>MPlayer</application> on a 64 bit Athlon?
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鐃緒申</para></question>
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鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申Try the following configure options:
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鐃緒申<screen>
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鐃緒申./configure --target=athlon_xp --cc="gcc -m32" --as="as --32" --with-extralibdir=/usr/lib
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鐃緒申</screen>
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鐃緒申</para></answer>
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鐃緒申</qandaentry>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaentry>
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鐃緒申<question><para>
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鐃緒申Configure ends with this text, and <application>MPlayer</application> won't compile!
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鐃緒申<screen>Your gcc does not support even i386 for '-march' and '-mcpu'</screen>
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鐃緒申</para></question>
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鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申Your gcc isn't installed correctly, check the <filename>configure.log</filename>
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鐃緒申file for details.
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鐃緒申</para></answer>
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鐃緒申</qandaentry>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaentry>
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鐃緒申<question><para>
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鐃緒申I have a Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550, how do I compile/use the
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鐃緒申<systemitem>mga_vid</systemitem> driver?
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鐃緒申</para></question>
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鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申Read the <link linkend="mga_vid">mga_vid</link> section.
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鐃緒申</para></answer>
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鐃緒申</qandaentry>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaentry>
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鐃緒申<question><para>
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鐃緒申During 'make', <application>MPlayer</application> complains about
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鐃緒申missing X11 libraries. I don't understand, I <emphasis>do</emphasis>
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鐃緒申have X11 installed!?
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鐃緒申</para></question>
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鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申... but you don't have the X11 development package installed. Or not correctly.
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鐃緒申It's called <filename>XFree86-devel*</filename> under Red Hat,
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鐃緒申<filename>xlibs-dev</filename> under Debian Woody and
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鐃緒申<filename>libx11-dev</filename> under Debian Sarge. Also check if the
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鐃緒申<filename class="directory">/usr/X11</filename> and
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鐃緒申<filename class="directory">/usr/include/X11</filename> symlinks exist (this
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鐃緒申can be a problem on Mandrake systems).
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鐃緒申</para></answer>
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鐃緒申</qandaentry>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaentry>
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鐃緒申<question><para>
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鐃緒申Building on Mac OS 10.3 leads to several link errors</para></question>
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鐃緒申<answer>
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鐃緒申<para>
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鐃緒申The link error you're experiencing most likely looks like this:
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鐃緒申<screen>
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鐃緒申ld: Undefined symbols:
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鐃緒申_LLCStyleInfoCheckForOpenTypeTables referenced from QuartzCore expected to be defined in ApplicationServices
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鐃緒申_LLCStyleInfoGetUserRunFeatures referenced from QuartzCore expected to be defined in ApplicationServices
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鐃緒申</screen>
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鐃緒申This problem is the result of Apple developers using 10.4 to compile
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鐃緒申their software and distributing the binaries to 10.3 users via
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鐃緒申Software Update.
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鐃緒申The undefined symbols are present in Mac OS 10.4,
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鐃緒申but not 10.3.
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鐃緒申One solution can be to downgrade to QuickTime 7.0.1.
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鐃緒申Here is a better solution.
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鐃緒申</para>
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鐃緒申<para>
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鐃緒申Get an
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鐃緒申<ulink url="http://rapidshare.de/files/20281171/CompatFrameworks.tgz.html">older copy of the frameworks</ulink>.
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鐃緒申This will give you a compressed file that contains the QuickTime
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鐃緒申7.0.1 Framework and a 10.3.9 QuartzCore Framework.
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鐃緒申</para>
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鐃緒申<para>
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鐃緒申Uncompress the files somewhere that is not in your System folder.
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鐃緒申(i.e. do not install these frameworks into your
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鐃緒申<filename class="directory">/System/Library/Frameworks</filename>!
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鐃緒申Using this older copy is only meant to get around link errors!)
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鐃緒申<screen>gunzip &lt; CompatFrameworks.tgz | tar xvf -</screen>
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鐃緒申In config.mak, you should append 
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鐃緒申<systemitem>-F/path/to/where/you/extracted</systemitem>
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鐃緒申to the <systemitem>OPTFLAGS</systemitem> variable.
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鐃緒申If you use <application>X-Code</application>, you can just select these
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鐃緒申frameworks instead of the system ones.
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鐃緒申</para>
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鐃緒申<para>
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鐃緒申The resulting <application>MPlayer</application> binary will actually
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鐃緒申use the framework that is installed on your system via dynamic links that
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鐃緒申are resolved at run-time.
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鐃緒申(You can verify this using <systemitem>otool -l</systemitem>).
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鐃緒申</para>
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鐃緒申</answer>
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鐃緒申</qandaentry>
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鐃緒申</qandadiv>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<!-- ********** -->
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandadiv id="faq-general">
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鐃緒申<title>General questions</title>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaentry>
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鐃緒申<question><para>
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鐃緒申Are there any mailing lists on <application>MPlayer</application>?
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鐃緒申</para></question>
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鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申Yes. Look at the
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鐃緒申<ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/mailing_lists.html">mailing lists section</ulink>
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鐃緒申of our homepage.
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鐃緒申</para></answer>
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鐃緒申</qandaentry>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaentry>
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鐃緒申<question><para>
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鐃緒申I've found a nasty bug when I tried to play my favorite video!
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鐃緒申Who should I inform?
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鐃緒申</para></question>
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鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申Please read the <link linkend="bugreports">bug reporting guidelines</link>
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鐃緒申and follow the instructions.
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鐃緒申</para></answer>
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鐃緒申</qandaentry>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaentry>
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鐃緒申<question><para>
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鐃緒申I have problems playing files with the ... codec. Can I use them?
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鐃緒申</para></question>
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鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申Check the <ulink url="../../codecs-status.html">codec status</ulink>,
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鐃緒申if it doesn't contain your codec, read the
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鐃緒申<link linkend="codecs">codec documentation</link>, especially the
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鐃緒申<link linkend="codec-importing">codec importing HOWTO</link> and contact us.
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鐃緒申</para></answer>
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鐃緒申</qandaentry>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaentry>
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鐃緒申<question><para>
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鐃緒申When I start playing, I get this message but everything seems fine:
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鐃緒申<screen>Linux RTC init: ioctl (rtc_pie_on): Permission denied</screen>
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鐃緒申</para></question>
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鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申You need a specially set up kernel to use the RTC timing code.
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鐃緒申For details see the <link linkend="rtc">RTC</link> section of the documentation.
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鐃緒申</para></answer>
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鐃緒申</qandaentry>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaentry>
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鐃緒申<question><para>
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鐃緒申How can I make a screenshot?
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鐃緒申</para></question>
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鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申You have to use a video output driver that does not employ an overlay to be
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鐃緒申able to take a screenshot. Under X11, <option>-vo x11</option> will do, under
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鐃緒申Windows <option>-vo directx:noaccel</option> works.
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鐃緒申</para>
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鐃緒申<para>
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鐃緒申Alternatively you can run <application>MPlayer</application> with the
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鐃緒申<systemitem>screenshot</systemitem> video filter
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鐃緒申(<option>-vf screenshot</option>), and press the <keycap>s</keycap>
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鐃緒申key to grab a screenshot.
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鐃緒申</para></answer>
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鐃緒申</qandaentry>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaentry>
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鐃緒申<question><para>
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鐃緒申What is the meaning of the numbers on the status line?
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鐃緒申</para></question>
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鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申Example:
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鐃緒申<screen>
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鐃緒申A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57/57 41% 0% 2.6% 0 4 49% 1.00x
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鐃緒申</screen>
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鐃緒申<variablelist>
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鐃緒申<varlistentry>
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鐃緒申  <term><systemitem>A: 2.1</systemitem></term>
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鐃緒申  <listitem><para>audio position in seconds</para></listitem>
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鐃緒申</varlistentry>
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鐃緒申<varlistentry>
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鐃緒申  <term><systemitem>V: 2.2</systemitem></term>
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鐃緒申  <listitem><para>video position in seconds</para></listitem>
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鐃緒申</varlistentry>
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鐃緒申<varlistentry>
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鐃緒申  <term><systemitem>A-V: -0.167</systemitem></term>
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鐃緒申  <listitem><para>audio-video difference in seconds (delay)</para></listitem>
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鐃緒申</varlistentry>
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鐃緒申<varlistentry>
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鐃緒申  <term><systemitem>ct: 0.042</systemitem></term>
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鐃緒申  <listitem><para>total A-V sync correction done</para></listitem>
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鐃緒申</varlistentry>
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鐃緒申<varlistentry>
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鐃緒申  <term><systemitem>57/57</systemitem></term>
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鐃緒申  <listitem><para>
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鐃緒申  frames played/decoded (counting from last seek)
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鐃緒申  </para></listitem>
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鐃緒申</varlistentry>
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鐃緒申<varlistentry>
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鐃緒申  <term><systemitem>41%</systemitem></term>
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鐃緒申  <listitem><para>
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鐃緒申  (for slice rendering and direct rendering this includes video_out)
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鐃緒申  </para></listitem>
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鐃緒申</varlistentry>
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鐃緒申<varlistentry>
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鐃緒申  <term><systemitem>0%</systemitem></term>
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鐃緒申  <listitem><para>video_out CPU usage</para></listitem>
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鐃緒申</varlistentry>
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鐃緒申<varlistentry>
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鐃緒申  <term><systemitem>2.6%</systemitem></term>
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鐃緒申  <listitem><para>audio codec CPU usage in percent</para></listitem>
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鐃緒申</varlistentry>
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鐃緒申<varlistentry>
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鐃緒申  <term><systemitem>0</systemitem></term>
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鐃緒申  <listitem><para>frames dropped to maintain A-V sync</para></listitem>
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鐃緒申</varlistentry>
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鐃緒申<varlistentry>
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鐃緒申  <term><systemitem>4</systemitem></term>
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鐃緒申  <listitem><para>
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鐃緒申  current level of image postprocessing (when using <option>-autoq</option>)
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鐃緒申  </para></listitem>
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鐃緒申</varlistentry>
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鐃緒申<varlistentry>
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鐃緒申  <term><systemitem>49%</systemitem></term>
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鐃緒申  <listitem><para>
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鐃緒申  current cache size used (around 50% is normal)
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鐃緒申  </para></listitem>
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鐃緒申</varlistentry>
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鐃緒申<varlistentry>
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鐃緒申  <term><systemitem>1.00x</systemitem></term>
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鐃緒申  <listitem><para>playback speed as a factor of original speed</para></listitem>
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鐃緒申</varlistentry>
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鐃緒申</variablelist>
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鐃緒申Most of them are for debug purposes, use the <option>-quiet</option>
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鐃緒申option to make them disappear.
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鐃緒申You might notice that video_out CPU usage is zero (0%) for some files.
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鐃緒申This is because it is called directly from the codec and thus cannot
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鐃緒申be measured separately. If you wish to know the video_out speed, compare
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鐃緒申the difference when playing the file with <option>-vo null</option> and
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鐃緒申your usual video output driver.
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鐃緒申</para></answer>
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鐃緒申</qandaentry>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaentry>
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鐃緒申<question><para>
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鐃緒申There are error messages about file not found
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鐃緒申<filename>/usr/local/lib/codecs/</filename> ...
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鐃緒申</para></question>
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鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申Download and install the binary codecs from our
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鐃緒申<ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html">download page</ulink>.
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鐃緒申</para></answer>
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鐃緒申</qandaentry>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaentry>
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鐃緒申<question><para>
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鐃緒申How can I make <application>MPlayer</application> remember the options I
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鐃緒申use for a particular file, e.g. <filename>movie.avi</filename>?
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鐃緒申</para></question>
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鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申Create a file named <filename>movie.avi.conf</filename> with the file-specific
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鐃緒申options in it and put it in <filename class="directory">~/.mplayer</filename>
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鐃緒申or in the same directory as the file.
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鐃緒申</para></answer>
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鐃緒申</qandaentry>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaentry>
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鐃緒申<question><para>
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鐃緒申Subtitles are very nice, the most beautiful I've ever seen, but they
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鐃緒申slow down playing! I know it's unlikely ...
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鐃緒申</para></question>
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鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申After running <filename>./configure</filename>,
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鐃緒申edit <filename>config.h</filename> and replace
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鐃緒申<systemitem>#undef FAST_OSD</systemitem> with
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鐃緒申<systemitem>#define FAST_OSD</systemitem>. Then recompile.
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鐃緒申</para></answer>
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鐃緒申</qandaentry>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申I can't access the GUI menu. I press right click, but I can't
+
鐃緒申access any menu items!
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申Are you using FVWM? Try the following:
+
鐃緒申<orderedlist>
+
鐃緒申<listitem><para>
+
鐃緒申  <menuchoice><guimenu>Start</guimenu><guisubmenu>Settings</guisubmenu>
+
鐃緒申    <guisubmenu>Configuration</guisubmenu>
+
鐃緒申    <guimenuitem>Base Configuration</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
+
鐃緒申</para></listitem>
+
鐃緒申<listitem><para>
+
鐃緒申  Set <systemitem>Use Applications position hints</systemitem>
+
鐃緒申  to <systemitem>Yes</systemitem>
+
鐃緒申</para></listitem>
+
鐃緒申</orderedlist>
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申How can I run <application>MPlayer</application> in the background?
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申Use:
+
鐃緒申<screen>
+
鐃緒申mplayer <replaceable>options</replaceable> <replaceable>filename</replaceable> &lt; /dev/null &amp;
+
鐃緒申</screen>
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申</qandadiv>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<!-- ********** -->
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandadiv id="faq-playback">
+
鐃緒申<title>Playback problems</title>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申I cannot pinpoint the cause of some strange playback problem.
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申Do you have a stray <filename>codecs.conf</filename> file in
+
鐃緒申<filename>~/.mplayer/</filename>, <filename>/etc/</filename>,
+
鐃緒申<filename>/usr/local/etc/</filename> or a similar location? Remove it,
+
鐃緒申an outdated <filename>codecs.conf</filename> file can cause obscure
+
鐃緒申problems and is intended for use only by developers working on codec
+
鐃緒申support. It overrides <application>MPlayer</application>'s internal
+
鐃緒申codec settings, which will wreak havoc if incompatible changes are
+
鐃緒申made in newer program versions. Unless used by experts it is a recipe
+
鐃緒申for disaster in the form of seemingly random and very hard to localize
+
鐃緒申crashes and playback problems. If you still have it somewhere on your
+
鐃緒申system, you should remove it now.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申How can I get subtitles to appear on the black margins around a movie?
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申Use the <systemitem>expand</systemitem> video filter to increase the
+
鐃緒申area onto which the movie is rendered vertically and place the movie
+
鐃緒申at the top border, for example:
+
鐃緒申<screen>mplayer -vf expand=0:-100:0:0 -slang de dvd://1</screen>
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申How can I select audio/subtitle tracks from a DVD, OGM, Matroska or NUT file?
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申You have to use <option>-aid</option> (audio ID) or <option>-alang</option>
+
鐃緒申(audio language), <option>-sid</option>(subtitle ID) or <option>-slang</option>
+
鐃緒申(subtitle language), for example:
+
鐃緒申<screen>
+
鐃緒申mplayer -alang eng -slang eng <replaceable>example.mkv</replaceable>
+
鐃緒申mplayer -aid 1 -sid 1 <replaceable>example.mkv</replaceable>
+
鐃緒申</screen>
+
鐃緒申To see which ones are available:
+
鐃緒申<screen>
+
鐃緒申mplayer -vo null -ao null -frames 0 -v <replaceable>filename</replaceable> | grep sid
+
鐃緒申mplayer -vo null -ao null -frames 0 -v <replaceable>filename</replaceable> | grep aid
+
鐃緒申</screen>
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申I'm trying to play a random stream off the internet but it fails.
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申Try playing the stream with the <option>-playlist</option> option.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申I downloaded a movie off a P2P network and it doesn't work!
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申Your file is most probably broken or a fake file. If you got it from
+
鐃緒申a friend, and he says it works, try comparing
+
鐃緒申<application>md5sum</application> hashes.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申I'm having trouble getting my subtitles to display, help!!
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申Make sure you have installed fonts properly. Run through the steps in the
+
鐃緒申<link linkend="fonts-osd">Fonts and OSD</link> part of the installation
+
鐃緒申section again. If you are using TrueType fonts, verify that you have the
+
鐃緒申<systemitem class="library">FreeType</systemitem> library installed.
+
鐃緒申Other things include checking your subtitles in a text editor or with other
+
鐃緒申players. Also try converting them to another format.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申Why doesn't <application>MPlayer</application> work on Fedora Core?
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申There is a bad interaction on Fedora between exec-shield,
+
鐃緒申prelink, and any applications which use Windows DLLs
+
鐃緒申(such as <application>MPlayer</application>).
+
鐃緒申</para>
+
鐃緒申<para>
+
鐃緒申The problem is that exec-shield randomizes the load addresses of all the
+
鐃緒申system libraries. This randomization happens at prelink time (once every
+
鐃緒申two weeks).
+
鐃緒申</para>
+
鐃緒申<para>
+
鐃緒申When <application>MPlayer</application> tries to load a Windows DLL it
+
鐃緒申wants to put it at a specific address (0x400000). If an important system
+
鐃緒申library happens to be there already, <application>MPlayer</application>
+
鐃緒申will crash.
+
鐃緒申(A typical symptom would be a segmentation fault when trying
+
鐃緒申to play Windows Media 9 files.)
+
鐃緒申</para>
+
鐃緒申<para>
+
鐃緒申If you run into this problem you have two options:
+
鐃緒申<itemizedlist>
+
鐃緒申<listitem><para>
+
鐃緒申  Wait two weeks. It might start working again.
+
鐃緒申</para></listitem>
+
鐃緒申<listitem><para>
+
鐃緒申  Relink all the binaries on the system with different
+
鐃緒申  prelink options. Here are step by step instructions:
+
鐃緒申  </para>
+
鐃緒申  <procedure>
+
鐃緒申  <step><para>
+
鐃緒申    Edit <filename>/etc/syconfig/prelink</filename> and change
+
鐃緒申    <programlisting>PRELINK_OPTS=-mR</programlisting> to
+
鐃緒申    <programlisting>PRELINK_OPTS="-mR --no-exec-shield"</programlisting>
+
鐃緒申  </para></step>
+
鐃緒申  <step><para>
+
鐃緒申    <command>touch /var/lib/misc/prelink.force</command>
+
鐃緒申  </para></step>
+
鐃緒申  <step><para>
+
鐃緒申    <command>/etc/cron.daily/prelink</command>
+
鐃緒申    (This relinks all the applications, and it takes quite a while.)
+
鐃緒申  </para></step>
+
鐃緒申  <step><para>
+
鐃緒申    <command>execstack -s <replaceable>/path/to/</replaceable>mplayer</command>
+
鐃緒申    (This turns off exec-shield for the
+
鐃緒申    <application>MPlayer</application> binary.)
+
鐃緒申  </para></step>
+
鐃緒申  </procedure>
+
鐃緒申</listitem>
+
鐃緒申</itemizedlist>
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申<application>MPlayer</application> dies with
+
鐃緒申<screen>MPlayer interrupted by signal 4 in module: decode_video</screen>
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申Don't use <application>MPlayer</application> on a CPU different from the one
+
鐃緒申it was compiled on or recompile with runtime CPU detection
+
鐃緒申(<command>./configure --enable-runtime-cpudetection</command>).
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申When I try to grab from my tuner, it works, but colors are strange.
+
鐃緒申It's OK with other applications.
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申Your card probably reports some colorspaces as supported when in fact
+
鐃緒申it does not support them. Try with YUY2 instead of the
+
鐃緒申default YV12 (see the <link linkend="tv-input">TV</link> section).
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申I get very strange percentage values (way too big)
+
鐃緒申while playing files on my notebook.
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申It's an effect of the power management / power saving system of your notebook
+
鐃緒申(BIOS, not kernel). Plug the external power connector in
+
鐃緒申<emphasis role="bold">before</emphasis> you power on your notebook. You can
+
鐃緒申also try whether
+
鐃緒申<ulink url="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/cpufreq/cpufreq.html">cpufreq</ulink>
+
鐃緒申(a SpeedStep interface for Linux) helps you.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申The audio/video gets totally out of sync when I run
+
鐃緒申<application>MPlayer</application> as
+
鐃緒申<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> on my notebook.
+
鐃緒申It works normal when i run it as a user.
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申This is again a power management effect (see above). Plug the external power
+
鐃緒申connector in <emphasis role="bold">before</emphasis> you power on your notebook
+
鐃緒申or use the <option>-nortc</option> option.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申While playing a movie it suddenly gets jerky and I get the following message:
+
鐃緒申<screen>Badly interleaved AVI file detected - switching to -ni mode...</screen>
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申Badly interleaved files and <option>-cache</option> don't work well together.
+
鐃緒申Try <option>-nocache</option>.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申</qandadiv>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<!-- ********** -->
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandadiv id="faq-driver">
+
鐃緒申<title>Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</title>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申When I go into fullscreen mode I just get black borders around the image
+
鐃緒申and no real scaling to fullscreen mode.
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申Your video output driver does not support scaling in hardware and since
+
鐃緒申scaling in software can be incredibly slow <application>MPlayer</application>
+
鐃緒申does not automatically enable it. Most likely you are using the
+
鐃緒申<systemitem>x11</systemitem> instead of the <systemitem>xv</systemitem>
+
鐃緒申video output driver. Try adding <option>-vo xv</option> to the command
+
鐃緒申line or read the <link linkend="video">video section</link> to find out
+
鐃緒申about alternative video output drivers. The <option>-zoom</option>
+
鐃緒申option explicitly enables software scaling.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申I've just installed <application>MPlayer</application>. When I want to
+
鐃緒申open a video file it causes a fatal error:
+
鐃緒申<screen>Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.</screen>
+
鐃緒申How can I solve my problem?
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申Just change your video output device. Issue the following command to get
+
鐃緒申a list of available video output drivers:
+
鐃緒申<screen>mplayer -vo help</screen>
+
鐃緒申After you've chosen the correct video output driver, add it to
+
鐃緒申your configuration file. Add
+
鐃緒申<programlisting>
+
鐃緒申vo = <replaceable>selected_vo</replaceable>
+
鐃緒申</programlisting>
+
鐃緒申to <filename>~/.mplayer/config</filename> and/or
+
鐃緒申<programlisting>
+
鐃緒申vo_driver = <replaceable>selected_vo</replaceable>
+
鐃緒申</programlisting>
+
鐃緒申to <filename>~/.mplayer/gui.conf</filename>.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申I have problems with <replaceable>[your window manager]</replaceable>
+
鐃緒申and fullscreen xv/xmga/sdl/x11 modes ...
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申Read the <link linkend="bugreports">bug reporting guidelines</link> and send us
+
鐃緒申a proper bug report.
+
鐃緒申Also try experimenting with the <option>-fstype</option> option.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申Audio goes out of sync playing an AVI file.
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申Try the <option>-bps</option> or <option>-nobps</option> option. If it does not
+
鐃緒申improve, read the
+
鐃緒申<link linkend="bugreports">bug reporting guidelines</link>
+
鐃緒申and upload the file to FTP.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申My computer plays MS DivX AVIs with resolutions ~ 640x300 and stereo MP3 sound
+
鐃緒申too slow.
+
鐃緒申When I use the <option>-nosound</option> option, everything is OK (but quiet).
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申Your machine is too slow or your sound card driver is broken. Consult the
+
鐃緒申documentation to see if you can improve performance.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申How can I use <application>dmix</application> with
+
鐃緒申<application>MPlayer</application>?
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申After setting up your
+
鐃緒申<ulink url="http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php?page=DmixPlugin">asoundrc</ulink>
+
鐃緒申you have to use <option>-ao alsa:device=dmix</option>.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申I have no sound when playing a video and get error messages similar to this one:
+
鐃緒申<screen>
+
鐃緒申AO: [oss] 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
+
鐃緒申audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy
+
鐃緒申couldn't open/init audio device -> NOSOUND
+
鐃緒申Audio: no sound!!!
+
鐃緒申Start playing...
+
鐃緒申</screen>
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申Are you running KDE or GNOME with the aRts or ESD sound daemon? Try disabling
+
鐃緒申the sound daemon or use the <option>-ao arts</option> or
+
鐃緒申<option>-ao esd</option> option to make <application>MPlayer</application> use
+
鐃緒申aRts or ESD.
+
鐃緒申You might also be running ALSA without OSS emulation, try loading the ALSA OSS
+
鐃緒申kernel modules or add <option>-ao alsa</option> to your command line to
+
鐃緒申directly use the ALSA audio output driver.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申When starting <application>MPlayer</application> under KDE I just get a black
+
鐃緒申screen and nothing happens. After about one minute the video starts playing.
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申The KDE aRts sound daemon is blocking the sound device. Either wait until the
+
鐃緒申video starts or disable the aRts daemon in control center. If you want to use
+
鐃緒申aRts sound, specify audio output via our native aRts audio driver
+
鐃緒申(<option>-ao arts</option>). If it fails or isn't compiled in, try SDL
+
鐃緒申(<option>-ao sdl</option>) and make sure your SDL can handle aRts sound. Yet
+
鐃緒申another option is to start <application>MPlayer</application> with artsdsp.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申I have A/V sync problems.
+
鐃緒申Some of my AVIs play fine, but some play with double speed!
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申You have a buggy sound card/driver. Most likely it's fixed at 44100Hz, and you
+
鐃緒申try to play a file which has 22050Hz audio. Try the
+
鐃緒申<systemitem>resample</systemitem> audio filter.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申When I play this movie I get video-audio desync and/or
+
鐃緒申<application>MPlayer</application> crashes with the following message:
+
鐃緒申<screen>
+
鐃緒申DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!
+
鐃緒申</screen>
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申This can have multiple reasons.
+
鐃緒申<itemizedlist>
+
鐃緒申<listitem><para>
+
鐃緒申  Your CPU <emphasis>and/or</emphasis> video card <emphasis>and/or</emphasis>
+
鐃緒申  bus is too slow. <application>MPlayer</application> displays a message if
+
鐃緒申  this is the case (and the dropped frames counter goes up fast).
+
鐃緒申</para></listitem>
+
鐃緒申<listitem><para>
+
鐃緒申  If it is an AVI, maybe it has bad interleaving, try the
+
鐃緒申  <option>-ni</option> to work around this.
+
鐃緒申  Or it may have a bad header, in this case <option>-nobps</option>
+
鐃緒申  and/or <option>-mc 0</option> can help.
+
鐃緒申</para></listitem>
+
鐃緒申<listitem><para>
+
鐃緒申  Your sound driver is buggy.
+
鐃緒申  See the <link linkend="audio">audio section</link>.
+
鐃緒申</para></listitem>
+
鐃緒申</itemizedlist>
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申How can I get rid of A/V desynchronization
+
鐃緒申while seeking through RealMedia streams?
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申<option>-mc 0.1</option> can help.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申</qandadiv>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<!-- ********** -->
+
鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandadiv id="faq-dvd">
+
鐃緒申<title>DVD playback</title>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申What about DVD navigation/menus?
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申<application>MPlayer</application> does not support DVD menus due to serious
+
鐃緒申architectural limitations that prevent proper handling of still images and
+
鐃緒申interactive content. If you want to have fancy menus, you will have to use
+
鐃緒申another player like <application>xine</application>,
+
鐃緒申<application>vlc</application> or <application>Ogle</application>.
+
鐃緒申If you want to see DVD navigation in <application>MPlayer</application> you
+
鐃緒申will have to implement it yourself, but be aware that it is a major
+
鐃緒申undertaking.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申I can't watch any recent DVDs from Sony Pictures/BMG.
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申This is normal; you've been ripped off and sold an intentionally defective disk.
+
鐃緒申The only way to play these DVDs is to circumvent the bad blocks of the disk
+
鐃緒申by using DVDnav instead of mpdvdkit2.
+
鐃緒申You can do so by compiling <application>MPlayer</application> with DVDnav
+
鐃緒申support and then replacing dvd:// by dvdnav:// on the command line.
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鐃緒申DVDnav is so far mutually exclusive with mpdvdkit2, so make sure you pass
+
鐃緒申<option>--disable-mpdvdkit</option> to the configure script.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申What about subtitles? Can <application>MPlayer</application> display them?
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申Yes. See the <link linkend="dvd">DVD chapter</link>.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申How can I set the region code of my DVD-drive? I don't have Windows!
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申Use the
+
鐃緒申<ulink url="http://linvdr.org/projects/regionset/">regionset tool</ulink>.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申I can't play a DVD, MPlayer hangs or outputs "Encrypted VOB file!" errors.
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申CSS decryption code does not work with some DVD drives unless you set
+
鐃緒申the region code appropriately. See the answer to the previous question.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申Do I need to be (setuid) root to be able to play a DVD?
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申No. However you must have the proper rights
+
鐃緒申on the DVD device entry (in <filename class="directory">/dev/</filename>).
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申Is it possible to play/encode only selected chapters?
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申Yes, try the <option>-chapter</option> option.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申My DVD playback is sluggish!
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申Use the <option>-cache</option> option (described in the man page) and try
+
鐃緒申enabling DMA for the DVD drive with the <command>hdparm</command> tool
+
鐃緒申(described in the <link linkend="drives">CD chapter</link>).
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申I copied a DVD using vobcopy. How do I play/encode it from my hard disk?
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申Use the <option>-dvd-device</option> option to refer to the directory
+
鐃緒申that contains the files:
+
鐃緒申<screen>
+
鐃緒申mplayer dvd://1 -dvd-device <replaceable>/path/to/directory</replaceable>
+
鐃緒申</screen>
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申</qandadiv>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandadiv id="faq-features">
+
鐃緒申<title>Feature requests</title>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申If <application>MPlayer</application> is paused and I try to seek or press any
+
鐃緒申key at all, <application>MPlayer</application> ceases to be paused.
+
鐃緒申I would like to be able to seek in the paused movie.
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申This is very tricky to implement without losing A/V synchronization.
+
鐃緒申All attempts have failed so far, but patches are welcome.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申I'd like to seek +/- 1 frame instead of 10 seconds.
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申You can step forward one frame by pressing <keycap>.</keycap>.
+
鐃緒申If the movie was not paused it will be paused afterwards
+
鐃緒申(see the man page for details).
+
鐃緒申Stepping backwards is unlikely to be implemented anytime soon.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申</qandadiv>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<!-- ********** -->
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandadiv id="faq-encoding">
+
鐃緒申<title>Encoding</title>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申How can I encode?
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申Read the <link linkend="mencoder"><application>MEncoder</application></link>
+
鐃緒申section.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申How can I dump a full DVD title into a file?
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申Once you have selected your title, and made sure it plays fine with
+
鐃緒申<application>MPlayer</application>, use the option <option>-dumpstream</option>.
+
鐃緒申For example:
+
鐃緒申<screen>
+
鐃緒申mplayer dvd://5 -dumpstream -dumpfile <replaceable>dvd_dump.vob</replaceable>
+
鐃緒申</screen>
+
鐃緒申will dump the 5th title of the DVD into the file
+
鐃緒申<replaceable>dvd_dump.vob</replaceable>
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申How can I create (S)VCDs automatically?
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申Try the <filename>mencvcd</filename> script from the
+
鐃緒申<filename class="directory">TOOLS</filename> subdirectory.
+
鐃緒申With it you can encode DVDs or other movies to VCD or SVCD format
+
鐃緒申and even burn them directly to CD.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申How can I create (S)VCDs?
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申Newer versions of <application>MEncoder</application> can directly
+
鐃緒申generate MPEG-2 files that can be used as a base to create a VCD or SVCD and
+
鐃緒申are likely to be playable out of the box on all platforms (for example,
+
鐃緒申to share a video from a digital camcorder with your computer-illiterate
+
鐃緒申friends).
+
鐃緒申Please read
+
鐃緒申<link linkend="menc-feat-vcd-dvd">Using MEncoder to create VCD/SVCD/DVD-compliant files</link>
+
鐃緒申for more details.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申How can I join two video files?
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申MPEG files can be concatenated into a single file with luck.
+
鐃緒申For AVI files, you can use <application>MEncoder</application>'s
+
鐃緒申multiple file support like this:
+
鐃緒申<screen>
+
鐃緒申mencoder -ovc copy -oac copy -o <replaceable>out.avi</replaceable> <replaceable>file1.avi</replaceable> <replaceable>file2.avi</replaceable>
+
鐃緒申</screen>
+
鐃緒申This will only work if the files are of the same resolution
+
鐃緒申and use the same codec.
+
鐃緒申You can also try
+
鐃緒申<ulink url="http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/">avidemux</ulink> and
+
鐃緒申<application>avimerge</application> (part of the
+
鐃緒申<ulink url="http://www.transcoding.org/">transcode</ulink>
+
鐃緒申tool set).
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申How can I fix AVI files with a broken index or bad interleaving?
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申To avoid having to use <option>-idx</option> to be able to seek in
+
鐃緒申AVI files with a broken index or <option>-ni</option> to play AVI
+
鐃緒申files with bad interleaving, use the command
+
鐃緒申<screen>
+
鐃緒申mencoder <replaceable>input.avi</replaceable> -idx -ovc copy -oac copy -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable>
+
鐃緒申</screen>
+
鐃緒申to copy the video and audio streams into a new AVI file while
+
鐃緒申regenerating the index and correctly interleaving the data.
+
鐃緒申Of course this cannot fix possible bugs in the video and/or audio streams.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申How can I fix the aspect ratio of an AVI file?
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申You can do such a thing thanks to <application>MEncoder</application>'s
+
鐃緒申<option>-force-avi-aspect</option> option, which overrides the aspect
+
鐃緒申stored in the AVI OpenDML vprp header option. For example:
+
鐃緒申<screen>
+
鐃緒申mencoder <replaceable>input.avi</replaceable> -ovc copy -oac copy -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable> -force-avi-aspect 4/3
+
鐃緒申</screen>
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申How can I backup and encode a VOB file with a broken beginning?
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申The main problem when you want to encode a VOB file which is corrupted
+
鐃緒申<footnote id='fn-corrupted-files-or-copy-protection'><para>
+
鐃緒申To some extent, some forms of copy protection used in DVDs can be
+
鐃緒申assumed to be content corruption.
+
鐃緒申</para></footnote>
+
鐃緒申is that it will be hard to get an encode with perfect A/V sync.
+
鐃緒申One workaround is to just shave off the corrupted part and encode just the
+
鐃緒申clean part.
+
鐃緒申First you need to find where the clean part starts:
+
鐃緒申<screen>
+
鐃緒申mplayer <replaceable>input.vob</replaceable> -sb <replaceable>nb_of_bytes_to_skip</replaceable>
+
鐃緒申</screen>
+
鐃緒申Then you can create a new file which contains just the clean part:
+
鐃緒申<screen>
+
鐃緒申dd if=<replaceable>input.vob</replaceable> of=<replaceable>output_cut.vob</replaceable> skip=1 ibs=<replaceable>nb_of_bytes_to_skip</replaceable>
+
鐃緒申</screen>
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申I can't encode DVD subtitles into the AVI!
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申You have to properly specify the <option>-sid</option> option.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申How can I encode only selected chapters from a DVD?
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申Use the <option>-chapter</option> option correctly,
+
鐃緒申like: <option>-chapter 5-7</option>.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申I'm trying to work with 2GB+ files on a VFAT file system. Does it work?
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申No, VFAT doesn't support 2GB+ files.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申What is the meaning of the numbers on the status line
+
鐃緒申during the encoding process?
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
+
鐃緒申Example:
+
鐃緒申<screen>
+
鐃緒申Pos: 264.5s   6612f ( 2%)  7.12fps Trem: 576min 2856mb  A-V:0.065 [2126:192]
+
鐃緒申</screen>
+
鐃緒申<variablelist>
+
鐃緒申  <varlistentry>
+
鐃緒申  <term><systemitem>Pos: 264.5s</systemitem></term>
+
鐃緒申  <listitem><para>time position in the encoded stream</para></listitem>
+
鐃緒申</varlistentry>
+
鐃緒申<varlistentry>
+
鐃緒申  <term><systemitem>6612f</systemitem></term>
+
鐃緒申  <listitem><para>number of video frames encoded</para></listitem>
+
鐃緒申</varlistentry>
+
鐃緒申<varlistentry>
+
鐃緒申  <term><systemitem>( 2%)</systemitem></term>
+
鐃緒申  <listitem><para>portion of the input stream encoded</para></listitem>
+
鐃緒申</varlistentry>
+
鐃緒申<varlistentry>
+
鐃緒申  <term><systemitem>7.12fps</systemitem></term>
+
鐃緒申  <listitem><para>encoding speed</para></listitem>
+
鐃緒申</varlistentry>
+
鐃緒申<varlistentry>
+
鐃緒申  <term><systemitem>Trem: 576min</systemitem></term>
+
鐃緒申  <listitem><para>estimated remaining encoding time</para></listitem>
+
鐃緒申</varlistentry>
+
鐃緒申<varlistentry>
+
鐃緒申  <term><systemitem>2856mb</systemitem></term>
+
鐃緒申  <listitem><para>estimated size of the final encode</para></listitem>
+
鐃緒申</varlistentry>
+
鐃緒申<varlistentry>
+
鐃緒申  <term><systemitem>A-V:0.065</systemitem></term>
+
鐃緒申  <listitem><para>current delay between audio and video streams</para></listitem>
+
鐃緒申</varlistentry>
+
鐃緒申<varlistentry>
+
鐃緒申  <term><systemitem>[2126:192]</systemitem></term>
+
鐃緒申  <listitem><para>
+
鐃緒申  average video bitrate (in kb/s) and average audio bitrate (in kb/s)
+
鐃緒申  </para></listitem>
+
鐃緒申</varlistentry>
+
鐃緒申</variablelist>
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
+
鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申Why is the recommended bitrate printed by <application>MEncoder</application>
+
鐃緒申negative?
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
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鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申Because the bitrate you encoded the audio with is too large to fit the
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鐃緒申movie on any CD. Check if you have libmp3lame installed properly.
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鐃緒申</para></answer>
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鐃緒申</qandaentry>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaentry>
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鐃緒申<question><para>
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鐃緒申I can't encode an ASF file to AVI/MPEG-4 (DivX) because it uses 1000 fps.
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鐃緒申</para></question>
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鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申Since ASF uses variable framerate but AVI uses a fixed one, you
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鐃緒申have to set it by hand with the <option>-ofps</option> option.
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鐃緒申</para></answer>
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鐃緒申</qandaentry>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaentry>
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鐃緒申<question><para>
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鐃緒申How can I put subtitles in the output file?
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鐃緒申</para></question>
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鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申Just pass the <option>-sub &lt;filename&gt;</option> (or <option>-sid</option>,
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鐃緒申respectively) option to <application>MEncoder</application>.
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鐃緒申</para></answer>
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鐃緒申</qandaentry>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaentry>
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鐃緒申<question><para>
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鐃緒申How do I encode only sound from a music video?
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鐃緒申</para></question>
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鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申It's not possible directly, but you can try this (note the
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鐃緒申<emphasis role="bold">&amp;</emphasis> at the end of
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鐃緒申<command>mplayer</command> command):
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鐃緒申<screen>
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鐃緒申mkfifo <replaceable>encode</replaceable>
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鐃緒申mplayer -ao pcm -aofile <replaceable>encode</replaceable> dvd://1 &amp;
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鐃緒申lame <replaceable>your_opts</replaceable> <replaceable>encode</replaceable> <replaceable>music.mp3</replaceable>
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鐃緒申rm <replaceable>encode</replaceable>
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鐃緒申</screen>
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鐃緒申This allows you to use any encoder, not only <application>LAME</application>,
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鐃緒申just replace <command>lame</command> with your favorite audio encoder in the
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鐃緒申above command.
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鐃緒申</para></answer>
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鐃緒申</qandaentry>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaentry>
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鐃緒申<question><para>
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鐃緒申Why do third-party players fail to play MPEG-4 movies encoded by
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鐃緒申<application>MEncoder</application> versions later than 1.0pre7?
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鐃緒申</para></question>
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鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申<systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>, the native MPEG-4
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鐃緒申encoding library usually shipped with <application>MEncoder</application>,
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鐃緒申used to set the FourCC to 'DIVX' when encoding MPEG-4 videos
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鐃緒申(the FourCC is an AVI tag to identify the software used to encode and
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鐃緒申the intended software to use for decoding the video).
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鐃緒申This led many people to think that
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鐃緒申<systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>
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鐃緒申was a DivX encoding library, when in fact it is a completely different
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鐃緒申MPEG-4 encoding library which implements the MPEG-4 standard much
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鐃緒申better than DivX does.
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鐃緒申Therefore, the new default FourCC used by
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鐃緒申<systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> is 'FMP4', but you
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鐃緒申may override this behavior using <application>MEncoder</application>'s
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鐃緒申<option>-ffourcc</option> option.
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鐃緒申You may also change the FourCC of existing files in the same way:
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鐃緒申<screen>
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鐃緒申mencoder <replaceable>input.avi</replaceable> -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable> -ffourcc XVID
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鐃緒申</screen>
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鐃緒申Note that this will set the FourCC to XVID rather than DIVX.
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鐃緒申This is recommended as DIVX FourCC means DivX4, which is a very basic
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鐃緒申MPEG-4 codec, whereas DX50 and XVID both mean full MPEG-4 (ASP).
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鐃緒申Therefore, if you change the FourCC to DIVX, some bad software or
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鐃緒申hardware players may choke on some advanced features that
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鐃緒申<systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> supports, but DivX
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鐃緒申doesn't; on the other hand <systemitem class="library">Xvid</systemitem>
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鐃緒申is closer to <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> in
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鐃緒申terms of functionality, and is supported by all decent players.
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鐃緒申</para></answer>
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鐃緒申</qandaentry>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaentry>
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鐃緒申<question><para>
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鐃緒申How can I encode an audio only file?
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鐃緒申</para></question>
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鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申Use <filename>aconvert</filename> from the
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鐃緒申<filename class="directory">TOOLS</filename>
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鐃緒申subdirectory in the MPlayer source tree.
+
鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
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鐃緒申How can I play subtitles embedded in AVI?
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鐃緒申</para></question>
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鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申Use <filename>avisubdump.c</filename> from the
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鐃緒申<filename class="directory">TOOLS</filename> subdirectory or read
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鐃緒申<ulink url="http://xlife.zuavra.net/curse/0012/">this document about extracting/demultiplexing subtitles embedded in OpenDML AVI files</ulink>.
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鐃緒申</para></answer>
+
鐃緒申</qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申
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鐃緒申<qandaentry>
+
鐃緒申<question><para>
+
鐃緒申MPlayer won't...
+
鐃緒申</para></question>
+
鐃緒申<answer><para>
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鐃緒申Have a look at the <filename class="directory">TOOLS</filename>
+
鐃緒申subdirectory for a collection of random scripts and hacks.
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鐃緒申<filename>TOOLS/README</filename> contains documentation.
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鐃緒申</para></answer>
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鐃緒申</qandaentry>
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鐃緒申</qandadiv>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申</qandaset>
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鐃緒申
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鐃緒申</chapter>