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allow changing playback speed during playback.
Based on patch by Steve Mueller (diffusor <at> ugcs (dot) caltech [dot] edu),
OSD support by Frank Schertan (scherthan (at) uni-landau <dot> de),
several modifications by me.
| author | reimar |
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| date | Wed, 20 Oct 2004 20:07:50 +0000 |
| parents | 96a19fe69062 |
| children | 10acb5e309e2 |
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <!-- $Revision$ --> <chapter id="usage"> <title>Usage</title> <sect1 id="commandline"> <title>Command line</title> <para> <application>MPlayer</application> utilizes a complex playtree. It consists of global options written as first, for example <screen>mplayer -vfm 5</screen> and options written after filenames, that apply only to the given filename/URL/whatever, for example: <screen>mplayer -vfm 5 <replaceable>movie1.avi</replaceable> <replaceable>movie2.avi</replaceable> -vfm 4</screen> </para> <para> You can group filenames/URLs together using <literal>{</literal> and <literal>}</literal>. It's useful with option <option>-loop</option>: <screen>mplayer { 1.avi -loop 2 2.avi } -loop 3</screen> The above command will play files in this order: 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2. </para> <para> Playing a file: <synopsis> <command>mplayer</command><!-- --> [<replaceable>options</replaceable>]<!-- --> [<replaceable>path</replaceable>/]<replaceable>filename</replaceable> </synopsis> </para> <para> Playing more files: <synopsis> <command>mplayer</command><!-- --> [<replaceable>default options</replaceable>]<!-- --> [<replaceable>path</replaceable>/]<replaceable>filename1</replaceable><!-- --> [<replaceable>options for filename1</replaceable>]<!-- --> <replaceable>filename2</replaceable><!-- --> [<replaceable>options for filename2</replaceable>] ... </synopsis> </para> <para> Playing VCD: <synopsis> <command>mplayer</command> [<replaceable>options</replaceable>]<!-- --> vcd://<replaceable>trackno</replaceable><!-- --> [-cdrom-device <replaceable>/dev/cdrom</replaceable>] </synopsis> </para> <para> Playing DVD: <synopsis> <command>mplayer</command> [<replaceable>options</replaceable>]<!-- --> dvd://<replaceable>titleno</replaceable><!-- --> [-dvd-device <replaceable>/dev/dvd</replaceable>] </synopsis> </para> <para> Playing from the WWW: <synopsis> <command>mplayer</command> [<replaceable>options</replaceable>]<!-- --> http://<replaceable>site.com/file.asf</replaceable> </synopsis> (playlists can be used, too) </para> <para> Playing from RTSP: <synopsis> <command>mplayer</command> [<replaceable>options</replaceable>]<!-- --> rtsp://<replaceable>server.example.com/streamName</replaceable> </synopsis> </para> <para> Examples: <screen> mplayer -vo x11 <replaceable>/mnt/Films/Contact/contact2.mpg</replaceable> mplayer vcd://<replaceable>2</replaceable> -cdrom-device <replaceable>/dev/hdc</replaceable> mplayer -afm 3 <replaceable>/mnt/DVDtrailers/alien4.vob</replaceable> mplayer dvd://<replaceable>1</replaceable> -dvd-device <replaceable>/dev/hdc</replaceable> mplayer -abs 65536 -delay -0.4 -nobps <replaceable>~/movies/test.avi</replaceable><!-- --></screen> </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="control"> <title>Control</title> <para> <application>MPlayer</application> has a fully configurable, command driven, control layer which lets you control <application>MPlayer</application> with keyboard, mouse, joystick or remote control (using LIRC). See the man page for the complete list of keyboard controls. </para> <sect2 id="ctrl-cfg"> <title>Controls configuration</title> <para> <application>MPlayer</application> allows you bind any key/button to any <application>MPlayer</application> command using a simple config file. The syntax consist of a key name followed by a command. The default config file location is <filename>$HOME/.mplayer/input.conf</filename> but it can be overridden using the <option>-input <replaceable>conf</replaceable></option> option (relative path are relative to <filename>$HOME/.mplayer</filename>). </para> <example> <title>A simple input control file</title> <programlisting> ## ## MPlayer input control file ## RIGHT seek +10 LEFT seek -10 - audio_delay 0.100 + audio_delay -0.100 q quit > pt_step 1 < pt_step -1 ENTER pt_step 1 1<!-- --></programlisting> </example> <sect3 id="ctrl-cfg-keys"> <title>Key names</title> <para> You can have a full list by running <command>mplayer -input keylist</command>. </para> <itemizedlist> <title>Keyboard</title> <listitem><simpara>Any printable character</simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>SPACE</literal></simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>ENTER</literal></simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>TAB</literal></simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>CTRL</literal></simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>BS</literal></simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>DEL</literal></simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>INS</literal></simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>HOME</literal></simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>END</literal></simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>PGUP</literal></simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>PGDWN</literal></simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>ESC</literal></simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>RIGHT</literal></simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>LEFT</literal></simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>UP</literal></simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>DOWN</literal></simpara></listitem> </itemizedlist> <itemizedlist> <title>Mouse (only supported under X)</title> <listitem><simpara> <literal>MOUSE_BTN0</literal> (Left button)</simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara> <literal>MOUSE_BTN1</literal> (Right button)</simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara> <literal>MOUSE_BTN2</literal> (Middle button)</simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara> <literal>MOUSE_BTN3</literal> (Wheel)</simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara> <literal>MOUSE_BTN4</literal> (Wheel)</simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara>...</simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>MOUSE_BTN9</literal></simpara></listitem> </itemizedlist> <itemizedlist> <title>Joystick (support must be enabled at compile time)</title> <listitem><simpara> <literal>JOY_RIGHT</literal> or <literal>JOY_AXIS0_PLUS</literal></simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara> <literal>JOY_LEFT</literal> or <literal>JOY_AXIS0_MINUS</literal></simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara> <literal>JOY_UP</literal> or <literal>JOY_AXIS1_MINUS</literal></simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara> <literal>JOY_DOWN</literal> or <literal>JOY_AXIS1_PLUS</literal></simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>JOY_AXIS2_PLUS</literal></simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>JOY_AXIS2_MINUS</literal></simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara>...</simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>JOY_AXIS9_PLUS</literal></simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>JOY_AXIS9_MINUS</literal></simpara></listitem> </itemizedlist> </sect3> <sect3 id="ctrl-cfg-commands"> <title>Commands</title> <para> You can have a full list of known commands by running <command>mplayer -input cmdlist</command>. </para> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para><literal>seek</literal> (int) val [(int) type=0]</para> <para> Seek to some place in the movie. Type <literal>0</literal> is a relative seek of +/- val seconds. Type <literal>1</literal> seek to val % in the movie. </para></listitem> <listitem><para><literal>speed_mult</literal> (float) val</para> <para> Multiply the current speed with val. </para></listitem> <listitem><para><literal>speed_incr</literal> (float) val</para> <para> Add val to the current playback speed. </para></listitem> <listitem><para><literal>speed_set</literal> (float) val</para> <para> Set the speed to val. </para></listitem> <listitem><para><literal>audio_delay</literal> (float) val</para> <para> Adjust the audio delay of val seconds </para></listitem> <listitem><para><literal>quit</literal></para> <para> Quit <application>MPlayer</application> </para></listitem> <listitem><para><literal>pause</literal></para> <para> Pause/unpause the playback </para></listitem> <listitem><para><literal>grap_frames</literal></para> <para> Somebody know ? </para></listitem> <listitem><para><literal>pt_step</literal> (int) val [(int) force=0]</para> <para> Go to next/previous entry in playtree. Val sign tell the direction. If no other entry is available in the given direction it won't do anything unless force is non 0. </para></listitem> <listitem><para><literal>pt_up_step</literal> (int) val [(int) force=0]</para> <para> Like pt_step but it jump to next/previous in the parent list. It's useful to break inner loop in the playtree. </para></listitem> <listitem><para><literal>alt_src_step</literal> (int) val</para> <para> When more than one source is available it select the next/previous one (only supported by asx playlist). </para></listitem> <listitem><para><literal>sub_delay</literal> (float) val [(int) abs=0]</para> <para> Adjust the subtitles delay of +/- val seconds or set it to val seconds when abs is non zero. </para></listitem> <listitem><para><literal>osd</literal> [(int) level=-1]</para> <para> Toggle osd mode or set it to level when level > 0. </para></listitem> <listitem><para><literal>volume</literal> (int) dir</para> <para>Increase/decrease volume </para></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>contrast</literal> (int) val [(int) abs=0] </simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>brightness</literal> (int) val [(int) abs=0] </simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>hue</literal> (int) val [(int) abs=0] </simpara></listitem> <listitem><para><literal>saturation</literal> (int) val [(int) abs=0]</para> <para> Set/Adjust video parameters. Val range from -100 to 100. </para></listitem> <listitem><para><literal>frame_drop</literal> [(int) type=-1]</para> <para> Toggle/Set frame dropping mode. </para></listitem> <listitem><para><literal>sub_visibility</literal></para> <para> Adjust subtitles visibility. </para></listitem> <listitem><para><literal>sub_pos</literal> (int) val</para> <para> Adjust subtitles position. </para></listitem> <listitem><para><literal>vobsub_lang</literal></para> <para> Change the language of VOBsub subtitles. </para></listitem> <listitem><para><literal>vo_fullscreen</literal></para> <para> Switch fullscreen mode. </para></listitem> <listitem><para><literal>vo_ontop</literal></para> <para> Toggle stay-on-top. Supported by drivers which use X11, except SDL, as well as directx and gl2 under Windows. </para></listitem> <listitem><para><literal>tv_step_channel</literal> (int) dir</para> <para> Select next/previous tv channel. </para></listitem> <listitem><para><literal>tv_step_norm</literal></para> <para> Change TV norm. </para></listitem> <listitem><para><literal>tv_step_chanlist</literal></para> <para> Change channel list. </para></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>gui_loadfile</literal></simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>gui_loadsubtitle</literal></simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>gui_about</literal></simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>gui_play</literal></simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>gui_stop</literal></simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>gui_playlist</literal></simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara><literal>gui_preferences</literal></simpara></listitem> <listitem><para><literal>gui_skinbrowser</literal></para> <para> GUI actions </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </sect3> </sect2> <sect2 id="lirc"> <title>Control from LIRC</title> <para> 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 <ulink url="http://www.lirc.org">www.lirc.org</ulink>. </para> <para> If you have installed the lirc-package, configure will autodetect it. If everything went fine, <application>MPlayer</application> will print a message like "<computeroutput>Setting up lirc support...</computeroutput>" on startup. If an error occurs it will tell you. If it doesn't tell you anything about LIRC there's no support compiled in. That's it :-) </para> <para> The application name for <application>MPlayer</application> is - oh wonder - <filename>mplayer</filename>. You can use any mplayer commands and even pass more than one command by separating them with <literal>\n</literal>. Don't forget to enable the repeat flag in <filename>.lircrc</filename> when it make sense (seek, volume, etc). Here's an excerpt from my <filename>.lircrc</filename>: </para> <programlisting> begin button = VOLUME_PLUS prog = mplayer config = volume 1 repeat = 1 end begin button = VOLUME_MINUS prog = mplayer config = volume -1 repeat = 1 end begin button = CD_PLAY prog = mplayer config = pause end begin button = CD_STOP prog = mplayer config = seek 0 1\npause end<!-- --></programlisting> <para> If you don't like the standard location for the lirc-config file (<filename>~/.lircrc</filename>) use the <option>-lircconf <replaceable>filename</replaceable></option> switch to specify another file. </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="slave-mode"> <title>Slave mode</title> <para> The slave mode allow you to build simple frontend to <application>MPlayer</application>. When enabled (with the <option>-slave</option> option) <application>MPlayer</application> will read commands separated by new line (\n) from stdin. </para> </sect2> </sect1> <sect1 id="streaming"> <title>Streaming from network or pipes</title> <para> <application>MPlayer</application> can play files from network, using the HTTP, FTP, MMS or RTSP/RTP protocol. </para> <para> Playing goes by simply using adding the URL to the command line. <application>MPlayer</application> also honors the <envar>http_proxy</envar> environment variable, and uses proxy if available. Proxy usage can also be forced: <screen>mplayer <replaceable>http_proxy://proxy.micorsops.com:3128/http://micorsops.com:80/stream.asf</replaceable></screen> </para> <para> <application>MPlayer</application> can read from stdin (<emphasis>not</emphasis> named pipes). This can be for example used to play from FTP: <screen>wget <replaceable>ftp://micorsops.com/something.avi</replaceable> -O - | mplayer -</screen> </para> <note><para> Note: it's also recommended to enable <option>-cache</option> when playback from network: <screen>wget <replaceable>ftp://micorsops.com/something.avi</replaceable> -O - | mplayer -cache 8192 -</screen> </para></note> </sect1> <sect1 id="mpst" xreflabel="Remote streams"> <title>Remote streams</title> <para> Remote streams allow you to access most <application>MPlayer</application> stream type from a remote host. The main purpose of this feature is to make it possible to directly use the CD or DVD drive of another computer on the network (provided you have the required bandwidth). On the downside some stream type (currently TV and MF) are not usable remotely because they are implemented at the demuxer level. It's sad for MF but TV stream would anyway require an insane amount of bandwidth. </para> <sect2 id="compile_mpst_server"> <title>Compiling the server</title> <para> After having compiled <application>MPlayer</application> go to the <filename>TOOLS/netstream</filename> directory and enter <application>make</application> to build the server binary. You can then copy the <application>netstream</application> binary to the right place on your system (usually <filename class="directory">/usr/local/bin</filename> on Linux). </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="use_mpst"> <title>Using remote streams</title> <para> First you have to start the server on the computer you intend to remotely access. Currently the server is very basic and doesn't have any commands line arguments so just enter <filename>netstream</filename>. Now you can for example play the second track of a VCD on the server with : <screen> mplayer -cache 5000 <replaceable>mpst://servername/vcd://2</replaceable> </screen> You can also access files on this server : <screen> mplayer -cache 5000 <replaceable>mpst://servername//usr/local/movies/lol.avi</replaceable> </screen> Note that paths which aren't starting with a / will be relative to the directory where the server is running. The <option>-cache</option> option is not needed but highly recommended. </para> <para> Be aware that currently the server is not secure at all. So don't complain about the numerous exploits which are possible through this. Instead send some (good) patch to make it better or start writing your own server. </para> </sect2> </sect1> <sect1 id="edl" xreflabel="Edit Decision Lists (EDL)"> <title>Edit Decision Lists (EDL)</title> <para> The edit decision list (EDL) system allows you to automatically skip or mute sections of videos during playback, based on a movie specific EDL configuration file. </para> <para> This is useful for those who may want to watch a film in "family-friendly" mode. You can cut out any violence, profanity, Jar-Jar Binks .. from a movie according to your own personal preferences. Aside from this, there are other uses, like automatically skipping over commercials in video files you watch. </para> <para> The EDL file format is pretty bare-bones. Once the EDL system has reached a certain level of maturity, an XML-based file format will probably be implemented (keeping backwards compatibility with previous EDL formats). </para> <para> The maximum number of EDL entries for the current incarnation of EDL is 1000. If you happen to need more, change the <systemitem>#define MAX_EDL_ENTRIES</systemitem> in the <filename>edl.h</filename> file. </para> <sect2 id="edl_using"> <title>Using an EDL file</title> <para> Include the <option>-edl <filename></option> flag when you run <application>MPlayer</application>, with the name of the EDL file you want applied to the video. </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="edl_making"> <title>Making an EDL file</title> <para> The current EDL file format is: <programlisting> [begin second] [end second] [action] </programlisting> Where the seconds are floating-point numbers and the action is either <literal>0</literal> for skip or <literal>1</literal> for mute. Example: <programlisting> 5.3 7.1 0 15 16.7 1 420 422 0 </programlisting> This will skip from second 5.3 to second 7.1 of the video, then mute at 15 seconds, unmute at 16.7 seconds and skip from second 420 to second 422 of the video. These actions will be performed when the playback timer reaches the times given in the file. </para> <para> To create an EDL file to work from, use the <option>-edlout <filename></option> flag. During playback, when you want to mark the previous two seconds to skip over, hit <keycap>i</keycap>. A corresponding entry will be written to the file for that time. You can then go back and fine-tune the generated EDL file. </para> </sect2> </sect1> </chapter>