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date | Tue, 09 May 2006 14:07:26 +0000 |
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <!-- $Revision$ --> <appendix id="bugs"> <title>Known bugs</title> <sect1 id="bugs-special"> <title>Special system/CPU-specific bugs/problems</title> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para>SIGILL (signal 4) on P3 using 2.2.x kernels:</para> <para>Problem: kernel 2.2.x doesn't have proper (working) SSE support</para> <para>Solution: upgrade kernel to 2.4.x</para> <para>Workaround: <command>./configure --disable-sse</command></para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>General SIGILL (signal 4):</para> <para>Problem: you compiled and run <application>MPlayer</application> on different machines (for example compiled on P3 and running on Celeron)</para> <para>Solution: compile <application>MPlayer</application> on the same machine where you will use it!</para> <para>Workaround: You can forget all this by configuring with the <option>--enable-runtime-cpudetection</option> option or you can disable particular CPU instruction sets with more specific options (like <option>--disable-mmx</option>, <option>--disable-3dnow</option>, etc). </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>"Internal buffer inconsistency" during <application>MEncoder</application> run:</para> <para>Problem: known problem when lame < 3.90 was compiled with gcc 2.96 or 3.x.</para> <para>Solution: use lame >=3.90.</para> <para>Workaround: compile lame with gcc 2.95.x and remove any already installed lame packages, they may have been compiled with gcc 2.96.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>Messed up MP2/MP3 sound on PPC:</para> <para>Problem: known GCC miscompilation bug on PPC platforms, no fix yet.</para> <para>Workaround: use FFmpeg's (slow) MP1/MP2/MP3 decoder (<option>-ac ffmpeg</option>)</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>SIGSEGV (signal 11) in libmpeg2, when scaling+encoding:</para> <para>Problem: known GCC 2.95.2 MMX bug</para> <para>Solution: upgrade to 2.95.3</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>Crashes when dumping streams:</para> <para>Problem: core dump</para> <para>Solution: Don't panic. Make sure you know where your towel is.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </sect1> <sect1 id="bugs-audio"> <title>Various A-V sync and other audio problems</title> <sect2 id="bugs-delay-all"> <title>General audio delay or jerky sound (exists with all or many files)</title> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para> most common: buggy audio driver! - try to use different drivers, try ALSA 0.9 OSS emulation with <option>-ao oss</option>, also try <option>-ao sdl</option>, sometimes it helps. If your file plays fine with <option>-nosound</option>, then you can be sure it's sound card (driver) problem. </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para>audio buffer problems (buffer size badly detected)</para> <para>Workaround: <application>MPlayer</application>'s <option>-abs</option> option</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para> samplerate problems - maybe your card doesn't support the samplerate used in your files - try the resampling filter (<option>-af resample=...</option>) </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para>slow machine (CPU or VGA)</para> <para>try with <option>-vo null</option>, if it plays well, then you have slow VGA card/driver</para> <para>Workaround: buy a faster card or read this documentation about how to speed up</para> <para>Also try <option>-framedrop</option></para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </sect2> <sect2 id="bugs-delay-specific"> <title>Audio delay/de-sync specific to one or a few files</title> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para>bad file</para> <para> Workaround: <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para><option>-ni</option> or <option>-nobps</option> option (for non-interleaved or bad files)</para> <para>and/or</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><option>-mc 0</option>(required for files with badly interleaved VBR audio)</para> <para>and/or</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><option>-delay</option> or <keycap>+</keycap>/<keycap>-</keycap> keys at runtime to adjust delay</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> If none of these help, please upload the file, we'll check (and fix). </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>your sound card doesn't support 48kHz playback</para> <para>Workaround: buy a better sound card... or try to decrease fps by 10% (use <option>-fps 27</option> for a 30fps movie) or use the resample filter</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>slow machine(if A-V is not around 0, and the last number in the status line increasing)</para> <para>Workaround: <option>-framedrop</option></para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </sect2> <sect2 id="bugs-nosound"> <title>No sound at all</title> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para>your file uses an unsupported audio codec</para> <para>read the documentation and help us adding support for it</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </sect2> <sect2 id="bugs-nopicture"> <title>No picture at all (just plain grey/green window)</title> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para>your file uses an unsupported video codec</para> <para>Workaround: read the documentation and help us adding support for it</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> auto-selected codec can't decode the file, try to select another using <option>-vc</option> or <option>-vfm</option> options </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> you try to play DivX 3.x file with OpenDivX decoder or XviD (<option>-vc odivx</option>) - install DivX4Linux and recompile player </para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </sect2> <sect2 id="bugs-video"> <title>Video-out problems</title> <para> First note: options <option>-fs -vm</option> and <option>-zoom</option> are just recommendations, not (yet) supported by all drivers. So it isn't a bug if it doesn't work. Only a few driver supports scaling/zooming, don't expect this from x11 or dga. </para> <formalpara> <title>OSD/sub flickering</title> <para> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para>x11 driver: sorry, it can't be fixed now</para></listitem> <listitem><para>xv driver: use <option>-double</option> option</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> </formalpara> <formalpara> <title>Green image using mga_vid (<option>-vo mga</option> / <option>-vo xmga</option>)</title> <para> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para>mga_vid misdetected your card's RAM amount, reload it using <option>mga_ram_size</option> option </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> </formalpara> </sect2> </sect1> </appendix>