# HG changeset patch # User diego # Date 1028499189 0 # Node ID 3274d0725fdea2b9a71da42eb16538ce8a807d96 # Parent e32d3d0d8998c382875a8112d1e181f863645dea Changed all link names from the section number to a sensible label. Section numbers were 2.3.2.1. in the section names and 2.3.2.1 in the TOC. I settled for the former everywhere. "Misc OS" is now called "Ports". Checked all internal links, some of them were falsely pointing to renumbered sections. This should no longer happen. And in case some of you think "This must have been a lot of work!", that does not even begin to describe it... diff -r e32d3d0d8998 -r 3274d0725fde DOCS/bugreports.html --- a/DOCS/bugreports.html Sun Aug 04 20:44:21 2002 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/bugreports.html Sun Aug 04 22:13:09 2002 +0000 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ might already be fixed there. CVS instructions can be found at the bottom of this page or in the README. If this did not help please refer to -the list of known bugs and the rest of the +the list of known bugs and the rest of the documentation. If your problem is not known or not solvable by our instructions, then please report the bug.
diff -r e32d3d0d8998 -r 3274d0725fde DOCS/cd-dvd.html --- a/DOCS/cd-dvd.html Sun Aug 04 20:44:21 2002 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/cd-dvd.html Sun Aug 04 22:13:09 2002 +0000 @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ - +Linux documentation excerpt:
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ fine-tuning your CD-ROM. - +MPlayer uses libdvdread
and libdvdcss
for
DVD decryption and playback. These two libraries are contained in the
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
mplayer -dvdkey C005D4A16D vts_03_1.vob
Playing standard Video CDs:
diff -r e32d3d0d8998 -r 3274d0725fde DOCS/codecs.html --- a/DOCS/codecs.html Sun Aug 04 20:44:21 2002 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/codecs.html Sun Aug 04 22:13:09 2002 +0000 @@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ - + - + -See http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html for the complete, +
See the codec status table for the complete, daily generated list!!!
The most important ones above all:
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@If you have a Win32 codec not listed here which is not supported yet, please read the -codec importing HOWTO and help us add support +codec importing HOWTO and help us add support for it!
- +This section contains information about the DivX4 codec of
Project Mayo. Their first available alpha version was OpenDivX 4.0
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
-vc divx4
may be faster or even the fastest solution.
2.2.1.2. FFmpeg DivX/libavcodec
+2.2.1.2 FFmpeg DivX/libavcodec
Beginning with version 0.4.2, FFmpeg contains an @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ movies without dropped frames on my K6/2 500.
- +Foreword:
Be advised that the XAnim binary codecs are packaged with a piece of text
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
Tested codecs include: Indeo 3.2, 4.1, 5.0, CVID, 3ivX, h263.
- +MPlayer can play Vivo (1.0 and 2.0) videos. The most suitable codec
for 1.0 files is FFmpeg's H263 decoder, you can use it with the -vc
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
VIVO 2.0 files in the future.
MPEG1 and MPEG2 are decoded by the multiplatform native libmpeg2 library, whose source code is included in MPlayer. @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ This recovery technique has no measurable speed penalty.
- +This is a very old and very bad codec from Microsoft. In the past it was
decoded with the msvidc32.dll
Win32 codec, now we have our own
@@ -192,14 +192,14 @@
Melanson).
MPlayer uses its own open source, multiplatform Cinepak decoder by default. It supports YUV outputs, so that hardware scaling is possible if the video output driver permits it.
- + MPlayer supports decoding all versions of RealVideo:XViD is a forked development of the OpenDivX codec. It happened when ProjectMayo changed OpenDivX to closed-source DivX4, and the non-ProjectMayo @@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ -
+Sorenson is a video codec developed by Apple. We are currently able to decode the first version (SVQ1) with a native decoder.
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@Installation: it's compiled and usable per default.
- +The most important audio codecs above all:
2.2.2.1. Software AC3 decoding
+This is the default decoder used for files with AC3 audio.
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ work). -2.2.2.2. Hardware AC3 decoding
+You need an AC3 capable sound card, with digital out (SP/DIF). The card's driver must properly support the AFMT_AC3 format (C-Media does). @@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ Live! + ALSA (but not OSS) drivers.
- +libmad is a multiplatform MPEG audio decoding library. It does not handle broken files well, and it sometimes has @@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ option.
- +The audio codec used in VIVO files depends on whether it is a VIVO/1.0 or
VIVO/2.0 file. VIVO/1.0 files have g.723 audio, and VIVO/2.0 files
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@
then copy it into the /usr/lib/win32
directory.
On how to install RealPlayer libraries, see the - RealMedia file format section.
+ RealMedia file format section. -2.2.3. Win32 codec importing HOWTO
+2.2.3 Win32 codec importing HOWTO
- +VFW (Video for Windows) is the old Video API for Windows. Its codecs have the .DLL or (rarely) .DRV extension. @@ -396,7 +396,7 @@
ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/
DirectShow is the newer Video API, which is even worse than its predecessor. Things are harder with DirectShow, since
diff -r e32d3d0d8998 -r 3274d0725fde DOCS/documentation.html --- a/DOCS/documentation.html Sun Aug 04 20:44:21 2002 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/documentation.html Sun Aug 04 22:13:09 2002 +0000 @@ -26,264 +26,264 @@0. How to read this documentation
+0. How to read this documentation
If you are a first-time installer: be sure to read everything from here to the end of the Installation section, and follow the links you will find. If @@ -324,14 +324,14 @@ read the words on the OTHER side of the colon."
- - - + + +MPlayer is a movie player for LINUX (runs on many other Unices, and -non-x86 CPUs, see section 6). It plays most MPEG, VOB, -AVI, OGG, VIVO, ASF/WMV, QT/MOV, FLI, RM, NuppelVideo, yuv4mpeg, FILM, RoQ -files, supported by many native, XAnim, RealPlayer, and +non-x86 CPUs, see the ports section). It plays most +MPEG, VOB, AVI, OGG, VIVO, ASF/WMV, QT/MOV, FLI, RM, NuppelVideo, yuv4mpeg, +FILM, RoQ files, supported by many native, XAnim, RealPlayer, and Win32 DLL codecs. You can watch VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, RealMedia, and DivX movies too (and you don't need the avifile @@ -342,8 +342,8 @@ Mach64, Permedia3), too! Most of them supports software or hardware scaling, so you can enjoy movies in fullscreen. MPlayer supports displaying through some hardware MPEG -decoder boards, such as the DVB and - DXR3/Hollywood+! And what about the +decoder boards, such as the DVB and + DXR3/Hollywood+! And what about the nice big antialiased shaded subtitles (10 supported types!!!) with european/ISO 8859-1,2 (Hungarian, English, Czech, etc), Cyrillic, Korean fonts, and the onscreen @@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ but the speed is also amazing.
- +This began a year ago... I (A'rpi) have tried lots of players under linux (mtv,xmps,dvdview,livid/oms,videolan, @@ -409,7 +409,7 @@
In this chapter I'll try to guide you through the compiling and configuring process of MPlayer. It's not easy, but it won't necessarily @@ -439,10 +439,9 @@ FAQ.
SOUND CARDS
@@ -635,30 +634,30 @@FEATURES
Debian users can build a .deb package for themselves, it's very
simple. Just exec fakeroot debian/rules binary
in MPlayer's
-root dir. Detailed instructions can be found here.
ALWAYS browse the output of ./configure
, and the
configure.log
file, they contain information about what will be
@@ -738,8 +737,8 @@
Though not mandatory, the fonts should be installed in order to gain
OSD, and subtitle functionality. Download mp-arial-iso-8859-*.zip
-and/or optional (if exists) language updates. It's VERY RECOMMENDED to check
-section 1.5 for details.
mkdir ~/.mplayer/font @@ -749,7 +748,7 @@- +
The GUI needs GTK (it isn't GTK, but the panels are). The skins are stored
in PNG format, so gtk, libpng (and their devel stuff) has to be installed.
@@ -773,7 +772,7 @@
-skin newskin
option, or the skin=newskin
config file
directive to use the skin in */Skin/newskin
directory.
MPlayer can display subtitles along with movie files. Currently the following
@@ -826,7 +825,7 @@
convert the frame rate. There is a little perl script in the contrib
directory of
the MPlayer FTP site to do this conversion for you.
About DVD subtitles, read the DVD section.
+About DVD subtitles, read the DVD section.
MPlayer introduces a new subtitle format called MPsub. It was designed by me (Gabucino). Basically its main feature is being @@ -908,25 +907,25 @@
You can change default behaviour by setting osdlevel=
variable in config file.
2.3.. Video & Audio output devices
- - -2.4.. MEncoder - An All-Purpose Encoder
- - - - - - + + + + + + + + + +2.3 Video & Audio output devices
+ + +2.4 MEncoder - An All-Purpose Encoder
+ + + + + +This section is about how to enable watching/grabbing from V4L compatible TV tuner.
@@ -935,7 +934,7 @@ without tweaking/experimenting! - +./configure
will autodetect
@@ -951,7 +950,7 @@
(-vo sdl
) colorspaces.
You can specify these with the outfmt=YV12
option, see below.
-
+
@@ -1035,7 +1034,7 @@ |
h / k | select previous/next channel | ||
b | change channel list |
Dummy output, to AAlib :)
@@ -1062,10 +1061,10 @@
Both MPlayer and MEncoder support using a universal video filter layer, which comprises numerous plugins that are listed and @@ -1077,7 +1076,7 @@
With this filter layer it's possible to perform fast image format conversion
between the various RGB and YUV formats when necessary. This enables for
example playing RGB data on xv
and xmga
video output
- drivers among other things (see the Scale filter).
The filter layer also does Direct Rendering between the plugins, to maximize the speed. @@ -1085,7 +1084,7 @@
Note that the postprocessing code is now also a part of the layer. It will be explained below.
- + mplayer/mencoder -vop filter1,filter2,filter3,...
mplayer -vop help
Description:
@@ -1117,7 +1116,7 @@ -vop crop[=width:height:x:y]
Description:
@@ -1131,7 +1130,7 @@ -vop expand[=width:height:x:y]
Description:
@@ -1145,7 +1144,7 @@ -vop lavc
Description:
@@ -1157,7 +1156,7 @@ -vop flip
Description:
@@ -1171,7 +1170,7 @@format
can be for example: rgb32, yuy2, etc...)
-
+
Description:
@@ -1184,7 +1183,7 @@ -vop pp[=postprocess options/keywords]
Description:
@@ -1197,7 +1196,7 @@ -vop rgb2bgr[=swap]
Description:
@@ -1209,7 +1208,7 @@ -vop rotate[=x]
Description:
@@ -1228,7 +1227,7 @@ -vop scale[=width:height]
Description:
@@ -1239,7 +1238,7 @@ -vop yuy2
Description:
@@ -1250,7 +1249,7 @@ -vop mirror
Description:
@@ -1261,7 +1260,7 @@ -vop dvbscale
Description:
@@ -1276,7 +1275,7 @@ -vop cropdetect[=limit]
Description:
@@ -1289,9 +1288,9 @@ -vop rectangle[=width:height:x:y]
MPlayer utilizes a complex playtree. It consists of global options
written as first (for example mplayer -vfm 5
), and options
@@ -1323,13 +1322,13 @@
mplayer -abs 65536 -delay -0.4 -nobps ~/movies/test.avi
-
MPlayer has a fully configurable, command driven, control layer which lets you control MPlayer with keyboard, mouse, joystick or remote control (using LIRC).
- +Keyboard
@@ -1382,7 +1381,7 @@MPlayer allows you bind any key/button to any MPlayer command using a simple config file. The syntax consist of a key name followed by a @@ -1409,7 +1408,7 @@ -
+You can have a full list by running mplayer -input keylist
You can have a full list of known commands by running "mplayer -input cmdlist"
@@ -1544,7 +1543,7 @@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! @@ -1594,14 +1593,14 @@ use the -lircconf <filename> switch to specify another file.
- +The slave mode allow you to build simple frontend to MPlayer. When
enabled (with the -slave
switch) MPlayer will read
commands separated by new line (\n) from stdin.
3.3. Streaming from network or pipes
+3.3 Streaming from network or pipes
MPlayer can play files from network, using the HTTP or MMS protocol.
@@ -1620,16 +1619,16 @@ wget ftp://micorsops.com/something.avi -O - | mplayer -cache 8192 -
4. FAQ section
- - - - - - - - - +4. FAQ section
+ + + + + + + + +To build the package, get the cvs version, or .tgz and uncompress it, and cd into programs directory:
@@ -1660,7 +1659,7 @@ - +To build the package you will need GNU make (gmake, /usr/ports/devel/gmake), native BSD make will not work.
@@ -1675,7 +1674,7 @@There's no DVD support for FreeBSD yet.
- +MPlayer should work on Solaris 2.6 or newer.
@@ -1770,7 +1769,7 @@ decoding and for color space conversion in the video output drivers. - +MPlayer is reported to compile on StrongARM. Use the following command line:
@@ -1780,13 +1779,13 @@ - +Reported working. You'll probably have to use the SGI ao driver. Anyone has closer info?
- +Works. You'll need to download SDL for QNX, and install it. Then run
MPlayer with -vo sdl:photon
and -ao sdl:nto
@@ -1796,7 +1795,7 @@
QNX has only X emulation which is VERY slow. Use SDL.
To build the package you will need GNU make (gmake, /usr/ports/devel/gmake), native BSD make will not work, and a recent @@ -1817,7 +1816,7 @@
The not so hardcore hackers amongst us might want to use the ports version (/usr/ports/x11/mplayer).
-You will have to go to the MPlayer directory, and copy or symlink
@@ -1825,11 +1824,11 @@
make MPlayer compile. Otherwise it will complain about missing
intypes.h
.
NOTE: Do *NOT* send bug reports, help & feature requests directly to the authors!
-Read Appendix C and subscribe to mplayer-users mailing lists.
+Read Appendix C and subscribe to mplayer-users mailing lists.
The MPlayer project:
@@ -2371,7 +2370,7 @@ -Appendix A2 - MPlayer code and documentation maintainers
+Appendix A2 - MPlayer code and documentation maintainers
HomepageThere are some public mailing lists on MPlayer. Subscribing can be achieved on the following addresses:
@@ -2506,7 +2505,7 @@Appendix C - How to report bugs
- - +Appendix C - How to report bugs
+ +Special system/CPU-specific bugs/problems:
MEncoder (MPlayer's Movie Encoder) is a simple movie encoder, designed to encode MPlayer-playable movies @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ 2 passes), libavcodec, PCM/MP3/VBRMP3 audio. Also has powerful plugin system for video manipulation.
- +make test
...
Well, delete that GCC 2.96 or upgrade lame to at least 3.90.libjpeg
and libpng
-
- as described in the Installation
+ as described in the Installation
sectionYou are ready. As you probably know, other encoding tools need the avifile library installed. MEncoder doesn't need it at all.
- +2.4.3.1. Encoding 2 or 3-pass DivX4
+2.4.3.1 Encoding 2 or 3-pass DivX4
2-pass encoding: the name comes from the fact that this method encodes the file twice. The first encoding (dubbed pass) creates some temporary files (*.log) with a @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ mencoder -dvd 2 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=2 -oac copy -o movie.avi -
+Often the need to resize movie images' size emerges. Its reasons can be many,
examples are decreasing output file size, encoding SVCDs to DivX. Ripped DVDs
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
mencoder sample-svcd.mpg -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:more_options -vop scale=640:480 -sws 2 -o output.avi
MEncoder can handle input streams in two ways: encode or copy them. This section is about copying.
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ -2.4.3.4. Fixing AVIs with broken index or interleaving
+2.4.3.4 Fixing AVIs with broken index or interleaving
Easiest thing. We simply copy the video and audio streams, and MEncoder generates the index. Of course this cannot fix possible bugs in @@ -218,9 +218,9 @@
Command: mencoder -idx input.avi -ovc copy -oac copy -o output.avi
2.4.3.5. Encoding with the libavcodec codec family
+2.4.3.5 Encoding with the libavcodec codec family
-libavcodec provides simple encoding to a +
libavcodec provides simple encoding to a lot of interesting video and audio formats (currently its audio codecs are unsupported). You can encode to the following codecs:
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ mencoder -dvd 2 -o title2.avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mjpeg
-2.4.3.6. Encoding from multiple input image files (JPEGs or PNGs)
+2.4.3.6 Encoding from multiple input image files (JPEGs or PNGs)
MEncoder is capable of creating movies from one or more JPEG or PNG files. With simple framecopy it can create MJPEG (Motion JPEG) or MPNG @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
Examples
The explanation of the -mf
option can be found below in the
- global Options section and in the man page.
Creating a DivX4 file from all the JPEG files in the current dir:
mencoder \*.jpg -mf on:w=800:h=600:fps=25 -ovc divx4 -o
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
-o output.avi
2.4.3.7. Extracting DVD subtitles to Vobsub file
+2.4.3.7 Extracting DVD subtitles to Vobsub file
MEncoder is capable of extracting subtitles from a DVD into
Vobsub fomat files. They consist of a pair of files ending in .idx
@@ -322,12 +322,12 @@
mencoder movie.mpg -ifo movie.ifo -vobsubout subtitles -vobsuboutindex 0 -vobsuboutid fr -sid 1
mencoder [options] [input file] [options] ...
NOTE: for all available options, read the man page!
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ - +Using MEncoder is the easiest thing on Earth. See the following:
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@Encoding multiple *.vob files:
cat *.vob | mencoder <options> -
Encoding from tuner (for tuner options see the TV input section!):
+
Encoding from tuner (for tuner options see the TV input section!):
mencoder -tv on:driver=v4l:width=640:height=480 <options>
For all available options, check the MEncoder man page! diff -r e32d3d0d8998 -r 3274d0725fde DOCS/faq.html --- a/DOCS/faq.html Sun Aug 04 20:44:21 2002 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/faq.html Sun Aug 04 22:13:09 2002 +0000 @@ -10,21 +10,21 @@
- ++ | |||||
Q: | Compilation stops with an error message similar to this one: @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ | Q: | Great, I have gcc 3.0.1 from Red Hat/Mandrake, then I'm fine--! | ||
A: | No, since there have been/are issues with these compilers as well. To check the status of current compilers' MPlayer support, see the -Installation section. +Installation section. | ||||
Q: | I tried to compile MPlayer, but I got this output: @@ -146,11 +146,11 @@ | ||||
Q: | I have a G200/G400, how do I compile/use the mga_vid driver? - | ||||
A: | Read the mga_vid documentation. + | ||||
A: | Read the mga_vid documentation. | ||||
Q: | Are there rpm/deb/... packages of MPlayer? - | ||||
A: | You can make a .deb package for yourself, check the Debian packaging section. + | ||||
A: | You can make a .deb package for yourself, check the Debian packaging section. There are links to official Red Hat RPM packages available on our download page. | ||||
5.2 General questions + | 5.2 General questions | ||||
Q: | There is a timer in the upper
@@ -215,8 +215,8 @@
the -zoom option. You better use XF86VidMode support:
you must specify the -vm and the -fs switch, and
you're done. Make sure you have the right modelines in your XF86Config file, and
-try to make the DGA driver and
-SDL's DGA driver work for you.
+try to make the DGA driver and
+SDL's DGA driver work for you.
It's much faster. If SDL's DGA works, use that, it'll be EVEN faster!
| ||||
Q: | I have problems playing files with the ... codec. Can I use them? | ||||
A: | Check the codec status, if it doesn't contain your codec, read the -codec documentation, especially the -codec importing HOWTO and contact us. +codec documentation, especially the +codec importing HOWTO and contact us. | ||||
Q: | Umm, what is "IdegCounter"? @@ -306,12 +306,12 @@ | ||||
Q: | What exactly is this libavcodec thing? - | ||||
A: | See the FFmpeg section. + | ||||
A: | See the libavcodec section. | ||||
Q: | But configure tells me "Checking for libavcodec ... no"! | ||||
A: | You need to get libavcodec from FFmpeg's CVS. Read the instructions in -the FFmpeg section. +the libavcodec section. | ||||
Q: | Icewm's taskbar keeps covering the movie in fullscreen mode! @@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ | ||||
-5.3 File playing problems +5.3 playback problems | |||||
Q: | I can play certain AVIs but I @@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ | ||||
A: | Probably the audio uses a codec not natively supported by MPlayer. Install the Win32 codec package as -described in the README or here. +described in the README or here. | ||||
Q: | ... works with avifile/aviplay but doesn't with MPlayer. @@ -439,14 +439,14 @@ | Q: | When I try to grab from my tuner, it works, but colors are strange. It's OK with other applications. | ||
A: | Your card probably misreports its colorspace capacity. Try with YUY2 instead -of default YV12 (see the TV input documentation). +of default YV12 (see the TV input documentation). | ||||
Q: | When I start playing, I get this message but everything seems fine:Linux RTC init: ioctl (rtc_pie_on): Permission denied
| ||||
A: | You need root privileges or a specially set up kernel to use the new timing code. For details see the -installation section of the documentation. +installation section of the documentation. | ||||
Q: | I have A/V sync problems. Some of my AVIs play fine, but some play with @@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ | ||||
-5.4 Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao) +5.4 Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao) | |||||
Q: | I have no sound when playing a @@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ | ||||
A: | ./configure autodetects your DGA driver. If -vo help doesn't show
DGA, then there's a problem with your X installation.
Try ./configure --enable-dga and read the
-documentation.
+documentation.
Alternatively, try SDL's DGA driver with the -vo sdl:dga option.
| ||||
-5.5 DVD playback +5.5 DVD playback | |||||
Q: | @@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ | Q: | What about subtitles? Can MPlayer display them? | ||
A: | -Yes! See the DVD chapter of the documentation. +Yes! See the DVD chapter of the documentation. | ||||
Q: | @@ -627,11 +627,11 @@ | ||||
A: |
Use the -cache option (described in the man page)
and try enabling DMA for the DVD drive with the hdparm tool (described in the
-DVD chapter of the documentation).
+CD chapter of the documentation).
| ||||
-5.6 Feature requests +5.6 Feature requests | |||||
Q: | If MPlayer is paused @@ -651,11 +651,11 @@ | ||||
A: | It's not released, and won't be. Look around the Windows scene (open source ASF parsers, open source ASF encoders, etc) and you'll know why. We don't want to go to jail. BTW you can compile it yourself, under - Cygwin. + Cygwin. | ||||
-5.7 Encoding +5.7 Encoding | |||||
Q: | How can I encode?
diff -r e32d3d0d8998 -r 3274d0725fde DOCS/formats.html
--- a/DOCS/formats.html Sun Aug 04 20:44:21 2002 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/formats.html Sun Aug 04 22:13:09 2002 +0000
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
-
+
It is important to clarify a common mistake. When people see a file with a .AVI extension, they immediately conclude that it is not an MPEG file. @@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ - + - +MPEG files come in different guises: @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@-Read the DVD section ! Series of frames form independent groups in MPEG files. This means that you
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
rescaled during encoding or played with the Designed by Microsoft, AVI (Audio Video Interleaved) is a widespread multipurpose format currently used mostly for DivX and DivX4 @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ two known exceptions: NanDub and MEncoder. - +ASF (active streaming format) comes from Microsoft. They developed two variants of ASF, v1.0 and v2.0. v1.0 is used by their media tools (Windows @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ .WMV. - +These formats were designed by Apple and can contain any codec, CBR or VBR.
They usually have a .QT or .MOV extension. Ever since the MPEG4 group chose
@@ -138,11 +138,11 @@
Note: Most new QuickTime files use Sorenson video and QDesign - Music audio. See our Sorenson codec + Music audio. See our Sorenson codec section. QDesign Music audio currently cannot be played. - +MPlayer happily demuxes VIVO file formats. The biggest disadvantage of the format is that it has no index block, nor a fixed packet size or sync bytes @@ -152,12 +152,12 @@ of VIVO/2.0 files is a modified, nonstandard h.263v2. The audio is the same, it may be g.723 (standard), or Vivo Siren. -See the VIVO video codec -and VIVO audio codec sections for installation + See the VIVO video codec +and VIVO audio codec sections for installation instructions. - +FLI is a very old file format used by Autodesk Animator, but it is a common file format for short animations on the net. MPlayer demuxes @@ -166,16 +166,16 @@ will be messy for a short time after seeking. - +Yes, MPlayer can read (demux) RealMedia (.rm) files. Seeking works,
but you have to explicitly specify the NuppelVideo is a TV grabber tool (AFAIK:). MPlayer can read its .NUV @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ MEncoder to DivX/etc!). Seeking works. - +yuv4mpeg / yuv4mpeg2 is a file format used by the mjpegtools programs. @@ -194,18 +194,18 @@ - +This format is used on old Sega Saturn CD-Rom games. - +RoQ files are multimedia files used in some ID games such as Quake III and Return to Castle Wolfenstein. - +This is a new file format from Xiphophorus. It can contain any video or audio codec, CBR or VBR. You will need to @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ before compiling MPlayer to be able to play it. - +MPlayer is a Movie and not a Media player, although it can play some audio file formats (they are listed in the sections below). @@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ xmms. - +You may have problems playing certain MP3 files that MPlayer will misdetect as MPEGs and play incorrectly or not at all. This cannot be fixed @@ -230,19 +230,19 @@ in the manpage may help you in these cases. - + - +Requires properly installed MPlayer's audio interface is called libao2. It currently contains these drivers: @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@On Solaris/FreeBSD systems, use the SUN audio driver with the
2.3.2.1. Sound Card experiences, recommendations +2.3.2.1 Sound Card experiences, recommendations
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