# HG changeset patch # User diego # Date 1029415372 0 # Node ID 72059027f9537df64b7294c230d7895720806cd4 # Parent f5c4083616fd7ae98bcee9931f036fbe02935096 Applied patch by Andras Mohari in a slightly modified form. This puts some warnings into blockquote tags, adds a few links, removes some UPPERCASE words and fixes a few wording and spelling errors. diff -r f5c4083616fd -r 72059027f953 DOCS/documentation.html --- a/DOCS/documentation.html Thu Aug 15 11:09:35 2002 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/documentation.html Thu Aug 15 12:42:52 2002 +0000 @@ -307,16 +307,20 @@

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 - you have any other questions, return to the TOC (Table of Contents) and - search for the topic, read the FAQ, or try grepping though the files.

+ you have any other questions, return to the Table of Contents and + search for the topic, read the FAQ, or try grepping + through the files.

The main rule of this documentation: if it's not documented, it does not exist. If I don't say you encode audio from TV tuner, you can't. A healthy quantity of combining ability is welcomed, though. Good luck. You'll need it :) And for another good advice, let me quote - Chris Phillips from the mplayer-users mailing list:

- -

"I said a while ago that there is such a difference between a newbie and + Chris Phillips from the + mplayer-users + mailing list:

+ +
+ I said a while ago that there is such a difference between a newbie and a dumbass. No matter what you actually know about a system (linux, cars, girls :D) you should ALWAYS be able to take a step back and be objective, otherwise, you're just dumb IMHO. A girl i live with assumed the vacuum @@ -325,7 +329,8 @@ case of simply not knowing what to do... Simply not being that familiar with your surroundings is no excuse for a) laziness and b) ignorance. So many people seem to see the word "error" and then stop... few seem to actually - read the words on the OTHER side of the colon."

+ read the words on the OTHER side of the colon. +
@@ -558,10 +563,10 @@ driver: read the VIDIX section.
  • 3Dfx Voodoo3/Banshee cards: please see the tdfxfb section in order to gain big - speedup. It is important to do these steps before compiling + speedup. It is important to do these steps before compiling MPlayer, otherwise no 3Dfx support will be built. Also see the 3dfx TV-out section. If you use X, use at - least 4.2.0, as 3dfx Xv driver was broken in 4.1.0, and earlier + HREF="video.html#tv-out_voodoo">3dfx TV-out section. If you use X, use + at least 4.2.0, as the 3dfx Xv driver was broken in 4.1.0 and earlier releases.
  • ATI cards: Vidix driver is provided for the following cards: @@ -732,8 +737,11 @@ and call gmplayer instead.
  • -

    HINT: Press the middle button (on 2 button mice press left and right - simultaneously) to open a GTK menu with DVD playing option!

    +
    + Hint
    + Press the middle button (on 2 button mice press left and right + simultaneously) to open a GTK menu with a DVD playing option. +

    As MPlayer doesn't have a skin included, you have to download them if you want to use the GUI. See the @@ -1844,8 +1852,11 @@

    Appendix A - Authors

    -

    NOTE: Do not send bug reports, help & feature requests directly to - the authors!

    +
    + Important
    + Do not send bug reports, help & feature requests directly to + the authors! +

    Read Appendix C and subscribe to mplayer-users mailing lists.

    diff -r f5c4083616fd -r 72059027f953 DOCS/faq.html --- a/DOCS/faq.html Thu Aug 15 11:09:35 2002 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/faq.html Thu Aug 15 12:42:52 2002 +0000 @@ -227,13 +227,13 @@
    Q: The -xy or -fs option doesn't work with the x11 driver (-vo x11) ...
    -
    A: It does, but you have to explicitly specify software scaling (it's - SLOW!) with the -zoom option. You better use XF86VidMode +
    A: It does, but you have to explicitly specify software scaling (very + slow) with 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. - It's much faster. If SDL's DGA works, use that, it'll be EVEN faster!
    + It's much faster. If SDL's DGA works, use that, it'll be even faster.
     
    Q: What is the meaning of the numbers on the status line?
    @@ -453,8 +453,8 @@ DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!
    A: This can have multiple reasons.
     
    Q: When using Xvideo, my Voodoo 3/Banshee says:
    diff -r f5c4083616fd -r 72059027f953 DOCS/video.html --- a/DOCS/video.html Thu Aug 15 11:09:35 2002 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/video.html Thu Aug 15 12:42:52 2002 +0000 @@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ Technically spoken this happens by mapping the framebuffer memory into the memory range of your process. This is allowed by the kernel only if you have superuser privileges. You can get these either by logging in - as root or by setting the SUID bit on the MPlayer executable (NOT - recommended!).

    + as root or by setting the SUID bit on the MPlayer executable (not + recommended).

    There are two versions of DGA: DGA1 is used by XFree 3.x.x and DGA2 was introduced with XFree 4.0.1.

    @@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ switches -vm (only with X 3.3.x), -fs, -bpp, -zoom to find a video mode that the movie fits in. There is no converter right now :(

    -

    Become ROOT. DGA needs root access to be able to write directly video +

    Become root. DGA needs root access to be able to write directly to video memory. If you want to run it as user, then install MPlayer SUID root:

    @@ -275,11 +275,12 @@

    Now it works as a simple user, too.

    -

    !!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!!
    - This is a BIG security risk! Never do this on a server or on a - computer can be accessed by more people than only you because they can gain - root privileges through SUID root MPlayer.
    - !!!! SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ... !!!!

    +
    + Warning: security risk
    + This is a big security risk! Never do this on a server or on + a computer that can be accessed by other people because they can gain root + privileges through SUID root MPlayer. +

    Now use the -vo dga option, and there you go (hope so :))! You should also try if the -vo sdl:dga option works for you. It's @@ -850,7 +851,7 @@ requires X server and can work only under X server.

  • You can use VIDIX subdevice which was applied to several video output drivers, such as:
    - -vo vesa:vidix (LINUX ONLY) and -vo fbdev:vidix
  • + -vo vesa:vidix (Linux only) and -vo fbdev:vidix Indeed it doesn't matter which video output driver is used with VIDIX. @@ -902,9 +903,12 @@ it (mainly libdha). But there is hope that it will work on those systems where X11 does.

    -

    And the last WARNING: (un)fortunately you MUST have - ROOT privileges to use VIDIX due to direct hardware access. At least - set the SUID bit on the MPlayer executable.

    +
    + Warning: security risk
    + Unfortunately you must have root privileges to use VIDIX + due to direct hardware access. At least the SUID bit on the + MPlayer executable must be set. +

    VIDEO EQUALIZER