# HG changeset patch # User diego # Date 1023618163 0 # Node ID 99f941806029283930254153dfaa7743b425ab17 # Parent 91673ed4e77399d976e85c190418cd37ac230fda arts and DMA setting clarified diff -r 91673ed4e773 -r 99f941806029 DOCS/faq.html --- a/DOCS/faq.html Sun Jun 09 10:13:03 2002 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/faq.html Sun Jun 09 10:22:43 2002 +0000 @@ -476,14 +476,14 @@   Q: -After starting MPlayer under KDE(1/2) I just get a black screen and nothing -happens, after about one minute the video starts playing. +When starting MPlayer under KDE I just get a black screen and nothing happens. +After about one minute the video starts playing. A: -The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device, either wait the time -until video starts or you disable the arts-daemon in kontrol center. If you want +The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device. Either wait until the +video starts or disable the arts-daemon in kontrol center. If you want to use arts sound, specify audio output via our native arts audio driver -(ao=arts), or if it fails or isn't compiled in, try SDL -(ao=sdl), and make sure your SDL can handle arts sound. Yet +(-ao arts). If it fails or isn't compiled in, try SDL +(-ao sdl) and make sure your SDL can handle arts sound. Yet another option is to start MPlayer with artsdsp.   @@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ My DVD playback is sluggish! A: Use the -cache option (described in the manpage) -and try enabling DMA for the DVD drive (described in the +and try enabling DMA for the DVD drive with the hdparm tool (described in the DVD chapter of the documentation).