# HG changeset patch
# User arpi
# Date 1019203442 0
# Node ID b2e0f3b56b7c02c3e452a26e058a14687e7b79cd
# Parent 1dde9686d33b995a592cb0149b27315ced9c65a1
corrections
diff -r 1dde9686d33b -r b2e0f3b56b7c DOCS/faq.html
--- a/DOCS/faq.html Fri Apr 19 07:30:49 2002 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/faq.html Fri Apr 19 08:04:02 2002 +0000
@@ -259,15 +259,16 @@
| Q: |
What is the meaning of the numbers on the status line?
| | A: |
-Example: A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57 41% 0% 2.6% 0 4 49%
+Example: A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57/57 41% 0% 2.6% 0 4 49%
- A: audio position in seconds
- V: video position in seconds
- A-V: audio-video difference in seconds (delay)
- ct: total A-V sync correction done
- frames played (counting from last seek)
-
- video codec cpu usage in percent (for mpeg this includes video_out)
-
- video_out cpu usage for AVI, 0 for MPG (see above)
+
- frames decoded (counting from last seek)
+
- video codec cpu usage in percent (for slices and DR this includes video_out)
+
- video_out cpu usage
- audio codec cpu usage in percent
- frames needed to drop to maintain A-V sync
- current level of image postprocessing (when using
-autoq )
@@ -283,20 +284,14 @@
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| Q: |
-Why is video_out cpu usage zero (0%) for mpeg files?
+Why is video_out cpu usage zero (0%) for some files?
|
| A: |
-It's not zero, but it's built into the codec and thus cannot be measured
+It's not zero, but it's called from the codec and thus cannot be measured
separately. You should try to play the file using -vo null and then
-vo ... and check the difference to see the video_out speed.
|
|
| Q: |
-What's XMMP? (Is it XMMS or XMPS misspelled?)
- |
| A: |
-It's a new project, see Frozen Productions for details.
- |
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-
- | Q: |
There are error messages about file not found /usr/lib/win32/ ...
|
| A: |
Download the Win32 codecs
@@ -347,7 +342,9 @@
| | Q: |
LIRC doesn't work, because ...
|
| A: |
-Are you sure you are using mplayer_lirc instead of mplayer ?
+Are you sure you are using mplayer instead of mplayer_lirc ?
+Note that it was mplayer_lirc for long time, including the 0.60 release, but recently
+changed back to mplayer .
|
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| Q: |
@@ -362,7 +359,7 @@
The OSD is flickering!
|
| A: |
You use a vo driver with single buffering (x11,xv). With xv,
-use the -double option.
+use the -double option. Also try -vop expand
|
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| Q: |
@@ -424,19 +421,6 @@
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| Q: |
-Indeo 3.x/4.x movies are viewed upside-down!!!?
- |
| A: |
-It's a known bug/limitation of the DLL codec.
-The -flip switch may help if your vo driver supports it.
- |
|
-
- | Q: |
-Indeo 3.x,4.x video doesn't work at 32bpp resolutions (16,24 bpp are OK).
- |
| A: |
-It's a known bug/limitation of the DLL codec.
- |
|
-
- | Q: |
MPlayer exits with some error when using l3codeca.acm.
|
| A: |
Check ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer output. If it contains
@@ -455,7 +439,7 @@
My computer plays M$ DivX AVIs with resolutions ~ 640x300 and stereo mp3
sound too slow. When I use -nosound switch, everything is OK (but quiet).
|
| A: |
-Your machine is too slow. Consult the documentation to see if you can improve
+Your machine is too slow or your soundcard driver is broken. Consult the documentation to see if you can improve
performance.
|
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@@ -556,8 +540,7 @@
double speed!
| A: |
You have a buggy sound card/driver. Most likely it's fixed at 44100Hz, and
-you try to play a file which has 22050Hz audio. Try the -ao sdl
-driver.
+you try to play a file which has 22050Hz audio. Try the resample audio plugin.
|
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| Q: |
@@ -652,7 +635,7 @@
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| A: |
This is a bug of nVidia's binary X driver. These bugs appear ONLY with the
TNT/TNT2 cards, and we can't do anything about it. To fix the problem, upgrade
-to the latest nVidia binary driver version.
+to the latest nVidia binary driver version. If still bad, complain to nVidia!
|
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| Q: |
@@ -679,7 +662,7 @@
Try that x11 target again. Now try -vo x11 -fs -zoom .
See the difference? No?! OK, here comes the enlightenment: SDL's
x11 target uses xv when available, you don't have to worry about
-it ...
+it ... Note: you can force/disable Xv via SDL using -forcexv and -noxv
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@@ -696,12 +679,6 @@
|
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| Q: |
-When will be <your favorite video feature> (like subtitle placement) implemented?
- |
| A: |
-Wait for libvo2.
- |
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-
- | Q: |
I'd like to seek +/- 1 frames instead of 10 seconds.
|
| A: |
This won't be done. It was, but then it messed up A/V sync. Feel free to
@@ -776,30 +753,30 @@
| |
-Matrox
+Matrox Gxxx
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-ATI
+ATI m64/r128/radeon
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-nVidia
+nVidia tnt/geforce
|
-S3 Savage
+S3 Virge/Savage
|
Driver's provider |
-enthusiasts |
+OEM and enthusiasts |
-enthusiasts |
+OEM and enthusiasts |
-OEM + enthusiasts |
+OEM or enthusiasts |
enthusiasts |
@@ -811,9 +788,9 @@
best (X11,GATOS,kernel) |
-buggy (X11 only) |
+buggy/unstable (X11 only) |
-best (X11 only) |
+slow (X11 only) |
@@ -855,7 +832,7 @@
adaptive deinterlace |
-NO |
+N/A |
YES |
@@ -867,11 +844,11 @@
Video equalizer (hue, contrast, saturation, color correction) |
-N/A |
+YES |
-PARTIAL (under development) |
+YES |
-N/A |
+GeForce only |
N/A |
@@ -891,7 +868,7 @@
Video capture |
-N/A |
+YES (Marvel) |
YES (GATOS) |
@@ -903,7 +880,7 @@
TV-out |
-YES |
+G400 only |
YES |