# HG changeset patch # User diego # Date 1027561697 0 # Node ID be9ab9dcd65386a26b9800e5f4575c89b388858f # Parent 924263b4df10f8947ce229d48c67dfcf75632fb0 Advertise mencvcd, the woes of seeking in a paused movie and to OSD or not to OSD. diff -r 924263b4df10 -r be9ab9dcd653 DOCS/faq.html --- a/DOCS/faq.html Wed Jul 24 18:19:39 2002 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/faq.html Thu Jul 25 01:48:17 2002 +0000 @@ -203,6 +203,12 @@ 5.2 General questions +Q:There is a timer in the upper +left corner. How can I get rid of it? +A:Press o and try the +-osdlevel option. + + 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 support: @@ -627,6 +633,14 @@ 5.6 Feature requests +Q:If MPlayer is paused +and I try to seek or press any key at all, MPlayer ceases to be paused. +I would like to be able to seek in the paused movie. +A:This is very tricky to implement +without losing A/V synchronization. All attempts have failed so far, but patches +are welcome. + + 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 implement it, and send a patch. Don't ask for it. @@ -647,6 +661,12 @@ A:Read the MEncoder documentation. +Q:How can I create VCDs? +A:Try the mencvcd +script from the TOOLS subdirectory. With it you can encode DVDs or +other movies to VCD or SVCD format and even burn them directly to CD.. + + Q:My tuner works, I can hear the sound and watch the video with MPlayer, but MEncoder doesn't encode audio! A:TV audio encoding for Linux is currently unimplemented, we're working on it.