# HG changeset patch # User diego # Date 1107129078 0 # Node ID f1c2f704674847b7bab71c6ccbbec450cacb744a # Parent 8422e47929a1793da75456a9dfd0e74db429d17d Remove overly outdated entries, update a few others. diff -r 8422e47929a1 -r f1c2f7046748 DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml --- a/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml Sun Jan 30 18:13:07 2005 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml Sun Jan 30 23:51:18 2005 +0000 @@ -238,29 +238,6 @@ -It doesn't compile, and it misses uint64_t, -inttypes.h and similar things ... - - -Copy this inttypes.h -to /usr/local/include/ or an equivalent -place and try again ... - - - - - -I have Linux running on a Pentium III but ./configure -doesn't detect SSE ... - - -Only kernel versions 2.4.x support SSE (or try 2.2.19 or newer, but be -prepared for problems). - - - - - I have a Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550, how do I compile/use the mga_vid driver? @@ -270,26 +247,14 @@ -Hmm, strange. When loading the mga_vid.o kernel -module, I found this in the logs: -Warning: loading mga_vid.o will taint the kernel: no license - - -The latest kernel modutils require a flag indicating the license -(mainly to avoid kernel hackers debugging closed source drivers). -Upgrade your kernel, modutils and MPlayer. - - - - - During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't understand, I DO have X installed!? ... but you don't have the X development package installed. Or not correctly. It's called XFree86-devel* under Red Hat, and -xlibs-dev under Debian. Also check if the +xlibs-dev under Debian Woody, +libx11-dev under Debian Sarge. Also check if the /usr/X11 and /usr/include/X11 symlinks exist (this can be a problem on Mandrake systems). They can be created with these commands: @@ -527,18 +492,6 @@ -LIRC doesn't work, because ... - - -Are you sure you are using mplayer instead of -mplayer_lirc? Note that it was mplayer_lirc -for a long time, including the 0.60 release, but it was recently changed back to -mplayer. - - - - - Subtitles are very nice, the most beautiful I've ever seen, but they slow down playing! I know it's unlikely ... @@ -551,16 +504,6 @@ -The onscreen display (OSD) is flickering! - - -You use a vo driver with single buffering (x11, xv). With xv, use the - option. Also try . - - - - - What exactly is this libavcodec thing? @@ -585,17 +528,6 @@ -Icewm's taskbar keeps covering the movie in fullscreen mode! - - -This shouldn't happen anymore, if it still does use the -layer option and report it to the mplayer-users -mailing list. - - - - - I can't access the GUI menu. I press right click, but I can't access any menu items! @@ -699,7 +631,7 @@ Make sure you have installed fonts properly. Run through the steps in the OSD and subtitle part of the installation section again. If you are using TrueType fonts, verify that you have the -freetype library installed. +FreeType library installed. Other things include checking your subtitles in a text editor or with other players. Also try converting them to another format. @@ -779,11 +711,11 @@ -... works with xine/avifile/... but doesn't with +... works with xine/vlc/... but doesn't with MPlayer. -MPlayer is not xine/avifile/.... +MPlayer is not xine/vlc/.... Although these players have some code in common, the codecs (DLL) set, synchronization, demultiplexing etc is different and should not be compared. If you have a file MPlayer fails to @@ -799,7 +731,9 @@ Try the or option. If it does not -improve, read this and upload the file to FTP. +improve, read the +bug reporting guidelines +and upload the file to FTP. @@ -853,6 +787,7 @@ Read the bug reporting guidelines and send us a proper bug report. +Also try experimenting with the option. @@ -1051,6 +986,9 @@ Are you running KDE or GNOME with the ARTS or ESD sound daemon? Try disabling the sound daemon or use the or option to make MPlayer use ARTS or ESD. +You might also be running ALSA without OSS emulation, try loading the ALSA OSS +kernel modules or add to your command line to +directly use the ALSA audio output driver. @@ -1308,7 +1246,7 @@ How can I make MPlayer remember the options I use -for this particular file? +for a particular file, e.g. movie.avi? Create a file named movie.avi.conf with the file-specific @@ -1365,17 +1303,6 @@ -My tuner works, I can hear the sound and watch the video with MPlayer, -but MEncoder doesn't encode audio! - - -TV audio encoding for Linux is currently unimplemented, we're working -on it. At the moment it works only on BSD. - - - - - I can't encode DVD subtitles into the AVI! @@ -1385,15 +1312,6 @@ -MEncoder segfaults on startup! - - -Upgrade DivX4Linux. - - - - - How can I encode only selected chapters from a DVD?