Mercurial > mplayer.hg
changeset 7808:502f6eff2c1a
libmpdvdkit --> libmpdvdkit2, small corrections
Added entry about abandoned dvdnav and the all time No. 1 question "How can
I join two video files". Please check this for correctness.
| author | diego |
|---|---|
| date | Sat, 19 Oct 2002 22:06:46 +0000 |
| parents | 5cd172eeaf23 |
| children | 72a156e6d482 |
| files | DOCS/faq.html |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/DOCS/faq.html Sat Oct 19 20:56:28 2002 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/faq.html Sat Oct 19 22:06:46 2002 +0000 @@ -241,11 +241,11 @@ <DD> </DD> <DT>Q: Can I run multiple instances of <B>MPlayer</B>?</DT> - <DD>A: Yes. Some video out drivers like xv, dga or (x)mga are exclusive, - though, so you will not be able to run more than one instance of - <B>MPlayer</B> running such a video out driver. To a lesser degree this - also applies to audio drivers. Not all allow playback of multiple streams - on the same device.</DD> + <DD>A: Yes. Some video out drivers like xv, dga or (x)mga are exclusive, some + are exclusive in combination with certain graphics boards and drivers. You + will not be able to run more than one instance of MPlayer with one of those + video out drivers. To a lesser degree this also applies to audio drivers. + Not all allow playback of multiple streams on the same device.</DD> <DD> </DD> <DT>Q: There is a timer in the upper left corner. How can I get rid of it?</DT> @@ -650,10 +650,18 @@ <DL> + <DT>Q: What about DVD navigation?</DT> + <DD>A: Support for dvdnav in MPlayer is currently broken, normal playback + does work, though. If you want to have fancy menus, you will have to use + another player like <A HREF="http://xine.sourceforge.net/">xine</A> or + <A HREF="http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd">Ogle</A>. If you care + about DVD navigation, send a <A HREF="tech/patches.txt">patch</A>.</DD> + <DD> </DD> + <DT>Q: While playing a DVD, I encountered this error:<BR> <CODE>mplayer: ifo_read.c:1143: ifoRead_C_ADT_internal: Assertion nfo_length / sizeof(cell_adr_t) >= c_adt->nr_of_vobs' failed.</CODE></DT> - <DD>A: This is a known libdvdread 0.9.1/0.9.2 bug. Use <B>libmpdvdkit</B>, + <DD>A: This is a known libdvdread 0.9.1/0.9.2 bug. Use <B>libmpdvdkit2</B>, which is present in MPlayer source, and used by default.</DD> <DD> </DD> @@ -661,7 +669,7 @@ Solaris?</DT> <DD>A: Who knows ... It's said to work, so please test it and send feedback. Refer to the documentation of libdvdread and its homepage as well. We're not - the authors of libdvdread. Use <B>libmpdvdkit</B>, which is present in + the authors of libdvdread. Use <B>libmpdvdkit2</B>, which is present in <B>MPlayer</B> source, and used by default.</DD> <DD> </DD> @@ -683,9 +691,9 @@ <DD> </DD> <DT>Q: Where can I get libdvdread and libdvdcss packages?</DT> - <DD>A: You don't need to. Use <B>libmpdvdkit</B>, which is present in - <B>MPlayer</B> source, and used by default. Anyway, the packages mentioned - can be get from the + <DD>A: You don't need to. Use <B>libmpdvdkit2</B>, which is present in the + MPlayer source, and used by default. You can get the mentioned packages + from the <A HREF="http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd">Ogle site</A>.</DD> <DD> </DD> @@ -741,6 +749,21 @@ format and even burn them directly to CD.</DD> <DD> </DD> + <DT>Q: How can I join two video files?</DT> + <DD>A: This has been discussed to no end on mplayer-users. Go search the + <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/htsearch?restrict=/mplayer-users/">archives</A> + for a complete answer. This is a complicated topic and your mileage may + vary a lot depending on the kind of files you want to merge. MPEGs can be + concatenated into a single file with luck. For AVIs there are two tools, + <A HREF="http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/">avidemux</A> + and avimerge (part of the + <A HREF="http://www.theorie.physik.uni-goettingen.de/~ostreich/transcode/">transcode</A> + tool set), available that might do the job. You can also try MEncoder if + you have two files sharing the same dimensions and codec. Try<BR> + <CODE>cat file1 file2 > file3</CODE><BR> + <CODE>mencoder -ovc copy -oac copy -o out.avi -forceidx file3.avi</CODE></DD> + <DD> </DD> + <DT>Q: My tuner works, I can hear the sound and watch the video with MPlayer, but MEncoder doesn't encode audio!</DT> <DD>A: TV audio encoding for Linux is currently unimplemented, we're working