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can't stop commiting :)
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diff -u -r1.5 -r1.6
--- bugreports.html 26 Aug 2001 17:28:49 -0000 1.5
+++ bugreports.html 28 Aug 2001 16:10:49 -0000 1.6
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
<P><B>Where?</B></P>
<P>Subscribe to the mplayer-users mailing list:<BR>
- <CODE>http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-users</CODE><BR>
+ <A HREF="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-users">http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-users</A><BR>
and send your bugreport to:<BR>
- <CODE>mplayer-users at lists.sourceforge.net</CODE><BR>
+ <A HREF="mailto:mplayer-users at lists.sourceforge.net">mplayer-users at lists.sourceforge.net</A><BR>
We won't CC: so please subscribe!!!</P>
<P>Don't send bugreports private, directly to author's address!!!
Index: cd-dvd.html
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retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -r1.6 -r1.7
--- cd-dvd.html 26 Aug 2001 17:28:49 -0000 1.6
+++ cd-dvd.html 28 Aug 2001 16:10:49 -0000 1.7
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
How can I set the region code of my DVD-Drive ? I don't have windows!
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
Use the 'regionset' tool:
-http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvd/dvd_disc_20000215.tar.gz
+<A HREF="http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvd/dvd_disc_20000215.tar.gz">http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvd/dvd_disc_20000215.tar.gz</A>
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>
Index: codecs.html
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/codecs.html,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -r1.9 -r1.10
--- codecs.html 27 Aug 2001 15:02:37 -0000 1.9
+++ codecs.html 28 Aug 2001 16:10:49 -0000 1.10
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
<P><B><A NAME=2.1.2>2.1.2. Supported audio & video codecs</A></B></P>
-<P>See <A HREF="codecs-status.html">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html</A> for the complete,
+<P>See <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html</A> for the complete,
daily updated list!!!</P>
<P>The most important video codecs:<BR>
@@ -43,10 +43,9 @@
<LI>alaw, msgsm, pcm and other simple old audio formats
</UL></P>
-<P>If you have a codec not listed here, and not supported yet, just
-read http://mplayer.sourceforge.net/DOCS/codecs.html
-to get info about its status and about how to help us adding support for it!</P>
-
+<P>If you have a codec not listed here, and not supported yet, just read <A
+HREF="#2.1.4">section 2.1.4</A> to get info about how to help us adding support
+for it!</P>
<P><B><A NAME=2.1.2.1>2.1.2.1. DivX4</A></B></P>
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@
<P>The codec can be downloaded from the following URL:</P>
-<P> <CODE>http://download2.projectmayo.com/dnload/divx4linux/divx4linux-20010718.zip</CODE></P>
+<P> <A HREF="http://download2.projectmayo.com/dnload/divx4linux/divx4linux-20010718.zip">http://download2.projectmayo.com/dnload/divx4linux/divx4linux-20010718.zip</A></P>
<P>No automatic installing available at this time, so install it manually,
EXACTLY as described here. Unpack it, and copy files to their place:</P>
Index: documentation.html
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diff -u -r1.40 -r1.41
--- documentation.html 27 Aug 2001 16:46:00 -0000 1.40
+++ documentation.html 28 Aug 2001 16:10:49 -0000 1.41
@@ -107,15 +107,17 @@
<P><B><A NAME=1.1>1.1. Overview</A></B></P>
-<P><B>MPlayer</B> is a movie player for LINUX. It plays most MPEG, AVI and ASF files,
-supported by many native and Win32 DLL codecs. You can watch VCD, DVD and
-even DivX movies too. The another big feature of mplayer is the wide range of
-supported output drivers. It works with X11, Xv, DGA, OpenGL, SVGAlib, fbdev,
-AAlib, but you can use SDL (and this way all drivers of SDL) and some
-lowlevel card-specific drivers (for Matrox) too! Most of them supports
-software or hardware scaling, so you can enjoy movies in fullscreen. And what
-about the nice big antialiased shaded subtitles (7 supported types!!!) with
-hungarian, english, cyrillic, czech, korean fonts, and OSD?</P>
+<P><B>MPlayer</B> is a movie player for LINUX (runs on many other Unices, and
+<B>non-x86</B> CPUs, see <A HREF="#6">section 6</A>). It plays most MPEG, AVI
+and ASF files, supported by many native and Win32 DLL codecs. You can watch
+<B>VideoCD</B>, <B>SVCD</B>, <B>DVD</B> and even <B>DivX</B> movies too. The
+another big feature of mplayer is the wide range of supported output drivers.
+It works with X11, Xv, DGA, OpenGL, SVGAlib, fbdev, AAlib, but you can use SDL
+(and this way all drivers of SDL) and some lowlevel card-specific drivers (for
+Matrox) too! Most of them supports software or hardware scaling, so you can
+enjoy movies in fullscreen. And what about the nice big antialiased shaded
+subtitles (7 supported types!!!) with hungarian, english, cyrillic, czech,
+korean fonts, and OSD?</P>
<P>I didn't write any codecs, just some players. I spent
a lot of time finding the best way to parse bad damaged input files
@@ -172,7 +174,7 @@
<LI>If you plan to use <B>MPlayer</B> on x86 architecture, you possibly want to use
Win32 codecs. Download and unzip w32codecs.zip to /usr/lib/win32 .
Note: the avifile project has similar codecs package, but it differs
-from our, so if you want to use all supported codecs, then use
+from ours, so if you want to use all supported codecs, then use
our package! However, you can use our codecs package with avifile.</LI>
<LI>If you own a Matrox G200/G400/G450 card, then please see the <A HREF="video.html#2.2.1.7">2.2.1.7</A>
@@ -181,7 +183,14 @@
built.</LI>
<LI>If you plan to use the ProjectMayo's <B>DivX4</B> codec, check the
-<A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.1">2.1.2.1</A> section before compiling.</LI>
+<A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.1">2.1.2.1</A> section before compiling.
+This codec can play <B>DivX</B> movies much faster than the Win32 DLL, and
+<B>ffmpeg</B>. It's closed-source, and only an x86 version is available.</LI>
+
+<LI>If you plan to use ffmpeg's <B>libavcodec</B>, check the
+<A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.2">2.1.2.2</A> section before compiling.
+You'll need this to gain <B>DivX</B> playing on non-x86 machines, or want to
+gain bigger speed than the Win32 codec does.</LI>
<LI>For DVD support, you'll have to compile libdvdread and libcss.
See <A HREF="cd-dvd.html#4.2">section 4.2</A> for more information.</LI>
@@ -254,13 +263,14 @@
<LI><A HREF="http://realtime.ssu.ac.kr/~lethean/mplayer">http://realtime.ssu.ac.kr/~lethean/mplayer</A> - korean fonts & RAW plugin
</UL>
</P>
+</UL>
<P>After that, UNZIP the files to ~/.mplayer/font/ .
-Now you have to see a clock at the upper left corner of the movie
+Now you have to see a timer at the upper left corner of the movie
(switch it off with 'o') .</P>
<P>OSD has 3 states: (switch with 'o')<BR>
<UL>
- <LI>clock + volume bar + seek bar + subtitles (default)
+ <LI>timer + volume bar + seek bar + subtitles (default)
<LI>volume bar + seek bar + subtitles
<LI>subtitles only
</UL>
@@ -285,7 +295,7 @@
<P><PRE> mplayer -vo x11 /mnt/Films/Contact/contact2.mpg
mplayer -vcd 2 /dev/cdrom
mplayer -afm 3 /mnt/DVDtrailers/alien4.vob
- mplayer -dvd /dev/dvd /mnt/dvd/matrix.vob
+ mplayer -dvd 1 /dev/dvd
mplayer -abs 65536 -delay -0.4 -nobps ~/movies/test.avi</PRE></P>
@@ -419,21 +429,25 @@
<P>If <B>MPlayer</B> complains about "CD-ROM Device '/dev/cdrom' not found!" make a
symbolic link: <CODE>ln -s /dev/(your_cdrom_device) /dev/cdrom</CODE></P>
-<P>There's no DVD support for FreeBSD yet.
-Feel free to add it :-)</P>
-
+<P>There's no DVD support for FreeBSD yet. (??? libdvdread?)</P>
<P><B><A NAME=6.3>6.3. Solaris</A></B></P>
<P>MPlayer should work on Solaris 2.6 or newer.</P>
<P>AVI file playback works best on Solaris x86, because you have the
-option to use the win32 codecs on the x86 platform. On Solaris SPARC,
+option to use the win32 codecs on the x86 platform, or can use MMX/MMX2/3DNow/etc
+instructions for MP3/DivX/DVD/whatever. On Solaris SPARC,
you'll find quite a few AVI files with non working video and/or
-audio playback, because the video/audio codecs using the win32 DLLs
+audio playback, because the video/audio codecs using the Win32 DLLs
are not available. However, <B>DivX/OpenDivX</B> movies should work,
when using libavcodec.</P>
+<P>On <B>UltraSPARC</B>s, <B>MPlayer</B> takes advantage of their <B>VIS</B>
+extensions (equivalent to MMX), currently only(?) in <I>libmpeg2</I> and <I>libvo</I>, not
+libavcodec/mp3lib. You can watch a VOB file on a 400Mhz CPU. You'll need
+<A HREF="http://www.sun.com/sparc/vis/mediaLib.html">mLib</A> installed.</P>
+
<P>To build the package you will need GNU make (gmake, /opt/sfw/gmake), native
Solaris make will not work. Typical error you get when building with solaris'
make instead of GNU make:</P>
@@ -487,12 +501,12 @@
disk block >4GB on a device using a logical blocksize != DEV_BSIZE
(i.e. CDROM and DVD media). Due to a 32bit int overflow, a disk
address modulo 4GB is accessed.
-(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22516)
+(<A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22516">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22516</A>)
<LI>The similar bug is present in the hsfs(7FS) filesystem code (aka
ISO9660), hsfs currently does not support partitions/disks >4GB,
all data is accessed modulo 4GB
-(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22592)
+(<A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22592">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/message/22592</A>)
</UL></P>
<P>On Solaris with an UltraSPARC CPU, you can get some extra speed by
@@ -665,7 +679,7 @@
</LI><LI>Adam Tla/lka: <atlka at pg.gda.pl>
<UL><LI>osd/sub review, fixes, optimization, utf8 support
-</LI></LI>various fixes
+</LI><LI>various fixes
</LI></UL>
</LI><LI>Folke Ashberg: <folke at ashberg.de>
@@ -712,7 +726,7 @@
<UL><LI>ffmpeg/libavcodec author,maintainer (opensource mpeg, mjpeg, divx en/decoder)
</LI></UL>
-</LI><LI>Project Mayo: <http://www.projectmayo.com>
+</LI><LI>Project Mayo: <<A HREF="http://www.projectmayo.com">http://www.projectmayo.com</A>>
<UL><LI>the OpenDivX codec authors
</LI></UL>
Index: faq.html
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diff -u -r1.7 -r1.8
--- faq.html 26 Aug 2001 17:28:49 -0000 1.7
+++ faq.html 28 Aug 2001 16:10:49 -0000 1.8
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
<TD COLSPAN=3><P><B><A NAME=5.1>5.1 Compilation</A></B></P>
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>
+<TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
What's the problem with gcc 2.96 ?
-</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
+</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
gcc 2.96 is RedHat's UNOFFICIAL (it can be found only on RedHat sites, or
RedHat distributions) and BUGGY gcc release. gcc 2.96 is TOTALLY
unsupported by <B>MPlayer</B>, because it simply SKIPS MMX codes, it just does
@@ -21,58 +21,58 @@
too.<BR>** DO NOT USE gcc 2.96 !!! **
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
Great, I have gcc 3.0.1 from RedHat/Mandrake, then I'm fine--!
-</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
+</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
No :) Their gcc 3.0.1 was compiled with gcc 2.96, so they are
buggy shit too.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
Now then. What should I use?
-</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
+</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
Any of gcc 2.95 series.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
SDL output doesn't work or compile. Problem is ....
-</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
+</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
It is tested with newest SDL (probably runs on 1.1.7+).
It does NOT work with 1.1.6, 1.1.5 1.1.4 1.1.3 1.0.4 etc, don't ask.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
I am still having trouble compiling with SDL support. gcc says something
about "undefined reference to `SDL_EnableKeyRepeat'" What's now?
-</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
+</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
Where did you install the SDL library? If you installed in /usr/local
(the default) then edit the top level config.mak and add
"-L/usr/local/lib " after "X_LIBS=" Now type make. You're done!
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
It doesn't compile, and it misses uint64_t inttypes.h and similar things...
-</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
+</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
copy etc/inttypes.h to <B>MPlayer</B> directory (cp etc/inttypes.h .)
try again... if fail, contact us
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
I have Pentium III but ./configure doesn't detect SSE
-</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
+</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
Only kernel versions 2.4.x supports SSE (or try latest 2.2.19 or newer, but
be prepared for problems)
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
I have G200/G400, how to compile/use mga_vid driver?
-</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
+</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
Read all this documentation.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
Are there rpm/deb/... packages of <B>MPlayer</B>?
-</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
+</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
You can make a .deb package for yourself, check section <A HREF="documentation.html#6.1">6.1</A>.
It's _STRONGLY_ discouraged to use precompiled packages
of <B>MPlayer</B>, since it (currently) _highly_ depends on compile-time
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@
Precompiled packages are COMPLETELY unsupported by the <B>MPlayer</B> team!
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't understand,
I DO have X installed!?
-</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
+</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
...but you don't have the X development package installed. Or not
correctly. It's called XFree86-devel* under RedHat, and xlib6g-dev* under
Debian. Also check if the /usr/X11 symlink exists (this can be a problem on
@@ -94,28 +94,28 @@
Your distribution may differ from the Linux Filesystem Standard.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
What about DGA driver? I can't find it!!!
-</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
+</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
./configure autodetects your DGA driver. If -vo help doesn't show
DGA, then there's a problem with your X installation.
Try ./configure --enable-dga (and RTFM)
Alternatively, try SDL's DGA driver with '-vo sdl:dga' options.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
I can't compile SVGAlib.. I'm using 2.3/2.4 kernel.
-</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
+</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
You have to edit SVGAlib's Makefile.cfg and comment "BACKGROUND = y" out.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
I compiled MPlayer with libcss/libdivxdecore support, but when
I try to start it, it says:<BR>
<CODE>> error while loading shared libraries: libcss.so.0: cannot load
shared object file: No such file or directory</CODE><BR>
I checked up on the file and it IS there in /usr/local/lib.
-</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
+</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
What are you doing on Linux? Can't you install a library? Why do
we get these questions? It's not <B>MPlayer</B> specific at all! Add
/usr/local/lib to <B>/etc/ld.so.conf</B> and run <B>ldconfig</B> .
@@ -126,15 +126,15 @@
<TD COLSPAN=3><B><A NAME=5.2>5.2. General questions</A></B>
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
What about DVD playing ?
-</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
+</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
Read the CD/DVD section .
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
-xy option doesn't work with x11 driver (-vo x11)
-</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
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x11 driver doesn't support scaling, but XF86VidMode support is now
used: you must specify the -vm and the -fs switch, and you're done.
Make sure you have the right Modelines in your XF86Config file, and
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@
It's much faster. If SDL's DGA works too, use that, it'll be EVEN faster!
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What is the meaning of numbers in the status line?
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+</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
See: <CODE>A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57 41% 0% 2.6% 0</CODE><BR>
<UL>
<LI>A: audio position in seconds
@@ -160,81 +160,81 @@
<I>Most of them are for debug purposes, and will be removed soon.</I>
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Why is video_out cpu usage zero (0%) for mpeg files?
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It's not zero, but it's built in into codec, so can't be measured separated.
You should try to play the file using -vo null and then -vo ... and check
the difference to see video_out speed...
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What's XMMP? (is it XMMS or XMPS but mispelled?)
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It's a new project, see http://frozenproductions.com for details
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There are error messages about file not found /usr/lib/win32/....
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Download & install w32codec.zip from *our* FTP
(avifile's codec package has different DLL set)
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Are there any mailing lists on MPlayer?
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Yes! See RTFM on how to subscribe them!
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I've found a nasty bug when I tried to play my favourite video!!
Who should I inform?
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+</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
See Appendix <A HREF="bugreports.html">C</A>.
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I have problems playing files with ... codec. Can I use'em?
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-Check http://mplayer.sourceforge.net/DOCS/codecs.html,
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+Check <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html</A>,
if it doesn't contain your codec, read
-http://mplayer.sourceforge.net/DOCS/CODECS, and contact us.
+<A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.4">section 2.1.4</A>, and contact us.
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Umm, what is "IdegCounter"?
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A mixture of a hungarian and an english word. In english, "Ideg" means
"nerve", and is pronounced as something like "ydaegh" . It was first used
to measure the nervousness of A'rpi, after some (umm) "mystic" disappearance
of CVS code ;)
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LIRC doesn't work, because ...
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Are you sure you use "mplayer_lirc" instead of "mplayer"?
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Subtitles are very nice, the most beautiful I've ever seen, but they slow
down the playing! I know it's unlikely...
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After running ./configure , edit config.h and replace #undef FAST_OSD with
<CODE>#define FAST_OSD</CODE>. Then recompile.
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The OSD is flickering!
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You use a vo driver with single buffering (x11,xv). With xv,
use -double option.
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What exactly is this libavcodec?
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It's from Gerard Lantau's ffmpeg package (http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net).
It has C language DivX ;-) and OpenDivX alpha 47 codec. Some benchmarks
showed that its DivX seems to be even faster than DirectShow codec without
@@ -244,9 +244,9 @@
has a C compiler. Kinda great stuff, isn't it?
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But configure tells me "Checking for libavcodec ... no"!
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You need to get libavcodec from FFmpeg's CVS. Read the instructions in
the <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.2">ffmpeg section</A>.
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<B><A NAME=5.3>5.3. File playing problems</A></B>
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...... works with avifile/aviplay while doesn't with MPlayer.
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<B>MPlayer</B> != avifile
The only common thing between these players is the Win32 DLL loader.
The codecs (dll) sets, syncronization, demultiplexing etc is totaly
@@ -266,37 +266,37 @@
it and vice versa.
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Audio goes out of sync playing .avi file.
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Try with -bps or -nobps option
if still bad, send me (upload to ftp) that file, I'll check.
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Indeo 3.x/4.x movies are viewed upside-down!!!?
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It's a known bug (really it's a bug/limitation of the DLL codec)
Try if your vo driver supports the -flip switch.
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Indeo 3.x,4.x video doesn't work at 32bpp resolutions (16,24 bpp are ok).
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It's a known bug (really it's a bug/limitation of the DLL codec).
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I've got 'MPlayer interrupted by signal 11' in module audio_setup or
decode_audio.
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This is highly unlikely, since the mp3lib rewrite. Contact us, it may be
a bug. Possibly it's a damaged file, try with -afm 4.
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MPlayer exits with something error when using l3codeca.acm.
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+</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
Check 'ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer' output. If it contains<BR>
<CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4???????)</CODE><BR>
where "?" is any number then it's ok, the error is not here. If it is:<BR>
@@ -309,50 +309,50 @@
or use <B>MPlayer</B>'s -afm 1 option to disable using l3codeca.acm.
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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).
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Those files probably have 48Khz audio, and your soundcard/driver can't play
it correctly. Audio downsampling isn't implemented in <B>MPlayer</B> (yet).
Maybe use the SDL driver, with <B>-ao:sdl</B>
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MPlayer dies with "MPlayer interrupted by signal 4 in module: decode_video".
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Try running <B>MPlayer</B> on the machine you compiled on. Or recompile. Don't
use <B>MPlayer</B> on different CPU than it was compiled on.
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I have problems with [your window manager] and fullscreen xv/xmga/sdl/x11 modes..
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Use the -fsmode switch. See example.conf or manpage.
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But it works with avifile!
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So what?
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Then avifile is better!
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Then use avifile, it has nice GUI and nice C++ code :)
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I got this playing mpeg files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001!
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You have old version of codecs.conf at ~/.mplayer/. Upgrade it from etc/
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After starting mplayer under KDE(1/2) I just get a black screen and nothing
happens, after about one minute the video starts playing.
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The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device, either wait the time
until video starts or you disable the arts-daemon in kontrollcenter.
If you want to use arts sound, specify audio output via SDL (ao=sdl), and
@@ -360,9 +360,9 @@
mplayer with artsdsp.
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I have an AVI that plays with grey screen with -vc odivx, and green with -vc divx4 .
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It's not a DivX file, but an M$ MPEG4v3 . Update your codecs.conf.
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Ok, -vo help shows DGA driver, but it is babbling about permissions!
Help me!
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It works only if running as root! It's a DGA limitation.
You should become to root (su -), and try again.
Another solution is making mplayer SUID root, but its NOT RECOMMENDED!<BR>
@@ -388,37 +388,37 @@
!!!! SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ... !!!!
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When using Xvideo, my Voodoo 3/Banshee says:<BR>
X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)<BR>
Major opcode of failed request: 147 (MIT-SHM)<BR>
Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (X_ShmAttach)<BR>
Serial number of failed request: 26<BR>
Current serial number in output stream:27<BR>
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Your driver is old, update it. Either download (at least) DRI version 0.6
from <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">http://dri.sourceforge.net</A>,
or use the DRI cvs.
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When using Xvideo, I can't play DivX avis with my Voodoo 3/Banshee!
It says:<BR>
...<BR>
Xvideo image format: 0x32315659 (YV12) planar<BR>
Xvideo image format: 0x30323449 (I420) planar<BR>
...
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See the previous answer.
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Since 0.18pre4 we support libavcodec from the ffmpeg package. It contains
a C language DivX and OpenDivX decoder. The DivX decoder uses YV12 format
for output, thus it should work for you. Compile in libavcodec support.
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OpenGL (-vo gl) output doesn't work (hangup/black window/X11 errors/...).
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Your opengl driver doesn't support dynamic texture changes (glTexSubImage)
It's known not to work with nVidia's binary shit.
It's known to work with Utah-GLX/DRI and Matrox G400 card. Also with
@@ -426,10 +426,10 @@
it will not work with 3DFX cards because the 256x256 texture size limit.
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I have an nVidia TNT/TNT2 card, and I have a band with strange colours,
right under the movie! Whose fault is this?
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It's the nVidia X driver's. These bugs are ONLY with the TNT/TNT2 cards,
and we can't do anything about it, it's not our bug.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
@@ -438,9 +438,9 @@
<B><A NAME=5.5>5.5. Feature requests</A></B>
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
Is there a hint on how to watch QuickTime and RealMedia movies in MPlayer?
-</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
+</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
There's no way to do it. Therefore these formats deserve to die in flames.
Theoretically you can reverse engineer Real codecs built for Linux (they
are available as .so files), but in practice that's really difficult, even
Index: video.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/video.html,v
retrieving revision 1.6
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -r1.6 -r1.7
--- video.html 26 Aug 2001 17:28:49 -0000 1.6
+++ video.html 28 Aug 2001 16:10:49 -0000 1.7
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@
<P>Playing on terminal you'll get better speed and quality using the linux driver, not
curses (-aadriver linux). But therefore you need write access on /dev/vcsa<terminal>!
That isn't autodetected by aalib, bu vo_aa tries to find the best mode.
-See http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/ for further tuning issues.</P>
+See <A HREF="http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/">http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/</A> for further tuning issues.</P>
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.A>2.2.1.A. TV-out support</A></B></P>
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