[Mplayer-cvslog] CVS: main/DOCS AUTHORS,1.30,1.31 MPlayer-FAQ,1.28,1.29 OpenDivX,1.3,1.4 README,1.33,1.34 SOUNDCARDS,1.15,1.16 TODO,1.21,1.22 VIDEOCARDS,1.14,1.15
Berczi Gabor
gabucino at users.sourceforge.net
Thu May 10 11:48:05 CEST 2001
Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv8098/DOCS
Modified Files:
AUTHORS MPlayer-FAQ OpenDivX README SOUNDCARDS TODO VIDEOCARDS
Log Message:
big review ! (translators curse me:)
Index: AUTHORS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/AUTHORS,v
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*** AUTHORS 2001/04/29 23:42:16 1.30
--- AUTHORS 2001/05/10 09:48:03 1.31
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*** 19,23 ****
Zoltán Ponekker (Pontscho/Fresh!): <pontscho at makacs.poliod.hu>
- configure script and Makefiles for easy compile
! - GUI system (/still/ coming soon!)
- 3DNow! support into mp3lib
- 3DNow! support into fastmemcpy.h
--- 19,23 ----
Zoltán Ponekker (Pontscho/Fresh!): <pontscho at makacs.poliod.hu>
- configure script and Makefiles for easy compile
! - GUI system (near complete!?)
- 3DNow! support into mp3lib
- 3DNow! support into fastmemcpy.h
***************
*** 30,38 ****
- Makefile improvements
- prelimenary DVD support
! - another GUI code (coming soon or later :)
Gábor Bérczi (Gabucino): <gabucino at k2.jozsef.kando.hu>
- documentation maintainer, hun-eng translator
! - webpage maintaining
- testing, codecs quality & speed comparsions
- IRC channel #MPlayer operator
--- 30,38 ----
- Makefile improvements
- prelimenary DVD support
! - another GUI code (is that so..?)
Gábor Bérczi (Gabucino): <gabucino at k2.jozsef.kando.hu>
- documentation maintainer, hun-eng translator
! - webpage maintainer
- testing, codecs quality & speed comparsions
- IRC channel #MPlayer operator
***************
*** 53,56 ****
--- 53,57 ----
Zoltán Márk Vicián (Se7en): <se7en at sch.bme.hu>
- SVGAlib support in libvo
+ - native AAlib driver (coming soon)
Andreas Ackermann: <asackerm at stud.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
***************
*** 58,62 ****
- DGA support in libvo
! Felix Bünemann: <Felix.Buenemann at gmx.de>
- SDL driver maintainer
- Additional YUV formats fixes
--- 59,63 ----
- DGA support in libvo
! Felix Bünemann: <atmosfear at users.sourceforge.net>
- SDL driver maintainer
- Additional YUV formats fixes
***************
*** 79,82 ****
--- 80,85 ----
- memcpy optimizations for AMD K7 and Intel Pentium III (fastmemcpy.h)
- CDROM tune info
+ - further 3DNow! optimizations into mp3lib
+ - russian DOCS translation
German Gomez Garcia: <german at piraos.com>
Index: MPlayer-FAQ
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/MPlayer-FAQ,v
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*** MPlayer-FAQ 2001/05/09 23:41:01 1.28
--- MPlayer-FAQ 2001/05/10 09:48:03 1.29
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*** 15,19 ****
Q: SDL output doesn't work or compile. Problem is ....
! A: It is tested with SDL v1.2.0 (probably runs on 1.1.7+ too).
It does NOT work with 1.1.6, 1.1.5 1.1.4 1.1.3 1.0.4 etc, don't ask.
--- 15,19 ----
Q: SDL output doesn't work or compile. Problem is ....
! A: 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.
***************
*** 34,38 ****
Q: I have Pentium III but ./configure doesn't detect SSE
! A: Only kernel versions 2.4.x supports SSE (or try latest 2.2.19 or newer)
Q: -xy option doesn't work with x11 driver (-vo x11)
--- 34,39 ----
Q: I have Pentium III but ./configure doesn't detect SSE
! A: Only kernel versions 2.4.x supports SSE (or try latest 2.2.19 or newer, but
! be prepared for problems)
Q: -xy option doesn't work with x11 driver (-vo x11)
***************
*** 41,45 ****
Make sure you have the right Modelines in your XF86Config file, and
try if the DGA driver (and SDL's DGA driver, see VIDEOCARDS) works for you.
! It's much faster. If even SDL's DGA works, it'll be EVEN more faster!
Q: audio goes out of sync playing .avi file
--- 42,47 ----
Make sure you have the right Modelines in your XF86Config file, and
try if the DGA driver (and SDL's DGA driver, see VIDEOCARDS) works for you.
! It's much faster. If SDL's DGA works too, use that, it'll be EVEN
! faster!
Q: audio goes out of sync playing .avi file
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*** 66,70 ****
the difference to see video_out speed...
! Q: OpenGL (-vo gl) output doesn't work (hangup/black window/X11 errors)
A: your opengl driver doesn't support dynamic texture chanegs (glTexSubImage)
it's known not to work with X 4.0.x DRI drivers and nVidia's binary shit.
--- 68,72 ----
the difference to see video_out speed...
! Q: OpenGL (-vo gl) output doesn't work (hangup/black window/X11 errors/...)
A: your opengl driver doesn't support dynamic texture chanegs (glTexSubImage)
it's known not to work with X 4.0.x DRI drivers and nVidia's binary shit.
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*** 101,119 ****
Q: I've got 'MPlayer interrupted by signal 11' in module audio_setup or
decode_audio.
! A: It's a damaged file with bad mp3 audio stream. Try it with -afm 4
Q: Are there rpm/deb/... packages of MPlayer?
A: You can make a .deb package for yourself, check DOCS/DEBIAN .
! There are .rpm packages at
! ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/test/i386/
! ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/test/i586/
! ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/test/i686/
!
! NOTE : it's _STRONGLY_ discouraged to make and distribute binary packages
! of MPlayer, since it (currently) _highly_ depends on compile-time
! options and optimizations!
- NOTE: MANUAL COMPILATION _ALWAYS_ GIVES BETTER PERFORMANCE AND SPEED !
-
Q: Are there any mailing lists on MPlayer?
A: Yes! See README on how to subscribe them!
--- 103,115 ----
Q: I've got 'MPlayer interrupted by signal 11' in module audio_setup or
decode_audio.
! A: 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 .
Q: Are there rpm/deb/... packages of MPlayer?
A: You can make a .deb package for yourself, check DOCS/DEBIAN .
! It's _STRONGLY_ discouraged to use binary packages
! of MPlayer, since it (currently) _highly_ depends on compile-time
! options and optimizations!
Q: Are there any mailing lists on MPlayer?
A: Yes! See README on how to subscribe them!
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*** 122,126 ****
Who should I inform?
A: Inform the MPlayer-users mailing list about your problem. *ALWAYS*
! read the README about what information we NEED to identify your problem.
Use the developers addresses (specified in AUTHORS) only if you want to
flame, or want to ask for a date. ;)
--- 118,122 ----
Who should I inform?
A: Inform the MPlayer-users mailing list about your problem. *ALWAYS*
! read the BUGREPORTS file about what information we NEED to identify your problem.
Use the developers addresses (specified in AUTHORS) only if you want to
flame, or want to ask for a date. ;)
***************
*** 139,143 ****
Q: I have problems playing files with ... codec. Can I use'em?
A: Check http://mplayer.sourceforge.net/DOCS/codecs.html,
! if it doesn't contain your codec, contact us.
Q: What about DGA driver? I can't find it!!!
--- 135,140 ----
Q: I have problems playing files with ... codec. Can I use'em?
A: Check http://mplayer.sourceforge.net/DOCS/codecs.html,
! if it doesn't contain your codec, read
! http://mplayer.sourceforge.net/DOCS/CODECS, and contact us.
Q: What about DGA driver? I can't find it!!!
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*** 145,148 ****
--- 142,146 ----
DGA, then there's a problem with your X installation.
Try ./configure --enable-dga (and read VIDEOCARDS)
+ Alternatively, try SDL's DGA driver with '-vo sdl -sdl dga' options.
Q: Ok, -vo help shows DGA driver, but it is babbling about permissions!
***************
*** 212,215 ****
Q: 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: Those files probably have 48Khz audio, and your soundcard can't play
it correctly. Audio downsampling isn't implemented in MPlayer (yet).
--- 210,213 ----
Q: 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: Those files probably have 48Khz audio, and your soundcard/driver can't play
it correctly. Audio downsampling isn't implemented in MPlayer (yet).
Index: OpenDivX
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/OpenDivX,v
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*** OpenDivX 2001/03/14 17:02:17 1.3
--- OpenDivX 2001/05/10 09:48:03 1.4
***************
*** 3,10 ****
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
! See http://www.projectmayo.com for details on the OpenDivX codec.
! It's the opensource successor of the DivX codec, already available
! on most platforms. We use an MMX-optimized Decore.
! OpenDivX version supported in MPlayer : 4.0alpha48
Decoder:
--- 3,10 ----
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
! See http://www.projectmayo.com for details on the OpenDivX codec. It's the
! opensource successor of the DivX codec (really it's a somewhat enhanced version
! of the MPEG-4 standard), already available on most platforms. We use an
! MMX-optimized Decore. OpenDivX version supported in MPlayer : 4.0alpha48
Decoder:
Index: README
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/README,v
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*** README 2001/05/10 08:21:50 1.33
--- README 2001/05/10 09:48:03 1.34
***************
*** 9,13 ****
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, but you can use SDL (and this way all drivers of SDL) and some
lowlevel card-specific drivers (for Matrox/3dfx/SiS) too! Most of them
supports software or hardware scaling, so you can enjoy movies in fullscreen.
--- 9,13 ----
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/3dfx/SiS) too! Most of them
supports software or hardware scaling, so you can enjoy movies in fullscreen.
***************
*** 48,57 ****
old code was improved too, bugs removed etc.
! As you see, I didn't write any codecs, just some players. But I spent
a lot of time finding the best way to parse bad damaged input files
(both mpg and avi) and to do perfect A-V sync with seeking ability.
My player is rock solid playing damaged mpeg files (useful for some VCDs),
and it plays bad AVI files which are unplayable with the famous
! windows media player. Even AVI files without index chunk are playable!
As you see, stability and quality are the most important things for me,
speed has lower priority, but is still very important.
--- 48,58 ----
old code was improved too, bugs removed etc.
! As you see, I didn't write any codecs, just some players. Instead I spent
a lot of time finding the best way to parse bad damaged input files
(both mpg and avi) and to do perfect A-V sync with seeking ability.
My player is rock solid playing damaged mpeg files (useful for some VCDs),
and it plays bad AVI files which are unplayable with the famous
! windows media player. Even AVI files without index chunk are playable, and
! you can rebuild their indexes with the -idx option, thus enabling seeking!
As you see, stability and quality are the most important things for me,
speed has lower priority, but is still very important.
***************
*** 62,66 ****
So the player has only keyboard control from the controlling console/xterm now.
But there is a GUI development for the player, coordinated by Pontscho/Fresh!
! It's still under development, but it will be merged and released soon.
BTW he needs some nice skins, if you are a good graphician, contact him!!!
--- 63,67 ----
So the player has only keyboard control from the controlling console/xterm now.
But there is a GUI development for the player, coordinated by Pontscho/Fresh!
! It's still under development, but it will be merged and released real soon.
BTW he needs some nice skins, if you are a good graphician, contact him!!!
***************
*** 93,98 ****
If you have a codec not listed here, and not supported yet, just
! read DOCS/CODECS to get info about its status or about
! how to help us adding support for it!
Supported video output devices:
--- 94,99 ----
If you have a codec not listed here, and not supported yet, just
! read http://mplayer.sourceforge.net/DOCS/codecs.html and DOCS/CODECS
! to get info about its status and about how to help us adding support for it!
Supported video output devices:
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*** 108,111 ****
--- 109,113 ----
- sdl: SDL >= v1.1.7 driver (supports software scaling, and versions >=1.1.8
even support Xvideo (thus hardware rendering) and with >=1.2.0 aalib)
+ - aalib:Textmode rendering (through SDL, native driver is coming soon!)
Card specific:
***************
*** 135,139 ****
Speed:
~~~~~~
! Most of time-critical parts are optimized for MMX/MMXext/SSE/3DNow!.
You can improve rendering speed by setting up MTRR registers, see doc in MTRR.
Some *old* benchmark results can be found in the doc file SPEED.
--- 137,141 ----
Speed:
~~~~~~
! Most of time-critical parts are optimized for MMX/MMXext/SSE/3DNow!/3Dnow!Ex.
You can improve rendering speed by setting up MTRR registers, see doc in MTRR.
Some *old* benchmark results can be found in the doc file SPEED.
***************
*** 230,233 ****
--- 232,241 ----
the following addresses:
+ - MPlayer core/hungarian developers list: (HUNGARIAN language ONLY!)
+ http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-devel
+
+ - MPlayer developers list: (send your patches here)
+ http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-dev-eng
+
- MPlayer users list: (send your ideas, bugreports, feature requests here)
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-users
***************
*** 236,242 ****
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-matrox
- - MPlayer developers list: (send your patches here)
- http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-dev-eng
-
- MPlayer announce: (information about new releases or big changes in CVS)
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-announce
--- 244,247 ----
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*** 245,250 ****
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-cvslog
! NOTE: language of above lists are ENGLISH. Please do not send there
! messages using other language!
License:
--- 250,255 ----
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-cvslog
! NOTE: language of above lists are ENGLISH, unless explicitly stated otherwise.
! Please do not send messages using other language!
License:
Index: SOUNDCARDS
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/SOUNDCARDS,v
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*** SOUNDCARDS 2001/05/07 16:32:10 1.15
--- SOUNDCARDS 2001/05/10 09:48:03 1.16
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*** 26,49 ****
Max kHz : 48
! ESS 688 and probably all old SB's (without buffers):
! OSS : OK (48Khz, somehow...)
! ALSA : OK
! Max kHz : 44.1
PC Speaker or DAC:
OSS : only with the new HQ timing code
- (maybe won't work at all in the future)
ALSA : no driver
Max kHz : 6 ;) (the driver emulates 44.1 maybe more)
Driver : ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/pcsp
! - MPlayer is mostly intended for OSS
- use at least 2.4 if possible, 2.2 isn't tested
- - In case of any problems, first try recompiling with
- ./configure --disable-select , then make distclean ; make .
- Your soundcard may not support querying of its buffer.
- if sound clicks when playing from CD-ROM, turn on IRQ unmasking !
for example "hdparm -u1 /dev/cdrom" (see "man hdparm" !!!)
This is recommended anyways... (for XMMS, etc...)
- don't use your soundcard by other application ( for ex. XMMS ) !
if you use ESD, start MPlayer with the esddsp utility !
--- 26,46 ----
Max kHz : 48
! ESS 688:
! OSS : OK
! ALSA : OK (?)
! Max kHz : 48
PC Speaker or DAC:
OSS : only with the new HQ timing code
ALSA : no driver
Max kHz : 6 ;) (the driver emulates 44.1 maybe more)
Driver : ftp://ftp.infradead.org/pub/pcsp
! - MPlayer is mostly intended for OSS, until we change to libxmm
- use at least 2.4 if possible, 2.2 isn't tested
- if sound clicks when playing from CD-ROM, turn on IRQ unmasking !
for example "hdparm -u1 /dev/cdrom" (see "man hdparm" !!!)
This is recommended anyways... (for XMMS, etc...)
+ Read DOCS/CDROM .
- don't use your soundcard by other application ( for ex. XMMS ) !
if you use ESD, start MPlayer with the esddsp utility !
Index: TODO
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/TODO,v
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*** TODO 2001/04/30 02:17:20 1.21
--- TODO 2001/05/10 09:48:03 1.22
***************
*** 12,19 ****
- finish ASF seeking (find next keyframe)
- asterix.avi audio delays after 5-10 mins (bps mode only)
! - fix mp3lib to avoid segfault with some damaged .avi files
Medium Priority:
! - seeking support for broken avi files without index chunk
- fix x11 driver to work without SHM (for remote playing etc)
- show current frame number [Gabucino]
--- 12,19 ----
- finish ASF seeking (find next keyframe)
- asterix.avi audio delays after 5-10 mins (bps mode only)
! - fix mp3lib to avoid segfault with some damaged .avi files (DONE!?)
Medium Priority:
! - seeking support for broken avi files without index chunk (DONE!)
- fix x11 driver to work without SHM (for remote playing etc)
- show current frame number [Gabucino]
Index: VIDEOCARDS
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/VIDEOCARDS,v
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*** VIDEOCARDS 2001/05/02 21:02:04 1.14
--- VIDEOCARDS 2001/05/10 09:48:03 1.15
***************
*** 79,83 ****
See http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net for details about how to install it.
! The new X4/DRI and nVidia's binary drivers has no usable glTexSubImage :(
III. Native card-specific drivers
--- 79,83 ----
See http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net for details about how to install it.
! The new X4/DRI and nVidia's binary drivers have no usable glTexSubImage :(
III. Native card-specific drivers
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*** 89,96 ****
To use, simply compile the mga_vid.o in the drivers/ subdir (type: make)
! and load it with insmod mga_vid.o. You should verify the memory size
detection using the 'dmesg' command. If it's bad, use the mga_ram_size
option (rmmod mga_vid first), specify card's memory size in MB:
insmod mga_vid.o mga_ram_size=16
Using it from MPlayer: (you should re-compile it with mga_vid support...)
--- 89,101 ----
To use, simply compile the mga_vid.o in the drivers/ subdir (type: make)
! create /dev/mga_vid device :
! mknod /dev/mga_vid c 178 0
! and load the driver with insmod mga_vid.o. You should verify the memory size
detection using the 'dmesg' command. If it's bad, use the mga_ram_size
option (rmmod mga_vid first), specify card's memory size in MB:
insmod mga_vid.o mga_ram_size=16
+ To make it load/unload automatically when needed, insert the following line
+ at the end of /etc/modules.conf :
+ alias char-major-178 mga_vid
Using it from MPlayer: (you should re-compile it with mga_vid support...)
***************
*** 159,162 ****
--- 164,168 ----
card & monitor.
+ Try the aalib target ('-vo sdl -sdl aalib'), it's great! :)
b, You want to use framebuffer...
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*** 166,170 ****
... but your card doesn't support VBE 2.0 standard (older ISA/PCI
! cards, such as S3 Trio64) :
Well, VESAfb is still available, but you'll have to load SciTech Display
Doctor (formerly UniVBE) before booting Linux. Use a DOS boot disk or
--- 172,176 ----
... but your card doesn't support VBE 2.0 standard (older ISA/PCI
! cards, such as S3 Trio64), only VBE 1.2 (or older?) :
Well, VESAfb is still available, but you'll have to load SciTech Display
Doctor (formerly UniVBE) before booting Linux. Use a DOS boot disk or
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