[Mplayer-cvslog] CVS: main/DOCS/en documentation.html,1.417,1.418
Diego Biurrun CVS
diego at mplayerhq.hu
Mon Aug 11 01:14:05 CEST 2003
Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/en
In directory mail:/var/tmp.root/cvs-serv27206
Modified Files:
documentation.html
Log Message:
new Windows section with Cygwin and MinGW subsections
Index: documentation.html
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<LI><A HREF="#solaris">6.3 Solaris</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#sgi">6.4 Silicon Graphics / Irix</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#qnx">6.5 QNX</A></LI>
- <LI><A HREF="#cygwin">6.6 Cygwin</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#windows">6.6 Windows</A></LI>
+ <UL>
+ <LI><A HREF="#cygwin">6.6.1 Cygwin</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="#mingw">6.6.2 MinGW</A></LI>
+ </UL>
</UL>
</LI>
<LI><A HREF="encoding.html">7. Encoding with MEncoder</A>
@@ -1813,29 +1817,48 @@
QNX has only X <I>emulation</I> which is VERY slow. Use SDL.</P>
-<H2><A NAME="cygwin">6.6 Cygwin</A></H2>
+<H2><A NAME="windows">6.6 Windows</A></H2>
-<P>The Cygwin port is still in its infancy. Currently there is no support for
- OpenGL. SDL is known to distort sound and image or crash on some systems.
- <A HREF="../tech/patches.txt">Patches</A> are always welcome.
- Best results are achieved with the native DirectX video output driver
- (<CODE>-vo directx</CODE>) and the native Windows waveout audio driver
- (<CODE>-ao win32</CODE>). You should also check out the
+<P>Yes, MPlayer runs on Windows under
+ <A HREF="http://www.cygwin.com/">Cygwin</A> and
+ <A HREF="http://www.mingw.org/">MinGW</A>.
+ It does not have a GUI yet, but the command line version is almost completely
+ functional. <A HREF="../tech/patches.txt">Patches</A> are always welcome.
+ You should check out the
<A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-cygwin/">mplayer-cygwin</A>
mailing list for help and latest information.</P>
-<P>Cygwin versions prior to 1.3.23 do not include <CODE>inttypes.h</CODE>. You
+<P>Best results are achieved with the native DirectX video output driver
+ (<CODE>-vo directx</CODE>) and the native Windows waveout audio driver
+ (<CODE>-ao win32</CODE>) as OpenGL does not work and SDL is known to
+ distort sound and image or crash on some systems. You can make the movie
+ window stay on top with <CODE>-vo directx:ontop</CODE>. If the image is
+ distorted, try turning off hardware acceleration with
+ <CODE>-vo directx:noaccel</CODE>. Download
+ <A HREF="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/dx7headers.tgz">DirectX 7 header files</A>
+ to compile the DirectX video output driver.</P>
+
+<P>QuickTime and Real DLLs also work. Compile with <CODE>--enable-qtx</CODE>
+ and <CODE>--enable-real</CODE> and put the codecs into the
+ default Windows DLL location, <CODE>C:\WINNT\system32</CODE> or
+ <CODE>C:\Windows\system</CODE> depending on your Windows version.</P>
+
+<P>There are precompiled binary versions made by Sascha Sommer available for
+ download from
+ <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta/">our homepage</A>.
+ Joey Parrish has been making
+ <A HREF="http://joey.nicewarrior.org/cygmp/">unofficial Windows packages</A>
+ complete with installer.</P>
+
+<H3><A NAME="cygwin">6.6.1 Cygwin</A></H3>
+
+<P>Cygwin versions prior to 1.5.0 do not include <CODE>inttypes.h</CODE>. You
will have to copy or symlink <CODE>etc/cygwin_inttypes.h</CODE> from the
MPlayer source directory to <CODE>/usr/include/inttypes.h</CODE> in order to
make MPlayer compile.</P>
-<P>To get native DirectX video, download
- <A HREF="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/dx7headers.tgz">DirectX 7 header files</A>,
- extract them to <CODE>/usr/include/</CODE> or <CODE>/usr/local/include/</CODE>
- and recompile. You will then be able to use the directx video out driver. You
- can make the movie window stay on top with <CODE>-vo directx:ontop</CODE>. If
- the image is distorted, try turning off hardware acceleration with
- <CODE>-vo directx:noaccel</CODE>.</P>
+<P>DirectX header files need to be extracted to <CODE>/usr/include/</CODE> or
+ <CODE>/usr/local/include/</CODE>.</P>
<P>Instructions and files for making SDL run under Cygwin can be found on the
<A HREF="http://www.libsdl.org/extras/win32/cygwin/">libsdl site</A>.</P>
@@ -1853,13 +1876,35 @@
<P><CODE>mplayer dvd://<title> -dvd-device '\\.\d:'</CODE></P>
-<P>QuickTime and Real DLLs also work. Compile with <CODE>--enable-qtx</CODE>
- <CODE>--enable-real</CODE> and put the codecs into the
- default Windows DLL location, <CODE>C:\WINNT\system32</CODE> or
- <CODE>C:\Windows\system</CODE> depending on your Windows version.</P>
-
<P>The Cygwin console is rather slow. Redirecting output or using the
<CODE>-quiet</CODE> option has been reported to improve performance.</P>
+
+<H3><A NAME="mingw">6.6.2 MinGW</A></H3>
+
+<P>Installing a version of MinGW that could compile MPlayer used to be quite
+ tricky, but only consists of three simple steps now and should work out of
+ the box soon.</P>
+
+<OL>
+ <LI>Install MinGW 3.0.0 or later.</LI>
+ <LI>Install MSYS 1.0.9 or later and tell the MSYS postinstall that
+ MinGW is installed.</LI>
+ <LI>Replace <CODE>/mingw/include/sys/types.h</CODE> with this
+ <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta/contrib/types.h"><CODE>types.h</CODE></A>.</LI>
+</OL>
+
+<P>Extract DirectX header files to <CODE>/mingw/include/</CODE>.</P>
+
+<P>VCDs and DVDs work almost like Cygwin (adjust for the drive letter of your
+ CD-ROM):</P>
+
+<P><CODE>mplayer d:/mpegav/avseq01.dat</CODE></P>
+
+<P><CODE>mplayer /d/MPEG2/AVSEQ01.MPG</CODE></P>
+
+<P><CODE>mplayer dvd://<title> -dvd-device /d/</CODE></P>
+
+
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