[Mplayer-cvslog] CVS: 0_90/DOCS documentation.html,1.405,1.406 faq.html,1.129,1.130

Diego Biurrun CVS diego at mplayerhq.hu
Mon Jul 28 01:11:03 CEST 2003


Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/0_90/DOCS
In directory mail:/var/tmp.root/cvs-serv21451/DOCS

Modified Files:
	documentation.html faq.html 
Log Message:
Ported from main:
codecs.conf is obsolete


Index: documentation.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/0_90/DOCS/documentation.html,v
retrieving revision 1.405
retrieving revision 1.406
diff -u -r1.405 -r1.406
--- documentation.html	9 Jul 2003 17:22:04 -0000	1.405
+++ documentation.html	27 Jul 2003 23:11:01 -0000	1.406
@@ -805,23 +805,21 @@
     make install
 </PRE>
 
-<P>At this point, MPlayer is ready to use. The directory
-  <CODE>$PREFIX/etc/mplayer</CODE> contains the <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>
-  file, which is used to tell the program all the codecs and their
-  capabilities.  This file should always be kept up to date together with the
-  main binary.<BR>
-  Check if you have <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE> in your home directory
-  (<CODE>~/.mplayer/codecs.conf</CODE>) left from old MPlayer versions, and remove it.</P>
+<P>At this point, MPlayer is ready to use. The
+  <CODE>$PREFIX/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf</CODE> file is needed only when you
+  want to change its properties, as the main binary contains an internal copy
+  of it.<BR> Check if you have <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE> in your home directory
+  (<CODE>~/.mplayer/codecs.conf</CODE>) left from old MPlayer versions, and
+  remove it.</P>
 
 <P>Note that if you have a <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE> in <CODE>~/.mplayer/</CODE>,
   the builtin and system <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE> will be ignored completely.
   Do not do this unless you want to fiddle with MPlayer internals as this can
-  can cause many problems.  If you want to change the codecs search order, use
+  can cause many problems. If you want to change the codecs search order, use
   the <CODE>-vc</CODE>, <CODE>-ac</CODE>, <CODE>-vfm</CODE>, or <CODE>-afm</CODE>
   options either on the command line or in your config file (see the manual
   page).</P>
 
-
 <P><B>Debian users</B> can build a <CODE>.deb</CODE> package for themselves,
   it's very simple. Just exec <CODE>fakeroot debian/rules binary</CODE> in
   MPlayer's root directory. See
@@ -1787,27 +1785,23 @@
 </PRE>
 
 <P>Or you can use the default install delivered with IRIX 6.5 in which case you
-  will have to edit the Makefile by hand a little bit. Change the following two
-  lines:</P>
+  will have to edit the Makefile by hand a little bit. Change the following
+  line:</P>
 
 <PRE>
   $(INSTALL) -c -m 644 DOCS/mplayer.1 $(MANDIR)/man1/mplayer.1
-
-  $(INSTALL) -c -m 644 etc/codecs.conf $(CONFDIR)/codecs.conf
 </PRE>
 
 <P>to:</P>
 
 <PRE>
   $(INSTALL) -m 644 mplayer.1 $(MANDIR)/man1/
-
-  $(INSTALL) -m 644 codecs.conf $(CONFDIR)/
 </PRE>
 
 <P>And then do (from within the MPlayer source dir):</P>
 
 <PRE>
-  cp DOCS/mplayer.1 . ; cp etc/codecs.conf .
+  cp DOCS/mplayer.1 .
 </PRE>
 
 <P>and then go on with building and installing.</P>

Index: faq.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/0_90/DOCS/faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.129
retrieving revision 1.130
diff -u -r1.129 -r1.130
--- faq.html	20 Jul 2003 14:50:00 -0000	1.129
+++ faq.html	27 Jul 2003 23:11:01 -0000	1.130
@@ -462,15 +462,6 @@
     send us a proper bug report.</DD>
   <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
 
-  <DT>Q: I got this playing MPEG files: Can't find codec for video format
-    0x10000001!</DT>
-  <DD>A: You have an old version of <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE> in
-    <CODE>~/.mplayer/</CODE>, <CODE>/etc/</CODE>, <CODE>/usr/local/etc/</CODE>
-    or similar. Remove it.<BR>
-    <B>OR</B> you have the <CODE>vc=</CODE> option or something similar in your
-    config file(s).</DD>
-  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
-
   <DT>Q: When starting MPlayer under KDE I just get a black screen and nothing
     happens. After about one minute the video starts playing.</DT>
   <DD>A: The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device. Either wait
@@ -481,13 +472,6 @@
     another option is to start MPlayer with artsdsp.</DD>
   <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
 
-  <DT>Q: I have an AVI that produces a gray screen when played with
-    <CODE>-vc odivx</CODE> and a green one with <CODE>-vc divx4</CODE>.</DT>
-  <DD>A: It's not a DivX file, but an M$ MPEG4v3. If you have an old version
-    of <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE> in <CODE>~/.mplayer/</CODE>, <CODE>/etc/</CODE>,
-    <CODE>/usr/local/etc/</CODE> or similar, remove it.</DD>
-  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
-
   <DT>Q: When I play this movie I get video-audio desync and/or MPlayer crashes
     with the following message:<BR>
     <CODE>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</CODE></DT>
@@ -522,14 +506,6 @@
   <DD>A: You have a buggy sound card/driver. Most likely it's fixed at 44100Hz,
     and you try to play a file which has 22050Hz audio. Try the resample audio
     plugin.</DD>
-  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
-
-  <DT>Q: All the WMV (or other..) files I play create a green/gray window and
-    there is only sound! MPlayer prints:<BR>
-    <CODE>Detected video codec: [null] drv:0 (NULL codec (no decoding))</CODE></DT>
-  <DD>A: If you have an old version of <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE> in
-    <CODE>~/.mplayer/</CODE>, <CODE>/etc/</CODE>, <CODE>/usr/local/etc/</CODE>
-    or similar, remove it.</DD>
   <DD>&nbsp;</DD>
 
   <DT>Q: I get very strange percentage values (way too big) while playing files



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