[MPlayer-dev-eng] Known bugs section obsolete?

[Diego Biurrun]

On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 02:22:36AM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:

Replying to myself, let's see what I know about this already..

> Special system/CPU-specific bugs/problems:
> 
>     * General SIGILL (signal 4):
>       Problem: you compiled and run mplayer in different machines (for
>       example compiled on P3 and running on Celeron)
>       Solution: compile MPlayer on the same machine where you will use it!
>       Workaround: ./configure --disable-sse etc. options

Or --enable-cpu-detection

>     * "Internal buffer inconsistency" during MEncoder run:
>       Problem: known problem when lame < 3.90 was compiled with gcc 2.96
>       or 3.x.
>       Solution: use lame >=3.90.
>       Workaround: compile lame with gcc 2.95.x and remove any already
>       installed lame packages, they may have been compiled with gcc 2.96.
>     * sig11 in libmpeg2, when scaling+encoding:
>       Problem: known GCC 2.95.2 MMX bug, upgrade to 2.95.3.

These versions are all old, is this still a problem, i'd say no..

> Audio delay/de-sync specific to one or a few files:
> 
>     * bad file
>       Workaround:
>           o -ni or -nobps option (for non-interleaved or bad files)
>             and/or

Is -ni still necessary at all now that Arpi implemented runtime ni
switching?

Diego