July 2002 - MPlayer-dev-eng - lists.mplayerhq.hu

[PATCH] README
by Diego Biurrun 17 Oct '03

17 Oct '03

Hello everybody! Hoping to bring the linewrap saga to a good end, here is my latest patch for the README. Lines are wrapped on column 80, meaning there are at most 79 characters of text on one line. The changes: - Added Step0: Getting MPlayer Download instructions are consolidated in one place instead of repeated at 3 different places throughout the text. Plus I included instructions for accessing CVS. - I mention the ~/.mplayer/Skin/ and ~/.mplayer/font/ installation locations for normal users. - A bunch of wording updates. Diego --- README Sat Jun 29 14:01:35 2002 +++ README-diego Sat Jun 29 15:51:40 2002 @@ -4,69 +4,105 @@ MPlayer currently works best from the command line, but there is a GUI with skin support in the alpha development stage. -This document is for getting you started in a few minutes. It cannot answer -all of your questions. If you have problems, please read the documentation in -DOCS/documentation.html. It is extensive and should answer most of your -questions. Also read the manpage to learn how to use MPlayer. +This document is for getting you started in a few minutes. It cannot answer all +of your questions. If you have problems, please read the documentation in +DOCS/documentation.html. It is extensive and should answer most of your +questions. Also read the man page to learn how to use MPlayer. + + +Requirements: +- To compile MPlayer with X11 support, you need to have the XFree86 development + packages installed. +- For the GUI you need the GTK development packages. -To compile MPlayer with X11 support, you need to have the XFree86 development -packages installed, for the GUI you also need the GTK development packages. Before you start... Unless you know what are you doing, consult DOCS/video.html to see which driver -to use with your video card to get the best video quality and performance. -Most cards require special drivers not included with standard X11, to drive -the 2-D video acceleration features (YUV, scaling etc) of your card! +to use with your video card to get the best quality and video performance. Most +cards require special drivers not included with standard X11 to drive their 2-D +video acceleration features like YUV and scaling. A quick and incomplete list of recommendations: -- ATI cards: get the GATOS drivers for X11/Xv or use vidix -- Matrox G200/G4x0/G550: compile and use mga_vid for Linux, use vidix for BSD -- 3dfx Voodoo3/Banshee: get XFree86 4.2.0+ for Xv or use the tdfxfb driver -- nVidia cards: get the X11 driver from www.nvidia.com for Xv support -Without having accelerated video, even a 800MHz P3 may be slow to play DVD! +- ATI cards: Get the GATOS drivers for X11/Xv or use VIDIX. +- Matrox G200/G4x0/G550: Compile and use mga_vid for Linux, on BSD use VIDIX. +- 3dfx Voodoo3/Banshee: Get XFree86 4.2.0+ for XV or use the tdfxfb driver. +- nVidia cards: Get the X11 driver from www.nvidia.com for XV support. +- NeoMagic cards: Get an XV capable driver from our homepage as described in + DOCS/video.html + +Without accelerated video even an 800MHz P3 may be too slow to play DVDs. + + +______________________ +STEP0: Getting MPlayer +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Official releases, prereleases and CVS snapshots are available from the download +section of our homepage at + + http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/dload.html + +You can also get fonts for the onscreen display (OSD), Win32 codecs and a number +of different skins for the GUI there. MPlayer does not come with any of these by +default, so if you want to have the OSD, the GUI or support for more video +formats, download these. + +MPlayer is also available via anonymous CVS. Issue the following commands to +get the latest sources: + + cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@mplayerhq.hu:/cvsroot/mplayer login + cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@mplayerhq.hu:/cvsroot/mplayer co main + +A directory named 'main' will be created. You can later update your sources with + + cvs -z3 update -dPA + +from within that directory. + ___________________________________ STEP1: Installing FFmpeg libavcodec ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -If you are using an official release, skip this step, since official releases -always include libavcodec. To verify this check if the libavcodec subdirectory -is empty or contains the sources! - The FFmpeg project provides libavcodec, a very portable MPEG4/DivX codec with -excellent speed and quality. It is the preferred codec of MPlayer for playing -mpeg4 and divx video. You have to get libavcodec directly from the FFmpeg CVS -server. Use the following commands in a suitable directory outside the MPlayer -source directory: +excellent speed and quality. It is the preferred MPEG4/DivX codec of MPlayer and +used to be included in the MPlayer CVS tree. This is no longer the case and you +have to get libavcodec directly from the FFmpeg CVS server. + +If you are using an official (pre)release, skip this step, since official +releases include libavcodec. CVS sources and CVS snapshots do not include +libavcodec. To verify if you do have libavcodec or not, check if the libavcodec +subdirectory in the MPlayer source tree is empty or not. + +To get the FFmpeg sources, use the following commands in a suitable directory +outside the MPlayer source directory: cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg login -cvs -z9 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg co ffmpeg/libavcodec +cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg co ffmpeg/libavcodec When asked for a password, you can just hit enter. -Now, replace the empty libavcodec directory with the FFmpeg libavcodec source -by removing the libavcodec subdirectory in the MPlayer source tree and then -copying (symbolic linking does not suffice!) the freshly downloaded FFmpeg -libavcodec directory back into the MPlayer source tree. +Now, replace the empty libavcodec directory in the MPlayer source tree with the +FFmpeg libavcodec source by removing the libavcodec subdirectory in the MPlayer +source tree and then copying (symbolic linking does not suffice) the freshly +downloaded FFmpeg libavcodec directory back into the MPlayer source tree. ______________________________ STEP2: Installing Win32 Codecs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -While MPlayer and libavcodec has built-in support for the most common audio -and video formats, some others are playable only with the Win32 DLLs -or the XAnim binary plugins. Few examples: WMV video, Divx/WMA audio, Indeo. -This step is not mandatory, but recommended for getting MPlayer to play more -different file types! - -Grab the win32 codecs package from the download page +MPlayer and libavcodec have builtin support for the most common audio and video +formats, but some others are playable only with the Win32 DLLs or the XAnim +binary plugins. Examples include WMV video, DivX with WMA audio (not normal DivX +files) and Indeo. This step is not mandatory, but recommended for getting +MPlayer to play more different file types. + +Unpack the codecs archive and put the contents in a directory where MPlayer will +find them. The default directory is /usr/lib/win32/ but you can change that to +something else by using the '--with-win32libdir=DIR' option when you run +'./configure'. - http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/dload.html - -unpack it and put the contents in a directory where MPlayer will find them. -The default directory is /usr/lib/win32/ but you can change that to something -else by using the '--with-win32libdir=DIR' option when you run './configure' . __________________________ STEP3: Configuring MPlayer @@ -76,9 +112,8 @@ ./configure -to configure MPlayer with the default options. The options you installed above -should be autodetected, except GUI support, which has to be enabled separately, -run +to configure MPlayer with the default options. The codecs you installed above +should be autodetected. GUI support has to be enabled separately, run ./configure --enable-gui @@ -95,6 +130,7 @@ the file configure.log for errors and reasons for the failure. Repeat this step until you are satisfied with the enabled feature set. + ________________________ STEP4: Compiling MPlayer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -109,77 +145,78 @@ provided that you have write permission in the installation directory. -If all went well, you can run MPlayer by typing 'mplayer' -You should get a summary of the most common options and keys (help screen). +If all went well, you can run MPlayer by typing 'mplayer'. A help screen with a +summary of the most common options and keyboard shortcuts should be displayed. -If you get 'unable to load shared library' or similar errors, then run +If you get 'unable to load shared library' or similar errors, run 'ldd ./mplayer' to check which libraries fail and go back to STEP 3 to fix it. -Sometimes just running 'ldconfig' is enough. +Sometimes running 'ldconfig' is enough to fix the problem. NOTE: If you run Debian you can configure, compile and build a proper deb package with only one command: fakeroot debian/rules binary + ____________________________________________ STEP5: Installing the onscreen display fonts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -To enable OSD (onscreen status display) and ASCII/TEXT subtitles you need some -fonts. Get them from our homepage: +To enable onscreen status display and ASCII subtitles you need some fonts. -http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/dload.html +Unpack the archive and choose one of the available font sizes. Then copy the +font files of the corresponding size into /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/ or +~/.mplayer/font/ (or whatever you set with './configure --datadir=DIR'). -Unpack the archive and choose one of the available font sizes. Then copy the -font files of the corresponding size into /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/ -(or whatever you set with './configure --datadir=DIR'). ____________________________ STEP6: Installing a GUI skin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remember that the GUI is still in the alpha development stage and not -completely finished yet. Features like playlist, preferences and equalizer -do not work at all. Expect them for the 1.0 release -Basic stuff like file selection and seeking works, though. - -If you want to use the GUI you need to download a skin, since MPlayer does not -come with a skin by default. Choose one from the download page +completely finished yet. Features like playlist and preferences do not work at +all. Expect them for the 1.0 release. Basic stuff like file selection and +seeking works, though. + +Unpack the archive and put the contents in /usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/ or +~/.mplayer/Skin/. MPlayer will use the skin in the default/ subdirectory of +/usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/ or ~/.mplayer/Skin/ unless told otherwise via the +'-skin' switch. You should therefore rename your skin subdirectory or make a +suitable symbolic link. - http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/dload.html - -unpack it in /usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/. MPlayer will use the skin in -the default/ subdirectory (/usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/default/*) unless -told otherwise via the '-skin' switch. You should therefore rename your -skin subdirectory, make a suitable symbolic link or set the skin name in -the file mplayer.conf by 'skin=skinname'. __________________ STEP7: Let's play! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -That's it for the moment. To start playing movies, open a command line and try +That's it for the moment. To start playing movies, open a command line and try mplayer <moviefile> -or for the GUI: +or for the GUI + mplayer -gui <moviefile> gmplayer <moviefile> - (just 'gmplayer' is enough to use the GUI fileselector) + +gmplayer is a symbolic link to mplayer created by 'make install'. +Without <moviefile>, MPlayer will come up and you will be able to use the GUI +filepicker. To play VCD track or DVD title, try: mplayer -vcd 2 -cdrom-device /dev/hdc mplayer -dvd 1 -alang en -slang hu -dvd-device /dev/hdd -See 'mplayer -help' and 'man mplayer' for further options. +See 'mplayer --help' and 'man mplayer' for further options. 'mplayer -vo help' will show you the available video output drivers. Experiment -with the '-vo' switch to see which one gives you the best performance! -If you get very jerky playback or no sound, experiment with -ao (see -ao help) -Note that jerky playback is caused by buggy audio drivers or too slow cpu/vga. -With a good audio and video driver combination, one can play DVDs and 720x576 -DivX files smoothly on a Celeron 366. For slower systems, you need -framedrop. +with the '-vo' switch to see which one gives you the best performance. +If you get jerky playback or no sound, experiment with the '-ao' switch (see +'-ao help') to choose between different audio drivers. Note that jerky playback +is caused by buggy audio drivers or a slow processor and video card. With a good +audio and video driver combination, one can play DVDs and 720x576 DivX files +smoothly on a Celeron 366. Slower systems may need the '-framedrop' option. Questions you may have are probably answered in the rest of the documentation. -The place to start reading is DOCS/faq.html and DOCS/documentation.html. +The places to start reading are the man page, DOCS/documentation.html and +DOCS/faq.html.

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0.90 ?
by Arpi 11 Oct '02

11 Oct '02

Hi, what about releasing 0.90 today? :) of course, after applying the latest alsa9 fixes. A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team -- Developer of MPlayer, the Movie Player for Linux - http://www.MPlayerHQ.hu

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cygwin "fastcall" warnings
by Sylvain Petreolle 31 Aug '02

31 Aug '02

Hi, Compiling cvs version gives many times the same warning, located in loader/wine/windef.h. at line 133 & 134, _fastcall and __fastcall are redefined. this seems to be useless, so as the redefine of _stdcall at line 131 : 130 #if !defined(__CYGWIN__) 131 #define _stdcall __stdcall 132 #endif 133 #define _fastcall __stdcall 134 #define __fastcall __stdcall the 133 & 134 can be moved in the #if. ___________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? -- Une adresse @yahoo.fr gratuite et en français ! Yahoo! Mail : http://fr.mail.yahoo.com Index: windef.h =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/loader/wine/windef.h,v retrieving revision 1.7 diff -u -r1.7 windef.h --- windef.h 4 Jun 2002 20:11:15 -0000 1.7 +++ windef.h 24 Jul 2002 01:31:38 -0000 @@ -129,9 +129,9 @@ #define _pascal __stdcall #if !defined(__CYGWIN__) #define _stdcall __stdcall -#endif #define _fastcall __stdcall #define __fastcall __stdcall +#endif #define __export __stdcall #define CDECL __cdecl #define _CDECL __cdecl

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Announce dvdbackup and a new version of the DVD-Video burning Howto
by Olaf Beck 13 Aug '02

13 Aug '02

Hello Folks dvdbackup version 0.1 a fully functional dvdbackup program. With dvdbackup you can do the following DVD-Video backup functions without mounting the DVD. The DVD-Video structure created with the mirror option is suitable to burn to a DVD-/+R(W) disk. Total backup (mirror): Will mirror the whole DVD-Video (except for computer files) Backup main feature: Will backup the main feature title set with help of a half smart guessing algo Backup title set: Will backup a specific title set Backup title: Will backup a specific title Backup chapters: Will backup specific chapter(s) in a title dvdbackup also has a info switch that will display: DVD-Video file content of the DVD and title set information such as aspect ratio, audio tracks, angels, titles in present in the title set and so on.... For more information and download please visit http://dvd.chevelless230.com/dvdbackup.html I have also updated the DVD-Video burning howto the main news is that from version 1.11a27 of cdrtools you will no longer need to download and patches to enable DVD-Video creation. Joerg has now integrated my patches to mkisofs. For more information please visit http://dvd.chevelless230.com . Cheers Olaf PS: Low version number due to the fact that it hasn't all the functions I want it to have when it's finished. Beside it's also the first release (and some code is really ugly :)

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FW: mplayer patch for DirectFB-0.9.13
by Jiří Svoboda 05 Aug '02

05 Aug '02

Just forwarding patch... JS -----Original Message----- From: Sven Neumann [mailto:neo@bender.convergence.de] On Behalf Of Sven Neumann Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 3:14 PM To: Jiri Svoboda Subject: mplayer patch for DirectFB-0.9.13 Hi Jiri, the DirectFB DisplayLayer API is still improving and the latest change breaks the build of mplayer. Here's a patch that makes it compile again. The checks for the video layer could be improved further by using the new DFBDisplayLayerType found in the DFBDisplayLayerDescription but I've choosen to keep the patch as small as possible. Salut, Sven

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[PATCH] semi-fixing mencoder lavc on big endian
by Colin Leroy 05 Aug '02

05 Aug '02

Hi, here's a patch that let mencoder -ovc lavc work on big-endian machines. There's a FIXME in it : updating the header at the end of the recoding breaks the file. I just don't update it, causing the file length to be 0. It means that the resulting video is not seekable, and does not play with WMP. However it plays ok with mplayer (ppc or x86). Better than nothing I guess. Regards, -- Colin panic("Reboot failed -- System halted\n"); 2.2.19 linux/arch/arm/kernel/process.c

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[PATCH] vidix with fbdev
by Jacek Rembisz 05 Aug '02

05 Aug '02

Hi This is a small patch (quick hack) agains cvs. It makes posible to use -vo fbdev:vidix. Works at least for me. Could someone check it please Jacek

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PATCHES
by Arpi 05 Aug '02

05 Aug '02

Hi, Ok, i'm back from my second holiday, no more planned for this year :( I've looked though past mails - yea, cool to search for 'patch' in 3000+ mails ;)) - and applied/refused/commented interesting patches. If you know any patch not refused/commited yet, please tell me. Anyway, imho we've reached that point where we should switch from mailling list to some patch management system. I don't kno any, so i'm asking about your experiences... lets'tell me what is possible and which project is to go with. my ideas about the ideal patch management system: - user commits his patch, through some web interface, or via email, along with his comments. it also arrives in form of mail to -dev-eng or new list mplayer-patches by the patch management system so we can discuss it - you can assign the patch to somebody (mplayer developers with cvs access) for review - optionaly more than one person - optionaly it does this automatically depending on area (selected by patch maker) the patch belongs to - you can set priority for patch, and view them sorted by it - you can refuse or accept patch, not listed any more by default - user can commit updated version of his patch, without re-creating teh patch entry, so we can follow the changes of the patch (diff of diff? :)) ok, end of dreaming :) let's recommend something close to the above requirements... A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team -- Developer of MPlayer, the Movie Player for Linux - http://www.MPlayerHQ.hu

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configure endian autodetection
by Bertrand Baudet 02 Aug '02

02 Aug '02

I'm compiling mplayer on the Linux playstation 2 dev-kit. The PS2 has a mips based cpu running in little endian mode and the actual configure failed to configure it properly. I changed the configure script to autodetect the byte ordering. Actually, I don't know if the test works for all cpus so if people can test it on different big endian and little endian cpus I will appreciate. Bertrand

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[PATCH] Compilation patch for inttypes.h and cygwin
by Max Berger 01 Aug '02

01 Aug '02

Hi, The problem: cygwin doesn't provide inttypes.h solution for cpuinfo: cpuinfo doesn't even need inttypes.h in cygwin the solution: inttypes.h is always included with #include <inttypes.h> which means, search the common dir (/usr/include) first, THEN search local dir. so we'll just supply a local inttypes.h in the main directory and make sure it only applies to cgywin and can be included from everywhere. Comments? mfG Max Berger ICQ: 44986764 e-mail: max.berger(a)xslt.de -- PGP/GnuPG ID: E81592BC Print: F489F8759D4132923EC4 BC7E072AB73AE81592BC SysAdmin: http://www7.in.tum.de/ SyncML: http://libsyncml.sourceforge.net XSLT: http://www.xslt.de Mail written on Linux: http://www.kerneli.org

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