June 2005 - MPlayer-DOCS - lists.mplayerhq.hu

CVS: main/help help_mp-en.h,1.167,1.168
by syncmail＠mplayerhq.hu 25 Jul '05

25 Jul '05

CVS change done by Reimar Döffinger CVS Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/help In directory mail:/var2/tmp/cvs-serv11403/help Modified Files: help_mp-en.h Log Message: new get_time_pos slave mode commando Index: help_mp-en.h =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/help/help_mp-en.h,v retrieving revision 1.167 retrieving revision 1.168 diff -u -r1.167 -r1.168 --- help_mp-en.h 19 Mar 2005 17:28:57 -0000 1.167 +++ help_mp-en.h 18 May 2005 11:38:06 -0000 1.168 @@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ #define MSGTR_AnsLength "ANS_LENGTH=%ld\n" #define MSGTR_AnsVoFullscreen "ANS_VO_FULLSCREEN=%ld\n" #define MSGTR_AnsPercentPos "ANS_PERCENT_POSITION=%ld\n" +#define MSGTR_AnsTimePos "ANS_TIME_POSITION=%.1f\n" #define MSGTR_DvdnavNullEvent "DVDNAV Event NULL?!\n" #define MSGTR_DvdnavHighlightEventBroken "DVDNAV Event: Highlight event broken\n" #define MSGTR_DvdnavEvent "DVDNAV Event: %s\n"

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CVS: main/DOCS/xml/en codecs.xml,1.64,1.65
by syncmail＠mplayerhq.hu 23 Jul '05

23 Jul '05

CVS change done by Guillaume Poirier CVS Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en In directory mail:/var2/tmp/cvs-serv3485/DOCS/xml/en Modified Files: codecs.xml Log Message: Updated description of XviD codec Index: codecs.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml,v retrieving revision 1.64 retrieving revision 1.65 diff -u -r1.64 -r1.65 --- codecs.xml 8 May 2005 21:48:02 -0000 1.64 +++ codecs.xml 12 Jun 2005 19:44:52 -0000 1.65 @@ -418,47 +418,30 @@ <title>XviD</title> <para> -<ulink url="http://www.xvid.org">XviD</ulink> is a forked development of the -OpenDivX codec. It happened when ProjectMayo changed OpenDivX to closed source +<ulink url="http://www.xvid.org">XviD</ulink> is an free software MPEG-4 ASP +compliant video codec, which features two-pass encoding and full MPEG-4 ASP +support, making it a lot more efficient than the well-known DivX codec. +It yields very good video quality and good performance due to CPU +optimizations for most modern processors. +</para> +<para> +It began as a forked development of the OpenDivX codec. +This happened when ProjectMayo changed OpenDivX to closed source DivX4 (now DivX5), and the non-ProjectMayo people working on OpenDivX got angry, then started XviD. So both projects have the same origin. - -<itemizedlist> -<title>ADVANTAGES</title> -<listitem><simpara> - open source - </simpara></listitem> -<listitem><simpara> - its API is compatible with DivX4 so adding support for it is easy - </simpara></listitem> -<listitem><simpara> - 2-pass encoding support - </simpara></listitem> -<listitem><simpara> - nice encoding quality, higher speed than DivX4 (you can optimize it for - your box while compiling) - </simpara></listitem> -</itemizedlist> - -<itemizedlist> -<title>DISADVANTAGES</title> -<listitem><simpara> - currently it does not properly <emphasis role="bold">decode</emphasis> all - DivX/DivX4 files (no problem as - <link linkend="ffmpeg"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem></link> - can play them) - </simpara></listitem> -<listitem><simpara> - under development - </simpara></listitem> -</itemizedlist> </para> <procedure> -<title>INSTALLING XVID CVS</title> +<title>Installing <systemitem class="library">XviD</systemitem></title> <para> - It is currently available only from CVS. Here are download and installation - instructions (you need at least autoconf 2.50, automake and libtool): + Like most open source software, it is available in two flavors: + <ulink url="http://www.xvid.org/downloads.html">official releases</ulink> + and the CVS version. + The CVS version is usually stable enough to use, as most of the time it + features fixes for bugs that exist in releases. + Here is what to do to make <systemitem class="library">XviD</systemitem> + CVS work with <application>MEncoder</application> (you need at least + autoconf 2.50, automake and libtool): </para> <step><para> <screen>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid login</screen>

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CVS: homepage/src donations.src.en,1.84,1.85
by syncmail＠mplayerhq.hu 02 Jul '05

02 Jul '05

CVS change done by Michael Niedermayer CVS Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/homepage/src In directory mail:/var2/tmp/cvs-serv11718 Modified Files: donations.src.en Log Message: wishes ... Index: donations.src.en =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/homepage/src/donations.src.en,v retrieving revision 1.84 retrieving revision 1.85 diff -u -r1.84 -r1.85 --- donations.src.en 27 Jun 2005 23:33:13 -0000 1.84 +++ donations.src.en 28 Jun 2005 01:12:17 -0000 1.85 @@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ <ul> <li>40GB+ notebook harddisk</li> <li>faster notebook (1GHz+, 256MB+, 80GB+, 1024x768+ would be nice)</li> +<li>any grafix card (good 2d performance would be nice, 3d is not needed at all)</li> +<li>100mbit PCMCIA card (or wlan access point + wlan pcmcia)</li> </ul>

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Some points for cd-dvd.xml
by Jiri Heryan 01 Jul '05

01 Jul '05

About a line 31 in cd-dvd.xml is sugested to use "hdparm" or "cdspeed" for slow down IDE-CDROMs and few lines after is something like there is no solution for SCSI drives. I've no experience with cdspeed but hdparm failing with IDE-CD if you use an IDE-SCSI emulation for cd writer. Best solution (after hard searching) is set a speed=<speed> option to mount command. This work better for me than hdparm even in native ATAPI with my writer, because this drive resets its speed setting with every cd exchange so it need run hdparm many times (boring and slow). Maybe it is a solution for SCSI drives too. I can't prove it myself, have no native SCSI. Next we should point reasonable speed settings because all drives do not support many speeds. For example my cd writer supports about 15 various speeds but my previous toshiba cd-rom could be set to 14x and 40x only, so if I set 24x it turn out as 40x (noisy) but after I set it <=14x , it slowed down. In my experience is 8x speed reasonable minimum and 24x reasonable maximum with noise under fans level. Any ideas? Jiri

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[PATCH] xvid zones patch doc (was [MPlayer-dev-eng] xvid zones patch)
by Guillaume POIRIER 01 Jul '05

01 Jul '05

Hi, (conversation move to the DOCS ML) On 6/1/05, Doom9 Feedback Hotline <feedback123(a)doom9.org> wrote: > Attached is the diff and the documentation for the patch. Here's the patch for the man page. I think the examples should either go in the XviD section of the xml doc when I'll find the time to write it. What do you think? The last example is a little bit tricky, so if it's not available this might pollute the ML... Guillaume -- Jazz music and Open Source development looks like chaos to an untrained eye, but end-up producing masterpieces like "Kind of Blue" and "MPlayer". That's why I love them both... -- John Coltrane

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[PATCH] DOCS/tech/tearing.txt
by Oded Shimon 01 Jul '05

01 Jul '05

Simple document explaining all about what/why/how tearing is... I re-read again now, it seems to me all correct and good. Anyone spot anything incorrect or misleading in it? - ods15

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CVS: main/DOCS/xml/en codecs.xml,1.66,1.67
by syncmail＠mplayerhq.hu 30 Jun '05

30 Jun '05

CVS change done by Guillaume Poirier CVS Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en In directory mail:/var2/tmp/cvs-serv265/DOCS/xml/en Modified Files: codecs.xml Log Message: Small fix Index: codecs.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml,v retrieving revision 1.66 retrieving revision 1.67 diff -u -r1.66 -r1.67 --- codecs.xml 12 Jun 2005 20:22:09 -0000 1.66 +++ codecs.xml 30 Jun 2005 19:53:24 -0000 1.67 @@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ <para> <ulink url="http://www.xvid.org">XviD</ulink> is a free software MPEG-4 ASP -compliant video codec, which features two-pass encoding and full MPEG-4 ASP +compliant video codec, which features two pass encoding and full MPEG-4 ASP support, making it a lot more efficient than the well-known DivX codec. It yields very good video quality and good performance due to CPU optimizations for most modern processors.

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CVS: main/DOCS/xml/en faq.xml,1.79,1.80
by syncmail＠mplayerhq.hu 30 Jun '05

30 Jun '05

CVS change done by Guillaume Poirier CVS Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en In directory mail:/var2/tmp/cvs-serv2203/en Modified Files: faq.xml Log Message: Corrections suggested by The Wanderer Index: faq.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml,v retrieving revision 1.79 retrieving revision 1.80 diff -u -r1.79 -r1.80 --- faq.xml 28 Jun 2005 08:21:09 -0000 1.79 +++ faq.xml 28 Jun 2005 11:40:32 -0000 1.80 @@ -1323,12 +1323,12 @@ <qandaentry> <question><para> -How can I create SVCDs? +How can I create (S)VCDs? </para></question> <answer><para> Newer versions of <application>MEncoder</application> can directly -generate MPEG-2 files that can be used as a base to create a (S)SVCD and -are likely to be playable out of the box on all platforms (for example +generate MPEG-2 files that can be used as a base to create a VCD or SVCD and +are likely to be playable out of the box on all platforms (for example, to share a video from a digital camcorder with your computer-illiterate friends). <screen> @@ -1340,18 +1340,22 @@ This will convert the input file <replaceable>in.avi</replaceable> into the output file <replaceable>xsvcd.mpg</replaceable>, converting the audio with <systemitem class="library">toolame</systemitem> at 224kbps -and the video with <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>. +and the video with <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> +at 2500kbps, making sure the bitrate never goes below 600 and never +exceeds 2500kbps, in order to respect the (S)VCD norm and ensure an +smooth playback. </para><para> Please note that in order to make the GOP structure SVCD compliant the <option>keyint</option> option should be 15 for PAL and 18 for NTSC, although very often files with much longer GOPs play correctly (25 should never lead to any problem). Also, even though leaving out <option>-ofps</option> should work in most -cases PAL requires <option>-ofps</option> 25 and NTSC +cases, (as your source is likely to have the appropriate framerate +already) PAL requires <option>-ofps</option> 25 and NTSC requires <option>-ofps</option> 30000/1001. </para><para> -As far as the audio is concerned, SVCD only support MPEG-1 layer II audio, -therefore you have to use either +As far as the audio is concerned, SVCD only supports MPEG-1 layer II audio, +therefore you have to use one of <systemitem class="library">toolame</systemitem>, <systemitem class="library">twolame</systemitem>, or as a last resort <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>'s MPEG-1 layer II @@ -1360,20 +1364,24 @@ Both <systemitem class="library">toolame</systemitem> and <systemitem class="library">twolame</systemitem> follow the same syntax, so you depending on which one you managed to install, the example only -requires a small chance, but if you need to use +requires a small change. If you do need to use <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>'s MPEG-1 layer II encoder, replace <screen> -oac toolame -toolameopts br=224 </screen> -by +if you use toolame or +<screen> +-oac twolame -twolameopts br=224 +</screen> +if you use twolame by: <screen> -oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=mp2:abitrate=224 </screen> </para><para> -The resulting file <replaceable>xsvcd.mpg</replaceable> is an extended +The resulting <replaceable>xsvcd.mpg</replaceable> is an extended SVCD (that is why it is called xsvcd), mainly because it does not contain -scan offsets, so if you need to generate an SVCD image out of it, you +scan offsets. If you need to generate an SVCD image out of it, you should pass it to <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/vcdimager.html">vcdimager</ulink>. </para></answer>

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CVS: main/DOCS/man/en mplayer.1,1.991,1.992
by syncmail＠mplayerhq.hu 30 Jun '05

30 Jun '05

CVS change done by Diego Biurrun CVS Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/man/en In directory mail:/var2/tmp/cvs-serv31699/DOCS/man/en Modified Files: mplayer.1 Log Message: Better vf_spp description, one grammar fix. Index: mplayer.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1,v retrieving revision 1.991 retrieving revision 1.992 diff -u -r1.991 -r1.992 --- mplayer.1 5 Jun 2005 11:57:27 -0000 1.991 +++ mplayer.1 5 Jun 2005 18:26:16 -0000 1.992 @@ -1873,7 +1873,7 @@ .PD 0 .RSs .IPs port=<name> -Connects to the ports with the given name (default: physical ports) +Connects to the port with the given name (default: physical port). .RE .PD 1 . @@ -4510,7 +4510,9 @@ . .TP .B spp[=quality[:qp[:mode]]] -simple postprocessing filter +Simple postprocessing filter that compresses and decompresses the +image at several (or - in the case of quality level 6 - all) +shifts and averages the results. .RSs .IPs <quality> 0\-6 (default: 3)

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CVS: main/DOCS/man/en mplayer.1,1.1024,1.1025
by syncmail＠mplayerhq.hu 30 Jun '05

30 Jun '05

CVS change done by Diego Biurrun CVS Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/man/en In directory mail:/var2/tmp/cvs-serv8521/DOCS/man/en Modified Files: mplayer.1 Log Message: Mention -vobsubid more explicitly, JACK seems to use multiple ports. Index: mplayer.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1,v retrieving revision 1.1024 retrieving revision 1.1025 diff -u -r1.1024 -r1.1025 --- mplayer.1 27 Jun 2005 10:33:50 -0000 1.1024 +++ mplayer.1 30 Jun 2005 09:02:08 -0000 1.1025 @@ -1482,7 +1482,7 @@ formats). . .TP -.B \-sid <ID> (also see \-slang) +.B \-sid <ID> (also see \-slang, \-vobsubid) Display the subtitle stream specified by <ID> (0\-31). MPlayer prints the available subtitle IDs when run in verbose (\-v) mode. If you cannot select one of the subtitles on a DVD, also try \-vobsubid. @@ -1888,7 +1888,7 @@ .PD 0 .RSs .IPs port=<name> -Connects to the port with the given name (default: physical port). +Connects to the ports with the given name (default: physical ports). .RE .PD 1 .

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