January 2006 - MPlayer-DOCS - lists.mplayerhq.hu

[PATCH] document -ac hwmpa
by Nico Sabbi 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

Hi, this patch documents how to use -ac hwmpa. Since I'm not very familiar with XML and with the structure of docs I'd like that someone of you would review it. Thanks, Nico

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[MPlayer-DOCS] CVS: main/DOCS/xml/en codecs.xml, 1.74, 1.75 usage.xml, 1.34, 1.35
by syncmail＠mplayerhq.hu 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

CVS change done by Nico Sabbi CVS Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en In directory mail:/var2/tmp/cvs-serv7031 Modified Files: codecs.xml usage.xml Log Message: documented audio codec hwmpa Index: codecs.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml,v retrieving revision 1.74 retrieving revision 1.75 diff -u -r1.74 -r1.75 --- codecs.xml 5 Jan 2006 23:32:17 -0000 1.74 +++ codecs.xml 19 Jan 2006 22:41:15 -0000 1.75 @@ -780,6 +780,19 @@ </para> </sect2> +<sect2 id="hwmpa"> +<title>Hardware MPEG audio codec</title> + +<para> +This codec (selected by -ac hwmpa) passes through MPEG audio packets +to hardware decoders, such as the ones found in full-featured DVB cards +and DXR2 adapters. +Don't use it in combination with any other audio output device +(such as OSS and ALSA) that isn't able to decode it (you will hear +only white noise). +</para> +</sect2> + <sect2 id="vivo-audio"> <title>VIVO audio</title> Index: usage.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en/usage.xml,v retrieving revision 1.34 retrieving revision 1.35 diff -u -r1.34 -r1.35 --- usage.xml 26 Sep 2005 06:04:14 -0000 1.34 +++ usage.xml 19 Jan 2006 22:41:15 -0000 1.35 @@ -504,6 +504,23 @@ </sect3> +<sect3 id="hwmpa-surround-passthrough"> +<title>MPEG audio Passthrough</title> + +<para> +Digital TV transmissions (such as DVB and ATSC) and some DVDs usually have +MPEG audio streams (in particular MP2). +Some MPEG hardware decoders such as full-featured DVB cards and DXR2 +adapters can natively decode this format. +<application>MPlayer</application> can be configured to relay the audio data +without decoding it. +</para> + +<para> +To use this codec: +<screen> mplayer -ac hwmpa </screen> +</para> +</sect3> <sect3 id="advaudio-surround-matrix"> <title>Matrix-encoded audio</title>

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CVS: main/DOCS/xml/en cd-dvd.xml,1.15,1.16
by syncmail＠mplayerhq.hu 18 Jan '06

18 Jan '06

CVS change done by Dominik Mierzejewski CVS Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en In directory mail:/var2/tmp/cvs-serv13159/DOCS/xml/en Modified Files: cd-dvd.xml Log Message: Mention possible region setting requirement for some RPC-2 drives. Index: cd-dvd.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml,v retrieving revision 1.15 retrieving revision 1.16 diff -u -r1.15 -r1.16 --- cd-dvd.xml 1 Jul 2005 09:33:27 -0000 1.15 +++ cd-dvd.xml 18 Jan 2006 21:50:03 -0000 1.16 @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ <note><para> In case of DVD decoding problems, try disabling supermount, or any other such -facilities. +facilities. Some RPC-2 drives may also require setting the region code. </para></note> <formalpara>

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CVS: main/DOCS/xml/en faq.xml,1.100,1.101
by syncmail＠mplayerhq.hu 18 Jan '06

18 Jan '06

CVS change done by Dominik Mierzejewski CVS Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en In directory mail:/var2/tmp/cvs-serv22463/DOCS/xml/en Modified Files: faq.xml Log Message: FAQ about problems with playing DVDs on certain drives. Also addresses http://bugzilla.mplayerhq.hu/show_bug.cgi?id=395 . Index: faq.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml,v retrieving revision 1.100 retrieving revision 1.101 diff -u -r1.100 -r1.101 --- faq.xml 8 Dec 2005 08:44:36 -0000 1.100 +++ faq.xml 18 Jan 2006 21:37:54 -0000 1.101 @@ -757,6 +757,16 @@ <qandaentry> <question><para> +I can't play a DVD, MPlayer hangs or outputs "Encrypted VOB file!" errors. +</para></question> +<answer><para> +CSS decryption code does not work with some DVD drives unless you set +the region code appropriately. See the answer to the previous question. +</para></answer> +</qandaentry> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para> Do I need to be (setuid) root to be able to play a DVD? </para></question> <answer><para>

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CVS: main/help help_mp-en.h,1.218,1.219
by syncmail＠mplayerhq.hu 18 Jan '06

18 Jan '06

CVS change done by Dominik Mierzejewski CVS Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/help In directory mail:/var2/tmp/cvs-serv22463/help Modified Files: help_mp-en.h Log Message: FAQ about problems with playing DVDs on certain drives. Also addresses http://bugzilla.mplayerhq.hu/show_bug.cgi?id=395 . Index: help_mp-en.h =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/help/help_mp-en.h,v retrieving revision 1.218 retrieving revision 1.219 diff -u -r1.218 -r1.219 --- help_mp-en.h 16 Jan 2006 22:41:35 -0000 1.218 +++ help_mp-en.h 18 Jan 2006 21:37:55 -0000 1.219 @@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ #define MSGTR_CantSeekRawAVI "Cannot seek in raw AVI streams. (Index required, try with the -idx switch.)\n" #define MSGTR_CantSeekFile "Cannot seek in this file.\n" -#define MSGTR_EncryptedVOB "Encrypted VOB file! Read DOCS/HTML/en/dvd.html.\n" +#define MSGTR_EncryptedVOB "Encrypted VOB file! Read DOCS/HTML/en/cd-dvd.html.\n" #define MSGTR_MOVcomprhdr "MOV: Compressed headers support requires ZLIB!\n" #define MSGTR_MOVvariableFourCC "MOV: WARNING: Variable FOURCC detected!?\n"

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[PATCH] FAQ about problems with playing DVDs on certain drives
by Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski 18 Jan '06

18 Jan '06

Here's a patch for a FAQ I've seen a couple of times lately. Also addresses http://bugzilla.mplayerhq.hu/show_bug.cgi?id=395 -- MPlayer RPMs maintainer: http://rpm.greysector.net/mplayer/ "I am Grey. I stand between the candle and the star. We are Grey. We stand between the darkness ... and the light." -- Delenn in Grey Council in Babylon 5:"Babylon Squared"

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CVS: main/help help_mp-en.h,1.217,1.218
by syncmail＠mplayerhq.hu 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

CVS change done by Diego Biurrun CVS Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/help In directory mail:/var2/tmp/cvs-serv5510/help Modified Files: help_mp-en.h Log Message: Remove overly loud "warning" from runtime-cpudetection message. Index: help_mp-en.h =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/help/help_mp-en.h,v retrieving revision 1.217 retrieving revision 1.218 diff -u -r1.217 -r1.218 --- help_mp-en.h 12 Jan 2006 20:04:33 -0000 1.217 +++ help_mp-en.h 16 Jan 2006 22:41:35 -0000 1.218 @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ #define MSGTR_Playing "Playing %s.\n" #define MSGTR_NoSound "Audio: no sound\n" #define MSGTR_FPSforced "FPS forced to be %5.3f (ftime: %5.3f).\n" -#define MSGTR_CompiledWithRuntimeDetection "Compiled with runtime CPU detection - WARNING - this is not optimal!\nTo get best performance, recompile MPlayer with --disable-runtime-cpudetection.\n" +#define MSGTR_CompiledWithRuntimeDetection "Compiled with runtime CPU detection.\n" #define MSGTR_CompiledWithCPUExtensions "Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions:" #define MSGTR_AvailableVideoOutputDrivers "Available video output drivers:\n" #define MSGTR_AvailableAudioOutputDrivers "Available audio output drivers:\n"

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CVS: main/DOCS/xml/en encoding-guide.xml,1.38,1.39
by syncmail＠mplayerhq.hu 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

CVS change done by Guillaume Poirier CVS Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en In directory mail:/var2/tmp/cvs-serv9466/en Modified Files: encoding-guide.xml Log Message: MEncoder's MPEG muxer needs -vf harddup to function properly, no add a note about this. Index: encoding-guide.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en/encoding-guide.xml,v retrieving revision 1.38 retrieving revision 1.39 diff -u -r1.38 -r1.39 --- encoding-guide.xml 27 Dec 2005 13:01:22 -0000 1.38 +++ encoding-guide.xml 16 Jan 2006 20:49:07 -0000 1.39 @@ -4214,6 +4214,23 @@ </sect3> +<sect3 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-a-v-sync"> +<title>Maintaining A/V sync</title> +<para> + In order to maintain audio/video synchronization throughout the encode, + <application>MEncoder</application> has to drop or duplicate frames. + This works rather well when muxing into an AVI file, but is almost + guaranteed to fail to maintain A/V sync with other muxers such as MPEG. + This is why it is necessary to append the + <option>harddup</option> video filter at the end of the filter chain + to avoid this kind of problem. + You can find more technical information about <option>harddup</option> + in the section + <link linkend="menc-feat-dvd-mpeg4-muxing-filter-issues">Improving muxing and A/V sync reliability</link> + or in the manual page. +</para> +</sect3> + <sect3 id="menc-feat-vcd-dvd-output-srate"> <title>Sample Rate Conversion</title> <para>

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CVS: main/DOCS/man/en mplayer.1,1.1205,1.1206
by syncmail＠mplayerhq.hu 15 Jan '06

15 Jan '06

CVS change done by Loren Merritt CVS Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/man/en In directory mail:/var2/tmp/cvs-serv21813/DOCS/man/en Modified Files: mplayer.1 Log Message: sync to x264 r398. patch by Guillaume Poirier. Index: mplayer.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1,v retrieving revision 1.1205 retrieving revision 1.1206 diff -u -r1.1205 -r1.1206 --- mplayer.1 8 Jan 2006 19:06:13 -0000 1.1205 +++ mplayer.1 16 Jan 2006 01:37:32 -0000 1.1206 @@ -8916,6 +8916,20 @@ .PD 1 . .TP +.B (no)fast_pskip +Performs early skip detection in P-frames (default: enabled). +This usually improves speed at no cost, but it can sometimes produce +artifacts in areas with no details, like sky. +. +.TP +.B nr=<0\-100000> +Noise reduction, 0 means disabled. +100\-1000 is a useful range for typical content, but you may want to turn it +up a bit more for very noisy content (default: 0). +Given its small impact on speed, you might want to prefer to use this over +filtering noise away with video filters like denoise3d or hqdn3d. +. +.TP .B chroma_qp_offset=<-12\-12> Use a different quantizer for chroma as compared to luma. Useful values are in the range <-2\-2> (default: 0).

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CVS: homepage/src donations.src.en,1.115,1.116
by syncmail＠mplayerhq.hu 14 Jan '06

14 Jan '06

CVS change done by Alex Beregszaszi Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/homepage/src In directory mail:/var2/tmp/cvs-serv15787 Modified Files: donations.src.en Log Message: reworked my wishes and added a new one to the team wishes Index: donations.src.en =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/homepage/src/donations.src.en,v retrieving revision 1.115 retrieving revision 1.116 diff -u -r1.115 -r1.116 --- donations.src.en 5 Oct 2005 23:52:43 -0000 1.115 +++ donations.src.en 13 Jan 2006 23:54:15 -0000 1.116 @@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ <ul> <li>Powerful (non x86, maybe 64 bit: PPC G5, x86-64) systems for porting</li> <li>unsupported hardware you need support for</li> +<li>clever bug reports instead rants</li> </ul> Received: <ul> @@ -205,15 +206,11 @@ The ever growing number of Wishes: <ul> <li>notebook DDR ram (PC2100), at least 256M, as I have 128M now, but one slot</li> -<li>PDA, like the Palm M515</li> -<li>advanced audio hardware with 5.1/7.1/etc support (even USB)</li> -<li>a DVD burner</li> -<li>any MIPS, m68k, m88k, SPARC, ARM, SH* based system</li> -<li>(Xbox, Dreamcast, Gamecube for making a settopbox player)</li> +<li>USB2.0 external 5.25&qout; IDE rack</li> +<li>USB2.0 (high quality) analog video capturing card</li> +<li>USB2.0 (high quality) soundcard (5.1?)</li> <li>some audio player hardware for adding NUT support to it</li> -<li>USB (2.0) or Firewire external IDE (5.25" or 3.5" or 2.5") rack</li> -<li>high quality analog video capturing card</li> -<li>movies on DVD</li> +<li>any MIPS, m68k, m88k, SPARC, ARM, SH* based system</li> </ul> Received: <ul>

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