September 2007 - MPlayer-DOCS - lists.mplayerhq.hu

[homepage]: r3011 - trunk/src/donations.src.en
by diego 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

Author: diego Date: Wed Sep 5 23:19:53 2007 New Revision: 3011 Log: I got my RPC-1 firmware \o/ and I can always use LWN subscriptions. Modified: trunk/src/donations.src.en Modified: trunk/src/donations.src.en ============================================================================== --- trunk/src/donations.src.en (original) +++ trunk/src/donations.src.en Wed Sep 5 23:19:53 2007 @@ -310,11 +310,13 @@ <h3><a href="mailto:diego_REMOVE_THE_UNDERSCORES_AND_THE_TEXT_IN_BETWEEN_@biurrun.de">Diego Biurrun</a></h3> Wishes: <ul> -<li>region-code-free firmware for a Matshita UJ-835E DVD drive - (February 2005 PowerBook)</li> +<li><a href="http://lwn.net/subscribe/GiftCertificates">LWN</a> subscription + extension</li> </ul> Received: <ul> +<li>region-code-free firmware for Matshita UJ-835E DVD drives as found in + February 2005 PowerBooks (ben11)</li> <li>Pioneer DVD-103S drive without region code (Nicolai Viol)</li> <li>Mac OS X 10.4 license (Tobia Conforto)</li> <li>Teac CD-R58S SCSI CD burner (Sammy Okasha)</li>

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r24346 - trunk/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml
by diego 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

Author: diego Date: Wed Sep 5 22:50:35 2007 New Revision: 24346 Log: Replace short region code explanation by more detailed section. Modified: trunk/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml Modified: trunk/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml ============================================================================== --- trunk/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml (original) +++ trunk/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml Wed Sep 5 22:50:35 2007 @@ -150,18 +150,36 @@ variable, see the manual page for detail </para> </formalpara> +<sect2 id="region_code"> +<title>region code</title> <para> -RPC-1 DVD drives only protect region settings through software. RPC-2 drives -have a hardware protection that allows 5 changes only. It might be -needed/recommended to upgrade the firmware to RPC-1 if you have a RPC-2 DVD -drive. You can try finding firmware upgrades for your drive on the internet, -<ulink url="http://forum.rpc-1.com/dl_all.php">this firmware forum</ulink> -may be a good starting point for your search. -If there is no firmware upgrade available for your device, use the -<ulink url="http://linvdr.org/projects/regionset/">regionset tool</ulink> -to set the region code of your DVD drive (under Linux). -<emphasis role="bold">Warning</emphasis>: You can only set the region 5 times. +DVD drives nowadays come with a nonsensical restriction labeled +<ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_region_code">region code</ulink>. +This is a scheme to force DVD drives to only accept DVDs produced for one of +the six different regions into which the world was partitioned. How a group +of people can sit around a table, come up with such an idea and expect the +world of the 21st century to bow to their will is beyond anyone's guess. +</para> + +<para> +Drives that enforce region settings through software only are also known as +RPC-1 drives, those that do it in hardware as RPC-2. RPC-2 drives allow +changing the region code five times before it remains fixed. +Under Linux you can use the +<ulink url="http://linvdr.org/projects/regionset/">regionset</ulink> tool +to set the region code of your DVD drive. </para> + +<para> +Thankfully, it is possible to convert RPC-2 drives into RPC-1 drives through +a firmware upgrade. Feed the model number of your DVD drive into your favorite +search engine or have a look at the forum and download sections of +<ulink url="http://www.rpc1.org/">"The firmware page"</ulink>. +While the usual caveats for firmware upgrades apply, experience with +getting rid of region code enforcement is generally positive. +</para> +</sect2> + </sect1>

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r24344 - trunk/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml
by diego 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

Author: diego Date: Wed Sep 5 14:56:23 2007 New Revision: 24344 Log: Remove technical description of DVDs and libdvdread implementation. It is out of place in the user-level documentation and there are more exhaustive sources elsewhere. Modified: trunk/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml Modified: trunk/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml ============================================================================== --- trunk/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml (original) +++ trunk/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml Wed Sep 5 14:56:23 2007 @@ -142,50 +142,6 @@ facilities. Some RPC-2 drives may also r </para></note> <formalpara> -<title>DVD structure</title> -<para> -DVD disks have 2048 bytes per sector with ECC/CRC. They usually have an UDF -filesystem on a single track, containing various files (small .IFO and .BUP -files and big (1GB) .VOB files). They are real files and can be copied/played -from the mounted filesystem of an unencrypted DVD. -</para> -</formalpara> - -<para> -The .IFO files contain the movie navigation information (chapter/title/angle -map, language table, etc) and are needed to read and interpret the .VOB content -(movie). The .BUP files are backups of them. They use -<emphasis role="bold">sectors</emphasis> everywhere, so you need to use raw -addressing of sectors of the disc to implement DVD navigation or decrypt the -content. -</para> - -<para> -DVD support needs raw sector-based access to the device. Unfortunately you must -(under Linux) be root to get the sector address of a file. That's why we don't -use the kernel's filesystem driver at all, instead we reimplement it in -userspace. <systemitem>libdvdread</systemitem> 0.9.x does this. -The kernel UDF filesystem driver -is not needed as they already have their own builtin UDF filesystem driver. -Also the DVD does not have to be mounted as only the raw sector-based access is -used. -</para> - -<para> -Sometimes <filename>/dev/dvd</filename> cannot be read by users, so the -<systemitem>libdvdread</systemitem> authors implemented an emulation layer -which transfers sector addresses to filenames+offsets, to emulate raw -access on top of a mounted filesystem or even on a hard disk. -</para> - -<para> -<systemitem>libdvdread</systemitem> even accepts the mountpoint instead of -the device name for raw access and checks <filename>/proc/mounts</filename> -to get the device name. It was developed for Solaris, where device names -are dynamically allocated. -</para> - -<formalpara> <title>DVD decryption</title> <para> DVD decryption is done by <systemitem>libdvdcss</systemitem>. The method

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r24329 - trunk/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
by uau 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

Author: uau Date: Sun Sep 2 20:29:44 2007 New Revision: 24329 Log: manpage fix: escape '\' in -vf geq description Modified: trunk/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 Modified: trunk/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 ============================================================================== --- trunk/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 (original) +++ trunk/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 Sun Sep 2 20:29:44 2007 @@ -5706,7 +5706,7 @@ some equation like "2+2*sin(PI*qp)" generic equation change filter .RSs .IPs <equation> -Some equation, e.g.\& 'p(W-X\,Y)' to flip the image horizontally. +Some equation, e.g.\& 'p(W-X\\,Y)' to flip the image horizontally. You can use whitespace to make the equation more readable. There are a couple of constants that can be used in the equation: .RSss

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r24342 - trunk/DOCS/xml/en/mencoder.xml
by diego 05 Sep '07

05 Sep '07

Author: diego Date: Wed Sep 5 12:48:35 2007 New Revision: 24342 Log: Matroska muxer now available in libavformat. Modified: trunk/DOCS/xml/en/mencoder.xml Modified: trunk/DOCS/xml/en/mencoder.xml ============================================================================== --- trunk/DOCS/xml/en/mencoder.xml (original) +++ trunk/DOCS/xml/en/mencoder.xml Wed Sep 5 12:48:35 2007 @@ -233,6 +233,10 @@ You may force a particular container for <entry>dv</entry> <entry>Sony Digital Video container</entry> </row> +<row> + <entry>mkv</entry> + <entry>Matroska open audio/video container</entry> +</row> </tbody> </tgroup> </informaltable>

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r24341 - in trunk: help/help_mp-cs.h help/help_mp-de.h help/help_mp-en.h help/help_mp-es.h help/help_mp-fr.h help/help_mp-hu.h help/help_mp-it.h help/help_mp-pl.h help/help_mp-ru.h help/help_mp-tr.h help/help_mp-zh_CN.h help/help_mp-zh_TW.h libvo/mga_common.c
by diego 04 Sep '07

04 Sep '07

Author: diego Date: Wed Sep 5 00:57:06 2007 New Revision: 24341 Log: Move debug message to verbose output level. Modified: trunk/help/help_mp-en.h Changes in other areas also in this revision: Modified: trunk/help/help_mp-cs.h trunk/help/help_mp-de.h trunk/help/help_mp-es.h trunk/help/help_mp-fr.h trunk/help/help_mp-hu.h trunk/help/help_mp-it.h trunk/help/help_mp-pl.h trunk/help/help_mp-ru.h trunk/help/help_mp-tr.h trunk/help/help_mp-zh_CN.h trunk/help/help_mp-zh_TW.h trunk/libvo/mga_common.c Modified: trunk/help/help_mp-en.h ============================================================================== --- trunk/help/help_mp-en.h (original) +++ trunk/help/help_mp-en.h Wed Sep 5 00:57:06 2007 @@ -1695,7 +1695,6 @@ static char help_text[]= #define MSGTR_LIBVO_MGA_ScreenWidthHeightUnknown "[MGA] Screen width/height unknown!\n" #define MSGTR_LIBVO_MGA_InvalidOutputFormat "[MGA] invalid output format %0X\n" #define MSGTR_LIBVO_MGA_IncompatibleDriverVersion "[MGA] Your mga_vid driver version is incompatible with this MPlayer version!\n" -#define MSGTR_LIBVO_MGA_UsingBuffers "[MGA] Using %d buffers.\n" #define MSGTR_LIBVO_MGA_CouldntOpen "[MGA] Couldn't open: %s\n" #define MGSTR_LIBVO_MGA_ResolutionTooHigh "[MGA] Source resolution is in at least one dimension larger than 1023x1023. Please rescale in software or use -lavdopts lowres=1\n"

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Broken MinGW-Howto link
by Sebastian Krämer 02 Sep '07

02 Sep '07

Hello folks, following a thread in mplayer-users I noticed that the link to the MingW-Howto doesn't appear to work correctly. As it is, it calls the start page of MPlayer's home page. Dunno about redirects, mirroring and such but the following patch fixed it. Sebastian Index: DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml =================================================================== --- DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml (revision 24310) +++ DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml (working copy) @@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ <para> Complete instructions for building <application>MPlayer</application> and necessary libraries can be found in the -<ulink url="http://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32/contrib/MPlayer-MinGW-Howto.txt">MPlayer MinGW HOWTO</ulink>. +<ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32/contrib/MPlayer-MinGW-Howto.…">MPlayer MinGW HOWTO</ulink>. </para> </sect2> </sect1>

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r24327 - in trunk/DOCS/xml: cs/ports.xml de/ports.xml en/ports.xml fr/ports.xml hu/ports.xml pl/ports.xml ru/ports.xml
by kraymer 02 Sep '07

02 Sep '07

Author: kraymer Date: Sun Sep 2 13:05:27 2007 New Revision: 24327 Log: fix broken MinGW-Howto link Modified: trunk/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml Changes in other areas also in this revision: Modified: trunk/DOCS/xml/cs/ports.xml trunk/DOCS/xml/de/ports.xml trunk/DOCS/xml/fr/ports.xml trunk/DOCS/xml/hu/ports.xml trunk/DOCS/xml/pl/ports.xml trunk/DOCS/xml/ru/ports.xml Modified: trunk/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml ============================================================================== --- trunk/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml (original) +++ trunk/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml Sun Sep 2 13:05:27 2007 @@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ it before compiling <application>MPlayer <para> Complete instructions for building <application>MPlayer</application> and necessary libraries can be found in the -<ulink url="http://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32/contrib/MPlayer-MinGW-Howto.txt">MPlayer MinGW HOWTO</ulink>. +<ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32/contrib/MPlayer-MinGW-Howto.…">MPlayer MinGW HOWTO</ulink>. </para> </sect2> </sect1>

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