December 2008 - MPlayer-DOCS - lists.mplayerhq.hu

r28215 - in trunk: DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 libvo/vo_macosx.m
by gpoirier 30 Dec '08

30 Dec '08

Author: gpoirier Date: Tue Dec 30 22:39:42 2008 New Revision: 28215 Log: Add an option to vo_macosx to set a custom buffer_name. This allows to have multiple instances of MPlayerOSX running without stepping on each other's toes. Patch by Adrian Stutz % adrian A sttz P ch % Original thread: date: Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 2:46 PM subject: [MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] vo_macosx: option to set shared buffer name to allow multiple instances Modified: trunk/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 Changes in other areas also in this revision: Modified: trunk/libvo/vo_macosx.m Modified: trunk/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 ============================================================================== --- trunk/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 Tue Dec 30 18:00:11 2008 (r28214) +++ trunk/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 Tue Dec 30 22:39:42 2008 (r28215) @@ -3550,6 +3550,10 @@ Choose the display device to use in full .IPs shared_buffer Write output to a shared memory buffer instead of displaying it and try to open an existing NSConnection for communication with a GUI. +.IPs buffer_name=<name> +Name of the shared buffer created with shm_open as well as the name of +the NSConnection MPlayer will try to open (default: "mplayerosx"). +Setting buffer_name implicitly enables shared_buffer. .RE .PD 1 .

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r28213 - trunk/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
by reimar 30 Dec '08

30 Dec '08

Author: reimar Date: Tue Dec 30 17:41:35 2008 New Revision: 28213 Log: Update outdated availability note for -mouse-movements Modified: trunk/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 Modified: trunk/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 ============================================================================== --- trunk/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 Tue Dec 30 13:48:17 2008 (r28212) +++ trunk/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 Tue Dec 30 17:41:35 2008 (r28213) @@ -1035,8 +1035,10 @@ Display the main menu at MPlayer startup .TP .B \-mouse\-movements Permit MPlayer to receive pointer events reported by the video -output driver (currently only derivatives of X11 are supported). +output driver. Necessary to select the buttons in DVD menus. +Supported for X11 based VOs (x11, xv, xvmc, etc.) and the gl, gl2, direct3d and +macosx VOs. . .TP .B \-noar

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[homepage]: r3328 - trunk/src/news.en
by compn 30 Dec '08

30 Dec '08

Author: compn Date: Tue Dec 30 17:01:48 2008 New Revision: 3328 Log: fix quote color Modified: trunk/src/news.en Modified: trunk/src/news.en ============================================================================== --- trunk/src/news.en Tue Dec 30 16:56:22 2008 (r3327) +++ trunk/src/news.en Tue Dec 30 17:01:48 2008 (r3328) @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ <br><span class="poster">posted by Compn</span> </h2> -<blockquote style="border: 2px solid #666; padding: 10px; background-color: #ccc;"> +<blockquote style="border: 2px solid #666; padding: 10px; background-color: #222;"> <p> The FFmpeg project would like to recognize and thank the people at <a href="http://www.picsearch.com/">Picsearch</a> for their help improving

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[homepage]: r3327 - trunk/src/news.en
by compn 30 Dec '08

30 Dec '08

Author: compn Date: Tue Dec 30 16:56:22 2008 New Revision: 3327 Log: picsearch news entry Modified: trunk/src/news.en Modified: trunk/src/news.en ============================================================================== --- trunk/src/news.en Tue Dec 30 13:50:55 2008 (r3326) +++ trunk/src/news.en Tue Dec 30 16:56:22 2008 (r3327) @@ -8,6 +8,59 @@ <div class="newsentry"> <h2> + <a name="picsearch">2008-12-20, Saturday :: Picsearch samples list</a> + <br><span class="poster">posted by Compn</span> +</h2> + +<blockquote style="border: 2px solid #666; padding: 10px; background-color: #ccc;"> +<p> +The FFmpeg project would like to recognize and thank the people at +<a href="http://www.picsearch.com/">Picsearch</a> for their help improving +FFmpeg recently. The Picsearch team makes extensive use of FFmpeg and +provided feedback to FFmpeg in the form of thousands of files that +either crash FFmpeg or use unsupported/unknown codecs. The FFmpeg +development team is putting this information to work in order to improve +FFmpeg for everyone. +<br><br> +We know that there are other organizations using FFmpeg on a large scale +to process diverse input types. The FFmpeg team invites those +organizations to provide similar feedback about problems encountered in +the wild. +</p> +</blockquote> + +<p> +The MPlayer team is also working hard on this list, so far we have added +support for 25 binary decoders and 23 fourccs to existing video codecs. +Stay tuned as we continue testing files and adding support for more codecs. +</p> + +<p> +We also urge all websites that use MPlayer/FFmpeg to share the +crashing/unplayable files with us. We +<a href="http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=YouTube">suspect</a> +that <a href="http://www.youtube.com">Youtube</a> uses our software, +and we would like everyone to benefit from their work. +</p> + +<p> +One of our goals is to be able to play every video file. If you have a file +which does not play with MPlayer, please upload it so we can take a look. +You can find instructions in the +<a href="../DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports_what.html#bugreports_playback">Bugreports</a> +section of the documentation. Or you can report non-working videos on our +<a href="http://bugzilla.mplayerhq.hu/">Bugzilla</a> or on the +<a href="https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users">MPlayer-users</a> +mailing list or just <a href="mailto:patriotact_at_gmail.com">send me</a> +an email with the URL of the problem video. +</p> + +</div> + + +<div class="newsentry"> + +<h2> <a name="dvdnav413">2008-09-09, Tuesday :: libdvdnav-4.1.3 and libdvdread-4.1.3 released</a> <br><span class="poster">posted by Dominik</span> </h2>

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r28208 - trunk/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
by reimar 29 Dec '08

29 Dec '08

Author: reimar Date: Mon Dec 29 20:09:45 2008 New Revision: 28208 Log: Add nocache to example dvdnav profile, otherwise dvdnav is unusable. Modified: trunk/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 Modified: trunk/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 ============================================================================== --- trunk/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 Sat Dec 27 22:44:33 2008 (r28207) +++ trunk/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 Mon Dec 29 20:09:45 2008 (r28208) @@ -595,6 +595,7 @@ alang=en profile-desc="profile for dvdnav:// streams" profile=protocol.dvd mouse-movements=yes +nocache=yes [extension.flv] profile-desc="profile for .flv files"

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[homepage]: r3325 - trunk/src/news.en
by diego 27 Dec '08

27 Dec '08

Author: diego Date: Sat Dec 27 22:55:19 2008 New Revision: 3325 Log: Florian Schneider has contacted me about GPLv2. Modified: trunk/src/news.en Modified: trunk/src/news.en ============================================================================== --- trunk/src/news.en Wed Dec 17 17:19:47 2008 (r3324) +++ trunk/src/news.en Sat Dec 27 22:55:19 2008 (r3325) @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ and < mailbox at wingert dot org > and < usenet at wingert dot org > and < tivo at wingert dot org ></dd> -<dt><code>TOOLS/realcodecs/*</code></dt> +<dt><span style="text-decoration: line-through"><code>TOOLS/realcodecs/*</code></span></dt> <dd>written by Florian Schneider, last known email address < flo-mplayer-dev at gmx dot net >. Note that this is not the Florian Schneider from the band Kraftwerk, nor a researcher from the ETH Zürich.</dd>

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r28207 - in trunk/DOCS/xml/en: audio.xml documentation.xml faq.xml
by diego 27 Dec '08

27 Dec '08

Author: diego Date: Sat Dec 27 22:44:33 2008 New Revision: 28207 Log: Remove audio output section, it provides little to no useful information. Deleted: trunk/DOCS/xml/en/audio.xml Modified: trunk/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml trunk/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml Modified: trunk/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml ============================================================================== --- trunk/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml Sat Dec 27 22:43:57 2008 (r28206) +++ trunk/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml Sat Dec 27 22:44:33 2008 (r28207) @@ -169,8 +169,6 @@ can be distributed under the terms of th &tvinput.xml; &radio.xml; &video.xml; -&audio.xml; - &ports.xml; &mencoder.xml; &encoding-guide.xml; Modified: trunk/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml ============================================================================== --- trunk/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml Sat Dec 27 22:43:57 2008 (r28206) +++ trunk/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml Sat Dec 27 22:44:33 2008 (r28207) @@ -812,7 +812,6 @@ This can have multiple reasons. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> Your sound driver is buggy. - See the <link linkend="audio">audio section</link>. </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </para></answer>

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r28204 - in trunk/DOCS/xml/en: codecs.xml documentation.xml faq.xml
by diego 27 Dec '08

27 Dec '08

Author: diego Date: Sat Dec 27 16:28:51 2008 New Revision: 28204 Log: Remove (audio) codecs section, its contents are part of the usage section. Deleted: trunk/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml Modified: trunk/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml trunk/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml Modified: trunk/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml ============================================================================== --- trunk/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml Sat Dec 27 15:38:42 2008 (r28203) +++ trunk/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml Sat Dec 27 16:28:51 2008 (r28204) @@ -168,8 +168,6 @@ can be distributed under the terms of th &cd-dvd.xml; &tvinput.xml; &radio.xml; - -&codecs.xml; &video.xml; &audio.xml; Modified: trunk/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml ============================================================================== --- trunk/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml Sat Dec 27 15:38:42 2008 (r28203) +++ trunk/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml Sat Dec 27 16:28:51 2008 (r28204) @@ -235,7 +235,6 @@ I have problems playing files with the . <answer><para> Check the <ulink url="../../codecs-status.html">codec status</ulink>, if it doesn't contain your codec, read the -<link linkend="codecs">codec documentation</link>, especially the <ulink url="../../tech/win32-codec-howto">Win32 codec HOWTO</ulink> and contact us. </para></answer>

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r28203 - in trunk/DOCS: tech/win32-codec-howto.txt xml/en/codecs.xml xml/en/faq.xml
by diego 27 Dec '08

27 Dec '08

Author: diego Date: Sat Dec 27 15:38:42 2008 New Revision: 28203 Log: Convert Win32 codec importing HOWTO into a text document in the tech section. Modified: trunk/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml trunk/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml Changes in other areas also in this revision: Added: trunk/DOCS/tech/win32-codec-howto.txt Modified: trunk/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml ============================================================================== --- trunk/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml Sat Dec 27 14:58:20 2008 (r28202) +++ trunk/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml Sat Dec 27 15:38:42 2008 (r28203) @@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ of our homepage. </para> <para> -If you have a Win32 codec which is not supported yet, -please read the <link linkend="codec-importing">codec importing HOWTO</link> +If you have a Win32 codec which is not supported yet, please read the +<ulink url="../../tech/win32-codec-howto">Win32 codec HOWTO</ulink> and help us add support for it. </para> @@ -96,161 +96,4 @@ only white noise). </sect1> - - - - -<sect1 id="codec-importing"> -<title>Win32 codecs importing HOWTO</title> - - - -<sect2 id="vfw-codecs"> -<title>VFW codecs</title> - -<para> -VFW (Video for Windows) is the old Video API for Windows. Its codecs have -the <filename>.DLL</filename> or (rarely) <filename>.DRV</filename> -extension. If <application>MPlayer</application> fails at playing your AVI -with this kind of message: -<screen>UNKNOWN video codec: HFYU (0x55594648)</screen> -It means your AVI is encoded with a codec which has the HFYU fourcc (HFYU = -HuffYUV codec, DIV3 = DivX Low Motion, etc.). Now that you know this, you -have to find out which DLL Windows loads in order to play this file. In our -case, the <filename>system.ini</filename> contains this information in a -line that reads: -<programlisting>VIDC.HFYU=huffyuv.dll</programlisting> -</para> - -<para> -So you need the <filename>huffyuv.dll</filename> file. Note that the audio -codecs are specified by the MSACM prefix: -<programlisting>msacm.l3acm=L3codeca.acm</programlisting> -</para> - -<para> -This is the MP3 codec. Now that you have all the necessary information -(fourcc, codec file, sample AVI), submit your codec support request by -mail, and upload these files to the FTP site: -<systemitem role="url">ftp://upload.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/<replaceable><codecname></replaceable>/</systemitem> -</para> - -<note><para> -On Windows NT/2000/XP search for this info in the registry, -e.g. search for "VIDC.HFYU". To find out how to do this, look at -the old DirectShow method below. -</para></note> -</sect2> - - - -<sect2 id="dshow-codecs"> -<title>DirectShow codecs</title> - -<para> -DirectShow is the newer Video API, which is even worse than its predecessor. -Things are harder with DirectShow, since -<itemizedlist> -<listitem><para> - <filename>system.ini</filename> does not contain the needed information, - instead it is stored in the registry and -</para></listitem> -<listitem><para> - we need the GUID of the codec. -</para></listitem> -</itemizedlist> -</para> - -<procedure> -<title>New Method:</title> -<para> -Using <application>Microsoft GraphEdit</application> (fast) -</para> -<step><para> - Get <application>GraphEdit</application> from either DirectX SDK or - <ulink url="http://doom9.net">doom9</ulink>. -</para></step> -<step><para> - Start <command>graphedit.exe</command>. -</para></step> -<step><para> - From the menu select - <menuchoice><guimenu>Graph</guimenu> - <guisubmenu>Insert Filters</guisubmenu></menuchoice>. -</para></step> -<step><para> - Expand item <systemitem>DirectShow Filters</systemitem>. -</para></step> -<step><para> - Select the right codec name and expand item. -</para></step> -<step><para> - In the entry <systemitem>DisplayName</systemitem> look at the text in - winged brackets after the backslash and write it down (five dash-delimited - blocks, the GUID). -</para></step> -<step><para> - The codec binary is the file specified in the - <systemitem>Filename</systemitem> entry. -</para></step> -</procedure> - -<note><para> -If there is no <systemitem>Filename</systemitem> and -<systemitem>DisplayName</systemitem> contains something like -<systemitem>device:dmo</systemitem>, then it is a DMO-Codec. -</para></note> - -<procedure> -<title>Old Method:</title> -<para> -Take a deep breath and start searching the registry... -</para> -<step><para> - Start <command>regedit</command>. -</para></step> -<step><para> - Press <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>F</keycap></keycombo>, disable - the first two checkboxes, and enable the third. Type in the fourcc of the - codec (e.g. <userinput>TM20</userinput>). -</para></step> -<step><para> - You should see a field which contains the path and the filename (e.g. - <filename>C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\TM20DEC.AX</filename>). -</para></step> -<step><para> - Now that you have the file, we need the GUID. Try searching again, but - now search for the codec's name, not the fourcc. Its name can be acquired - when Media Player is playing the file, by checking - <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu> <guisubmenu>Properties</guisubmenu> - <guimenuitem>Advanced</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. - If not, you are out of luck. Try guessing (e.g. search for TrueMotion). -</para></step> -<step><para> - If the GUID is found you should see a <guilabel>FriendlyName</guilabel> - and a <guilabel>CLSID</guilabel> field. Write down the 16 byte CLSID, - this is the GUID we need. -</para></step> -</procedure> - -<note><para> -If searching fails, try enabling all the checkboxes. You may have -false hits, but you may get lucky... -</para></note> - -<para> -Now that you have all the necessary information (fourcc, GUID, codec file, -sample AVI), submit your codec support request by mail, and upload these files -to the FTP site: -<systemitem role="url">ftp://upload.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/<replaceable><codecname></replaceable>/</systemitem> -</para> - -<para> -If you want to add a codec yourself, read -<ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/DOCS/tech/codecs.conf.txt">DOCS/tech/codecs.conf.txt</ulink>. -</para> - -</sect2> -</sect1> - </chapter> Modified: trunk/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml ============================================================================== --- trunk/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml Sat Dec 27 14:58:20 2008 (r28202) +++ trunk/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml Sat Dec 27 15:38:42 2008 (r28203) @@ -236,7 +236,8 @@ I have problems playing files with the . Check the <ulink url="../../codecs-status.html">codec status</ulink>, if it doesn't contain your codec, read the <link linkend="codecs">codec documentation</link>, especially the -<link linkend="codec-importing">codec importing HOWTO</link> and contact us. +<ulink url="../../tech/win32-codec-howto">Win32 codec HOWTO</ulink> +and contact us. </para></answer> </qandaentry>

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r28201 - in trunk/DOCS/xml/en: bugreports.xml bugs.xml documentation.xml
by diego 27 Dec '08

27 Dec '08

Author: diego Date: Sat Dec 27 14:49:24 2008 New Revision: 28201 Log: Remove known bugs section, it contains little useful information. Deleted: trunk/DOCS/xml/en/bugs.xml Modified: trunk/DOCS/xml/en/bugreports.xml trunk/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml Modified: trunk/DOCS/xml/en/bugreports.xml ============================================================================== --- trunk/DOCS/xml/en/bugreports.xml Sat Dec 27 14:09:42 2008 (r28200) +++ trunk/DOCS/xml/en/bugreports.xml Sat Dec 27 14:49:24 2008 (r28201) @@ -154,8 +154,7 @@ so please use <emphasis role="bold">only This includes binary packages of <application>MPlayer</application>. Subversion instructions can be found at the bottom of <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/dload.html">this page</ulink> or in -the README. If this did not help please refer to the list of -<link linkend="bugs">known bugs</link> and the rest of the documentation. +the README. If this did not help please refer to the rest of the documentation. If your problem is not known or not solvable by our instructions, then please report the bug. </para> Modified: trunk/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml ============================================================================== --- trunk/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml Sat Dec 27 14:09:42 2008 (r28200) +++ trunk/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml Sat Dec 27 14:49:24 2008 (r28201) @@ -178,6 +178,5 @@ can be distributed under the terms of th &encoding-guide.xml; &faq.xml; &bugreports.xml; -&bugs.xml; &skin.xml; &history.xml;

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