CVS change done by Diego Biurrun CVS Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en In directory mail:/var2/tmp/cvs-serv17175/en Modified Files: ports.xml Log Message: Restructure ports section. Index: ports.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml,v retrieving revision 1.74 retrieving revision 1.75 diff -u -r1.74 -r1.75 --- ports.xml 30 Dec 2005 21:40:39 -0000 1.74 +++ ports.xml 3 Jan 2006 16:11:07 -0000 1.75 @@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ <sect1 id="bsd"> <title>*BSD</title> <para> -<application>MPlayer</application> runs on FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, -BSD/OS and Darwin. There are ports/pkgsrc/fink/etc versions of <application>MPlayer</application> +<application>MPlayer</application> runs on all known BSD flavors. +There are ports/pkgsrc/fink/etc versions of <application>MPlayer</application> available that are probably easier to use than our raw sources. </para> @@ -141,8 +141,18 @@ </sect2> </sect1> -<sect1 id="solaris"> -<title>Sun Solaris</title> +<sect1 id="unix"> +<title>Commercial Unix</title> + +<para> +<application>MPlayer</application> has been ported to a number of commercial +Unix variants. Since the development environments on these systems tend to be +different from those found on free Unixes, you may have to make some manual +adjustments to make the build work. +</para> + +<sect2 id="solaris"> +<title>Solaris</title> <para> <application>MPlayer</application> should work on Solaris 2.6 or newer. Use the SUN audio driver with the <option>-ao sun</option> option for sound. @@ -239,10 +249,10 @@ The hsfs problem can be fixed by installing patch 109764-04 (sparc) / 109765-04 (x86). </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> -</sect1> +</sect2> -<sect1 id="irix"> -<title>Silicon Graphics Irix</title> +<sect2 id="irix"> +<title>IRIX</title> <para> You can either try to install the GNU install program, and (if you did not put it in your global path) then point to the location with: @@ -268,10 +278,10 @@ <screen>cp DOCS/mplayer.1 . ; cp etc/codecs.conf .</screen> and then go on with building and installing. </para> -</sect1> +</sect2> -<sect1 id="hp-ux"> +<sect2 id="hp-ux"> <title>HP-UX</title> <para> Joe Page hosts a detailed HP-UX <application>MPlayer</application> @@ -388,21 +398,7 @@ </listitem> </itemizedlist> -</sect1> - - -<sect1 id="qnx"> -<title>QNX</title> -<para> -Works. You'll need to download SDL for QNX, and install it. Then run -<application>MPlayer</application> with <option>-vo sdl:photon</option> -and <option>-ao sdl:nto</option> options, and it should be fast. -</para> - -<para> -The <option>-vo x11</option> output will be even slower than on Linux, -since QNX has only X <emphasis>emulation</emphasis> which is VERY slow. Use SDL. -</para> +</sect2> </sect1> <sect1 id="windows"> @@ -575,6 +571,8 @@ you can use the macosx video output driver. </para> +<sect2 id="osx_gui"> +<title>MPlayer OS X GUI</title> <para> You can get a native GUI for <application>MPlayer</application> together with precompiled <application>MPlayer</application> binaries for Mac OS X from the @@ -675,7 +673,31 @@ </para> </sect1> -<sect1 id="amiga"> +<sect1 id="exotic_platforms"> +<title>Exotic Platforms</title> + +<para> +<application>MPlayer</application> runs on a number of exotic platforms, +but most of the platform-specific changes from those systems have not been +merged back into the main source tree. +For build instructions you should refer to the system-specific documentation. +</para> + +<sect2 id="qnx"> +<title>QNX</title> +<para> +You'll need to download and install SDL for QNX. Then run +<application>MPlayer</application> with <option>-vo sdl:photon</option> +and <option>-ao sdl:nto</option> options, it should be fast. +</para> + +<para> +The <option>-vo x11</option> output will be even slower than on Linux, +since QNX has only X <emphasis>emulation</emphasis> which is very slow. +</para> +</sect2> + +<sect2 id="amiga"> <title>Amiga/MorphOS (GeekGadgets)</title> <para> The people over at <ulink url="www.amigasoft.net">www.amigasoft.net</ulink> @@ -705,6 +727,7 @@ </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> +</sect2> </sect1> </chapter>