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authorgabucino <gabucino@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2001-04-19 12:10:18 +0000
committergabucino <gabucino@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2001-04-19 12:10:18 +0000
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-MoviePlayer v0.11 (C) 2000-2001. by Arpad Gereoffy (A'rpi/ESP-team)
-================= * See the file AUTHORS for the complete list! *
+MoviePlayer v0.12 "IdegCounter" (C) 2000-2001 Arpad Gereoffy (A'rpi/ESP-team)
+=============================== * See the file AUTHORS for the complete list *
About:
~~~~~~
@@ -15,9 +15,12 @@ Short history:
- mpg12play v0.1 has born, using libmpeg3 from www.heroinewarrior.com
- mpg12play 2nd generation (v0.5-), using dvdview by Dirk Farin
- mpg12play 3nd generation (v0.9-), using libmpeg2 (mpeg2dec) by Aaron Holtzman
-- mplayer has born, containing mpg12play 0.90pre5 and a new simple avi player
-- mplayer 0.10, mpeg and avi player in a single binary
-- mplayer 0.11: added .asf file support, and OpenDivX en/decoding
+- MPlayer has born, containing mpg12play 0.90pre5 and a new simple avi player
+- MPlayer 0.10, mpeg and avi player in a single binary
+- MPlayer 0.11: added .asf file support, and OpenDivX en/decoding
+- MPlayer 0.12 "IdegCounter"
+ The release version of the 0.11 development code. Far too many enhancements
+ to fit here (A'rpi?). Try it, and be amazed.
As you see, I didn't write any codecs, just some players. But I spent
a lot of time finding the best way to parse bad damaged input files
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ Supported input formats:
- MPEG 1/2 System Stream (PS/VOB) and Elementary Stream (ES) file formats
- RIFF AVI file format
- ASF 1.0 file format
+- (De)crypted VOB files from DVD (experimental!)
Supported audio & video codecs:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -80,7 +84,7 @@ Supported audio output devices:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- OSS driver
- ALSA driver with OSS emulation (NOT recommended, causes annoying delays)
-- ESD with the esddsp utility (not tested)
+- ESD with the esddsp utility (not tested, not recommended, see ALSA)
NOTE: check DOCS/SOUNDCARDS !
@@ -103,15 +107,22 @@ Usage:
up or down seek backward/forward 1 minute
p or SPACE pause movie (press any key to continue)
q or ^C stop playing and quit program
+ o toggle OSD : none / seek / seek+timer
+ / and * decrease/increase volume
+ m toggle using master/pcm channel for volume setting
Examples:
mplayer -vo x11 /mnt/Films/Contact/contact2.mpg
mplayer -afm 3 /mnt/DVDtrailers/alien4.vob
mplayer -vcd 2 /dev/cdrom
+ mplayer -dvd /dev/dvd /mnt/dvd/matrix.vob
mplayer -alsa -abs 65536 -delay -0.4 -nobps ~/movies/test.avi
- Note: for using Matrox YUV driver (-vo mga or xmga), you have to first
- load the driver: insmod drivers/mga_vid.o
+ Note: in order to use Matrox YUV driver (-vo mga or xmga), first you'll have
+ to load the driver: insmod drivers/mga_vid.o , or to make it automatic
+ insert the following line at the end of /etc/modules.conf:
+ alias char-major-178 mga_vid
+ and run 'depmod -a' .
License:
~~~~~~~~
@@ -180,7 +191,7 @@ Troubleshooting:
support: ./configure --disable-gl (you have broken OpenGL headers/libs)
- if you are a user, send us a bugreport (see above), including these:
- output of ./configure
- - output of make dep and make
+ - output of make
- config.h and all of config.mak files
Note: many users reported that SSE was not detected while running on P3.
Current stable 2.2.x kernels does NOT support SSE, so you can't use it
@@ -215,7 +226,8 @@ Troubleshooting:
7. sound-related problems:
- maybe your card doesn't support 48kHz playback and the movie requires it.
- - try player with the -noalsa option
+ - try MPlayer with the -noalsa option
+ - compile MPlayer with --disable-select
- delayed audio with some AVI files: try with -bps or -nobps option!
- if you experienced delayed audio, try to compensate with -delay or -abs.
you can specify audio card's buffer size in bytes with -abs option, or
@@ -248,11 +260,11 @@ the following addresses:
- MPlayer & Matrox G200/G400/G450 users: (about TV-out, mga_vid, syncfb, Xv)
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-matrox
-- MPlayer CVS-log: (announce about _every_ CVS commits)
+- MPlayer CVS-log: (announce about _every_ CVS commit)
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-cvslog
Standard Disclaimer:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Use only at your own risk! There may be errors and inaccuracies that could
-be damaging to your system or your eye. Proceed with caution, and although
-this is highly unlikely, I don't take any responsibility for that!
+Use only at your own risk! There may be errors and inaccuracies that could
+damage your system or your eye. Proceed with caution, and although this is
+highly unlikely, we don't take any responsibility for that!