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diff --git a/DOCS/faq.html b/DOCS/faq.html index 0511b4a753..ae144ed8e8 100644 --- a/DOCS/faq.html +++ b/DOCS/faq.html @@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ <TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH=100% ALIGN=left> -<TD COLSPAN=3><P><B><A NAME=5.1>5.1 Compilation</A></B></P> +<TD COLSPAN=3><P><B><A NAME=5.1><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.1 Compilation</A></B></P> </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> What's the problem with gcc 2.96 ? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> gcc 2.96 is RedHat's UNOFFICIAL (it can be found only on RedHat sites, or RedHat distributions) and BUGGY gcc release. gcc 2.96 is TOTALLY unsupported by <B>MPlayer</B>, because it simply SKIPS MMX codes, it just does @@ -21,72 +21,52 @@ numerous other projects (DRI, avifile, etc..) have problems with this shit too.<BR>** DO NOT USE gcc 2.96 !!! ** </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Great, I have gcc 3.0.1 from RedHat/Mandrake, then I'm fine--! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> -No :) Their gcc 3.0.1 was compiled with gcc 2.96, so they are -buggy shit too. :) +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +No. There are issues with those, either. :( Use 2.95.x series, those are reliable, +and faster than 2.96 and 3.x.x . </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> -Now then. Is MPlayer ready for gcc 3.x.x ? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> -Is gcc 3.x.x is ready for MPlayer, Linux kernel, and others ? -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> -I have gcc 3.x.x and got strange compiling errors ! It worked with gcc 2.95 ! -Why can't I compile it? I love gcc 3.x.x , it's ... hmm ... (dunno what to say) ... so, I love it ! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> -Don't worry, it's a gcc 3.x.x feature. Don't downgrade to gcc 2.95, because -it might work :)) -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> -So what should I compile MPlayer with ? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> -Any of gcc 2.95 series. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> SDL output doesn't work or compile. Problem is .... -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> It is tested with newest SDL (probably runs on 1.1.7+). It does NOT work with 1.1.6, 1.1.5 1.1.4 1.1.3 1.0.4 etc, don't ask. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> I am still having trouble compiling with SDL support. gcc says something about "undefined reference to `SDL_EnableKeyRepeat'" What's now? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Where did you install the SDL library? If you installed in /usr/local (the default) then edit the top level config.mak and add "-L/usr/local/lib " after "X_LIBS=" Now type make. You're done! </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> It doesn't compile, and it misses uint64_t inttypes.h and similar things... -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> copy etc/inttypes.h to <B>MPlayer</B> directory (cp etc/inttypes.h .) try again... </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> I have Pentium III but ./configure doesn't detect SSE -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Only kernel versions 2.4.x supports SSE (or try latest 2.2.19 or newer, but be prepared for problems) </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> I have G200/G400, how to compile/use mga_vid driver? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Read all this documentation. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Are there rpm/deb/... packages of <B>MPlayer</B>? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> You can make a .deb package for yourself, check section <A HREF="documentation.html#6.1">6.1</A>. It's _STRONGLY_ discouraged to use precompiled packages of <B>MPlayer</B>, since it (currently) _highly_ depends on compile-time @@ -94,10 +74,10 @@ options and optimizations! Precompiled packages are COMPLETELY unsupported by the <B>MPlayer</B> team! </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't understand, I DO have X installed!? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> ...but you don't have the X development package installed. Or not correctly. It's called XFree86-devel* under RedHat, and xlib6g-dev* under Debian. Also check if the /usr/X11 symlink exists (this can be a problem on @@ -108,28 +88,28 @@ Mandrake systems). It can be created with the<BR> Your distribution may differ from the Linux Filesystem Standard. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> What about DGA driver? I can't find it!!! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> ./configure autodetects your DGA driver. If -vo help doesn't show DGA, then there's a problem with your X installation. Try ./configure --enable-dga (and RTFM) Alternatively, try SDL's DGA driver with '-vo sdl:dga' options. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> I can't compile SVGAlib.. I'm using 2.3/2.4 kernel. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> You have to edit SVGAlib's Makefile.cfg and comment "BACKGROUND = y" out. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> I compiled MPlayer with libcss/libdivxdecore support, but when I try to start it, it says:<BR> <CODE>> error while loading shared libraries: libcss.so.0: cannot load shared object file: No such file or directory</CODE><BR> I checked up on the file and it IS there in /usr/local/lib. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> What are you doing on Linux? Can't you install a library? Why do we get these questions? It's not <B>MPlayer</B> specific at all! Add /usr/local/lib to <B>/etc/ld.so.conf</B> and run <B>ldconfig</B> . @@ -137,18 +117,18 @@ Or install it to /usr/lib , because if you can't solve the /usr/local problem, you are careless enough to do such things. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD COLSPAN=3><B><A NAME=5.2>5.2. General questions</A></B> +<TD COLSPAN=3><B><A NAME=5.2><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.2. General questions</A></B> </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> What about DVD playing ? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Read the CD/DVD section . </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> -xy option doesn't work with x11 driver (-vo x11) -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> x11 driver doesn't support scaling, but XF86VidMode support is now used: you must specify the -vm and the -fs switch, and you're done. Make sure you have the right Modelines in your XF86Config file, and @@ -156,12 +136,12 @@ try if the DGA driver (and SDL's DGA driver, see RTFM) works for you. It's much faster. If SDL's DGA works too, use that, it'll be EVEN faster! </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> What is the meaning of numbers in the status line? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> -See: <CODE>A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57 41% 0% 2.6% 0 4</CODE><BR> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +See: <CODE><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57 41% 0% 2.6% 0 4</CODE><BR> <UL> -<LI>A: audio position in seconds +<LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A: audio position in seconds <LI>V: video position in seconds <LI>A-V: audio-video difference in seconds (delay) <LI>ct: total A-V sync correction done @@ -175,87 +155,87 @@ See: <CODE>A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57 41% 0% 2.6% 0 4< <I>Most of them are for debug purposes, and will be removed soon.</I> </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> What if I don't want them to appear? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Then you use the -quiet option, and read the manpage. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Why is video_out cpu usage zero (0%) for mpeg files? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> It's not zero, but it's built in into codec, so can't be measured separated. You should try to play the file using -vo null and then -vo ... and check the difference to see video_out speed... </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> What's XMMP? (is it XMMS or XMPS but mispelled?) -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> It's a new project, see http://frozenproductions.com for details </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> There are error messages about file not found /usr/lib/win32/.... -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Download & install w32codec.zip from *our* FTP (avifile's codec package has different DLL set) </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Are there any mailing lists on MPlayer? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Yes! See RTFM on how to subscribe them! </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> I've found a nasty bug when I tried to play my favourite video!! Who should I inform? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> See Appendix <A HREF="bugreports.html">C</A>. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> I have problems playing files with ... codec. Can I use'em? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Check <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html</A>, if it doesn't contain your codec, read <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.4">section 2.1.4</A>, and contact us. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Umm, what is "IdegCounter"? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> A mixture of a hungarian and an english word. In english, "Ideg" means "nerve", and is pronounced as something like "ydaegh" . It was first used to measure the nervousness of A'rpi, after some (umm) "mystic" disappearance of CVS code ;) </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> LIRC doesn't work, because ... -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Are you sure you use "mplayer_lirc" instead of "mplayer"? </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Subtitles are very nice, the most beautiful I've ever seen, but they slow down the playing! I know it's unlikely... -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> After running ./configure , edit config.h and replace #undef FAST_OSD with <CODE>#define FAST_OSD</CODE>. Then recompile. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> The OSD is flickering! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> You use a vo driver with single buffering (x11,xv). With xv, use -double option. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> What exactly is this libavcodec? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> It's from Gerard Lantau's ffmpeg package (<A HREF="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net</A>). It has C language DivX ;-) and OpenDivX alpha 47 codec. Some benchmarks showed that its DivX seems to be even faster than DirectShow codec without @@ -265,20 +245,20 @@ Also, open the possibility to play DivX on virtually every computer that has a C compiler. Kinda great stuff, isn't it? </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> But configure tells me "Checking for libavcodec ... no"! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> You need to get libavcodec from FFmpeg's CVS. Read the instructions in the <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.2">ffmpeg section</A>. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> <TD COLSPAN=3> -<B><A NAME=5.3>5.3. File playing problems</A></B> +<B><A NAME=5.3><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.3. File playing problems</A></B> </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> ...... works with avifile/aviplay while doesn't with MPlayer. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <B>MPlayer</B> != avifile The only common thing between these players is the Win32 DLL loader. The codecs (dll) sets, syncronization, demultiplexing etc is totaly @@ -287,29 +267,29 @@ If something works with aviplay it doesn't mean that <B>MPlayer</B> should do it and vice versa. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Audio goes out of sync playing .avi file. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Try with -bps or -nobps option if still bad, send me (upload to ftp) that file, I'll check. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Indeo 3.x/4.x movies are viewed upside-down!!!? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> It's a known bug (really it's a bug/limitation of the DLL codec) Try if your vo driver supports the -flip switch. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Indeo 3.x,4.x video doesn't work at 32bpp resolutions (16,24 bpp are ok). -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> It's a known bug (really it's a bug/limitation of the DLL codec). </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> MPlayer exits with something error when using l3codeca.acm. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Check 'ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer' output. If it contains<BR> <CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4???????)</CODE><BR> where "?" is any number then it's ok, the error is not here. If it is:<BR> @@ -322,48 +302,48 @@ Because l3codeca.acm is a non-relocatable DLL, it must be loaded to or use <B>MPlayer</B>'s -afm 1 option to disable using l3codeca.acm. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> My computer plays M$ DivX AVIs with resolutions ~ 640x300 and stereo mp3 sound too slow. When I use -nosound switch, everything is ok (but quiet). -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Ok son, your machine is too slow. RTFM or anything. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> MPlayer dies with "MPlayer interrupted by signal 4 in module: decode_video". -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Try running <B>MPlayer</B> on the machine you compiled on. Or recompile. Don't use <B>MPlayer</B> on different CPU than it was compiled on. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> I have problems with [your window manager] and fullscreen xv/xmga/sdl/x11 modes.. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Use the -fsmode switch. See example.conf or manpage. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> But it works with avifile! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> So what? </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Then avifile is better! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Then use avifile, it has nice GUI and nice C++ code :) </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> I got this playing mpeg files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> You have old version of codecs.conf at ~/.mplayer/. Upgrade it from etc/ </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> After starting mplayer under KDE(1/2) I just get a black screen and nothing happens, after about one minute the video starts playing. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device, either wait the time until video starts or you disable the arts-daemon in kontrollcenter. If you want to use arts sound, specify audio output via SDL (ao=sdl), and @@ -371,16 +351,16 @@ make sure your SDL can handle arts sound. Yet another option is to start mplayer with artsdsp. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD> |