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diff --git a/DOCS/faq.html b/DOCS/faq.html index 98f17da114..cd3617f843 100644 --- a/DOCS/faq.html +++ b/DOCS/faq.html @@ -1,47 +1,56 @@ <HTML> + +<HEAD> +<STYLE> + .text + {font-family : Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; + font-size : 14px;} +</STYLE> +</HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR=white> -<FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> +<FONT CLASS="text"> <P><B><A NAME=5>5. FAQ section</A></B></P> <TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH=100% ALIGN=left> -<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 COLSPAN=3><P><B><A NAME=5.1><FONT CLASS="text">5.1 Compilation</A></B></P> </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<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"> +<TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> configure ends with this text, and MPlayer won't compile !<BR> <CODE>Your gcc does not support even i386 for '-march' and '-mcpu'.</CODE> -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Your gcc isn't installed correctly, check <CODE>config.log</CODE> file for details. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<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"> +<TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> What does "No such file or directory" means ? -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Probably there is no such file or directory. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<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"> +<TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> What's the problem with gcc 2.96 ? -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> To be short: <B><I>DO NOT USE gcc 2.96 !!!</I></B><BR> Check <A HREF="gcc-2.96-3.0.html">this</A> and <A HREF="users_against_developers.html">this</A> texts! If you still really really want to do so, be sure to use the latest release. <BR> </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<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"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> Great, I have gcc 3.0.1 from RedHat/Mandrake, then I'm fine--! -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> No, since there have been/are issues with those compilers.<BR> Use 2.95.x series for reliability (not <A HREF="gcc-2.96-3.0.html">2.96</A>). Use the latest gcc 3.0.x (starting at 3.0.2) if you want to use a 3.0.x version. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<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"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> I tried to compile MPlayer, but I got this output:<BR> <PRE> In file included from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/std_cwchar.h:42, @@ -57,13 +66,13 @@ In file included from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/std_cwchar.h:42, /usr/include/wchar.h:514: cannot convert `const wchar_t* __restrict' to `const </PRE> -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Upgrade your glibc to the newest. On Mandrake, use 2.2.4-8mdk . </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<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"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> ...gcc 2.96... (yes, some people are STILL flaming about their gcc 2.96!!) -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> <P>But we has idegs (the word 'ideg' is described further in the FAQ). And our idegcounters overflow again and again.</P> @@ -94,52 +103,52 @@ house, etc etc. Do you really want it? It seems.</P> <P ALIGN=RIGHT>Arpi (a mail on the mplayer-users list)</P> </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<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"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> Where can I find information about gcc 2.96 bugs ? -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> In <A HREF="gcc-2.96-3.0.html">this</A> documentation. And <A HREF="users_against_developers.html">this</A> documentation describes why RedHat released 2.96 and other interesting things. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<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"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> SDL output doesn't work or compile. Problem is .... -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> It is tested with newest SDL (probably runs on 1.1.7+). It does NOT work with any previous version, so don't ask. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<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"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> 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><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> 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><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> It doesn't compile, and it misses uint64_t inttypes.h and similar things... -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> 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><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> I have Pentium III but ./configure doesn't detect SSE -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> 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><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> I have G200/G400, how to compile/use mga_vid driver? -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Read all this documentation. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<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"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> Are there rpm/deb/... packages of <B>MPlayer</B>? -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> 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 @@ -147,10 +156,10 @@ 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><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't understand, I DO have X installed!? -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> ...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 @@ -161,74 +170,74 @@ 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><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> What about DGA driver? I can't find it!!! -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> ./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><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> I can't compile SVGAlib.. I'm using 2.3/2.4 kernel. -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> 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><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> I compiled MPlayer with libdvdcss/libdivxdecore support, but when I try to start it, it says:<BR> <CODE>> error while loading shared libraries: lib*.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><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Add /usr/local/lib to <B>/etc/ld.so.conf</B> and run <B>ldconfig</B> . </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<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"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> MPlayer doesn't seem to find my libcss. What am I doing wrong ? -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> It's normal. <B>MPlayer</B> no longer depends on libcss to play a DVD. You have to install <B>libdvdread</B> and <B>libdvdcss</B>. Check for DVD Playback part <A HREF="cd-dvd.html">here</A>. libcss is to be used for example when you want to play encrypted VOB files from hard disk (not for general users). </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<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"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> Hmm, strange. When loading the mga_vid.o kernel module, I found this in the logs:<BR> <CODE>Warning: loading mga_vid.o will taint the kernel: no license</CODE> -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> The latest kernels modules needs require a flag indicating its license (mainly to avoid kernel hackers' debugging closed sources drivers). Upgrade your kernel and your modutils and <B>MPlayer</B>. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<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"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> When compiling <B>MEncoder</B>, it segfaults at linking !!! -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Dunno, upgrading binutils should help (2.11.92.* or newer should be good). Not our fault, do NOT report! </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<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"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> I'd like to compile <B>MPlayer</B> on Minix ! -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Me too. :) </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<TD COLSPAN=3><B><A NAME=5.2><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.2. General questions</A></B> +<TD COLSPAN=3><B><A NAME=5.2><FONT CLASS="text">5.2. General questions</A></B> </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<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"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> What about DVD playing ? -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Read the CD/DVD section in <A HREF="cd-dvd.html">this page</A>. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<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"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -xy or -fs option doesn't work with x11 driver (-vo x11) -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> It does, but you have to explicitly specify software scaling (it's SLOW!) with the <CODE>-zoom</CODE> option. You better use XF86VidMode support: you must specify the -vm and the -fs switch, and you're done. @@ -237,12 +246,12 @@ 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><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> What is the meaning of numbers in the status line? -</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 49%</CODE><BR> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> +See: <CODE><FONT CLASS="text">A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57 41% 0% 2.6% 0 4 49%</CODE><BR> <UL> -<LI><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A: audio position in seconds +<LI><FONT CLASS="text">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 @@ -257,137 +266,137 @@ See: <CODE><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A: 2.1 V <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><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> What if I don't want them to appear? -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Then you use the -quiet option, and read the manpage. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<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"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> Why is video_out cpu usage zero (0%) for mpeg files? -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> 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><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> What's XMMP? (is it XMMS or XMPS but mispelled?) -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> It's a new project, see http://frozenproductions.com for details </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<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"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> There are error messages about file not found /usr/lib/win32/.... -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Download <A HREF="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/w32codec.zip">w32codec.zip</A> from *our* FTP (avifile's codec package has different DLL set). Install it. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<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"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> Are there any mailing lists on MPlayer? -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Yes! See RTFM on how to subscribe them! </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<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"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> 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><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> See Appendix <A HREF="bugreports.html">C</A>. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<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"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> I have problems playing files with ... codec. Can I use'em? -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> 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#2.1.3">section 2.1.3</A>, and contact us. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<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"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> Umm, what is "IdegCounter"? -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> 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><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> And what is "Faszom(C)ounter" ? -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> "Fasz" is a hungarian word you don't want to know, the others are in connection with the pervert minds of the MPlayer developers. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<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"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> LIRC doesn't work, because ... -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Are you sure you use "mplayer_lirc" instead of "mplayer"? </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<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"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> 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><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> After running ./configure , edit config.h and replace <CODE>#undef FAST_OSD</CODE> with <CODE>#define FAST_OSD</CODE>. Then recompile. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<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"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> The OSD is flickering! -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> 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><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> What exactly is this libavcodec? -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> See the <A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.2.2">2.1.2.2 section</A>. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<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"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> But configure tells me "Checking for libavcodec ... no"! -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> 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></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"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> The GUI isn't usable with icewm, because some panel are over the movie!! -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Known, icewm is dictatoric. Unsolvable. In detail: its taskbar overrides GUI's window resize queries. If it asks for resize to 800x600, then it resizes window to 800x(600-taskbar_size). It's bad. Very bad. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<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"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> I can't access the GUI menu. I press right click, but I can't access any menu items ! -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Are you using FVWM ? Try the following :<BR> Start -> Settings -> Configuration -> Base Configuration<BR> <BR> Set "Use Applications position hints" to Yes. </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<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"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> How can I run MPlayer in the background ? -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> Use : <CODE>mplayer <options> <filename> < /dev/null & </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> <TD COLSPAN=3> -<B><A NAME=5.3><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>5.3. File playing problems</A></B> +<B><A NAME=5.3><FONT CLASS="text">5.3. File playing problems</A></B> </TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> -<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"> +<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> ...... works with avifile/aviplay while doesn't with MPlayer. -</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></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> <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 @@ -396,29 +405,29 @@ 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><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>&l |