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| author | diego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2> | 2002-08-15 12:42:52 +0000 |
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| committer | diego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2> | 2002-08-15 12:42:52 +0000 |
| commit | ee315e724fbf2ba6ca993e137a6966a06248cef1 (patch) | |
| tree | dd894ab526e66ab28bb174995a71b9e6d22bff24 /DOCS/faq.html | |
| parent | 45e0d8bd85ddfe2ea3f65b69e2b24187cf728e45 (diff) | |
| download | mpv-ee315e724fbf2ba6ca993e137a6966a06248cef1.tar.bz2 mpv-ee315e724fbf2ba6ca993e137a6966a06248cef1.tar.xz | |
Applied patch by Andras Mohari <mayday at varoshaza nagyatad hu> in a
slightly modified form.
This puts some warnings into blockquote tags, adds a few links, removes
some UPPERCASE words and fixes a few wording and spelling errors.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@7016 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
Diffstat (limited to 'DOCS/faq.html')
| -rw-r--r-- | DOCS/faq.html | 25 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/DOCS/faq.html b/DOCS/faq.html index 8c89a6cffb..350f41ae29 100644 --- a/DOCS/faq.html +++ b/DOCS/faq.html @@ -227,13 +227,13 @@ <DT>Q: The <CODE>-xy</CODE> or <CODE>-fs</CODE> option doesn't work with the x11 driver (<CODE>-vo x11</CODE>) ...</DT> - <DD>A: It does, but you have to explicitly specify software scaling (it's - SLOW!) with the <CODE>-zoom</CODE> option. You better use XF86VidMode + <DD>A: It does, but you have to explicitly specify software scaling (very + slow) with the <CODE>-zoom</CODE> option. You better use XF86VidMode support: You must specify the <CODE>-vm</CODE> and the <CODE>-fs</CODE> switch, and you're done. Make sure you have the right modelines in your XF86Config file, and try to make the <A HREF="video.html#dga">DGA driver</A> and <A HREF="video.html#sdl">SDL's DGA driver</A> work for you. - It's much faster. If SDL's DGA works, use that, it'll be EVEN faster!</DD> + It's much faster. If SDL's DGA works, use that, it'll be even faster.</DD> <DD> </DD> <DT>Q: What is the meaning of the numbers on the status line?</DT> @@ -453,8 +453,8 @@ <CODE>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</CODE></DT> <DD>A: This can have multiple reasons. <UL> - <LI>Your CPU <B>and/or</B> video card <B>and/or</B> bus is too SLOW. - <B>MPlayer</B>displays a message if this is the case (and the dropped + <LI>Your CPU <B>and/or</B> video card <B>and/or</B> bus is too slow. + <B>MPlayer</B> displays a message if this is the case (and the dropped frames counter goes up fast).</LI> <LI>If it is an AVI, maybe it has bad interleaving. Try the <CODE>-ni</CODE> option.</LI> @@ -547,15 +547,18 @@ <DD>A: It works only if running as root! It's a DGA limitation. You should become root (<CODE>su -</CODE>), and try again. Another solution is making <B>MPlayer</B> SUID root, but it's - <B>NOT RECOMMENDED!</B><BR> + <B>not recommended!</B><BR> <CODE>chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> <CODE>chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> <CODE>chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR> - <B>!!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!!</B><BR> - This is a *BIG* security risk! *NEVER* do this on a server or on a computer - that you do not control completely because other users can gain root - privileges through SUID root MPlayer!!!<BR> - <B>!!!! SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ... !!!!</B></DD> + <BLOCKQUOTE> + <B>Warning: security risk</B><BR> + This is a <B>big</B> security risk! <B>Never</B> do this on a server or + on a computer that you do not control completely because other users can + gain root privileges through SUID root <B>MPlayer</B>. <B>You have been + warned.</B> + </BLOCKQUOTE> + </DD> <DD> </DD> <DT>Q: When using Xvideo, my Voodoo 3/Banshee says:<BR> |