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authorgabucino <gabucino@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2001-04-30 22:58:22 +0000
committergabucino <gabucino@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2001-04-30 22:58:22 +0000
commitb73584e991b5f05ee5f70fd822ac93c86ce7f0b1 (patch)
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git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@676 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
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-rw-r--r--DOCS/BUGREPORTS2
-rw-r--r--DOCS/BUGS14
-rw-r--r--DOCS/MPlayer-FAQ3
-rw-r--r--DOCS/VIDEOCARDS5
4 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/DOCS/BUGREPORTS b/DOCS/BUGREPORTS
index e6c583a0ff..6173778136 100644
--- a/DOCS/BUGREPORTS
+++ b/DOCS/BUGREPORTS
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ We won't CC: so please subscribe!!!
Don't send bugreports private, directly to author's address!!!
We are working together on code, so everyone is interested in it.
-Btw many times other users know the solution (system config probs,
+BTW many times other users know the solution (system config probs,
bad drivers etc), even when we think it's a bug in our code.
Please describe your problem in details, examples etc, and don't
diff --git a/DOCS/BUGS b/DOCS/BUGS
index fb6611b5ef..723939f89d 100644
--- a/DOCS/BUGS
+++ b/DOCS/BUGS
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ Known bugs:
Special system/cpu-specific bugs/problems:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-1. SIGILL (signal 4) in draw_frame, on P3 (mostly 2.2.x kernels):
+1. SIGILL (signal 4) in draw_frame, on P3 (mostly with 2.2.x kernels):
Problem: movups is crashing in libvo/fastmemcpy.h
Workaround: ./configure --disable-fastmemcpy
2. No image (black image) in RGB 16bpp (x11,dga,fbdev,svga) playing
- MPEG files on SMP machine:
+ MPEG files on SMP machine:
Problem: bug(?) in MMX YV12->RGB16 converter code
Workaround: ./configure --disable-mmx
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ Special system/cpu-specific bugs/problems:
Please contact me if you experienced any of the above problems. We need
people to test fixes and send us as many system details information as
possible (kernel+libc+gcc+binutils version, test results, /proc/cpuinfo etc)
-because they are system-dependent problems and aren't reproducable here.
-Please tell me if you can fix them or you are only user.
+because these are system-dependent problems and aren't reproducable here.
+Please tell me if you can fix them or you are only a user.
Unfortunately we can't reproduce these here, so it's very hard to fix.
Various A-V sync and other audio problems:
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ General audio delay or jerky sound (exists with all or many files):
- audio buffer problems
Workaround: mplayer -abs option
- slow machine (cpu or vga)
- try with -vo null, if it plays well, then you has slow VGA card/driver:
+ try with -vo null, if it plays well, then you have slow VGA card/driver:
Workaround: buy a faster card or read DOCS/VIDEOCARDS about how to speed up
Audio delay specific to one or a few files:
- bad file (pleae upload the file, so we can check & fix)
Workaround: -ni and/or -bps options
-delay option or +/- keys at runtime to adjuts delay
-- your soundcard doesn't support 48khz playback
+- your soundcard doesn't support 48Khz playback
Workaround: buy a better soundcard...
- file has VBR mp3 audio
Workaround: mplayer -mc 0
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Signal 11 in decode_audio:
- if it's still bad, try with -nosound [and report the bug, see BUGREPORTS]
No sound at all:
-- your file uses a not supported codec
+- your file uses an unsupported codec
Workaround: read DOCS/CODECS, and help us adding support for it
Video-out problems:
diff --git a/DOCS/MPlayer-FAQ b/DOCS/MPlayer-FAQ
index bb88137f57..99d7e02c57 100644
--- a/DOCS/MPlayer-FAQ
+++ b/DOCS/MPlayer-FAQ
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ Q: -xy option doesn't work with x11 driver (-vo x11)
A: 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
- try if the DGA driver works for you. It's much faster.
+ try if the DGA driver (and SDL's DGA driver, see VIDEOCARDS) works for you.
+ It's much faster. If even SDL's DGA works, it'll be EVEN more faster!
Q: audio goes out of sync playing .avi file
A: try with -bps or -nobps option
diff --git a/DOCS/VIDEOCARDS b/DOCS/VIDEOCARDS
index 0c429a7953..f29ffee36b 100644
--- a/DOCS/VIDEOCARDS
+++ b/DOCS/VIDEOCARDS
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ V. Not really acceleration, but...
Now, let's see them in details:
But before reading this, read DOCS/MTRR, and check your /proc/mtrr.
-Believe me, it does worth! Speed up things 5x on P3!!!
+Believe me, it's worth it! Speeds things up more than 5 times on P3!!!
I. Under XFree86 4.0.2 or newer, using the XVideo extension:
this is what the option '-vo xv' uses.
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ using the DGA driver:
3. If the driver couldn't switch to a smaller resolution, experiment with
switches -vm (only with X 3.0.x), -fs, -bpp, -zoom to find a video mode that
the movie fits in. There is no converter right now.. :(
-4. Became ROOT. DGA needs root access to be able to write directly video memory.
+4. Become ROOT. DGA needs root access to be able to write directly video memory.
If you want to run it as user, then install MPlayer SUID root:
'chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer'
'chmod 750 /usr/local/bin/mplayer'
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ using the DGA driver:
privilegies through suid root mplayer.
!!!! SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ... !!!!
5. Use '-vo dga' option, and there you go! (hope so:)
+6. Try if the '-vo sdl -sdl dga' options work for you! It's much faster!!!
If you have fast enough CPU (P3 800 for example) you can try fsdga for
fullscreen mpeg playing (using software YUV->RGB scaling):