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diff --git a/DOCS/pl/faq.html b/DOCS/pl/faq.html index 1784e5d793..3c682f929e 100644 --- a/DOCS/pl/faq.html +++ b/DOCS/pl/faq.html @@ -1,943 +1,820 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> -<STYLE> - .text - {font-family : Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; - font-size : 14px;} -</STYLE> + <TITLE>FAQ - MPlayer - Odtwarzacz Filmów dla Linuksa</TITLE> + <LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="default.css"> + <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-2"> + <STYLE TYPE="text/css"> + dt { + font-weight : bold; + } + </STYLE> </HEAD> -<BODY BGCOLOR=white> - -<FONT CLASS="text"> - -<P><B><A NAME=5>5. FAQ section</A></B></P> - -<TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH=100% ALIGN=left> - -<TR><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 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 CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -Your gcc isn't installed correctly, check the <CODE>config.log</CODE> file -for details. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -What does "No such file or directory" mean? -</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 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 CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -<B><I>We strongly discourage the use of gcc 2.96!!!</I></B><BR> -Read <A HREF="gcc-2.96-3.0.html">this</A> and <A HREF="users_against_developers.html">this</A> -document for details. If you still really really want to use it, be sure to get -the latest release, but remember that you are on your own. Do <B>not</B> report -bugs or ask for help on the mailing lists. We will <B>not</B> provide any support -in case you run into problems. -<BR> -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<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 Red Hat/Mandrake, then I'm fine--! -</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 these compilers as well.<BR> -Use the 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 CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -I tried to compile MPlayer, but I got this output: -<PRE> -In file included from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/std_cwchar.h:42, - from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/fpos.h:40, - from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/char_traits.h:40, - from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/std_string.h:41, - from /usr/include/g++-v3/string:31, - from libwin32.h:36, - from DS_AudioDecoder.h:4, - from DS_AudioDec.cpp:5: -/usr/include/wchar.h: In function Long long int wcstoq(const wchar_t*, - wchar_t**, int)': -/usr/include/wchar.h:514: cannot convert `const wchar_t* __restrict' to -`const -</PRE> -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -Upgrade your glibc to the latest release. On Mandrake, use 2.2.4-8mdk. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<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 CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -Quoted from a <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2001-October/005351.html">mail</A> A'rpi sent to the mplayer-users list (the word 'ideg' is described below): -<BLOCKQUOTE> -<P>And we have idegs. And our idegcounter overflowed again and again.</P> - -<P>Unfortunately MPlayer is out of our control. It's used by lamers, Linux users -who can't even use Windows, and never tried to compile a kernel. They installed -(with default options) Mandrake or Red Hat or SuSE, and without RTFM'ing they -send messages saying 'it doesn't work! help me! please! i'm new to Linux! -help! oh! help me!'. We can't stop them, but at least we try to force them to -RTFM and to read messages of ./configure and MPlayer.</P> - -<P>And you clever guys come and flame us with gcc 2.96 and binary packages. -Instead of helping users or making patches to help solve problems.</P> - -<P>Half of our spare/free time is spent by answering silly mails here and -making newer tricks and checks to configure to avoid such mails.</P> - -<P>And there is a balance. On the one side are you, clever guys, saying we are -very bad because we don't like buggy gcc 2.96, and on the other side there are -the 'new to Linux' guys who are showing us gcc 2.96 is buggy.</P> - -<P>Conclusion: We can't be good. Half the people always will say we are bad.</P> - -<P>Maybe we should close the project, make it closed source, commercial, and -provide install support for it. then we could leave current work, so -development could go faster, and we could earn lots of money with it and buy a -big house, etc etc. Do you really want it? It seems.</P> -</BLOCKQUOTE> - -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<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 CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -In <A HREF="gcc-2.96-3.0.html">this</A> document. And <A HREF="users_against_developers.html">this</A> -document describes why Red Hat released 2.96 and other interesting things. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -SDL output doesn't work or compile. The problem is ... -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -It was tested to work with SDL 1.2.x and may run on SDL 1.1.7+. -It does <B>not</B> work with any previous version. So if you choose to use such -a version, you are on your own. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<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 now? -</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 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 CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -Copy etc/inttypes.h to the <B>MPlayer</B> directory (<CODE>cp etc/inttypes.h .</CODE>) -and try again ... -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -I have Linux running on a Pentium III but <CODE>./configure</CODE> doesn't detect -SSE ... -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -Only kernel versions 2.4.x support SSE (or try 2.2.19 or newer, but -be prepared for problems). -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -I have a G200/G400, how do I compile/use the mga_vid driver? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -Read the <A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.7">documentation</A>. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<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 CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -You can make a .deb package for yourself, check the <A HREF="documentation.html#6.1">Debian packaging</A> section. -There are RPM packages available on our homepage, don't use other sources! -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<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 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 Red Hat, and xlib6g-dev* under -Debian. Also check if the <CODE>/usr/X11</CODE> and <CODE>/usr/include/X11</CODE> -symlinks exist (this can be a problem on Mandrake systems). They can be created -with these commands:<BR> - <CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11</CODE><BR> - <CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</CODE><BR> -Your distribution may differ from the -<A HREF="http://www.pathname.com/fhs/">Filesystem Hierarchy Standard</A>. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -What about the DGA driver? I can't find it!!! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -<CODE>./configure</CODE> autodetects your DGA driver. If <CODE>-vo help</CODE> doesn't show -DGA, then there's a problem with your X installation. -Try <CODE>./configure --enable-dga</CODE> and read the -<A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.3">documentation</A>. -Alternatively, try SDL's DGA driver with the <CODE>-vo sdl:dga</CODE> option. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<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 kernel 2.3/2.4 ... -</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 <CODE>BACKGROUND = y</CODE> out. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<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 <CODE>/usr/local/lib</CODE> ... -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -Add <CODE>/usr/local/lib</CODE> to <CODE>/etc/ld.so.conf</CODE> and run <CODE>ldconfig</CODE>. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<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 CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -The latest kernel modutils require a flag indicating the license (mainly -to avoid kernel hackers debugging closed source drivers). -Upgrade your kernel, modutils and <B>MPlayer</B>. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<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 CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -This is a linker problem. Upgrading binutils should help (2.11.92.* or newer -should be good). Since it is not our fault, please do <B>not</B> report! -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<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 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 CLASS="text">5.2. General questions</A></B> -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<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 CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -Read the CD/DVD section in <A HREF="cd-dvd.html">this document</A>. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -The <CODE>-xy</CODE> or <CODE>-fs</CODE> option doesn't work with the x11 driver (<CODE>-vo x11</CODE>) ... -</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 <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#2.3.1.3">DGA driver</A> and -<A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.4">SDL's DGA driver</A> work for you. -It's much faster. If SDL's DGA works, use that, it'll be EVEN faster! -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -What is the meaning of the numbers on the status line? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -Example: <CODE><FONT CLASS="text">A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57/57 41% 0% 2.6% 0 4 49%</CODE><BR> -<UL> -<LI>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 -<LI>frames played (counting from last seek) -<LI>frames decoded (counting from last seek) -<LI>video codec cpu usage in percent (for slices and DR this includes video_out) -<LI>video_out cpu usage -<LI>audio codec cpu usage in percent -<LI>frames needed to drop to maintain A-V sync -<LI>current level of image postprocessing (when using <CODE>-autoq</CODE>) -<LI>current cache size used (around 50% is normal) -</UL> -Most of them are for debug purposes and will be removed soon. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<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 CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -Use the <CODE>-quiet</CODE> option and read the man page. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<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 some files? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -It's not zero, but it's called from the codec and thus cannot be measured -separately. You should try to play the file using <CODE>-vo null</CODE> and then -<CODE>-vo ...</CODE> and check the difference to see the video_out speed. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<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 <CODE>/usr/lib/win32/</CODE> ... -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -Download the <A HREF="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/w32codec-0.60.tar.bz2">Win32 codecs</A> -from <B>our</B> FTP site (avifile's codec package has a different DLL set) and -install it. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<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 CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -Yes! See the bottom of the info page on -<A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/info.html">our homepage</A> to subscribe! -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<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 favorite video!! -Who should I inform? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -Please read the <A HREF="bugreports.html">bug reporting guidelines</A> and follow -the instructions. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -I have problems playing files with the ... codec. Can I use them? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -Check the <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html">codec status</A>, -if it doesn't contain your codec, read the -<A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.3">codec documentation</A>, especially the -<A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.3">codec importing HOWTO</A> and contact us. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<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 CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -A combination of a Hungarian and an English word. "Ideg" in Hungarian means -the same as "nerve" in English, 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 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 CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -"Fasz" is a Hungarian word you don't want to know, the others are connected to -the perverted minds of the MPlayer developers. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<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 CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -Are you sure you are using <CODE>mplayer</CODE> instead of <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE>? -Note that it was <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE> for long time, including the 0.60 release, but recently -changed back to <CODE>mplayer</CODE>. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<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 playing! I know it's unlikely ... -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -After running <CODE>./configure</CODE> , edit <CODE>config.h</CODE> 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 CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -The OSD is flickering! -</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 the <CODE>-double</CODE> option. Also try <CODE>-vf expand</CODE> -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -What exactly is this libavcodec thing? -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -See the <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.2">FFmpeg section</A>. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<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 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#2.2.1.2">FFmpeg section</A>. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<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 a panel is over the movie!! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -Known problem with icewm. It is unsolvable from our side. In detail: -Icewm's taskbar overrides the GUI's window resize queries. If asked for a -resize to 800x600, icewm resizes the window to 800x(600-taskbar_size). -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<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 CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -Are you using FVWM? Try the following:<BR> -Start -> Settings -> Configuration -> Base Configuration<BR> -Set "Use Applications position hints" to "Yes". -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<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 CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -Use: <CODE>mplayer <options> <filename> < /dev/null &</CODE> -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD COLSPAN=3> -<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 CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -... works with avifile/aviplay but doesn't with MPlayer. -</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) set, synchronization, demultiplexing etc is totally -different and shouldn't be compared. -If something works with aviplay it doesn't mean that <B>MPlayer</B> will work -and vice versa. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -Audio goes out of sync playing a .avi file. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -Try the <CODE>-bps</CODE> or <CODE>-nobps</CODE> option. If it does not improve, -read <A HREF="bugreports.html">this</A> and upload the file to FTP. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -MPlayer exits with some error when using l3codeca.acm. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -Check <CODE>ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE> 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> - <CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00??????)</CODE><BR> -then there is a problem with your kernel/libc. Maybe you are using some -security patches (for example Solar Designer's OpenWall patch) which -forces loading libraries to very low addresses. -Because l3codeca.acm is a non-relocatable DLL, it must be loaded to -0x00400000, we can't change this. You should use a non-patched kernel, -or use <B>MPlayer</B>'s <CODE>-afm 1</CODE> option to disable using l3codeca.acm. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -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><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -Your machine is too slow or your soundcard driver is broken. Consult the documentation to see if you can improve -performance. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -MPlayer dies with "MPlayer interrupted by signal 4 in module: decode_video". -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -Try running <B>MPlayer</B> on the machine you compiled on. Or recompile. Don't -use <B>MPlayer</B> on a CPU different from the one it was compiled on. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -I have problems with [your window manager] and fullscreen xv/xmga/sdl/x11 modes ... -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -Use the <CODE>-fsmode</CODE> switch. See example.conf or the man page. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -But it works with avifile! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -So what? -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -Then avifile is better! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -Then use avifile, it has a nice GUI and nice C++ code :) -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -I got this playing mpeg files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -You have an old version of codecs.conf at <CODE>~/.mplayer/</CODE>. Upgrade it -from <CODE>/etc/</CODE>.<BR> -<B>OR</B> you have the <CODE>vc=</CODE> option or something similar in your -config file(s). -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -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><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device, either wait the time -until video starts or you disable the arts-daemon in kontrol center. If you want -to use arts sound, specify audio output via SDL (<CODE>ao=sdl</CODE>), and -make sure your SDL can handle arts sound. Yet another option is to start -<B>MPlayer</B> with artsdsp. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -I have an AVI that produces a gray screen when played with <CODE>-vc odivx</CODE> -and a green one with <CODE>-vc divx4</CODE>. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -It's not a DivX file, but an M$ MPEG4v3 . Update your codecs.conf. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -When I play this movie I get video-audio desync and/or MPlayer crashes with the following message:<BR> -<CODE>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</CODE> -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -This can have multiple reasons.<BR> -<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 frames counter goes up fast).</LI> - <LI>If it is an AVI, maybe it has bad interleaving. Try the <CODE>-ni</CODE> option.</LI> - <LI>Your sound driver is buggy, or you use ALSA 0.5 with <CODE>-ao oss</CODE>. - See the <A HREF="sound.html">sound card section</A>.</LI> - <LI>The AVI has a bad header, try the <CODE>-nobps</CODE> option, and/or - <CODE>-mc 0</CODE>.</LI> -</UL> -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -I have an MJPEG file which works with other players but displays only a black -image in MPlayer. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -Disable the Windows DLL in <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>, or use the -<CODE>-vc ffmjpeg</CODE> option (compile MPlayer with libavcodec for this to work). -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -When I try to grab from my tuner, it works, but colors are strange. It's OK -with other applications. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -Your card probably misreports its colorspace capacity. Try with YUY2 instead -of default YV12 (see the <A HREF="documentation.html#2.5">TV input documentation</A>). -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -When I start playing, I get this message but everything seems fine:<BR> -<CODE>Linux RTC init: ioctl (rtc_pie_on): Permission denied</CODE> -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -You need root privileges to use the new timing code. For details see the -<A HREF="documentation.html#1.3">installation section</A> of the documentation. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -I have A/V sync problems. Some of my AVIs play fine, but some play with -double speed! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -You have a buggy sound card/driver. Most likely it's fixed at 44100Hz, and -you try to play a file which has 22050Hz audio. Try the resample audio plugin. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -All the WMV (or other..) files I play create a green/gray window and there is -only sound! MPlayer prints:<BR> -<CODE>Detected video codec: [null] drv:0 (NULL codec (no decoding))</CODE> -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -Update your <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -I get very strange percentage values (way too big) while playing files on my notebook. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -It's an effect of the power management / power saving system of your notebook -(BIOS, not kernel). Plug the external power connector in <b>before</b> you power on your -notebook. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -The audio/video gets totally out of sync when I run MPlayer as root on my notebook. -It works normal when i run it as a user. -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -This is again a power management effect (see above). Plug the external power connector -in <b>before</b> you power on your notebook. -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD COLSPAN=3> -<B><A NAME=5.4><FONT CLASS="text">5.4. Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></B> -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -OK, <CODE>-vo help</CODE> shows DGA driver, but it complains about permissions! -Help me! -</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> -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> - <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> -</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR> - -<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><FONT CLASS="text"> -When using Xvideo, my Voodoo 3/Banshee s |