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| -rw-r--r-- | DOCS/en/faq.html | 6 | ||||
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diff --git a/DOCS/en/faq.html b/DOCS/en/faq.html index 567c554898..de6d844f3b 100644 --- a/DOCS/en/faq.html +++ b/DOCS/en/faq.html @@ -411,6 +411,12 @@ <DL> + <DT>Q: I cannot pinpoint the cause of some strange playback problem.</DT> + <DD>A: Do you have a stray <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE> file in + <CODE>~/.mplayer/</CODE>, <CODE>/etc/</CODE>, <CODE>/usr/local/etc/</CODE> + or a similar location? Remove it.</DD> + <DD> </DD> + <DT>Q: ... works with xine/avifile/... but doesn't with MPlayer.</DT> <DD>A: MPlayer is not xine/avifile/... Although these players have some code in common, the codecs (DLL) set, synchronization, demultiplexing etc is diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml index 766d43dcb8..444755d5b4 100644 --- a/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml @@ -580,6 +580,18 @@ Use: <qandadiv id="faq-playback"> <title>Playback problems</title> + +<qandaentry> +<question><para> +I cannot pinpoint the cause of some strange playback problem. +</para></question> +<answer><para> +Do you have a stray <filename>codecs.conf</filename> file in +<filename>~/.mplayer/</filename>, <filename>/etc/</filename>, +<filename>/usr/local/etc/</filename> or a similar location? Remove it. +</para></answer> +</qandaentry> + <qandaentry> <question><para> ... works with <application>xine/avifile/...</application> but doesn't with |