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diff --git a/DOCS/documentation.html b/DOCS/documentation.html index f60eeabeaa..e5cd8c8040 100644 --- a/DOCS/documentation.html +++ b/DOCS/documentation.html @@ -1793,7 +1793,7 @@ end <H2><A NAME="cygwin">6.7 Cygwin</A></H2> <P>The Cygwin port is still in its infancy. Currently there is no support for - Win32 DLLs, VCDs or OpenGL. SDL is known to distort sound and image or crash + Win32 DLLs or OpenGL. SDL is known to distort sound and image or crash on some systems. <A HREF="tech/patches.txt">Patches</A> are always welcome. Best results are achieved with the native DirectX video output driver (<CODE>-vo directx</CODE>) and the native Windows waveout audio driver @@ -1814,6 +1814,23 @@ end <P>Instructions and files for making SDL run under Cygwin can be found on the <A HREF="http://www.libsdl.org/extras/win32/cygwin/">libsdl site</A>.</P> +<P>You can play VCDs by playing the <CODE>.DAT</CODE> or <CODE>.MPG</CODE> files + that Windows exposes on VCDs. It works like this (adjust for the drive letter + of your CD-ROM):</P> + +<P><CODE>mplayer d:/mpegav/avseq01.dat</CODE></P> + +<P><CODE>mplayer /cydrive/d/MPEG2/AVSEQ01.MPG</CODE></P> + +<P>DVDs also work, just set the DVD device correctly to whatever your CD-ROM + device is:</P> + +<P><CODE>mplayer -dvd <title> -dvd-device d:</CODE></P> + +<P>QuickTime DLLs have also been reported to work if you put them into the + default Windows DLL location, <CODE>C:\WINNT\system32</CODE> or + <CODE>C:\Windows\system</CODE> depending on your Windows version.</P> + <H1><A NAME="encoding">7.</A> <A HREF="encoding.html">Encoding with MEncoder</A></H1> |