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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>-vop 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 says:<BR> +<CODE>X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)<BR> + Major opcode of failed request: 147 (MIT-SHM)<BR> + Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (X_ShmAttach)<BR> + Serial number of failed request: 26<BR> + Current serial number in output stream:27</CODE><BR> +</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">A:</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text"> +The "tdfx" driver in XFree86 4.0.2/4.0.3 had this bug. This was solved by +<A HREF="http://www.xfree86.org/cvs/changes_4_1.html">bugfix #621 of the XFree86 4.1.0 CVS log</A>. +So upgrade to XFree86 4.1.0 or later. Alternatively, either download (at least) +DRI version 0.6 from the <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">DRI homepage</A>, +or use CVS DRI. +</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, I can't play DivX AVIs with my Vo |