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diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/audio.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/audio.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 9285f9c662..0000000000 --- a/DOCS/xml/en/audio.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,63 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> -<!-- $Revision$ --> -<chapter id="audio"> -<title>Audio output devices</title> -<sect1 id="sync"> -<title>Audio/Video synchronization</title> - -<para> -Linux sound card drivers have compatibility problems. This is because -<application>MPlayer</application> relies on an in-built feature of -<emphasis>properly</emphasis> coded sound drivers that enable them to -maintain correct audio/video sync. Regrettably, some driver authors -don't take the care to code this feature since it is not needed for -playing MP3s or sound effects. -</para> - -<para> -Other media players like <ulink url="http://avifile.sf.net">aviplay</ulink> -or <ulink url="http://xinehq.de">xine</ulink> possibly work -out-of-the-box with these drivers because they use "simple" methods -with internal timing. Measuring showed that their methods are not as -efficient as <application>MPlayer</application>'s. -</para> - -<para> -Using <application>MPlayer</application> with a properly written audio -driver will never result in A/V desynchronisation related to the audio, except -only with very badly created files (check the man page for workarounds). -</para> - -<para> -If you happen to have a bad audio driver, try the <option>-autosync</option> -option, it should sort out your problems. See the man page for detailed -information. -</para> -</sect1> - - -<!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --> - - -<sect1 id="troubleshooting"> -<title>Troubleshooting</title> - -<para>Some notes:</para> - -<para> -If you have ALSA version 0.5, then you almost always have to use -<option>-ao alsa5</option>, since ALSA 0.5 has buggy OSS emulation code, -and will <emphasis role="bold">crash <application>MPlayer</application></emphasis> -with a message like this: -<screen> -DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer! -</screen> -</para> - -<para> -If the sound clicks when playing from CD-ROM, turn on IRQ unmasking as -described in the <link linkend="drives">CD-ROM</link> section. -</para> -</sect1> - -</chapter> diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml index f87259847a..cf01aa5039 100644 --- a/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/documentation.xml @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ <year>2006</year> <year>2007</year> <year>2008</year> + <year>2009</year> <holder>MPlayer team</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -169,12 +170,9 @@ can be distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 2. &tvinput.xml; &radio.xml; &video.xml; -&audio.xml; - &ports.xml; &mencoder.xml; &encoding-guide.xml; &faq.xml; &bugreports.xml; &skin.xml; -&history.xml; diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml index 01b95ec046..8ee90866c6 100644 --- a/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml @@ -812,7 +812,6 @@ This can have multiple reasons. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> Your sound driver is buggy. - See the <link linkend="audio">audio section</link>. </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </para></answer> diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/history.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/history.xml deleted file mode 100644 index fc111f8c91..0000000000 --- a/DOCS/xml/en/history.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,187 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> -<!-- $Revision$ --> -<appendix id="history"> -<title>History</title> - -<blockquote><para> -This began a year ago... I have tried lots of players under Linux -(<application>mtv</application>, <application>xmps</application>, -<application>dvdview</application>, <application>livid/oms</application>, -<application>videolan</application>, <application>xine</application>, -<application>xanim</application>, <application>avifile</application>, -<application>xmmp</application>) but they all have some problem. Mostly with -special files or with audio/video sync. Most of them are unable to play both -MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and AVI (DivX) files. Many players have image quality or speed -problems too. So I've decided to write/modify one... -</para></blockquote><para>A'rpi, 2001</para> - -<itemizedlist> -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>mpg12play</application> v0.1-v0.3</emphasis>: Sep 22-25, 2000 -</para> -<para> -The first try, hacked together in a half hour! I've used libmpeg3 -from <ulink url="http://www.heroinewarrior.com"/> up to the version 0.3, but -there were image quality and speed problems with it. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>mpg12play</application> v0.5-v0.87</emphasis>: Sep 28-Oct 20, 2000 -</para> -<para> -MPEG codec replaced with DVDview by Dirk Farin, it was a -great stuff, but it was slow and was written in C++ (A'rpi hates C++!!!) -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>mpg12play</application> v0.9-v0.95pre5</emphasis>: Oct 21-Nov 2, 2000 -</para> -<para> -MPEG codec was libmpeg2 (mpeg2dec) by Aaron Holtzman and -Michel Lespinasse. It's great, optimized very fast C code with perfect -image quality and 100% MPEG standard conformance. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> v0.3-v0.9</emphasis>: Nov 18-Dec 4, 2000 -</para> -<para> -It was a pack of two programs: mpg12play v0.95pre6 and my -new simple AVI player 'avip' based on avifile's Win32 DLL loader. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> v0.10</emphasis>: Jan 1, 2001 -</para> -<para>The MPEG and AVI player in a single binary! -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> v0.11pre series</emphasis>: -</para> -<para> -Some new developers joined and since 0.11 the <application>MPlayer</application> -project is a team-work! Added ASF file support, and OpenDivX -(see <ulink url="http://www.projectmayo.com"/>) en/decoding. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> v0.17a "The IdegCounter"</emphasis>: Apr 27, 2001 -</para> -<para> -The release version of the 0.11pre after 4 months of heavy -development! Try it, and be amazed! Thousands of new features added... -and of course old code was improved too, bugs removed etc. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.18 "The BugCounter"</emphasis>: Jul 9, 2001 -</para> -<para> -2 months since 0.17 and here's a new release.. Completed ASF -support, more subtitle formats, introduced libao (similar to libvo but to -audio), even more stable than ever, and so on. It's a MUST! -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.50 "The Faszom(C)ounter"</emphasis>: Oct 8, 2001 -</para> -<para> -Hmm. Release again. Tons of new features, beta GUI version, -bugs fixed, new vo and ao drivers, ported to many systems, including -open source DivX codecs and much more. Try it! -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.60 "The RTFMCounter"</emphasis>: Jan 3, 2002 -</para> -<para> -MOV/VIVO/RM/FLI/NUV file formats support, native CRAM, Cinepak, -ADPCM codecs, and support for XAnim's binary codecs; DVD subtitles support, -first release of <application>MEncoder</application>, TV grabbing, cache, -liba52, countless fixes. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.90pre10 "The BirthdayCounter"</emphasis> Nov 11, 2002 -</para> -<para> -Although this is not a release, I am going to mention it because it -came out 2 years after <application>MPlayer</application> v0.01. -Happy birthday, <application>MPlayer</application>! -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.90rc1 "The CodecCounter"</emphasis> Dec 7, 2002 -</para> -<para> -Again not a release, but after adding Sorenson 3 (QuickTime) -and Windows Media 9 support, <application>MPlayer</application> is the -world's first movie player with support for all known video formats! -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.90 "The CounterCounter"</emphasis> Apr 6, 2003 -</para> -<para> -After more than 1 year, we finally concluded that the code was indeed -stable again, and ready to be published as a release. Unfortunately we -forgot even to increase the version number, and other annoying bugs went -in, so get ready for... -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 0.91</emphasis> Aug 13, 2003 -</para> -<para> -The above mentioned and lot of other bugs have been fixed. -This is the latest stable version. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 1.0pre1 "Development on the beach"</emphasis> Sep 1, 2003 -</para> -<para> -Although this is not a stable release, I am going to mention it because it is -the first pre version of the 1.0 series of <application>MPlayer</application> -and it is intended to help the <emphasis>big bug hunting party</emphasis>. -This is a huge step forward! -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -<emphasis role="bold"><application>MPlayer</application> 1.0</emphasis> date yet unknown -</para> -</listitem> -</itemizedlist> -</appendix> |