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diff --git a/DOCS/documentation.html b/DOCS/documentation.html index 23a549492e..32b25fa1bf 100644 --- a/DOCS/documentation.html +++ b/DOCS/documentation.html @@ -9,14 +9,15 @@ <BODY> -<CENTER><B>MPlayer - Movie Player for LINUX (C) 2000-2002 Arpad Gereoffy (A'rpi/ESP-team)</B><BR> -<BR><A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu">http://www.mplayerhq.hu</A><BR><BR> -[ English ] -<A HREF="Hungarian/documentation.html">[ Hungarian ]</A> -<A HREF="German/documentation.html">[ German ]</A> -<A HREF="French/documentation.html">[ French ]</A> -<A HREF="Polish/documentation.html">[ Polish ]</A> -<A HREF="Italian/documentation.html">[ Italian ]</A> +<CENTER> + <B>MPlayer - Movie Player for LINUX (C) 2000-2002 Arpad Gereoffy (A'rpi/ESP-team)</B><BR> + <BR><A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu">http://www.mplayerhq.hu</A><BR><BR> + [ English ] + <A HREF="Hungarian/documentation.html">[ Hungarian ]</A> + <A HREF="German/documentation.html">[ German ]</A> + <A HREF="French/documentation.html">[ French ]</A> + <A HREF="Polish/documentation.html">[ Polish ]</A> + <A HREF="Italian/documentation.html">[ Italian ]</A> </CENTER> <HR> @@ -300,6 +301,8 @@ Developer Cries <HR> + + <P><B><A NAME="reading">0. How to read this documentation</A></B></P> <P>If you are a first-time installer: be sure to read everything from here to @@ -325,98 +328,100 @@ Developer Cries read the words on the OTHER side of the colon."</I></P> + <P><B><A NAME="introduction">1. Introduction</A></B></P> + <P><B><A NAME="overview">1.1 Overview</A></B></P> <P><B>MPlayer</B> is a movie player for LINUX (runs on many other Unices, and -<B>non-x86</B> CPUs, see the <A HREF="#ports">ports section</A>). It plays most -MPEG, VOB, AVI, OGG, VIVO, ASF/WMV, QT/MOV, FLI, RM, NuppelVideo, yuv4mpeg, -FILM, RoQ files, supported by many native, XAnim, RealPlayer, and -Win32 DLL codecs. You can watch <B>VideoCD</B>, <B>SVCD</B>, <B>DVD</B>, -<B>3ivx</B>, <B>RealMedia</B>, and <B>DivX</B> movies too (and you don't need -the avifile -library at all!). The another big feature of mplayer is the wide range of -supported output drivers. It works with X11, Xv, DGA, OpenGL, SVGAlib, fbdev, -AAlib, DirectFB, but you can use GGI and SDL (and this way all their drivers) -and some lowlevel card-specific drivers (for Matrox, 3Dfx and Radeon, -Mach64, Permedia3) too! Most -of them supports software or hardware scaling, so you can enjoy movies in -fullscreen. <B>MPlayer</B> supports displaying through some hardware MPEG -decoder boards, such as the <B><A HREF="video.html#dvb">DVB</A></B> and -<B><A HREF="video.html#dxr3">DXR3/Hollywood+</A></B>! And what about the nice big antialiased -shaded subtitles (<B>10 supported types!!!</B>) with european/ISO 8859-1,2 -(Hungarian, English, Czech, etc), Cyrillic, Korean fonts, and the onscreen -display (OSD)?</P> + <B>non-x86</B> CPUs, see the <A HREF="#ports">ports section</A>). It plays most + MPEG, VOB, AVI, OGG, VIVO, ASF/WMV, QT/MOV, FLI, RM, NuppelVideo, yuv4mpeg, + FILM, RoQ files, supported by many native, XAnim, RealPlayer, and + Win32 DLL codecs. You can watch <B>VideoCD</B>, <B>SVCD</B>, <B>DVD</B>, + <B>3ivx</B>, <B>RealMedia</B>, and <B>DivX</B> movies too (and you don't need + the avifile + library at all!). The another big feature of mplayer is the wide range of + supported output drivers. It works with X11, Xv, DGA, OpenGL, SVGAlib, fbdev, + AAlib, DirectFB, but you can use GGI and SDL (and this way all their drivers) + and some lowlevel card-specific drivers (for Matrox, 3Dfx and Radeon, + Mach64, Permedia3) too! Most + of them supports software or hardware scaling, so you can enjoy movies in + fullscreen. <B>MPlayer</B> supports displaying through some hardware MPEG + decoder boards, such as the <B><A HREF="video.html#dvb">DVB</A></B> and + <B><A HREF="video.html#dxr3">DXR3/Hollywood+</A></B>! And what about the nice big antialiased + shaded subtitles (<B>10 supported types!!!</B>) with european/ISO 8859-1,2 + (Hungarian, English, Czech, etc), Cyrillic, Korean fonts, and the onscreen + display (OSD)?</P> <P><B>MPlayer</B> is under GPL v2 license.</P> <P>The player is rock solid playing damaged MPEG files (useful for some VCDs), -and it plays bad AVI files which are unplayable with the famous -windows media player. Even AVI files without index chunk are playable, and -you can temporarily rebuild their indexes with the <CODE>-idx</CODE> option, or -permanently with <B>MEncoder</B>, thus enabling seeking! -As you see, stability and quality are the most important things, -but the speed is also amazing.</P> + and it plays bad AVI files which are unplayable with the famous + windows media player. Even AVI files without index chunk are playable, and + you can temporarily rebuild their indexes with the <CODE>-idx</CODE> option, or + permanently with <B>MEncoder</B>, thus enabling seeking! + As you see, stability and quality are the most important things, + but the speed is also amazing.</P> <P><B><A NAME="history">1.2 History</A></B></P> <P>This began a year ago... -I (A'rpi) have tried lots of players under linux (mtv,xmps,dvdview,livid/oms,videolan, -xine,xanim,avifile,xmmp) but they all have some problem. Mostly with special -files or with audio/video sync. Most of them is unable to play both MPEG1, -MPEG2 and AVI (DivX) files. Many players have image quality or speed problems -too. So I've decided to write/modify one...</P> + I (A'rpi) have tried lots of players under linux (mtv,xmps,dvdview,livid/oms,videolan, + xine,xanim,avifile,xmmp) but they all have some problem. Mostly with special + files or with audio/video sync. Most of them is unable to play both MPEG1, + MPEG2 and AVI (DivX) files. Many players have image quality or speed problems + too. So I've decided to write/modify one...</P> <UL> -<LI><B>mpg12play v0.1-v0.3:</B> Sep 22-25, 2000<BR> + <LI><B>mpg12play v0.1-v0.3:</B> Sep 22-25, 2000<BR> The first try, hacked together in a half hour! I've used libmpeg3 from www.heroinewarrior.com up to the version 0.3, but there were image quality and speed problems with it.</LI> -<LI><B>mpg12play v0.5-v0.87:</B> Sep 28-Oct 20, 2000<BR> + <LI><B>mpg12play v0.5-v0.87:</B> Sep 28-Oct 20, 2000<BR> Mpeg codec replaced with DVDview by Dirk Farin, it was a great stuff, but it was slow and was written in C++ (I hate C++!!!)</LI> -<LI><B>mpg12play v0.9-v0.95pre5:</B> Oct 21-Nov 2, 2000<BR> + <LI><B>mpg12play v0.9-v0.95pre5:</B> Oct 21-Nov 2, 2000<BR> Mpeg codec was libmpeg2 (mpeg2dec) by Aaron Holtzman & Michel Lespinasse. It's great, optimized very fast C code with perfect image quality and 100% MPEG standard conformance.</LI> -<LI><B>MPlayer v0.3-v0.9:</B> Nov 18-Dec 4, 2000<BR> + <LI><B>MPlayer v0.3-v0.9:</B> Nov 18-Dec 4, 2000<BR> It was a pack of two programs: mpg12play v0.95pre6 and my new simple AVI player 'avip' based on avifile's Win32 DLL loader.</LI> -<LI><B>MPlayer v0.10:</B> Jan 1, 2001<BR> + <LI><B>MPlayer v0.10:</B> Jan 1, 2001<BR> The MPEG and AVI player in a single binary!</LI> -<LI><B>MPlayer v0.11pre series:</B><BR> + <LI><B>MPlayer v0.11pre series:</B><BR> Some new developers joined and from 0.11 the mplayer project is a team-work! Added .ASF file support, and OpenDivX (see www.projectmayo.com) en/decoding.</LI> -<LI><B>MPlayer v0.17a "The IdegCounter"</B> Apr 27, 2001<BR> + <LI><B>MPlayer v0.17a "The IdegCounter"</B> Apr 27, 2001<BR> 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.</LI> -<LI><B>MPlayer 0.18 "The BugCounter"</B> Jul 9, 2001<BR> + <LI><B>MPlayer 0.18 "The BugCounter"</B> Jul 9, 2001<BR> 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!</LI> -<LI><B>MPlayer 0.50 "The Faszom(C)ounter"</B> Oct 8, 2001<BR> + <LI><B>MPlayer 0.50 "The Faszom(C)ounter"</B> Oct 8, 2001<BR> Hmm. Release again. Tons of new features, beta GUI version, bugs fixed, new vo and ao drivers, ported to many systems, including opensource DivX codecs and much more. Try it!</LI> -<LI><B>MPlayer 0.60 "The RTFMCounter"</B> Jan 3, 2002<BR> + <LI><B>MPlayer 0.60 "The RTFMCounter"</B> Jan 3, 2002<BR> MOV/VIVO/RM/FLI/NUV fileformats support, native CRAM, Cinepak, ADPCM codecs, and support for XAnim's binary codecs; DVD subtitles support, first release of MEncoder, TV grabbing, cache, liba52, countless fixes.</LI> -<LI><B>MPlayer 0.90 "?"</B> Aug? ??, 2002<BR> - </LI> + <LI><B>MPlayer 0.90 "?"</B> Aug? ??, 2002</LI> </UL> + <P><B><A NAME="installation">1.3 Installation</A></B></P> <P>In this chapter I'll try to guide you through the compiling and -configuring process of <B>MPlayer</B>. It's not easy, but it won't necessarily -be hard. If you experience a different behavior than what I explain, please -search through this documentation and you'll find your answers. If you -see links, please follow them and read carefully what they contain. It -will take some time, but it DOES worth it.</P> + configuring process of <B>MPlayer</B>. It's not easy, but it won't necessarily + be hard. If you experience a different behavior than what I explain, please + search through this documentation and you'll find your answers. If you + see links, please follow them and read carefully what they contain. It + will take some time, but it DOES worth it.</P> <P>You need a fairly recent system. On Linux, 2.4.x kernels are recommended.</P> @@ -463,154 +468,138 @@ will take some time, but it DOES worth it.</P> <P><B>CODECS</B></P> <UL> -<LI><B>libavcodec</B>: This codec package is capable of decoding - H263/MJPEG/RV10/DivX3/DivX4/DivX5/MP41/MP42/WMV1 encoded video streams, on - multiple platforms. It is also known to be the fastest for this task. - Details can be found <A HREF="codecs.html#libavcodec">here</A>. Features:<BR> - <UL> - <LI>gain decoding of videos mentioned above, on non-x86 machines</B></LI> - <LI>encoding with most of the mentioned codecs</LI> - <LI>this codec is the <B>fastest codec available</B> for DivX/3/4/5 and - other MPEG4 types. Recommended!</LI> - </UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B>Win32 codecs</B>: If you plan to use <B>MPlayer</B> on x86 - architecture, you will possibly need them. Download and unzip w32codecs.zip - to /usr/lib/win32 <B>BEFORE</B> compiling <B>MPlayer</B>, otherwise no Win32 - support will be compiled!<BR> - <B>Note</B>: the avifile project has similar codecs package, but it differs - from ours, so if you want to use all supported codecs, then use our package! - However, you can use our codecs package with avifile. Features:<BR> - <UL> - <LI>you need this if you want to play or encode for example movies recorded - with various hardware compressors, like tuner cards, digital cameras (example: DV, ATI VCR, MJPEG)</LI> - <LI>needed if you want to play <B>WMV8 movies</B>. Not needed for old - ASF's with MP41 or MP42 video (though VoxWare audio is frequent for these - files - it's done by the Win32 codec), or WMV7.</LI> - </UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B>DivX4/DivX5</B>: information about this codec is available in the - <A HREF="codecs.html#divx">DivX4/DivX5</A> section. You possibly don't want - this codec as <B>libavcodec</B> (see above) is much faster and has better - quality than this, for both decoding and encoding.<BR> - Features: - <UL> - <LI>1 pass or 2 pass encoding with - <A HREF="encoding.html">MEncoder</A></LI> - <LI>can play old <B>DivX3</B> movies much faster than the Win32 DLL but - slower than <B>libavcodec</B>!</LI> - <LI>it's closed-source, and only an x86 version is available.</LI> - </UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B>XviD</B>: Open source encoding alternative to Divx4Linux<BR> - Features: - <UL> - <LI>1 pass or 2 pass encoding with - <A HREF="encoding.html">MEncoder</A></LI> - <LI>it's open-source, so it's multiplatform.</LI> - <LI>it's about 2 times faster than DivX4 when encoding - about the same - quality</LI> - </UL> -</LI> - -<LI>The <A HREF="codecs.html#xanim">XAnim codecs</A> are the best (full - screen, hardware YUV zoom) for decoding <B>3ivx</B> and Indeo 3/4/5 movies, - and some old formats. And they are multiplatform, so this is the only way to - play Indeo on non-x86 platforms (well, apart from using XAnim:). But for - example Cinepak movies are best played with <B>MPlayer</B>'s own Cinepak - decoder!</LI> - -<LI>For <B>Ogg Vorbis</B> audio decoding you need to install - <CODE>libvorbis</CODE> properly. Use deb/rpm packages if available, or - compile from - <A HREF="http://ogg.org/ogg/vorbis/download/vorbis_nightly_cvs.tgz">source</A> - (this is a nightly updated tarball of Vorbis CVS).</LI> - -<LI><B>MPlayer</B> can use the libraries of RealPlayer 8 or RealONE to play - files with <B>RealVideo 2.0 and 3.0</B> video, and Sipro/Cook audio. See - <A HREF="formats.html#real">RealMedia file format</A> section for - installation instructions and more information!</LI> + <LI><B>libavcodec</B>: This codec package is capable of decoding + H263/MJPEG/RV10/DivX3/DivX4/DivX5/MP41/MP42/WMV1 encoded video streams, on + multiple platforms. It is also known to be the fastest for this task. + Details can be found <A HREF="codecs.html#libavcodec">here</A>. Features:<BR> + <UL> + <LI>gain decoding of videos mentioned above, on non-x86 machines</B></LI> + <LI>encoding with most of the mentioned codecs</LI> + <LI>this codec is the <B>fastest codec available</B> for DivX/3/4/5 and + other MPEG4 types. Recommended!</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B>Win32 codecs</B>: If you plan to use <B>MPlayer</B> on x86 + architecture, you will possibly need them. Download and unzip w32codecs.zip + to /usr/lib/win32 <B>BEFORE</B> compiling <B>MPlayer</B>, otherwise no Win32 + support will be compiled!<BR> + <B>Note</B>: the avifile project has similar codecs package, but it differs + from ours, so if you want to use all supported codecs, then use our package! + However, you can use our codecs package with avifile. Features:<BR> + <UL> + <LI>you need this if you want to play or encode for example movies recorded + with various hardware compressors, like tuner cards, digital cameras + (example: DV, ATI VCR, MJPEG)</LI> + <LI>needed if you want to play <B>WMV8 movies</B>. Not needed for old + ASF's with MP41 or MP42 video (though VoxWare audio is frequent for these + files - it's done by the Win32 codec), or WMV7.</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B>DivX4/DivX5</B>: information about this codec is available in the + <A HREF="codecs.html#divx">DivX4/DivX5</A> section. You possibly don't want + this codec as <B>libavcodec</B> (see above) is much faster and has better + quality than this, for both decoding and encoding.<BR> + Features: + <UL> + <LI>1 pass or 2 pass encoding with + <A HREF="encoding.html">MEncoder</A></LI> + <LI>can play old <B>DivX3</B> movies much faster than the Win32 DLL but + slower than <B>libavcodec</B>!</LI> + <LI>it's closed-source, and only an x86 version is available.</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B>XviD</B>: Open source encoding alternative to Divx4Linux<BR> + Features: + <UL> + <LI>1 pass or 2 pass encoding with + <A HREF="encoding.html">MEncoder</A></LI> + <LI>it's open-source, so it's multiplatform.</LI> + <LI>it's about 2 times faster than DivX4 when encoding - about the same + quality</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI>The <A HREF="codecs.html#xanim">XAnim codecs</A> are the best (full + screen, hardware YUV zoom) for decoding <B>3ivx</B> and Indeo 3/4/5 movies, + and some old formats. And they are multiplatform, so this is the only way to + play Indeo on non-x86 platforms (well, apart from using XAnim:). But for + example Cinepak movies are best played with <B>MPlayer</B>'s own Cinepak + decoder!</LI> + <LI>For <B>Ogg Vorbis</B> audio decoding you need to install + <CODE>libvorbis</CODE> properly. Use deb/rpm packages if available, or + compile from + <A HREF="http://ogg.org/ogg/vorbis/download/vorbis_nightly_cvs.tgz">source</A> + (this is a nightly updated tarball of Vorbis CVS).</LI> + <LI><B>MPlayer</B> can use the libraries of RealPlayer 8 or RealONE to play + files with <B>RealVideo 2.0 and 3.0</B> video, and Sipro/Cook audio. See + <A HREF="formats.html#real">RealMedia file format</A> section for + installation instructions and more information!</LI> </UL> <P><B>VIDEO CARDS</B></P> <P>There are generally two kind of video cards. One kind (the newer cards) has -<B>hardware scaling and YUV acceleration</B> support, the other cards don't.</P> - -<P> -<B>YUV cards</B></P> - -<P> -They can display and scale (zoom) the picture to any size that fits in -their memory, with <B>small CPU usage</B> (zooming doesn't increase it!), thus -you get a nice and very fast fullscreen playing.</P> - -<UL> -<LI><B>Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 cards</B>: although a - <A HREF="video.html#vidix">Vidix driver</A> is provided, it is recommended - to use the old mga_vid kernel module instead, for it works much better. - Please see the <A HREF="video.html#mga_vid">mga_vid</A> section about its - installation and usage. It is important to do these steps <I>before</I> - compiling <B>MPlayer</B>, otherwise no mga_vid support will be built. Also - check out the <A HREF="video.html#tv-out_matrox">Matrox TV-out</A> section. - <U><B>If you are non-Linux user</B></U>, your only possibility is the Vidix - driver: read <A HREF="video.html#vidix">VIDIX</A> documentation!</LI> - -<LI><B>3Dfx Voodoo3/Banshee cards</B>: please see the - <A HREF="video.html#tdfxfb">tdfxfb</A> section in order to gain big - speedup. It is important to do these steps <I>before</I> compiling - <B>MPlayer</B>, otherwise no 3Dfx support will be built. Also see the <A - HREF="video.html#tv-out_voodoo">3dfx TV-out section</A>. If you use X, use at - least 4.2.0, as 3dfx Xv driver was broken in 4.1.0, and earlier - releases!</LI> - -<LI><B>ATI cards</B>: <A HREF="video.html#vidix">Vidix driver</A> is - provided for the following cards: - <B>Radeon</B>, <B>Rage128</B>, <B>Mach64</B> (Rage XL/Mobility, Xpert98). - Also see the <A HREF="video.html#tv-out_ati">ATI cards - section</A> of the TV-out documentation, to know if you card's TV-out is - supported under Linux/MPlayer.</LI> - -<LI><B>S3 cards</B>: the Savage and Virge/DX chips have hardware acceleration. - Use as new XFree86 version as possible, older drivers are buggy. Savage chips - have problems with YV12 display, see <A HREF="video.html#xv_s3">S3 Xv - section</A> for details. Older, Trio cards have no, or slow hardware - support.</LI> - -<LI><B>nVidia cards</B>: very bad choice for video playing (nVidia has - <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">different opinion</A>!). - nVidia's cards have very cheap and bad quality chips. Moreover, <U>the - built-in nVidia driver in XFree86 doesn't contain support for hardware YUV - acceleration for all nVidia cards!</U> You have to download nVidia's - closed-source drivers from nVidia.com. See details in <A - HREF="video.html#xv_nvidia">nVidia Xv driver</A> section.</LI> - -<LI><B>3DLabs GLINT R3 and Permedia3</B>: a VIDIX driver is provided - (pm3_vid). Please see the <A HREF="video.html#vidix">VIDIX - instructions</A>.</LI> - -<LI><B>other cards</B>: none of the above? - <UL> - <LI>Try if the XFree86 driver (and your card) supports hardware - acceleration. See the <A HREF="video.html#xv">Xv section</A> for - details.</LI> - <LI>If it doesn't, then your card's video features aren't supported under - your OS :(<BR> - If it does hardware scaling under Windows, it doesn't mean it will do the - same under Linux or other OS, it depends on the drivers! Most - manufacturers don't make Linux drivers nor release chip specs - so you're - unlucky using their cards. See the next section: - </LI> - </UL> -</LI> - + <B>hardware scaling and YUV acceleration</B> support, the other cards don't.</P> + +<P><B>YUV cards</B></P> + +<P>They can display and scale (zoom) the picture to any size that fits in + their memory, with <B>small CPU usage</B> (zooming doesn't increase it!), thus + you get a nice and very fast fullscreen playing.</P> + +<UL> + <LI><B>Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 cards</B>: although a + <A HREF="video.html#vidix">Vidix driver</A> is provided, it is recommended + to use the old mga_vid kernel module instead, for it works much better. + Please see the <A HREF="video.html#mga_vid">mga_vid</A> section about its + installation and usage. It is important to do these steps <I>before</I> + compiling <B>MPlayer</B>, otherwise no mga_vid support will be built. Also + check out the <A HREF="video.html#tv-out_matrox">Matrox TV-out</A> section. + <U><B>If you are non-Linux user</B></U>, your only possibility is the Vidix + driver: read <A HREF="video.html#vidix">VIDIX</A> documentation!</LI> + <LI><B>3Dfx Voodoo3/Banshee cards</B>: please see the + <A HREF="video.html#tdfxfb">tdfxfb</A> section in order to gain big + speedup. It is important to do these steps <I>before</I> compiling + <B>MPlayer</B>, otherwise no 3Dfx support will be built. Also see the <A + HREF="video.html#tv-out_voodoo">3dfx TV-out section</A>. If you use X, use at + least 4.2.0, as 3dfx Xv driver was broken in 4.1.0, and earlier + releases!</LI> + <LI><B>ATI cards</B>: <A HREF="video.html#vidix">Vidix driver</A> is + provided for the following cards: + <B>Radeon</B>, <B>Rage128</B>, <B>Mach64</B> (Rage XL/Mobility, Xpert98). + Also see the <A HREF="video.html#tv-out_ati">ATI cards + section</A> of the TV-out documentation, to know if you card's TV-out is + supported under Linux/MPlayer.</LI> + <LI><B>S3 cards</B>: the Savage and Virge/DX chips have hardware acceleration. + Use as new XFree86 version as possible, older drivers are buggy. Savage chips + have problems with YV12 display, see <A HREF="video.html#xv_s3">S3 Xv + section</A> for details. Older, Trio cards have no, or slow hardware + support.</LI> + <LI><B>nVidia cards</B>: very bad choice for video playing (nVidia has + <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">different opinion</A>!). + nVidia's cards have very cheap and bad quality chips. Moreover, <U>the + built-in nVidia driver in XFree86 doesn't contain support for hardware YUV + acceleration for all nVidia cards!</U> You have to download nVidia's + closed-source drivers from nVidia.com. See details in <A + HREF="video.html#xv_nvidia">nVidia Xv driver</A> section.</LI> + <LI><B>3DLabs GLINT R3 and Permedia3</B>: a VIDIX driver is provided + (pm3_vid). Please see the <A HREF="video.html#vidix">VIDIX + instructions</A>.</LI> + <LI><B>other cards</B>: none of the above? + <UL> + <LI>Try if the XFree86 driver (and your card) supports hardware + acceleration. See the <A HREF="video.html#xv">Xv section</A> for + details.</LI> + <LI>If it doesn't, then your card's video features aren't supported under + your OS :(<BR> + If it does hardware scaling under Windows, it doesn't mean it will do the + same under Linux or other OS, it depends on the drivers! Most + manufacturers don't make Linux drivers nor release chip specs - so you're + unlucky using their cards. See the next section:</LI> + </UL> + </LI> </UL> -<P> -<B>Non-YUV cards</B></P> +<P><B>Non-YUV cards</B></P> <P>Fullscreen playing can be achieved by either zooming <B>by software</B> (use the option <CODE>-zoom</CODE> or <A HREF="#2.6.11"><CODE>-vop @@ -618,8 +607,7 @@ you get a nice and very fast fullscreen playing.</P> video mode, for example to 352x288. If you don't have YUV acceleration, this latter method is the recommended one. Throughout <B>MPlayer</B>, <U>this behavior can be switched on by using the <CODE>-vm</CODE> option</U> and with - the following drivers: -</P> + the following drivers:</P> <UL> <LI><B>using</B> XFree86: see details in @@ -664,34 +652,28 @@ you get a nice and very fast fullscreen playing.</P> <P><B>SOUND CARDS</B></P> <UL> -<LI><B>Soundblaster Live!</B>: with this card you can use 4 or 6 (<B>5.1</B>) - channels AC3 decoding instead of 2. Read the - <A HREF="codecs.html#software_ac3">Software AC3 decoding</A> section. - For hardware AC3 passthrough you MUST use ALSA 0.9 oss emulation!</LI> - -<LI><B>C-Media with SP/DIF out</B>: hardware AC3 passthrough is possible - with these cards, see - <A HREF="codecs.html#hardware_ac3">Hardware AC3 decoding</A> section.</LI> - -<LI><B>other cards'</B> features aren't supported by <B>MPlayer</B>. - <U>It's very recommended to read the <A HREF="sound.html">sound card - section</A>!</U></LI> + <LI><B>Soundblaster Live!</B>: with this card you can use 4 or 6 (<B>5.1</B>) + channels AC3 decoding instead of 2. Read the + <A HREF="codecs.html#software_ac3">Software AC3 decoding</A> section. + For hardware AC3 passthrough you MUST use ALSA 0.9 oss emulation!</LI> + <LI><B>C-Media with SP/DIF out</B>: hardware AC3 passthrough is possible + with these cards, see + <A HREF="codecs.html#hardware_ac3">Hardware AC3 decoding</A> section.</LI> + <LI><B>other cards'</B> features aren't supported by <B>MPlayer</B>. + <U>It's very recommended to read the <A HREF="sound.html">sound card + section</A>!</U></LI> </UL> <P><B>FEATURES</B></P> <UL> -<LI>Decide if you need GUI. If you do, see the <A HREF="#gui">GUI section</A> - before compiling.</LI> - -<LI>If you want to install <B>MEncoder</B> (our great all-purpose encoder), - see the <A HREF="encoding.html">MEncoder section</A>.</LI> - - -<LI>If you have a V4L compatible <B>TV tuner</B> card, and wish to watch/grab - and encode movies with <B>MPlayer</B>, read the <A HREF="#tv">TV input</A> - section.</LI> - + <LI>Decide if you need GUI. If you do, see the <A HREF="#gui">GUI section</A> + before compiling.</LI> + <LI>If you want to install <B>MEncoder</B> (our great all-purpose encoder), + see the <A HREF="encoding.html">MEncoder section</A>.</LI> + <LI>If you have a V4L compatible <B>TV tuner</B> card, and wish to watch/grab + and encode movies with <B>MPlayer</B>, read the <A HREF="#tv">TV input</A> + section.</LI> </UL> <P>Then build <B>MPlayer</B>:</P> @@ -762,6 +744,7 @@ you get a nice and very fast fullscreen playing.</P> <CODE>-skin newskin</CODE> option, or the <CODE>skin=newskin</CODE> config file directive to use the skin in <CODE>*/Skin/newskin</CODE> directory.</P> + <P><B><A NAME="subtitles_osd">1.5 Subtitles and OSD</A></B></P> <P> @@ -782,8 +765,7 @@ you get a nice and very fast fullscreen playing.</P> The command line options differ slightly for the different formats: -<P> - <B>VobSub subtitles</B><BR> +<P><B>VobSub subtitles</B><BR> VobSub subtitles consist of a big (some megabytes) .SUB file, and optional .IDX and/or .IFO files.<BR> Usage: if you have files like <CODE>sample.sub</CODE>, @@ -793,22 +775,18 @@ The command line options differ slightly for the different formats: <CODE>-vobsubid</CODE> option is like <CODE>-sid</CODE> for DVDs, you can choose between subtitle tracks (languages) with it.</P> -<P> - <B>Other subtitles</B><BR> +<P><B>Other subtitles</B><BR> The other formats consist of a single text file containing timing, placement and text information.<BR> Usage: if you have a file like <CODE>sample.txt</CODE>, you have to pass the - option <CODE>-sub sample.txt</CODE> (optionally with pathname, of course). -</P> + option <CODE>-sub sample.txt</CODE> (optionally with pathname, of course).</P> -<P> - <B>Adjusting subtitle timing and placement</B><BR> +<P><B>Adjusting subtitle timing and placement</B><BR> <CODE>-subdelay <sec></CODE>: Delays subtitles by <sec> seconds. Can be negative.<BR> <CODE>-subfps <rate></CODE>: Specify frame/sec rate of subtitle file (float number)<BR> - <CODE>-subpos <0 - 100></CODE>: Specify the position of subtitles.<BR> -</P> + <CODE>-subpos <0 - 100></CODE>: Specify the position of subtitles.</P> <P>If you experience a growing delay between the movie and the subtitles when using a MicroDVD subtitle file, most likely the frame rate of the movie and @@ -826,22 +804,19 @@ The command line options differ slightly for the different formats: designed by me (Gabucino). Basically its main feature is being <I>dynamically</I> time-based (although it has frame-based mode too). Example (from - <A HREF="tech/mpsub.sub">DOCS/tech/mpsub.sub</A>): -</P> - -<P><CODE><I> -# first number : wait this much after previous subtitle disappeared<BR> -# second number : display the current subtitle for this many seconds<BR> -<BR> -15 3<BR> -A long long, time ago...<BR> -<BR> -0 3<BR> -in a galaxy far away...<BR> -<BR> -0 3<BR> -Naboo was under an attack.<BR> -</I></CODE></P> + <A HREF="tech/mpsub.sub">DOCS/tech/mpsub.sub</A>):</P> + +<P><CODE><I># first number : wait this much after previous subtitle disappeared<BR> + # second number : display the current subtitle for this many seconds<BR> + <BR> + 15 3<BR> + A long long, time ago...<BR> + <BR> + 0 3<BR> + in a galaxy far away...<BR> + <BR> + 0 3<BR> + Naboo was under an attack.<BR></I></CODE></P> <P>So you see, the main goal was to <B>make subtitle editing/timing/joining/cutting easy</B>. And, if you - say - get an SSA @@ -880,11 +855,9 @@ Naboo was under an attack.<BR> <LI><A HREF="http://realtime.ssu.ac.kr/~lethean/mplayer">http://realtime.ssu.ac.kr/~lethean/mplayer</A> - Korean fonts & RAW plugin</LI> </UL> </LI> - <LI>use the font generator tool at TOOLS/subfont-c It's a complete tool to convert from TTF/Type1/etc font to mplayer font pkg. (read TOOLS/subfont-c/README for details)</LI> - <LI>use the font generator GIMP plugin at TOOLS/subfont-GIMP (note: you must have HSI RAW plugin too, see URL below)</LI> </UL> @@ -906,9 +879,11 @@ Naboo was under an attack.<BR> <P>You can change default behaviour by setting <CODE>osdlevel=</CODE> variable in config file.</P> + <P><B><A NAME="rtc">1.6 RTC</A></B></P> There are three timing methods in <B>MPlayer</B>. + <UL> <LI><B>To use the old method</B>, you don't have to do anything. It uses <CODE>usleep()</CODE> to tune A/V sync, with +/- 10ms accuracy. However @@ -953,6 +928,7 @@ There are three timing methods in <B>MPlayer</B>. It's a clear way for everyone to become root. + <P><B><A NAME="features">2. Features</A></B></P> @@ -996,7 +972,9 @@ TV tuner</B>.</P> (<CODE>-vo sdl</CODE>) colorspaces. You can specify these with the <CODE>outfmt=YV12</CODE> option, see below.</P> + <P><A NAME="tv_options"><B>2.5.3 Available options</B></A></P> + <TABLE BORDER=0> <TR> <TD> </TD> @@ -1080,31 +1058,29 @@ TV tuner</B>.</P> </TR> </TABLE> + <P><A NAME="tv_keyboard"><B>2.5.4 Keyboard control</B></A></P> <TABLE BORDER=0> -<TR><TD> </TD><TD>h / k</TD><TD> </TD><TD>select previous/next channel</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>n</TD><TD></TD><TD>change norm</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>b</TD><TD></TD><TD>change channel list</TD></TR> + <TR><TD> </TD><TD>h / k</TD><TD> </TD><TD>select previous/next channel</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>n</TD><TD></TD><TD>change norm</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>b</TD><TD></TD><TD>change channel list</TD></TR> </TABLE> + <P><A NAME="tv_examples"><B>2.5.5 Examples</B></A></P> -<P> -Dummy output, to AAlib :)<BR> -<CODE> mplayer -tv on:driver=dummy:width=640:height=480 -vo aa</CODE><BR> -<BR> -Input from standard V4L<BR> -<CODE> mplayer -tv on:driver=v4l:width=640:height=480:outfmt=i420 -vc rawi420 -vo xv</CODE><BR> -</P> +<P>Dummy output, to AAlib :)<BR> + <CODE> mplayer -tv on:driver=dummy:width=640:height=480 -vo aa</CODE><BR> + <BR> + Input from standard V4L<BR> + <CODE> mplayer -tv on:driver=v4l:width=640:height=480:outfmt=i420 -vc rawi420 -vo xv</CODE><BR></P> -<P> - <B>Note:</B><BR> +<P><B>Note:</B><BR> If you have a TV card with an external audio device and get only a black screen, although input works with xawtv or similar, then try to use the <CODE>-noaudio</CODE> option. For the example above this would be:<BR> - <CODE> mplayer -tv on:noaudio:driver=v4l:width=640:height=480:outfmt=i420 -vc rawi420 -vo xv</CODE> -</P> + <CODE> mplayer -tv on:noaudio:driver=v4l:width=640:height=480:outfmt=i420 -vc rawi420 -vo xv</CODE></P> <P><A NAME="filters"><B>2.6 filters</B></A></P> @@ -1130,6 +1106,7 @@ Input from standard V4L<BR> <P>Note that the postprocessing code is now also a part of the layer. It will be explained below.</P> + <P><A NAME="filters_usage"><B>2.6.2 Usage</B></A></P> <P><CODE> mplayer/mencoder -vop filter1,filter2,filter3,...</CODE> @@ -1334,8 +1311,10 @@ Input from standard V4L<BR> <P><CODE> -vop rectangle[=width:height:x:y]</CODE></P> + <P><B><A NAME="usage">3. Usage</A></B></P> + <P><B><A NAME="command_line">3.1 Command line</A></B></P> <P><B>MPlayer</B> utilizes a complex playtree. It consists of global options @@ -1348,17 +1327,16 @@ Input from standard V4L<BR> </P> <TABLE BORDER=0> -<TR><TD> </TD><TD>file</TD><TD> </TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] [path/]filename</CODE></TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>files</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [default options] [path/]filename1 [options for filename1] filename2 [options for filename2] ...</CODE></TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>VCD</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] -vcd trackno [-cdrom-device /dev/cdrom]</CODE></TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>DVD</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] -dvd titleno [-dvd-device /dev/dvd]</CODE></TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>net</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] http://site.com/file.asf (playlists can be used too)</CODE></TD></TR> + <TR><TD> </TD><TD>file</TD><TD> </TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] [path/]filename</CODE></TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>files</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [default options] [path/]filename1 [options for filename1] filename2 [options for filename2] ...</CODE></TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>VCD</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] -vcd trackno [-cdrom-device /dev/cdrom]</CODE></TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>DVD</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] -dvd titleno [-dvd-device /dev/dvd]</CODE></TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>net</TD><TD></TD><TD><CODE>mplayer [options] http://site.com/file.asf (playlists can be used too)</CODE></TD></TR> </TABLE> <P> -Latest versions of MPlayer also accepts VCD and DVD tracks in URL style, just like -Xine does: <CODE>mplayer dvd://1</CODE> or <CODE>mplayer vcd://1</CODE> -</P> + Latest versions of MPlayer also accepts VCD and DVD tracks in URL style, just like + Xine does: <CODE>mplayer dvd://1</CODE> or <CODE>mplayer vcd://1</CODE></P> <PRE> mplayer -vo x11 /mnt/Films/Contact/contact2.mpg @@ -1368,65 +1346,66 @@ Xine does: <CODE>mplayer dvd://1</CODE> or <CODE>mplayer vcd://1</CODE> mplayer -abs 65536 -delay -0.4 -nobps ~/movies/test.avi </PRE> + <P><B><A NAME="control">3.2 Control</A></B></P> <P><B>MPlayer</B> has a fully configurable, command driven, control layer which lets you control <B>MPlayer</B> with keyboard, mouse, joystick or remote control (using LIRC).</P> + <P><B><A NAME="default_controls">3.2.1 Default controls</A></B></P> <P><B>Keyboard</B></P> <TABLE BORDER=0> -<TR><TD> </TD><TD><- or -></TD><TD> </TD><TD>seek backward/forward 10 seconds</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>up or down</TD><TD></TD><TD>seek backward/forward 1 minute</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>pgup/pgdown</TD><TD></TD><TD>seek backward/forward 10 minutes</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>< or ></TD><TD></TD><TD>seek backward/forward in playlist</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>p or SPACE</TD><TD></TD><TD>pause movie (press any key)</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>q or ESC</TD><TD></TD><TD>stop playing and quit program</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>+ or -</TD><TD></TD><TD>adjust audio delay by +/- 0.1 second</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>/ or *</TD><TD></TD><TD>decrease/increase volume</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>f</TD><TD></TD><TD>toggle fullscreen</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>o</TD><TD></TD><TD>toggle OSD: none / seek / seek+timer</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>z or x</TD><TD></TD><TD>adjust subtitle delay by +/- 0.1 second</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>r or t</TD><TD></TD><TD>adjust subtitle position</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>HOME or END</TD><TD></TD><TD>go to next/previous playtree entry in the parent list</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>INSERT or DELETE</TD><TD></TD><TD>go to next/previous alternative source (only available in asx playlist)</TD></TR> - -<TR><TD COLSPAN=4><P><I>(the following keys are valid only when using <CODE>-vo xv</CODE>)</I></P></TD></TR> - -<TR><TD></TD><TD>1 or 2</TD><TD></TD><TD>adjust contrast</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>3 or 4</TD><TD></TD><TD>adjust brightness</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>5 or 6</TD><TD></TD><TD>adjust hue</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>7 or 8</TD><TD></TD><TD>adjust saturation</TD></TR> + <TR><TD> </TD><TD><- or -></TD><TD> </TD><TD>seek backward/forward 10 seconds</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>up or down</TD><TD></TD><TD>seek backward/forward 1 minute</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>pgup/pgdown</TD><TD></TD><TD>seek backward/forward 10 minutes</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>< or ></TD><TD></TD><TD>seek backward/forward in playlist</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>p or SPACE</TD><TD></TD><TD>pause movie (press any key)</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>q or ESC</TD><TD></TD><TD>stop playing and quit program</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>+ or -</TD><TD></TD><TD>adjust audio delay by +/- 0.1 second</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>/ or *</TD><TD></TD><TD>decrease/increase volume</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>f</TD><TD></TD><TD>toggle fullscreen</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>o</TD><TD></TD><TD>toggle OSD: none / seek / seek+timer</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>z or x</TD><TD></TD><TD>adjust subtitle delay by +/- 0.1 second</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>r or t</TD><TD></TD><TD>adjust subtitle position</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>HOME or END</TD><TD></TD><TD>go to next/previous playtree entry in the parent list</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>INSERT or DELETE</TD><TD></TD><TD>go to next/previous alternative source (only available in asx playlist)</TD></TR> + <TR><TD COLSPAN=4><P><I>(the following keys are valid only when using <CODE>-vo xv</CODE>)</I></P></TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>1 or 2</TD><TD></TD><TD>adjust contrast</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>3 or 4</TD><TD></TD><TD>adjust brightness</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>5 or 6</TD><TD></TD><TD>adjust hue</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>7 or 8</TD><TD></TD><TD>adjust saturation</TD></TR> </TABLE> <P><B>GUI</B></P> <TABLE BORDER=0> -<TR><TD> </TD><TD>, and .</TD><TD> </TD><TD>previous / next file</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>gray - or +</TD><TD></TD><TD>decrease / increase volume</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>enter</TD><TD></TD><TD>start playing</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>space</TD><TD></TD><TD>pause</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>s</TD><TD></TD><TD>stop</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>a</TD><TD></TD><TD>about</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>l</TD><TD></TD><TD>load file</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>b</TD><TD></TD><TD>skin browser</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>e</TD><TD></TD><TD>toggle equalizer</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>p</TD><TD></TD><TD>toggle playlist</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>f</TD><TD></TD><TD>toggle fullscreen</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>m</TD><TD></TD><TD>toggle mute</TD> + <TR><TD> </TD><TD>, and .</TD><TD> </TD><TD>previous / next file</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>gray - or +</TD><TD></TD><TD>decrease / increase volume</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>enter</TD><TD></TD><TD>start playing</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>space</TD><TD></TD><TD>pause</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>s</TD><TD></TD><TD>stop</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>a</TD><TD></TD><TD>about</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>l</TD><TD></TD><TD>load file</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>b</TD><TD></TD><TD>skin browser</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>e</TD><TD></TD><TD>toggle equalizer</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>p</TD><TD></TD><TD>toggle playlist</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>f</TD><TD></TD><TD>toggle fullscreen</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>m</TD><TD></TD><TD>toggle mute</TD> </TABLE> <P><B>TV</B></P> <TABLE BORDER=0> -<TR><TD> </TD><TD>h or l</TD><TD> </TD><TD>select previous/next channel</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>n</TD><TD></TD><TD>change norm</TD></TR> -<TR><TD></TD><TD>b</TD><TD></TD><TD>change channel list</TD></TR> + <TR><TD> </TD><TD>h or l</TD><TD> </TD><TD>select previous/next channel</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>n</TD><TD></TD><TD>change norm</TD></TR> + <TR><TD></TD><TD>b</TD><TD></TD><TD>change channel list</TD></TR> </TABLE> + <P><B><A NAME="controls_configuration">3.2.2 Controls configuration</A></B></P> <P><B>MPlayer</B> allows you bind any key/button to any <B>MPlayer</B> command @@ -1461,23 +1440,23 @@ ENTER pt_step 1 1 <P><B>Keyboard</B></P> <UL> -<LI>Any printable character</LI> -<LI>SPACE</LI> -<LI>ENTER</LI> -<LI>TAB</LI> -<LI>CTRL</LI> -<LI>BS</LI> -<LI>DEL</LI> -<LI>INS</LI> -<LI>HOME</LI> -<LI>END</LI> -<LI>PGUP</LI> -<LI>PGDWN</LI> -<LI>ESC</LI> -<LI>RIGHT</LI> -<LI>LEFT</LI> -<LI>UP</LI> -<LI>DOWN</LI> + <LI>Any printable character</LI> + <LI>SPACE</LI> + <LI>ENTER</LI> + <LI>TAB</LI> + <LI>CTRL</LI> + <LI>BS</LI> + <LI>DEL</LI> + <LI>INS</LI> + <LI>HOME</LI> + <LI>END</LI> + <LI>PGUP</LI> + <LI>PGDWN</LI> + <LI>ESC</LI> + <LI>RIGHT</LI> + <LI>LEFT</LI> + <LI>UP</LI> + <LI>DOWN</LI> </UL> <P><B>Mouse</B></P> @@ -1485,13 +1464,13 @@ ENTER pt_step 1 1 <P>Note: mouse is only supported under X</P> <UL> -<LI>MOUSE_BTN0 (Left button)</LI> -<LI>MOUSE_BTN1 (Right button)</LI> -<LI>MOUSE_BTN2 (Middle button)</LI> -<LI>MOUSE_BTN3 (Wheel)</LI> -<LI>MOUSE_BTN4 (Wheel)</LI> -<LI>...</LI> -<LI>MOUSE_BTN9</LI> + <LI>MOUSE_BTN0 (Left button)</LI> + <LI>MOUSE_BTN1 (Right button)</LI> + <LI>MOUSE_BTN2 (Middle button)</LI> + <LI>MOUSE_BTN3 (Wheel)</LI> + <LI>MOUSE_BTN4 (Wheel)</LI> + <LI>...</LI> + <LI>MOUSE_BTN9</LI> </UL> <P><B>Joystick</B></P> @@ -1499,15 +1478,15 @@ ENTER pt_step 1 1 <P>Note: joystick support must be enabled at compile time</P> <UL> -<LI>JOY_RIGHT or JOY_AXIS0_PLUS</LI> -<LI>JOY_LEFT or JOY_AXIS0_MINUS</LI> -<LI>JOY_UP or JOY_AXIS1_MINUS</LI> -<LI>JOY_DOWN or JOY_AXIS1_PLUS</LI> -<LI>JOY_AXIS2_PLUS</LI> -<LI>JOY_AXIS2_MINUS</LI> -<LI>....</LI> -<LI>JOY_AXIS9_PLUS</LI> -<LI>JOY_AXIS9_MINUS</LI> + <LI>JOY_RIGHT or JOY_AXIS0_PLUS</LI> + <LI>JOY_LEFT or JOY_AXIS0_MINUS</LI> + <LI>JOY_UP or JOY_AXIS1_MINUS</LI> + <LI>JOY_DOWN or JOY_AXIS1_PLUS</LI> + <LI>JOY_AXIS2_PLUS</LI> + <LI>JOY_AXIS2_MINUS</LI> + <LI>....</LI> + <LI>JOY_AXIS9_PLUS</LI> + <LI>JOY_AXIS9_MINUS</LI> </UL> @@ -1517,66 +1496,51 @@ ENTER pt_step 1 1 <UL> <LI><B>seek</B> (int) val [(int) type=0] - <P>Seek to some place in the movie.<BR> - Type 0 is a relative seek of +/- val seconds.<BR> - Type 1 seek to val % in the movie.</P> - </LI> + <P>Seek to some place in the movie.<BR> + Type 0 is a relative seek of +/- val seconds.<BR> + Type 1 seek to val % in the movie.</P></LI> <LI><B>audio_delay</B> (float) val - <P>Adjust the audio delay of val seconds</P> - </LI> + <P>Adjust the audio delay of val seconds</P></LI> <LI><B>quit</B> - <P>Quit <B>MPlayer</B></P> - </LI> + <P>Quit <B>MPlayer</B></P></LI> <LI><B>pause</B> - <P>Pause/unpause the playback</P> - </LI> + <P>Pause/unpause the playback</P></LI> <LI><B>grap_frames</B> - <P>Somebody know ?</P> - </LI> + <P>Somebody know ?</P></LI> <LI><B>pt_step</B> (int) val [(int) force=0] - <P>Go to next/previous entry in playtree. Val sign tell the direction.<BR> - If no other entry is available in the given direction it won't do anything unless force is non 0. - </P> - </LI> + <P>Go to next/previous entry in playtree. Val sign tell the direction.<BR> + If no other entry is available in the given direction it won't do anything + unless force is non 0.</P></LI> <LI><B>pt_up_step</B> (int) val [(int) force=0] - <P>Like pt_step but it jump to next/previous in the parent list. It's useful to break inner loop in the playtree.</P> - </LI> + <P>Like pt_step but it jump to next/previous in the parent list. It's useful + to break inner loop in the playtree.</P></LI> <LI><B>alt_src_step</B> (int) val - <P>When more than one source is available it select the next/previous one (only supported by asx playlist).</P> - </LI> + <P>When more than one source is available it select the next/previous one + (only supported by asx playlist).</P></LI> <LI><B>sub_delay</B> (float) val [(int) abs=0] - <P>Adjust the subtitles delay of +/- val seconds or set it to val seconds when abs is non zero.</P> - </LI> + <P>Adjust the subtitles delay of +/- val seconds or set it to val seconds + when abs is non zero.</P></LI> <LI><B>osd</B> [(int) level=-1] - <P>Toggle osd mode or set it to level when level > 0.</P> - </LI> + <P>Toggle osd mode or set it to level when level > 0.</P></LI> <LI><B>volume</B> (int) dir - <P>Increase/decrease volume</P> - </LI> + <P>Increase/decrease volume</P></LI> <LI><B>contrast</B> (int) val [(int) abs=0]</LI> <LI><B>brightness</B> (int) val [(int) abs=0]</LI> <LI><B>hue</B> (int) val [(int) abs=0]</LI> <LI><B>saturation</B> (int) val [(int) abs=0] - <P>Set/Adjust video parameters. Val range from -100 to 100.</P> - </LI> + <P>Set/Adjust video parameters. Val range from -100 to 100.</P></LI> <LI><B>frame_drop</B> [(int) type=-1] - <P>Toggle/Set frame dropping mode.</P> - </LI> + <P>Toggle/Set frame dropping mode.</P></LI> <LI><B>sub_pos</B> (int) val - <P>Adjust subtitles position.</P> - </LI> + <P>Adjust subtitles position.</P></LI> <LI><B>vo_fullscreen</B> - <P>Switch fullscreen mode.</P> - </LI> + <P>Switch fullscreen mode.</P></LI> <LI><B>tv_step_channel</B> (int) dir - <P>Select next/previous tv channel.</P> - </LI> + <P>Select next/previous tv channel.</P></LI> <LI><B>tv_step_norm</B> - <P>Change TV norm.</P> - </LI> + <P>Change TV norm.</P></LI> <LI><B>tv_step_chanlist</B> - <P>Change channel list.</P> - </LI> + <P>Change channel list.</P></LI> <LI><B>gui_loadfile</B></LI> <LI><B>gui_loadsubtitle</B></LI> <LI><B>gui_about</B></LI> @@ -1585,15 +1549,15 @@ ENTER pt_step 1 1 <LI><B>gui_playlist</B></LI> <LI><B>gui_preferences</B></LI> <LI><B>gui_skinbrowser</B> - <P>GUI actions</P> - </LI> + <P>GUI actions</P></LI> </UL> + <P><B><A NAME="lirc">3.2.3 Control from LIRC</A></B></P> <P>Linux Infrared Remote Control - use an easy to build home-brewn IR-receiver, -an (almost) arbitrary remote control and control your linux box with it! -More about it at <A HREF="http://www.lirc.org">www.lirc.org</A>.</P> + an (almost) arbitrary remote control and control your linux box with it! + More about it at <A HREF="http://www.lirc.org">www.lirc.org</A>.</P> <P>If you have installed the lirc-package, configure will autodetect it. If everything went fine, <B>MPlayer</B> will print a message like "Setting up @@ -1666,12 +1630,15 @@ end <P><CODE> wget ftp://micorsops.com/something.avi -O - | mplayer -cache 8192 -</CODE></P> + <P><B><A NAME="faq"></A>4. <A HREF="faq.html">FAQ section</A></B></P> + <P><B><A NAME="cd/dvd"></A>5. <A HREF="cd-dvd.html">CD/DVD section</A></B></P> + <P><B><A NAME="ports">6. Ports</A></B></P> @@ -1721,6 +1688,7 @@ end <P>There's no DVD support for FreeBSD yet.</P> + <P><B><A NAME="solaris">6.3 Solaris</A></B></P> <P>MPlayer should work on Solaris 2.6 or newer.</P> @@ -1871,6 +1839,8 @@ end make <B>MPlayer</B> compile. Otherwise it will complain about missing <CODE>intypes.h</CODE>.</P> + + <P><B><A NAME="authors">Appendix A - Authors</A></B></P> <P>NOTE: Do *NOT* send bug reports, help & feature requests directly to the authors!</P> @@ -1880,448 +1850,393 @@ end <P ALIGN=center><B><U>The <B>MPlayer</B> project:</U></B></P> <UL> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:send mail to mplayer-users!">Árpád Gereöffy (A'rpi/ESP-team)</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>player code (mpeg stream demultiplexer and avi/asf parser, A-V sync, seek...)</LI> - <LI>mp3lib, based on mpglib sources [MP3 audio decoder]</LI> - <LI>getch2 [keyboard handler]</LI> - <LI>some changes in libmpeg2 code (progressive frames, bitrate & fps support)</LI> - <LI>libvo improvements: adding OpenGL support, bugfix in mga driver...</LI> - <LI>triple buffering & YUY2 support (for DivX/MPEG4) into mga_vid driver</LI> - <LI>scripts in the TVout directory (TVout on Matrox G400DH, read documentation)</LI> - <LI>hacking DivX/Mpeg4 VfW codecs to get YUV output</LI> - <LI>opendivx decoder speed optimizations (see opendivx/ChangeLog)</LI> - <LI>OSD & SUB display code</LI> - <LI>FFmpeg/libavcodec integration</LI> - <LI>DivX4Linux (Project Mayo) support (see documentation)</LI> - <LI>New DVD-Support using libdvdread</LI> - <LI>DVB support</LI> - <LI>MPEG PES output & DVB card support</LI> - <LI>anything that isn't mentioned elsewhere</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:pontscho@makacs.poliod.hu">Zoltán Ponekker (Pontscho/Fresh!)</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>configure script and Makefiles for easy compile</LI> - <LI>GUI system</LI> - <LI>3DNow! support into mp3lib</LI> - <LI>3DNow! support into fastmemcpy.h</LI> - <LI>various X11 driver changes (keyboard handling, fullscreen, bpp detect, etc)</LI> - <LI>libvo: adding xmga driver, and fullscreen support to xv</LI> - <LI>audio mixer (volume) support</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:lgb@lgb.hu">Gábor Lénárt (LGB)</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>configure script improvements</LI> - <LI>Makefile improvements</LI> - <LI>preliminary DVD support</LI> - <LI>various X11 cleanups and fixes</LI> - <LI>HTMLization of documentation</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:gabucino@mplayerhq.hu">Gábor Bérczi (Gabucino)</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>documentation writer & maintainer</LI> - <LI>Hungarian translation of documentation, homepage, and help output</LI> - <LI>second homepage design&gfx</LI> - <LI>homepage maintainer</LI> - <LI>testing, codecs quality & speed comparisons</LI> - <LI>IRC channels operator (#MPlayer is user channel)</LI> - <LI>experimental MINIX port :) (what's funny about it?)</LI> - <LI>MPsub subtitle format design</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:szabi@inf.elte.hu">Szabolcs Berecz (Szabi)</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>codecs.conf file parser</LI> - <LI>config file and command line parser</LI> - <LI>mga_vid fixes, module option etc.</LI> - <LI>fbdev support in libvo</LI> - <LI>type #7 subtitle support</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:lez@sch.bme.hu">László Megyer (Lez, Laaz)</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>SUB reader</LI> - <LI>screensaver+DPMS disable for libvo</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:chass-@freemail.hu">Gyula László (Chass, Tégla)</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>first fonts (mp_font1.zip)</LI> - <LI>third homepage design&gfx</LI> - <LI>fourth (current) homepage design&gfx</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:se7en@sch.bme.hu">Zoltán Márk Vicián (Se7en)</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>SVGAlib support in libvo</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:alex@naxine.org">Alex Beregszaszi (al3x)</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>ALSA output driver in libao2</LI> - <LI>vo_ggi output driver in libvo (www.ggi-project.org)</LI> - <LI>XAnim codecs support</LI> - <LI>VIVO files support</LI> - <LI>TV grabbing support</LI> - <LI>Quicktime hackings</LI> - <LI>libavcodec support in MEncoder</LI> - <LI>RM file format demuxer</LI> - <LI>mencoder framecopy</LI> - <LI>yuv4mpeg1 support</LI> - <LI>NuppelVideo demuxer changes</LI> - <LI>subconfig</LI> - <LI>VIDIX and libdha hackings</LI> - <LI>Matrox driver port to Vidix</LI> - <LI>XVidix video output driver</LI> - <LI>and other various stuff (in libvo, libmad syncing, dec_audio/video and loader)</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:asackerm@stud.informatik.uni-erlangen.de">Andreas Ackermann (Acki)</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>LIRC support (see documentation)</LI> - <LI>DGA support in libvo</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:atmosfear@users.sourceforge.net">Felix Bünemann (Atmos)</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>SDL driver maintainer</LI> - <LI>Additional YUV formats fixes</LI> - <LI>New font (mp_font2.zip)</LI> - <LI>PNG file output support in libvo</LI> - <LI>flipping support (for Indeo 3/4, etc)</LI> - <LI>SDL audio driver in libao2</LI> - <LI>RAW PCM/WAVE file writer for libao2</LI> - <LI>Ogg Vorbis audio support</LI> - <LI>Various aspect code</LI> - <LI>Win32 (Cygwin) port</LI> - <LI>priority support in codecs.conf (never used ;)</LI> - <LI>DivX5Linux support</LI> - <LI>AAC decoding support via libfaad2</LI> - <LI>Darwin (MacOS X) port</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:telenieko@telenieko.com">TeLeNiEkO</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>Spanish translation of documentation</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:mgraffam@idsi.net">Michael Graffam</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>XF86VidMode support to vo_x11 and vo_dga</LI> - <LI>Video mode switching code to vo_dga</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:hoffmajs@gmx.de">Jens Hoffmann</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>Additional YUV formats support</LI> - <LI>found the big BITMAPINFOHEADER problem -> solved ASV2 pixelization</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:nickols_k@mail.ru">Nick Kurshev</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>memcpy optimizations for AMD K7 and Intel Pentium III (fastmemcpy.h)</LI> - <LI>CD-ROM tune info</LI> - <LI>further 3DNow! optimizations into mp3lib and libac3 and FFmpeg</LI> - <LI>Russian translation of documentation</LI> - <LI>radeon_vid, rage128_vid, radeonfb</LI> - <LI>libvo driver: vo_vesa</LI> - <LI>VIDIX and libdha design, programming</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:german@piraos.com">German Gomez Garcia</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>SPDIF AC3 output for SBLive!</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:eyck@incubus.ar.lublin.pl">Dariusz Pietrzak (Eyck)</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>Debian packaging support (see debian/* and this documentation)</LI> - <LI>support for vplayer subtitle format</LI> - <LI>preliminary support for .RT subtitle format</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:marcus@idonex.se">Marcus Comstedt</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>initial Solaris8-x86 support</LI> - <LI>configure fixes</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:jk@tools.de">Jürgen Keil</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>patched <B>MPlayer</B> to work on Solaris 8 x86</LI> - <LI>various fixes (win32, configure, etc)</LI> - <LI>SUN audio driver in libao2</LI> - <LI>mediaLib support in libavcodec</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:vkushnir@Alfacom.net">Vladimir Kushnir</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>patched <B>MPlayer</B> to work on FreeBSD x86</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:bertrand_baudet@yahoo.com">Bertrand BAUDET</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>network streaming support</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:djw@flinthills.com">Derek J Witt</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>MMS network streaming patches</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:albeu@free.fr">Alban Bedel</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>MMS network streaming patches</LI> - <LI>Playtree and per-entry config</LI> - <LI>Playlist parsers</LI> - <LI>New input</LI> - <LI>Audio only support</LI> - <LI>MP3, WAV and Ogg demuxers</LI> - <LI>Support for audio from external file</LI> - <LI>DXR2 driver</LI> - <LI>vo_aa improvements</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:zybi@fanthom.irc.pl">Artur Zaprzala</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>Complete font generator prog + OSD font (TOOLS/subfont-c)</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:lanzz@lanzz.org">lanzz@lanzz.org</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>GIMP font generator plugin (TOOLS/subfont-gimp)</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:atlka@pg.gda.pl">Adam Tla/lka</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>osd/sub review, fixes, optimization, utf8 support</LI> - <LI>various fixes</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:folke@ashberg.de">Folke Ashberg</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>native AAlib driver (-vo aa)</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:ktoman@email.cz">Kamil Toman</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>Czech fonts</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:iive@yahoo.com">Ivan Kalvatchev</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>interlaced MPEG2 support (libmpeg2)</LI> - <LI>libvo2 draft</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:p_l@gmx.fr">pl</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>new configure script</LI> - <LI>general code maintaining, fixes, patch committing</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:michaelni@gmx.at">Michael Niedermayer</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>new postprocessing code (with deinterlacing etc...)</LI> - <LI>software scaling C/MMX/MMX2/3DNow support (swscale.c)</LI> - <LI>various rgb/yuv bpp converters</LI> - <LI>new, better IDCT code for libavcodec</LI> - <LI>runtime CPU detection</LI> - <LI>SSE optimization of liba52</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:sgoethel@jausoft.com">Sven Goethel</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>libvo driver: vo_gl2</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:joy@pingfm.org">joy_ping</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>ao_alsa9 fixes</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:eanholt@gladstone.uoregon.edu">Eric Anholt</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>CPU detection code</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:Jiri.Svoboda@seznam.cz">Jiri Svoboda</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>AQT type subtitles support</LI> - <LI>CRTC2 YUV support in mga_vid</LI> - <LI>DirectFB video output driver</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:oliver.schoenbrunner@jku.at">Oliver Schoenbrunner</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>SGI audio driver</LI> - <LI>MIPS support</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:jeroen.dobbelaere@acunia.com">Jeroen Dobbelaere</A></B> -<UL> - <LI><A HREF="http://mad.sourceforge.net">libmad</A> support</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:dholm@telia.com">David Holm</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>DXR3 support</LI> - <LI>libmp1e import</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:takis@lumumba.luc.ac.be">Panagiotis Issaris</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>-playlist option</LI> - <LI>NuppelVideo support</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:melanson@pcisys.net">Mike Melanson</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>MS Video1 codec open-source implementation</LI> - <LI>FLI demuxer, decoder</LI> - <LI>Unified ADPCM Decoder (supports IMA/DVI, MS ADPCM, several others)</LI> - <LI>FILM (.cpk) file demuxer</LI> - <LI>RoQ file demuxer</LI> - <LI>RoQ Audio/Video decoder</LI> - <LI>QT SMC decoder</LI> - <LI>QT RLE decoder</LI> - <LI>MS RLE decoder</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:ranma@gmx.at">Tobias Diedrich</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>NAS audio output driver</LI> - <LI>DXR2 driver</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:foth@informatik.uni-hamburg.de">Kilian A. Foth</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>-slave mode</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:timf@mail.csse.monash.edu.au">Tim Ferguson</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>Open source Cinepak decoder</LI> - <LI>Open source CYUV decoder</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:itrs@softwell.com.tw">Sam Lin</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>-wid (plugger) patch</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:johannes.feigl@aon.at">Johannes Feigl</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>original German docs translation</LI> - <LI>some improvements in configure, small patches</LI> - <LI>found somebody (Thilo Wunderlich) who sent a DVB card</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:kmkaplan@selfoffice.com">Kim Minh Kaplan</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>DVD and VobSub subtitles display support</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:bkuschak@yahoo.com">Brian Kuschak</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>RTP streaming support (reading)</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:steve@daviesfam.org">Stephen Davies</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>support for large video files (>2^32 bytes in size)</LI> - <LI>surround sound</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:rsnel@cube.dyndns.org">Rik Snel</A></B> -<UL> - <LI><CODE>zr</CODE> video output driver</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:ajh@atri.curtin.edu.au">Anders Johansson</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>audio plugin system, some effect plugins</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:rtogni@freemail.it">Roberto Togni</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>Open source QT RPZA decoder</LI> - <LI>Open source HuffYUV decoder</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:wojtekka@bydg.pdi.net">Wojtek Kaniewski</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>Mouse wheel support</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:freku045@student.liu.se">Fredrik Kuivinen</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>OSD/subtitles outside movie - for SDL</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - -<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:flo-mplayer-dev@gmx.net">Florian Schneider</A></B> -<UL> - <LI>RealVideo libraries loader</LI> -</UL> -</LI> - + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:send mail to mplayer-users!">Árpád Gereöffy (A'rpi/ESP-team)</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>player code (mpeg stream demultiplexer and avi/asf parser, A-V sync, seek...)</LI> + <LI>mp3lib, based on mpglib sources [MP3 audio decoder]</LI> + <LI>getch2 [keyboard handler]</LI> + <LI>some changes in libmpeg2 code (progressive frames, bitrate & fps support)</LI> + <LI>libvo improvements: adding OpenGL support, bugfix in mga driver...</LI> + <LI>triple buffering & YUY2 support (for DivX/MPEG4) into mga_vid driver</LI> + <LI>scripts in the TVout directory (TVout on Matrox G400DH, read documentation)</LI> + <LI>hacking DivX/Mpeg4 VfW codecs to get YUV output</LI> + <LI>opendivx decoder speed optimizations (see opendivx/ChangeLog)</LI> + <LI>OSD & SUB display code</LI> + <LI>FFmpeg/libavcodec integration</LI> + <LI>DivX4Linux (Project Mayo) support (see documentation)</LI> + <LI>New DVD-Support using libdvdread</LI> + <LI>DVB support</LI> + <LI>MPEG PES output & DVB card support</LI> + <LI>anything that isn't mentioned elsewhere</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:pontscho@makacs.poliod.hu">Zoltán Ponekker (Pontscho/Fresh!)</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>configure script and Makefiles for easy compile</LI> + <LI>GUI system</LI> + <LI>3DNow! support into mp3lib</LI> + <LI>3DNow! support into fastmemcpy.h</LI> + <LI>various X11 driver changes (keyboard handling, fullscreen, bpp detect, etc)</LI> + <LI>libvo: adding xmga driver, and fullscreen support to xv</LI> + <LI>audio mixer (volume) support</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:lgb@lgb.hu">Gábor Lénárt (LGB)</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>configure script improvements</LI> + <LI>Makefile improvements</LI> + <LI>preliminary DVD support</LI> + <LI>various X11 cleanups and fixes</LI> + <LI>HTMLization of documentation</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:gabucino@mplayerhq.hu">Gábor Bérczi (Gabucino)</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>documentation writer & maintainer</LI> + <LI>Hungarian translation of documentation, homepage, and help output</LI> + <LI>second homepage design&gfx</LI> + <LI>homepage maintainer</LI> + <LI>testing, codecs quality & speed comparisons</LI> + <LI>IRC channels operator (#MPlayer is user channel)</LI> + <LI>experimental MINIX port :) (what's funny about it?)</LI> + <LI>MPsub subtitle format design</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:szabi@inf.elte.hu">Szabolcs Berecz (Szabi)</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>codecs.conf file parser</LI> + <LI>config file and command line parser</LI> + <LI>mga_vid fixes, module option etc.</LI> + <LI>fbdev support in libvo</LI> + <LI>type #7 subtitle support</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:lez@sch.bme.hu">László Megyer (Lez, Laaz)</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>SUB reader</LI> + <LI>screensaver+DPMS disable for libvo</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:chass-@freemail.hu">Gyula László (Chass, Tégla)</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>first fonts (mp_font1.zip)</LI> + <LI>third homepage design&gfx</LI> + <LI>fourth (current) homepage design&gfx</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:se7en@sch.bme.hu">Zoltán Márk Vicián (Se7en)</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>SVGAlib support in libvo</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:alex@naxine.org">Alex Beregszaszi (al3x)</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>ALSA output driver in libao2</LI> + <LI>vo_ggi output driver in libvo (www.ggi-project.org)</LI> + <LI>XAnim codecs support</LI> + <LI>VIVO files support</LI> + <LI>TV grabbing support</LI> + <LI>Quicktime hackings</LI> + <LI>libavcodec support in MEncoder</LI> + <LI>RM file format demuxer</LI> + <LI>mencoder framecopy</LI> + <LI>yuv4mpeg1 support</LI> + <LI>NuppelVideo demuxer changes</LI> + <LI>subconfig</LI> + <LI>VIDIX and libdha hackings</LI> + <LI>Matrox driver port to Vidix</LI> + <LI>XVidix video output driver</LI> + <LI>and other various stuff (in libvo, libmad syncing, dec_audio/video and loader)</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:asackerm@stud.informatik.uni-erlangen.de">Andreas Ackermann (Acki)</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>LIRC support (see documentation)</LI> + <LI>DGA support in libvo</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:atmosfear@users.sourceforge.net">Felix Bünemann (Atmos)</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>SDL driver maintainer</LI> + <LI>Additional YUV formats fixes</LI> + <LI>New font (mp_font2.zip)</LI> + <LI>PNG file output support in libvo</LI> + <LI>flipping support (for Indeo 3/4, etc)</LI> + <LI>SDL audio driver in libao2</LI> + <LI>RAW PCM/WAVE file writer for libao2</LI> + <LI>Ogg Vorbis audio support</LI> + <LI>Various aspect code</LI> + <LI>Win32 (Cygwin) port</LI> + <LI>priority support in codecs.conf (never used ;)</LI> + <LI>DivX5Linux support</LI> + <LI>AAC decoding support via libfaad2</LI> + <LI>Darwin (MacOS X) port</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:telenieko@telenieko.com">TeLeNiEkO</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>Spanish translation of documentation</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:mgraffam@idsi.net">Michael Graffam</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>XF86VidMode support to vo_x11 and vo_dga</LI> + <LI>Video mode switching code to vo_dga</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:hoffmajs@gmx.de">Jens Hoffmann</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>Additional YUV formats support</LI> + <LI>found the big BITMAPINFOHEADER problem -> solved ASV2 pixelization</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:nickols_k@mail.ru">Nick Kurshev</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>memcpy optimizations for AMD K7 and Intel Pentium III (fastmemcpy.h)</LI> + <LI>CD-ROM tune info</LI> + <LI>further 3DNow! optimizations into mp3lib and libac3 and FFmpeg</LI> + <LI>Russian translation of documentation</LI> + <LI>radeon_vid, rage128_vid, radeonfb</LI> + <LI>libvo driver: vo_vesa</LI> + <LI>VIDIX and libdha design, programming</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:german@piraos.com">German Gomez Garcia</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>SPDIF AC3 output for SBLive!</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:eyck@incubus.ar.lublin.pl">Dariusz Pietrzak (Eyck)</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>Debian packaging support (see debian/* and this documentation)</LI> + <LI>support for vplayer subtitle format</LI> + <LI>preliminary support for .RT subtitle format</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:marcus@idonex.se">Marcus Comstedt</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>initial Solaris8-x86 support</LI> + <LI>configure fixes</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:jk@tools.de">Jürgen Keil</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>patched <B>MPlayer</B> to work on Solaris 8 x86</LI> + <LI>various fixes (win32, configure, etc)</LI> + <LI>SUN audio driver in libao2</LI> + <LI>mediaLib support in libavcodec</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:vkushnir@Alfacom.net">Vladimir Kushnir</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>patched <B>MPlayer</B> to work on FreeBSD x86</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:bertrand_baudet@yahoo.com">Bertrand BAUDET</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>network streaming support</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:djw@flinthills.com">Derek J Witt</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>MMS network streaming patches</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:albeu@free.fr">Alban Bedel</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>MMS network streaming patches</LI> + <LI>Playtree and per-entry config</LI> + <LI>Playlist parsers</LI> + <LI>New input</LI> + <LI>Audio only support</LI> + <LI>MP3, WAV and Ogg demuxers</LI> + <LI>Support for audio from external file</LI> + <LI>DXR2 driver</LI> + <LI>vo_aa improvements</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:zybi@fanthom.irc.pl">Artur Zaprzala</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>Complete font generator prog + OSD font (TOOLS/subfont-c)</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:lanzz@lanzz.org">lanzz@lanzz.org</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>GIMP font generator plugin (TOOLS/subfont-gimp)</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:atlka@pg.gda.pl">Adam Tla/lka</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>osd/sub review, fixes, optimization, utf8 support</LI> + <LI>various fixes</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:folke@ashberg.de">Folke Ashberg</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>native AAlib driver (-vo aa)</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:ktoman@email.cz">Kamil Toman</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>Czech fonts</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:iive@yahoo.com">Ivan Kalvatchev</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>interlaced MPEG2 support (libmpeg2)</LI> + <LI>libvo2 draft</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:p_l@gmx.fr">pl</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>new configure script</LI> + <LI>general code maintaining, fixes, patch committing</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:michaelni@gmx.at">Michael Niedermayer</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>new postprocessing code (with deinterlacing etc...)</LI> + <LI>software scaling C/MMX/MMX2/3DNow support (swscale.c)</LI> + <LI>various rgb/yuv bpp converters</LI> + <LI>new, better IDCT code for libavcodec</LI> + <LI>runtime CPU detection</LI> + <LI>SSE optimization of liba52</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:sgoethel@jausoft.com">Sven Goethel</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>libvo driver: vo_gl2</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:joy@pingfm.org">joy_ping</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>ao_alsa9 fixes</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:eanholt@gladstone.uoregon.edu">Eric Anholt</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>CPU detection code</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:Jiri.Svoboda@seznam.cz">Jiri Svoboda</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>AQT type subtitles support</LI> + <LI>CRTC2 YUV support in mga_vid</LI> + <LI>DirectFB video output driver</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:oliver.schoenbrunner@jku.at">Oliver Schoenbrunner</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>SGI audio driver</LI> + <LI>MIPS support</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:jeroen.dobbelaere@acunia.com">Jeroen Dobbelaere</A></B> + <UL> + <LI><A HREF="http://mad.sourceforge.net">libmad</A> support</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:dholm@telia.com">David Holm</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>DXR3 support</LI> + <LI>libmp1e import</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:takis@lumumba.luc.ac.be">Panagiotis Issaris</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>-playlist option</LI> + <LI>NuppelVideo support</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:melanson@pcisys.net">Mike Melanson</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>MS Video1 codec open-source implementation</LI> + <LI>FLI demuxer, decoder</LI> + <LI>Unified ADPCM Decoder (supports IMA/DVI, MS ADPCM, several others)</LI> + <LI>FILM (.cpk) file demuxer</LI> + <LI>RoQ file demuxer</LI> + <LI>RoQ Audio/Video decoder</LI> + <LI>QT SMC decoder</LI> + <LI>QT RLE decoder</LI> + <LI>MS RLE decoder</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:ranma@gmx.at">Tobias Diedrich</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>NAS audio output driver</LI> + <LI>DXR2 driver</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:foth@informatik.uni-hamburg.de">Kilian A. Foth</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>-slave mode</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:timf@mail.csse.monash.edu.au">Tim Ferguson</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>Open source Cinepak decoder</LI> + <LI>Open source CYUV decoder</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:itrs@softwell.com.tw">Sam Lin</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>-wid (plugger) patch</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:johannes.feigl@aon.at">Johannes Feigl</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>original German docs translation</LI> + <LI>some improvements in configure, small patches</LI> + <LI>found somebody (Thilo Wunderlich) who sent a DVB card</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:kmkaplan@selfoffice.com">Kim Minh Kaplan</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>DVD and VobSub subtitles display support</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:bkuschak@yahoo.com">Brian Kuschak</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>RTP streaming support (reading)</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:steve@daviesfam.org">Stephen Davies</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>support for large video files (>2^32 bytes in size)</LI> + <LI>surround sound</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:rsnel@cube.dyndns.org">Rik Snel</A></B> + <UL> + <LI><CODE>zr</CODE> video output driver</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:ajh@atri.curtin.edu.au">Anders Johansson</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>audio plugin system, some effect plugins</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:rtogni@freemail.it">Roberto Togni</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>Open source QT RPZA decoder</LI> + <LI>Open source HuffYUV decoder</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:wojtekka@bydg.pdi.net">Wojtek Kaniewski</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>Mouse wheel support</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:freku045@student.liu.se">Fredrik Kuivinen</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>OSD/subtitles outside movie - for SDL</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI><B><A HREF="mailto:flo-mplayer-dev@gmx.net">Florian Schneider</A></B> + <UL> + <LI>RealVideo libraries loader</LI> + </UL> + </LI> </UL> <P>Main testers:</P> @@ -2397,7 +2312,7 @@ end </UL> <P>Their code is not used in current player version, but I've got some ideas or -other technical help from:</P> + other technical help from:</P> <UL> <LI>John F. McGowan http://www.jmcgowan.com/ @@ -2417,6 +2332,8 @@ other technical help from:</P> </LI> </UL> + + <P><B><A NAME="maintainers">Appendix A2 - MPlayer code and documentation maintainers</A></B></P> Homepage @@ -2536,53 +2453,54 @@ TOOLS: </UL> + <P><B><A NAME="mailing_lists">Appendix B - Mailing lists</A></B></P> <P>There are some public mailing lists on <B>MPlayer</B>. Subscribing can be -achieved on the following addresses:</P> + achieved on the following addresses:</P> <UL> -<LI>MPlayer developers list: -<A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dev-eng">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dev-eng</A><BR> -This list is about mplayer development! Talking about interface/API changes, -new libraries, code optimization, configure changes, and send patches here. -Do NOT send bug reports, user questions, feature requests or flames here! -This list should be kept low-traffic. -</LI> -<LI>MPlayer users list: -<A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users</A> -<UL> -<LI>Send bug reports here (after reading the <A HREF="#known_bugs">Known Bugs</A> section, and <A HREF="bugreports.html">Appendix C</A>).</LI> -<LI>Send feature requests here (after reading the WHOLE documentation).</LI> -<LI>Send user questions here (after reading the WHOLE documentation).</LI> -</UL> -</LI> -<LI>MPlayer Hungarian users list: -<A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-felhasznalok">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-felhasznalok</A> -<UL> -<LI>Hungarian language list</LI> -<LI>topic? We'll see about it... mostly flame and RTFM questions up to now :(</LI> -</UL> -</LI> -<LI>MPlayer & Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 users:<BR> -<A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-matrox">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-matrox</A> -Send Matrox related questions here -<UL> -<LI>things about mga_vid</LI> -<LI>Matrox's official beta drivers (for X 4.x.x)</LI> -<LI>and about matroxfb-TVout stuff.</LI> -</UL> -</LI> -<LI>MPlayer & DVB card users: -<A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dvb">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dvb</A><BR> -Things related to the hardware decoder card called DVB (NOT DXR3!). -</LI> -<LI>MPlayer CVS-log: -<A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-cvslog">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-cvslog</A><BR> -Send only questions about CVS changes here (if you do not understand why a -change is required or you have a better fix or you have noticed a possible -bug/problem in the committed patch). Be sure in that your target developer reads this list! -</LI> + <LI>MPlayer developers list: + <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dev-eng">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dev-eng</A><BR> + This list is about mplayer development! Talking about interface/API changes, + new libraries, code optimization, configure changes, and send patches here. + Do NOT send bug reports, user questions, feature requests or flames here! + This list should be kept low-traffic.</LI> + <LI>MPlayer users list: + <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users</A> + <UL> + <LI>Send bug reports here (after reading the <A HREF="#known_bugs">Known Bugs</A> + section, and <A HREF="bugreports.html">Appendix C</A>).</LI> + <LI>Send feature requests here (after reading the WHOLE documentation).</LI> + <LI>Send user questions here (after reading the WHOLE documentation).</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI>MPlayer Hungarian users list: + <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-felhasznalok">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-felhasznalok</A> + <UL> + <LI>Hungarian language list</LI> + <LI>topic? We'll see about it... mostly flame and RTFM questions up to now :(</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI>MPlayer & Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 users:<BR> + <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-matrox">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-matrox</A> + Send Matrox related questions here + <UL> + <LI>things about mga_vid</LI> + <LI>Matrox's official beta drivers (for X 4.x.x)</LI> + <LI>and about matroxfb-TVout stuff.</LI> + </UL> + </LI> + <LI>MPlayer & DVB card users: + <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dvb">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dvb</A><BR> + Things related to the hardware decoder card called DVB (NOT DXR3!). + </LI> + <LI>MPlayer CVS-log: + <A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-cvslog">http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-cvslog</A><BR> + Send only questions about CVS changes here (if you do not understand why a + change is required or you have a better fix or you have noticed a possible + bug/problem in the committed patch). Be sure in that your target developer + reads this list!</LI> </UL> <P><B>Note:</B> The Languages of above lists are ENGLISH, unless explicitly @@ -2592,8 +2510,11 @@ bug/problem in the committed patch). Be sure in that your target developer reads <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/htsearch">here</A>. + <P><B><A NAME="bug_reports"></A><A HREF="bugreports.html">Appendix C</A> - How to report bugs</B></P> + + <P><B><A NAME="known_bugs">Appendix D - Known bugs</A></B></P> <P>Special system/CPU-specific bugs/problems:</P> @@ -2628,68 +2549,69 @@ bug/problem in the committed patch). Be sure in that your target developer reads General audio delay or jerky sound (exists with all or many files): <UL> -<LI>most common: buggy audio driver! - try to use different drivers, try -ALSA 0.9 OSS emulation with -ao oss, also try -ao sdl, sometimes it helps. -If your file plays fine with -nosound, then you can be sure it's sound card -(driver) problem.</LI> -<LI>audio buffer problems (buffer size badly detected)<BR> - Workaround: mplayer -abs option</LI> -<LI>samplerate problems - maybe your card doesn't support the samplerate -used in your files - try the resampling plugin (-aop)</LI> -<LI>slow machine (CPU or VGA)<BR> - try with -vo null, if it plays well, then you have slow VGA card/driver<BR> - Workaround: buy a faster card or read this documentation about how to speed up<BR> - Also try -framedrop</LI> -</UL><BR> + <LI>most common: buggy audio driver! - try to use different drivers, try + ALSA 0.9 OSS emulation with -ao oss, also try -ao sdl, sometimes it helps. + If your file plays fine with -nosound, then you can be sure it's sound card + (driver) problem.</LI> + <LI>audio buffer problems (buffer size badly detected)<BR> + Workaround: mplayer -abs option</LI> + <LI>samplerate problems - maybe your card doesn't support the samplerate + used in your files - try the resampling plugin (-aop)</LI> + <LI>slow machine (CPU or VGA)<BR> + try with -vo null, if it plays well, then you have slow VGA card/driver<BR> + Workaround: buy a faster card or read this documentation about how to speed up<BR> + Also try -framedrop</LI> +</UL> Audio delay/de-sync specific to one or a few files: <UL> -<LI>bad file<BR> - Workaround: - <UL> - <LI>-ni or -nobps option (for non-interleaved or bad files)<BR> - and/or</LI> - <LI>-mc 0 (required for files with badly interleaved VBR audio)<BR> - and/or</LI> - <LI>-delay option or +/- keys at runtime to adjust delay</LI> - </UL> - If none of these help, please upload the file, we'll check (and fix). -</LI> -<LI>your sound card doesn't support 48kHz playback<BR> - Workaround: buy a better sound card... or try to decrease fps by 10% (use -fps 27 for a 30fps movie) - or use the resampler plugin</LI> -<LI>slow machine<BR> - (if A-V is not around 0, and the last number in the status line increasing)<BR> - Workaround: -framedrop</LI> + <LI>bad file<BR> + Workaround: + <UL> + <LI>-ni or -nobps option (for non-interleaved or bad files)<BR> + and/or</LI> + <LI>-mc 0 (required for files with badly interleaved VBR audio)<BR> + and/or</LI> + <LI>-delay option or +/- keys at runtime to adjust delay</LI> + </UL> + If none of these help, please upload the file, we'll check (and fix). + </LI> + <LI>your sound card doesn't support 48kHz playback<BR> + Workaround: buy a better sound card... or try to decrease fps by 10% (use + -fps 27 for a 30fps movie) or use the resampler plugin</LI> + <LI>slow machine<BR> + (if A-V is not around 0, and the last number in the status line increasing)<BR> + Workaround: -framedrop</LI> </UL> No sound at all: <UL> -<LI>your file uses an unsupported audio codec<BR> - Workaround: read the documentation and help us adding support for it</LI> + <LI>your file uses an unsupported audio codec<BR> + Workaround: read the documentation and help us adding support for it</LI> </UL> No picture at all (just plain grey/green window): <UL> -<LI>your file uses an unsupported video codec<BR> - Workaround: read the documentation and help us adding support for it</LI> -<LI>auto-selected codec can't decode the file, try to select another using -vc or -vfm options</LI> -<LI>you try to play DivX 3.x file with OpenDivX decoder or XviD (-vc odivx) - install Divx4Linux and recompile player</LI> + <LI>your file uses an unsupported video codec<BR> + Workaround: read the documentation and help us adding support for it</LI> + <LI>auto-selected codec can't decode the file, try to select another using -vc + or -vfm options</LI> + <LI>you try to play DivX 3.x file with OpenDivX decoder or XviD (-vc odivx) + - install Divx4Linux and recompile player</LI> </UL> <P>Video-out problems:</P> <P>First note: options -fs -vm and -zoom are just recommendations, not (yet) -supported by all drivers. So it isn't a bug if it doesn't work. -Only a few driver supports scaling/zooming, don't expect this from x11 or dga.</P> + supported by all drivers. So it isn't a bug if it doesn't work. + Only a few driver supports scaling/zooming, don't expect this from x11 or dga.</P> <P>OSD/sub flickering:<BR> -- x11 driver: sorry, it can't be fixed now<BR> -- xv driver: use -double option</P> + - x11 driver: sorry, it can't be fixed now<BR> + - xv driver: use -double option</P> <P>Green image using mga_vid (-vo mga / -vo xmga):<BR> -- mga_vid misdetected your card's RAM amount, reload it using mga_ram_size option<BR> -</P> + - mga_vid misdetected your card's RAM amount, reload it using mga_ram_size option</P> </BODY> </HTML> |