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.\" MPlayer (C) 2000-2002 Arpad Gereoffy <sendmail@to.mplayer-users>
.\" This man page was/is done by Gabucino <sendmail@to.mplayer-users>
.\" (Patches done by Jonas Jermann <sendmail@to.mplayer-users>)
.\" 
.TH "MPlayer" "1" "2002-06-24"

.SH "NAME"
mplayer  \- Movie Player for Linux
.br
mencoder \- Movie Encoder for Linux

.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B mplayer
.RB [options]\ [\fIfile\fP\ |\ \fIURL\fP\ |\ \fIplaylist\fP\ |\ \-\ ]
.br
.B mplayer
.RB [global\ options]\ \fIfile1\fP\ [specific\ options]\ [file2]\ [specific\ options]
.br
.B mplayer
.RB [global\ options]\ {\fIgroup\ of\ files\ and\ options\fP}\ [group\ specific\ options]
.br
.B mplayer
.RB [dvd|vcd|cdda|cddb|tv]://[title]\ [options]
.br
.B mplayer
.RB [mms|mmst|http|http_proxy|rtp]://[user:pass@]URL[:port]\ [options]
.br
.B mencoder
.RB [options]\ [\fIfile\fP\ |\ \fIURL\fP\ |\ \-\ ]\ [\-o\ file]
.br
.B gmplayer
.RB [options]\ [\-skin\ skin]

.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.B mplayer
is a movie player for LINUX (runs on many other Unices, and non\-x86
CPUs, see the documentation). It plays most MPEG/VOB, AVI, OGG/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4,
FLI, RM, NuppelVideo, yuv4mpeg, FILM, RoQ files, supported by many native, XAnim, and
Win32 DLL codecs. You can watch VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, DivX 3/4/5 and even WMV
movies, too (without the avifile library).

Another great 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, SDL (and this way all their drivers), VESA (on every VESA compatible card, even 
without X11!) and some low level card-specific drivers (for Matrox, 3Dfx and ATI), too!
.br
Most of them support software or hardware scaling, so you can enjoy movies in fullscreen.
MPlayer supports displaying through some hardware MPEG decoder boards, such as the Siemens
DVB, DXR2 and DXR3/Hollywood+!

MPlayer has an onscreen display (OSD) for status information, nice big
antialiased shaded subtitles and visual feedback for keyboard controls.
European/ISO 8859-1,2 (Hungarian, English, Czech, etc), Cyrillic and Korean
fonts are supported along with 9 subtitle formats (MicroDVD, SubRip,
SubViewer, Sami, VPlayer, RT, SSA, AQTitle and our own: MPsub). DVD subtitles
(SPU streams, VobSub and Closed Captions) are supported.

.B mencoder
(MPlayer's Movie Encoder) is a simple movie encoder, designed to
encode MPlayer-playable movies (see above) to other MPlayer-playable formats
(see below). It encodes to DivX4 (1, 2 or 3 passes), XviD, codecs of libavcodec,
PCM/MP3/VBRMP3 audio. It also has stream copying abilities, a powerful plugin system
(crop, expand, flip, postprocess, rotate, scale, add/remove noise, rgb/yuv conversion) and more.

.B gmplayer
is MPlayer with a graphical user interface.
It has the same options as MPlayer.

.SH GENERAL NOTES
.B Check the HTML documentation, too!
.br
Every "flag" option has a "noflag" counterpart, e.g.  the opposite of the \-fs
option is \-nofs.
.br
You can put all of the options in a config file which will be read every time
.B mplayer
is run. The system-wide config file is '/etc/mplayer.conf', the user specific
one is '~/.mplayer/config'. User specific options override system-wide options
and options given on the command line override either. The syntax of the config
files is 'option=<value>', everything after a '#' is considered a comment.
Options that work without values can be enabled by setting them to 'yes' or '1'
and disabled by setting them to 'no' or '0'.

.I EXAMPLE
.br
# Use Matrox driver by default.
.br
vo=xmga
.br
# I love practicing handstands while watching videos.
.br
flip=yes

.SH "DEMUXER/STREAM OPTIONS"
.TP
.B \-aid <id> (also see \-alang option)
Select audio channel [MPG: 0\-31 AVI: 1\-99 ASF: 0\-127 VOB: 128\-...]
.TP
.B \-alang <two letter\ country\ code> (also see \-aid option)
Works only for DVD playback! Selects DVD audio language. It always tries
to play audio streams whose language matches the given code.

.I EXAMPLE:
    \-alang hu,en  Plays Hungarian and falls back to
                  English if Hungarian is not
                  available.
.TP
.B \-audio\-demuxer <number> (\-audiofile only)
Force audio demuxer type for \-audiofile.
Give the demuxer ID as defined in demuxers.h.
Use \-audio\-demuxer 17 to force .mp3 detection.
.TP
.B \-audiofile <filename>
Play audio from an external file (WAV, MP3 or Ogg Vorbis).
.TP
.B \-cdrom\-device <path\ to\ device>
Override default CDROM drive name /dev/cdrom.
.TP
.B \-cache <kbytes>
This option specifies how much memory (in kbytes) to use when precaching a file/URL.
Especially useful on slow media (default is \-nocache).
.TP
.B \-cdda <option1:option2>
This option can be used to tune the CD Audio reading feature of MPlayer.
Available options are:

    speed=<value>        set CD spin speed
    paranoia=<value>     set paranoia level (0-2)
                           0: disable checking
                           1: overlap checking only
                              (default)
                           2: full data correction
                              and verification
    generic-dev=<value>  use specified generic SCSI
                         device
    sector-size=<value>  atomic read size
    overlap=<value>      force minimum overlap
                         search during verification
                         to <value> sectors.
    toc-bias             Assume that the beginning
                         offset of track 1 as
                         reported in the TOC will be
                         addressed as LBA 0. Some
                         Toshiba drives need this
                         for getting track
                         boundaries correct.
    toc-offset=<value>   Add <value> sectors to the
                         values reported when
                         addressing tracks. May be
                         negative.
    (no)skip             (never) accept imperfect
                         data reconstruction.
.TP
.B \-chapter <chapter\ id>[-<end\ chapter\ id>]
Specify which chapter to start playing at. Optionally specify which chapter to
end playing at. Examples can be found below.
.TP
.B \-csslib <filename>
(old-style DVD option) This option is used to override the default location of libcss.so.
.TP
.B \-demuxer <number>
Force demuxer type. Give the demuxer ID as defined in demuxers.h.
Use \-demuxer 17 to force .mp3 detection.
.TP
.B \-dumpaudio (MPLAYER only)
Dumps raw compressed audio stream to ./stream.dump (useful with mpeg/ac3).
.TP
.B \-dumpfile <filename> (MPLAYER only)
Specify which file MPlayer should dump to. Should be used together
with \-dumpaudio/\-dumpvideo/\-dumpstream.
.TP
.B \-dumpstream (MPLAYER only)
Dumps the raw stream to ./stream.dump. Useful when ripping from
DVD or network.
.TP
.B \-dumpsub (MPLAYER only)
Dumps the subtitle substream from VOB streams.
.TP
.B \-dumpvideo (MPLAYER only)
Dump raw compressed video stream to ./stream.dump (not very usable).
.TP
.B \-dvd <title\ id>
Tell MPlayer which movies (specified by title id) to play. For example
sometimes '1' is a trailer, and '2' is the real movie.
.br
.I NOTE:
Sometimes deinterlacing is required for DVD playback,
see the \-pp 0x20000 or \-npp lb options.
.TP
.B \-dvd\-device <path\ to\ device>
Override default DVD device name /dev/dvd.
.TP
.B \-dvdangle <angle\ id>
Some DVD discs contain scenes that can be viewed from multiple angles.
Here you can tell MPlayer which angles to use. Examples can be found below.
.TP
.B \-dvdauth <DVD\ device>
(old-style DVD option) Turns on DVD authentication using the given device.
.TP
.B \-dvdkey <CSS\ key>
(old-style DVD option) When decoding a VOB file copied undecrypted from DVD,
this option gives the CSS key needed to decrypt the VOB (the key is printed
when authenticating with the DVD drive using \-dvdauth).
.TP
.B \-dvdnav (BETA CODE) 
Force usage of libdvdnav.
.TP
.B \-forceidx
Force rebuilding of INDEX. Useful for files with broken index (desyncs, etc).
Seeking will be possible. You can fix the index permanently with
MEncoder (see the documentation).
.TP
.B \-fps <value>
Override video framerate (if value is wrong/missing in the header) (float number).
.TP
.B \-frames <number>
Play/convert only first <number> frames, then quit.
.TP
.B \-hr\-mp3\-seek (.MP3 only)
Hi\-res mp3 seeking. Default is: enabled when playing from external MP3 file,
as we need to seek to the very exact position to keep A/V sync. It can be slow
especially when seeking backwards \- it has to rewind to the beginning to find
the exact frame.
.TP
.B \-idx (also see \-forceidx)
Rebuilds INDEX of the AVI if no INDEX was found, 
thus allowing seeking. Useful with broken/incomplete
downloads, or badly created AVIs.
.TP
.B \-mc <seconds/frame>
Maximum A-V sync correction per frame (in seconds).
.TP
.B \-mf <option1:option2:...>
Used when decoding from multiple PNG or JPEG files
(see documentation). Available options are:

    on            turns on multifile support
    w=<value>     width of the output (autodetect)
    h=<value>     height of the output (autodetect)
    fps=<value>   fps of the output (default: 25)
    type=<value>  type of input files
                  (available types: jpeg, png)
.TP
.B \-ni (.AVI only)
Force usage of non\-interleaved AVI parser (fixes playing
of some bad AVI files).
.TP
.B \-nobps (.AVI only)
Do not use average byte/sec value for A\-V sync (AVI).
Helps with some AVI files with broken header.
.TP
.B \-passwd <password> (see \-user option too!)
Specify password for http authentication.
.TP
.B \-rawaudio <option1:option2:...>
This option lets you play raw audio files. It may also be used to
play audio CDs which are not 44KHz 16Bit stereo.
Available options are:

    on                  use raw audio demuxer
    channels=<value>    number of channels
    rate=<value>        rate in samples per second
    samplesize=<value>  sample size in byte
    format=<value>      fourcc in hex
.TP
.B \-skipopening
Skip DVD opening (dvdnav only).
.TP
.B \-sb <byte\ position> (see \-ss option too!)
Seek to byte position. Useful for playback from CDROM
images / vob files with junk at the beginning.
.TP
.B \-srate <Hz>
Forces the given audio playback rate, changing video speed to keep a-v sync.
MEncoder passes this value to lame for resampling.
.TP
.B \-ss <time> (see \-sb option too!)
Seek to given time position.

.I EXAMPLE:
    \-ss 56        seeks to 56 seconds
    \-ss 01:10:00  seeks to 1 hour 10 min
.TP
.B \-tv <option1:option2:...>
This option enables the TV grabbing feature of MPlayer (see documentation). 
Available options are:

    on                use TV input
    noaudio           no sound
    driver=<value>    available: dummy, v4l,
                      bsdbt848
    device=<value>    Specify other device than the
                      default /dev/video0.
    input=<value>     Specify other input than the
                      default 0 (Television)
                      (see output for a list)
    freq=<value>      Specify the frequency to set
                      the tuner to (e.g. 511.250).
    outfmt=<value>    output format of the tuner
                      (yv12, rgb32, rgb24, rgb16,
                      rgb15, uyvy, yuy2, i420)
    width=<value>     width of the output window
    height=<value>    height of the output window
    norm=<value>      available: PAL, SECAM, NTSC
    channel=<value>   Set tuner to <value> channel.
    chanlist=<value>  available: europe-east,
                      europe-west, us-bcast,
                      us-cable, etc

.TP
.B \-vcd <track>
Play video CD track from device instead of plain file.
.TP
.B \-vid <id>
Select video channel [MPG: 0\-15  ASF:  0\-255].
.TP
.B \-vivo <sub\-options> (DEBUG CODE)
Force audio parameters for the .vivo demuxer (for debugging purposes).


.SH "DECODING/FILTERING OPTIONS"
.TP
.B \-ac <codec name>
Force usage of a specific audio codec, according to its name in codecs.conf.

.I EXAMPLE:
    \-ac mp3     use libmp3 MP3 codec
    \-ac mp3acm  use l3codeca.acm MP3 codec
    \-ac ac3     use AC3 codec
    \-ac hwac3   enable hardware AC3 passthrough
                (see documentation)
    \-ac vorbis  use libvorbis
    \-ac ffmp3   use ffmpeg's MP3 decoder (SLOW)

See \-ac help for a full list of available codecs.
.TP
.B \-afm <1\-12> (OBSOLETE)
Force usage of a specific audio format family.

.I EXAMPLE:
    \-afm 1   use libmp3 (mp2/mp3, but not mp1)
    \-afm 2   suppose raw PCM audio
    \-afm 3   use libac3
    \-afm 4   use a matching Win32 codec
    \-afm 5   use aLaw/uLaw driver
    \-afm 10  use libvorbis
    \-afm 11  use ffmpeg's MP3 decoder (even mp1)
.TP
.B \-aspect <ratio>
Override aspect ratio of movies. It's autodetected on MPEG files, but can't be
autodetected on most AVI files.

.I EXAMPLE:
    \-aspect 4:3  or \-aspect 1.3333
    \-aspect 16:9 or \-aspect 1.7777
.TP
.B \-flip
Flip image upside-down.
.TP
.B \-lavdopts <option1:option2:...> (DEBUG CODE)
If decoding with a codec from libavcodec, you can specify its parameters here.

.I EXAMPLE:
    \-lavdopts bug=1

Available options are:
  
    ver=<value>  error resilience:
                   -1  needed for some very broken
                       encoders
                    0  default
                    1  more aggressive error
                       detection
    bug=<value>  manual workaround encoder bugs:
                   0  default
                   1  workaround for some old lavc
                      generated msmpeg4v3 files
.TP
.B \-nosound
Do not play/encode sound.
.TP
.B \-npp <option1,option2,...>
This option allows giving more literate postprocessing options, 
and is another way of calling it (not with \-pp). See \-npp help
for a full list of available options. The keywords accept a '\-'
prefix to disable the option.
.br
A ':' followed by a letter may be appended to the option to indicate its 
scope:
    a  Automatically switches the filter off if the CPU is too slow.
    c  Do chrominance filtering, too.
    y  Do not do chrominance filtering (only luminance filtering).
.br
Each filter defaults to 'c' (chrominance).
.br
.I NOTE:
-npp only controls the external postprocess filter, and you HAVE TO
load it manually by -vop pp (Usage: -vop pp -npp <options>),
it is not auto-loaded!

.I EXAMPLE:
    \-npp hb,vb,dr,al,lb  same as \-pp 0x2007f
    \-npp hb,vb,dr,al     same as \-pp 0x7f
    \-npp de,\-al          default filters without
                         brightness/contrast
                         correction
    \-npp de,tn:1:2:3     Enable default filters
                         & temporal denoiser.
    \-npp hb:y,vb:a \-autoq 6
                         Deblock horizontal only
                         luminance and switch
                         vertical deblocking on or
                         off automatically
                         depending on available
                         CPU time.
.TP
.B \-pp <quality> (see \-npp option too!)
Apply postprocess filter on decoded image.

Value given by -pp is sent to the codec, if the codec has built-in postprocess
filter (newer win32 DShow DLLs, divx4linux) otherwise the external postprocess
filter plugin (-vop pp) is auto-loaded and used.
Note, that you can use the built-in and external pp at the
same time, use -pp to set internal pp, and -vop pp=value to set up the external!

The valid range of -pp value for built-in pp filters vary on codecs, mostly
0-6, where 0=disable 6=slowest/best.

For the external pp filter, this is the numerical mode to use postprocessing. The '\-npp' option described
above has the same effects but with letters. To have several filters at the
same time, simply add the hexadecimal values.

.I EXAMPLE:
The following values are known to give good results:
    \-pp 0x20000 (\-npp lb)        deinterlacing (for DVD/MPEG2 playback e.g.)
    \-pp 0x7f (\-npp hb,vb,dr,al)  deblocking filter (for DivX)
.TP
.B \-ssf <mode> (BETA CODE)
Specifies SwScaler parameters. Available options are:

    lgb=[0..100]  Gaussian blur filter (luma) 
    cgb=[0..100]  Gaussian blur filter (chroma)
    ls=[0..100]   sharpen filter (luma)
    cs=[0..100]   sharpen filter (chroma)
    cvs=x         chroma vertical shifting
    chs=x         chroma horizontal shifting

.I EXAMPLE
    \-vop scale -ssf lgb=3.0
.TP
.B \-stereo <mode>
Select type of MP2/MP3 stereo output.

    Stereo         0
    Left channel   1
    Right channel  2
.TP
.B \-sws <software\ scaler\ type>
.I NOTE:
Also see DOCS/tech/swscaler_*.txt.
.br
This option sets the quality (and speed, respectively) of the software scaler,
with the \-zoom option. For example with x11 or other outputs which lack
hardware acceleration. Possible settings are:

    0  fast bilinear (default)
    1  bilinear
    2  bicubic (good quality)
    3  experimental (?)
    4  nearest neighbour (bad quality)
    5  area
    6  luma bicubic / chroma bilinear
    7  gauss
    8  sincR
    9  lanczos
   10  bicubic spline

.TP
.B \-vc <codec name>
Force usage of a specific video codec, according to its name in codecs.conf,

.I EXAMPLE:
    \-vc divx      use VFW DivX codec
    \-vc divxds    use DirectShow DivX codec
    \-vc ffdivx    use libavcodec's DivX codec
    \-vc ffmpeg12  use libavcodec's MPEG1/2 codec
    \-vc divx4     use Project Mayo's DivX codec

See '\-vc help' for FULL list!
.TP
.B \-vfm <1\-12> (OBSOLETE)
Force usage of a specific codec FAMILY, and FALLBACK to default if failed.

.I EXAMPLE:
    \-vfm 2   use VFW (Win32) codecs
    \-vfm 3   use OpenDivX/DivX4 codec (YV12)
             (same as \-vc odivx but fallback)
    \-vfm 4   use DirectShow (Win32) codecs
    \-vfm 5   use libavcodec codecs
    \-vfm 7   use DivX4 codec (YUY2)
             (same as \-vc divx4 but fallback)
    \-vfm 10  use XAnim codecs

.I NOTE:
If libdivxdecore support was compiled in, then type 3 and 7 now contains
just the same DivX4 codec, but different APIs to reach it. For difference
between them and when to use which, check the DivX4 section in the
documentation.
.TP
.B \-vop <plugin3[=options],plugin2,plugin1,...>
Activate comma separated list of video filters (see documentation).
Available plugins are:

  crop[=w:h:x:y]       cropping
  rectangle[=w:h:x:y]  shows cropping boundaries
  expand[=w:h:x:y:o]   expanding and OSD
  flip                 vertical mirroring
  mirror               horizontal mirroring
  rotate[=<0-3>]       rotate image +- 90 degrees
  scale[=w:h]          software scaling
  yuy2                 YV12/I420 \-> YUY2
  rgb2bgr[=swap]       RGB 24/32 <\-> BGR 24/32
  palette              RGB/BGR 8 \-> 15/16/24/32bpp
  format[=fourcc]      restrict colorspace
  pp[=flags]           postprocessing (see \-pp)
  lavc[=quality:fps]   YV12\->MPEG1 (libavcodec)
  fame                 YV12\->MPEG1 (libfame)
  dvbscale[=aspect]    optimal scaling for DVB
                       cards (aspect=
                       DVB_HEIGHT*ASPECTRATIO)
  cropdetect[=limit]   black border detection
                       (print crop values)
  noise[=luma[u][t|a][h]:chroma[u][t|a][h]
                       add noise
                         <0-100>  luma noise
                         <0-100>  chroma noise
                         u        uniform noise
                         t        temporal noise
                         a        averaged
                                  temporal noise
                         h        high quality

.I parameters:
.br
    w,h  destination width/height
           value   w/h = value
           \-1      w/h = original (default)
           0       w/h = scaled (aspect) w/h
           \-value  w/h = original+value
    x,y  x/y position of the subimage
           value   x/y = value
           \-1      x/y = center image (default)
    o    enable/disable OSD/SUB rendering
           0       disabled (default)
           1       enabled

You can get the list of available plugins executing
.I mplayer \-vop help

.TP
.B \-x <x> (MPLAYER only)
Scale image to x width (if sw/hw scaling available). Disables aspect calcs.
.TP
.B \-xvidopts <option>
Specify additional parameters when decoding with XviD.

    dr2    Activate direct rendering method 2.
    nodr2  Deactivate direct rendering method 2.
.TP
.B \-xy <x>
    x<=8  Scale image by factor <x>.
    x>8   Set width to <x> and calculate height to
          keep correct aspect ratio.
.TP
.B \-y <y> (MPLAYER only)
Scale image to y height (if sw/hw scaling available). Disables aspect calcs.
.TP
.B \-zoom
Allow software scaling, where available. Could be used to force scaling with -vop scale
.br
.I NOTE:
\-vop scale will IGNORE options -x/-y/-xy/-fs/-aspect without -zoom.


.SH "OSD/SUB OPTIONS"
.I NOTE:
See -vop expand too.
.TP
.B \-dumpmpsub (MPLAYER only)
Convert the given subtitle (specified with the \-sub switch) to MPlayer's
subtitle format, MPsub. Creates a dump.mpsub file in the current directory.
.TP
.B \-dumpsrtsub (MPLAYER only)
Convert the given subtitle (specified with the \-sub switch) to the time-based
SubViewer (SRT) subtitle format. Creates a dumpsub.srt file in current
directory.
.TP
.B \-ifo <vobsub\ ifo\ file>
Indicate the file that will be used to load palette and frame size for VOBSUB
subtitles.
.TP
.B \-ffactor <number>
Resample alphamap of the font. Can be:

    0     plain white fonts
    0.75  very narrow black outline [default]
    1     narrow black outline
    10    bold black outline
.TP
.B \-font <path\ to\ font.desc\ file>
Search for the OSD/SUB fonts in an alternative directory (default:
~/.mplayer/font/font.desc).

.I EXAMPLE:
    \-font ~/.mplayer/arial\-14/font.desc
.TP
.B \-noautosub
Turns off automatic subtitles.
.TP
.B \-osdlevel <0\-2> (MPLAYER only)
Specifies which mode the OSD should start in (0: none, 1: seek, 2: seek+timer,
default is 1).
.TP
.B \-sid <id> (also see -slang option)
Turns on DVD subtitle displaying. Also, you MUST specify a number which
corresponds to a DVD subtitle language (0\-31). For the list of available
subtitles, use with the \-v switch and look at the output.
.TP
.B \-slang <two\ letter\ country\ code> (also see \-sid option)
Works only for DVD playback! Turns on/selects DVD subtitle language. For the
list of available subtitles, use with the \-v switch and look at the output.

.I EXAMPLE:
    \-slang hu,en  Selects Hungarian and falls back
                  to English if Hungarian is not
                  available.
.TP
.B \-sub <subtitle\ file>
Use/display this subtitle file.
.TP
.B \-subcp <codepage>
If your system supports iconv(3), you can use this option to
specify codepage of the subtitle.

.I EXAMPLE:
    \-subcp  latin2
    \-subcp  cp1250
.TP
.B \-sub\-demuxer <number> (BETA CODE)
Force subtitle demuxer type for \-subfile.
.TP
.B \-subdelay <sec>
Delays subtitles by <sec> seconds. Can be negative.
.TP
.B \-subfps <rate>
Specify frame/sec rate of subtitle file (float number),
default: the same fps as the movie.
.br
.I NOTE:
ONLY for frame\-based SUB files, i.e. NOT MicroDVD format!
.TP
.B \-subfile <filename> (BETA CODE)
Currently useless. Same as \-audiofile, but for subtitle streams (OggDS?).
.TP
.B \-subpos <0\-100> (useful with -vop expand)
Specify the position of subtitles on the screen. The value is the vertical
position of the subtitle in % of the screen height.
.TP
.B \-unicode
Tells MPlayer to handle the subtitle file as UNICODE.
.TP
.B \-utf8
Tells MPlayer to handle the subtitle file as UTF8.
.TP
.B \-vobsub <vobsub\ file\ without\ extension>
Specify the VobSub files that are to be used for subtitle. This is
the full pathname without extensions, i.e. without the ".idx", ".ifo"
or ".sub".
.TP
.B \-vobsubid <0-31>
Specify the VobSub subtitle id. Valid values range from 0 to 31.


.SH "AUDIO OUTPUT OPTIONS (MPLAYER ONLY)"
.TP
.B \-abs <value> (OBSOLETE)
Override audio driver/card buffer size detection, -ao oss only
.TP
.B \-ao <driver>[:<device>]
Select audio output driver and optionally device. "device" is valid with
SDL, too, it means subdriver then.

.I EXAMPLE
    \-ao oss:/dev/dsp1  specifies the sound device
                       to use with OSS (replaces
                       the old \-dsp option)
    \-ao sdl:esd        specifies the SDL subdriver

You can get the list of available drivers executing
.I mplayer \-ao help
.TP
.B \-aofile <filename>
Filename for \-ao pcm.
.TP
.B \-aop <plugin1:plugin2:...>
Specify audio plugin(s) and their options (see documentation!!).
Available options are:

    list=[plugins]   comma separated list of
                     plugins (resample, format,
                     surround, format, volume,
                     extrastereo, volnorm)
    delay=<sec>      example plugin, do not use!
    format=<format>  output format
                     (format plugin only)
    fout=<Hz>        output frequency
                     (resample plugin only)
    volume=<0-255>   volume (volume plugin only)
    mul=<value>      stereo coefficient, defaults
                     to 2.5
                     (extrastereo plugin only)
    softclip         compressor/"soft\-clipping"
                     capabilities
                     (volume plugin only)
.TP
.B \-channels <number>
Select number of audio output channels to be used

    Stereo    2
    Surround  4
    Full 5.1  6

Currently this option is only honored for AC3 audio, and/or the surround plugin.
.TP
.B \-delay <sec>
Audio delay in seconds (may be +/\- float value).
.TP
.B \-mixer <device>
This option will tell MPlayer to use a different device for mixing than
/dev/mixer.
.TP
.B \-nowaveheader (-ao pcm only)
Don't include wave header. Used for RAW PCM.


.SH "VIDEO OUTPUT OPTIONS (MPLAYER ONLY)"
.TP
.B \-aa*
Used for \-vo aa. You can get a list and an explanation of available options executing
.I mplayer \-aahelp
.TP
.B \-blue_intensity <\-1000\ \-\ 1000>
Adjust intensity of blue component of video signal (default 0).
.TP
.B \-bpp <depth>
Use different color depth than autodetect. Not all \-vo drivers support
it (fbdev, dga2, svga, vesa).
.TP
.B \-brightness <\-100\ \-\ 100>
Adjust brightness of video output (default 0). It changes intensity of 
RGB components of video signal from black to white screen.
.TP
.B \-contrast <\-100\ \-\ 100>
Adjust contrast of video output (default 0). Works in similar manner as brightness.
.TP
.B \-display <name>
Specify the hostname and display number of the X server you want
to display on.

.I EXAMPLE:
    \-display  xtest.localdomain:0
.TP
.B \-double
Enables doublebuffering. Fixes flicker by storing two frames in memory, and
displaying one while decoding another. Can effect OSD. Needs twice the memory
than a single buffer, so it won't work on cards with very few video memory.
.TP
.B \-dr
Turns on direct rendering (not supported by all codecs and video outputs)
(default is off).
.TP
.B \-dxr2 <option1:option2:...>
This option is used to control the dxr2 driver.

    overlay                 enable the overlay
    overlay-ratio           tune the overlay
    ucode=<value>           path to the microcode
    norm=<value>            TV norm
    ar-mode=<value>         aspect ratio mode
    macrovision=<value>     macrovision mode
    75ire                   enable 7.5 IRE
    bw                      b/w TV output
    color                   color TV output
    interlaced              interlaced TV output
    square/ccir601-pixel    TV pixel mode
    iec958-encoded/decoded  iec958 output mode
    mute                    mute sound output
    ignore-cache            do not use VGA cache
    update-cache            recreate VGA cache
.TP
.B \-fb <device> (fbdev or DirectFB only)
Specifies the framebuffer device to use. By default it uses /dev/fb0.
.TP
.B \-fbmode <modename> (fbdev only)
Change video mode to the one that is labelled as <modename> in /etc/fb.modes.
.br
.I NOTE:
VESA framebuffer doesn't support mode changing.
.TP
.B \-fbmodeconfig <filename> (fbdev only)
Use this config file instead of the default /etc/fb.modes.
Only valid for the fbdev driver.
.TP
.B \-forcexv (SDL only)
Force using XVideo.
.TP
.B \-fs
Fullscreen playing (centers movie, and makes black
bands around it). Toggle it with the 'f' key (not all video
outputs support it).
.TP
.B \-fsmode-dontuse <0-31> (OBSOLETE) (use -fs option)
Try this option if you still experience fullscreen problems.
.TP
.B \-green_intensity <\-1000\ \-\ 1000>
Adjust intensity of green component of video signal (default 0).
.TP
.B \-hue <\-100\ \-\ 100>
Adjust hue of video signal (default 0). You can get colored negative
of image with this option.
.TP
.B \-icelayer <0\-15> (icewm only)
Sets the layer of the fullscreen window of mplayer for icewm.

    Desktop     0
    Below       2
    Normal      4
    OnTop       6
    Dock        8
    AboveDock  10
    Menu       12

Default is layer Menu (12).
.TP
.B \-jpeg <option1:option2:...> (\-vo jpeg only)
Specify options for the JPEG output (see documentation).
Available options are [no]progressiv, [no]baseline, 
optimize, smooth, quality and outdir.
.TP
.B \-monitor_dotclock <dotclock\ (or\ pixelclock) range>  (fbdev only)
Look into etc/example.conf for further information and in DOCS/video.html.
.TP
.B \-monitor_hfreq <horizontal frequency range>  (fbdev only)
.TP
.B \-monitor_vfreq <vertical frequency range>  (fbdev only)
.TP
.B \-monitoraspect <ratio>
Set aspect ratio of your screen.

.I EXAMPLE:
    \-monitoraspect 4:3  or 1.3333
    \-monitoraspect 16:9 or 1.7777
.TP
.B \-noslices
Disable drawing video by 16-pixel height slices/bands, instead draws the
while frame in a single run. May be faster or slower, depending on card/cache.
It has effect only with libmpeg2 and libavcodec codecs.
.TP
.B \-panscan <range>
Enables Pan & Scan functionality, i.e. in order to display a 16:9 movie
on a 4:3 display, the sides of the movie are cropped to get a 4:3 image
which fits the screen. This function works only with xv, xmga and xvidix
drivers.

The range varies between 0.0 and 1.0 and controls how much of the image is
cropped.
.TP
.B \-red_intensity <\-1000\ \-\ 1000>
Adjust intensity of red component of video signal (default 0).
.TP
.B \-saturation <\-100\ \-\ 100>
Adjust saturation of video output (default 0). You can get grayscale output 
with this option.
.TP
.B \-rootwin
Play movie in the root window (desktop background) instead of opening
a new one. Works only with x11, xv, xmga and xvidix drivers.
.TP
.B \-screenw <pixels> \-screenh <pixels>
If you use an output driver which can't know the resolution of the screen
(fbdev/x11 and/or TVout) this is where you can specify the horizontal and vertical
resolution.
.TP
.B \-vm
Try to change to a better video mode. dga, x11/xv (XF86VidMode) and sdl
output drivers support it.
.TP
.B \-vo <driver>[:<device>]
Select video output driver and optionally device. "device" is valid with
SDL and GGI too, it means subdriver then.

.I EXAMPLE:
    \-vo xmga
    \-vo sdl:aalib

You can get the list of available drivers executing
.I mplayer \-vo help
.TP
.B \-vsync
Enables VBI for vesa.
.TP
.B \-wid <window\ id>
This tells MPlayer to use a X11 window, which is useful to embed MPlayer in a
browser (with the plugger extension for instance).
.TP
.B \-xineramascreen <screen\ number>
In Xinerama configurations (i.e. a single desktop that spans across multiple
displays) this option tells MPlayer which screen to display movie on. Range 0 \- ...
.TP
.B \-z <0\-9>
Specifies compression level for PNG output (-vo png)
    0  no compression
    9  max compression
.TP
.B \-zr* (\-vo zr only)
You can get a list and an explanation of available options executing
.I mplayer \-zrhelp


.SH "PLAYER OPTIONS (MPLAYER ONLY)"
.TP
.B \-autoq <quality> (use with -vop pp!)
Dynamically changes the level of postprocess, depending on spare CPU time
available. The number you specify will be the maximum level used. Usually you
can use some big number. You may not use it together with \-pp but it is OK with
\-npp!
.TP
.B \-benchmark
Prints some statistics on CPU usage and dropped frames at the end.
Used in combination with \-nosound and \-vo null for benchmarking only video codec.
.TP
.B \-dapsync (OBSOLETE)
Use alternative A/V sync method.
.TP
.B \-framedrop (see \-hardframedrop option too!)
Frame dropping: decode all (except B) frames, video may skip.
Useful for playback on slow VGA card/bus.
.TP
.B \-gui (BETA CODE)
Start MPlayer in GUI mode.
.TP
.B \-h, \-\-help
Show short summary of options.
.TP
.B \-hardframedrop
More intense frame dropping (breaks decoding). Leads to image distortion!
.TP
.B \-input <commands>
This option can be used to configure certain parts of the input system.
Relative path are relative to $HOME/.mplayer.

    conf=<file>  Read alternative input.conf.
                 If given without pathname,
                 $HOME/.mplayer is assumed.
    ar\-delay     Delay in msec before we start
                 to autorepeat a key
                 (0 to disable).
    ar\-rate      How many key presses/second when
                 we autorepeat.
    keylist      Prints all keys that can be
                 bound to.
    cmdlist      Prints all commands that can
                 be bound.
    js\-dev       Specifies the joystick device
                 to use
                 (default is /dev/input/js0).

.I NOTE:
Autorepeat is currently only supported by joysticks.
.TP
.B \-lircconf <config\ file>
Specifies a configfile for LIRC (see http://www.lirc.org) if you don't like the default ~/.lircrc.
.TP
.B \-loop <number>
Loops movie playback <number> times. 0 means forever.
.TP
.B \-nojoystick
Turns off joystick support. Default is on, if compiled in.
.TP
.B \-nolirc
Turns off lirc support.
.TP
.B \-nortc
Turns off usage of /dev/rtc (real-time clock).
.TP
.B \-playlist <file>
Play files according to this file list (1 file/row or Winamp or asx format).
.TP
.B \-quiet
Display less output, status messages.
.TP
.B \-skin <skin\ directory> (BETA CODE)
Load skin from this directory (WITHOUT path name!).

.I EXAMPLE:
    \-skin fittyfene  tries these:
                        /usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/fittyfene
                        ~/.mplayer/Skin/fittyfene
.TP
.B \-slave
This option switches on slave mode. This is intended for use
of MPlayer as a backend to other programs. Instead of intercepting keyboard
events, MPlayer will read simplistic command lines from its stdin.
See section
.B SLAVE MODE PROTOCOL
For the syntax.
.TP
.B \-softsleep
Uses high quality software timers. Efficient as the RTC, doesn't need root,
but requires more CPU.
.TP
.B \-sstep <sec>
Specifies seconds between displayed frames. Useful for slideshows.
.TP
.B \-stop_xscreensaver
Turns off xscreensaver at startup and turns it on again on exit.
.TP
.B \-use-stdin


.SH "ENCODING OPTIONS (MENCODER ONLY)"
.TP
.B -audio-density <1\-50>
Number of audio chunks per second (default is 2 for 0.5s long audio chunks).

.I Note:
CBR only, VBR ignores this as it puts each packet in a new chunk.
.TP
.B -audio-delay <0.0\-...>
Sets the audio delay field in the header. Default is 0.0, negative values do
not work. This does not delay the audio while encoding, but the player will see
the default audio delay, sparing you the use of the -delay option.
.TP
.B -audio-preload <0.0\-2.0>
Sets up audio buffering time interval (default: 0.5s).
.TP
.B \-divx4opts <option1:option2:...>
If encoding to DivX4, you can specify its parameters here.
Available options are:

    help               get help
    br=<value>         specify bitrate in
                       kbit <4\-16000> or
                       bit  <16001\-24000000>
    key=<value>        maximum keyframe interval
                       (in frames)
    deinterlace        enable deinterlacing
                       (avoid it, DivX4 is buggy!)
    q=<1\-5>            quality (1\-fastest, 5\-best)
    min_quant=<1\-31>   minimum quantizer
    max_quant=<1\-31>   maximum quantizer
    rc_period=<value>  rate control period
    rc_reaction_period=<value> 
                       rate control reaction period
    rc_reaction_ratio=<value> 
                       rate control reaction ratio
    crispness=<0\-100>  specify crispness/smoothness
.TP
.B \-endpos <time|byte\ position>
Stop encoding at given time or byte position. Can be specified in many ways:

    -endpos 56        encode only 56 seconds
    -endpos 01:10:00  encode only 1 hour 10 minutes
    -endpos 100mb     encode only 100 MBytes

Can be used in conjunction with -ss or -sb!
.br
.I NOTE:
Byte position won't be accurate, as it can only stop at
a frame boundary.
.TP
.B \-ffourcc <fourcc>
Can be used to override the video fourcc of the output file.

.I EXAMPLE:
    -ffourcc div3  will have the output file
                   contain "div3" as video fourcc.
.TP
.B \-include <config\ file>
Specify config file to be parsed after the default
.TP
.B \-lameopts <option1:option2:...>
If encoding to MP3 with libmp3lame, you can specify its parameters here.
Available options are:

    help           get help
    vbr=<0\-4>      variable bitrate method
                      0=cbr
                      1=mt
                      2=rh(default)
                      3=abr
                      4=mtrh
    abr            average bitrate
    cbr            constant bitrate
    br=<0\-1024>    specify bitrate in kBit
                   (CBR and ABR only)
    q=<0\-9>        quality
                   (0-highest, 9-lowest)
                   (only for VBR)
    aq=<0\-9>       algorithmic quality
                   (0-best/slowest,
                   9-worst/fastest)
    ratio=<1\-100>  compression ratio
    vol=<0\-10>     set audio input gain
    mode=<0\-3>     0=stereo
                   1=joint-stereo
                   2=dualchannel
                   3=mono
                   (default: auto)
    padding=<0\-2>  0=no
                   1=all
                   2=adjust
.TP
.B \-lavcopts <option1:option2:...>
If encoding with a codec from libavcodec, you can specify its parameters here.
.br
.I NOTE:
Also see DOCS/tech/libavc-rate-control.txt.

.I EXAMPLE:
    \-lavcopts vcodec=msmpeg4:vbitrate=1800:vhq:keyint=250

Available options are:

  help              get help

  vcodec=<value>    use the specified codec:
                      mjpeg - Motion JPEG
                      h263 - H263
                      h263p - H263 Plus
                      mpeg4 - DivX 4/5
                      msmpeg4 - DivX 3
                      rv10 - an old RealVideo codec
                      mpeg1video - MPEG1 video :)
                    There is no default, you must
                    specify it.

  vbitrate=<value>  specify bitrate in
                    kBit <4-16000> or
                    Bit  <16001-24000000>
                    (warning: 1kBit = 1000 Bits)
                    default = 800k

  vratetol=<value>  approximated *filesize*
                    tolerance in kBits.
                    (warning: 1kBit = 1000 Bits)
                    default = 1024*8 kBits = 1MByte

  keyint=<value>    interval between keyframes
                    (specify in frames, >300 are
                    not recommended)
                    default = 250 (one key frame
                    every ten seconds in a 25fps
                    movie)

  vhq               high quality mode, macro blocks
                    will be encoded multiple times
                    and the smallest will be used.
                    default = HQ disabled

  vme=<0\-5>        motion estimation method:
                      0  no ME at all
                      1  ME_FULL
                      2  ME_LOG
                      3  ME_PHODS
                      4  ME_EPZS
                      5  ME_X1
                    EPZS usually gives best
                    results, but you can try X1,
                    too. FULL is very slow and the
                    others are experimental.
                    default = EPZS

  vqcomp=<value>    If the value is set to 1.0, the
                    quantizer will stay nearly
                    constant (high motion scenes
                    will look bad). If it's 0.0,
                    the quantizer will be changed
                    to make all frames approxi-
                    mately equally sized (low
                    motion scenes will look bad).
                    default = 0.5

  vqblur=<0\-1>      blurs the quantizer graph over
                    time.
                       0.0  no blur
                       1.0  average all past
                            quantizers
                    default = 0.5

  vqscale=<2\-31>    gives each frame the same
                    quantizer (selects fixed
                    quantizer mode).
                    default = 0 (fixed quantizer
                    mode disabled)

  vrc_strategy=<0\-2>
                    different strategies to
                    decide which frames should get
                    which quantizer.
                    default = 2

  v4mv              4 motion vectors per macro-
                    block, may give you slightly
                    better quality, can only be
                    used in HQ mode and is buggy
                    with B frames currently.
                    default = disabled

  vpass=<1/2>       select internal first pass
                    or second pass of 2-pass mode.
                    default = 0 (1-pass mode)

The next 3 options apply only to I & P frames:

  vqmin=<1\-31>      minimum quantizer
                    default = 3

  vqmax=<1\-31>      maximum quantizer
                    default = 15

  vqdiff=<1\-31>     quantizer difference
                    Limits the maximum quantizer
                    difference between frames.
                    default = 3

The following options apply only to B frames:

  vmax_b_frames=<0\-4>
                    maximum number of frames
                    between each I/P frame.
                    default = 0 (B-frames
                    generation disabled)

  vb_strategy=<0/1>
                    strategy to choose between
                    I/P/B frames:
                      0 always use max B
                      1 avoid B frames in high
                        motion / scene change (can
                        lead to misprediction of
                        file size)
                    default = 0

  vb_qfactor=<value>
                    quantizer factor between B
                    and I/P frames (larger means
                    higher quantizer for B frames)
                    default = 2.0

  vb_qfactor=<value>
                    quantizer factor between b
                    and I/P frames (larger means
                    higher quantizer for B frames)
                    default = 2.0

In fixed quantizer mode you can use those options:
    vqscale, vmax_b_frames, vhq, vme, keyint

You can use the following options only in pass 1 of 2-pass mode or in 1-pass mode:
    vqblur, vqdiff

You can use the following options only in pass 2 of 2-pass mode:
    vrc_strategy, vb_strategy

All other options can be used in all modes.
.TP
.B \-noskip
Do not skip frames.
.TP
.B \-o <filename>
Outputs to the given filename, instead of the default 'test.avi'.
.TP
.B \-oac <codec name>
Encode with the given codec (use -ovc help to get a list of available codecs. no default is set).

.I EXAMPLE:
    -oac copy     no encoding, just streamcopy
    -oac pcm      encode to uncompressed PCM
    -oac mp3lame  encode to MP3 (using Lame)
.TP
.B \-ofps <fps>
The output file will have different frame/sec than the source.
You MUST set it for variable fps (asf, some mov) and progressive
(29.97fps telecined mpeg) files.
.TP
.B \-ovc <codec name>
Encode with the given codec (use -ovc help to get a list of available codecs, no default).

.I EXAMPLE:
    -ovc copy    no encoding, just streamcopy
    -ovc divx4   encode to DivX4/DivX5 or XviD
    -ovc rawrgb  encode to uncompressed RGB24
    -ovc lavc    encode with a libavcodec codecs
.TP
.B \-pass <1/2>
With this you can encode 2pass DivX4 files. First encode with -pass 1, then
with the same parameters, encode with -pass 2.
.br
.I NOTE:
Use -lavcopts vpass=1/2 for libavcodec 2-pass instead of -pass 1/2.
.TP
.B \-passlogfile <filename>
When encoding in 2pass mode, MEncoder dumps first pass' informations
to the given file instead of the default divx2pass.log.
.TP
.B \-skiplimit <value>
Maximal skipable frames after non-skipped one 
(-noskiplimit for unlimited number).
.TP
.B \-v, \-\-verbose
Enable verbose output (more \-v means more verbosity).
.TP
.B \-vobsubout <basename>
Specify the basename for the output .idx and .sub files.  This turns
off subtitle rendering in the encoded movie and diverts it to Vobsub
subtitle files.
.TP
.B \-vobsuboutindex <index>
Specify the index of the subtitles in the output files.  Defaults to 0.
.TP
.B \-vobsuboutid <langid>
Specify the language two letter code for the subtitles.  This
overrides what is read from the DVD or the .ifo file.


.SH "KEYBOARD CONTROL"
.I NOTE:
MPlayer has a fully configurable, command driven, control layer
which allow you to control MPlayer using keyboard, mouse, joystick 
or remote control (using lirc).
.B See documentation!
.br
.I NOTE:
The default config file for the input system is 
$HOME/.mplayer/input.conf but it can be overriden 
using the -input conf option.
.br
.I NOTE:
These keys may/may not work, depending on your video output driver.
.TP
.B general control
<\-  and  \->     seek backward/forward  10 seconds
.br
up and down     seek backward/forward   1 minute
.br
pgup and pgdown seek backward/forward  10 minutes
.br
< and >		 backward/forward in playlist
.br
HOME and END    go to next/previous playtree entry
                in the parent list
.br
INS and DEL     go to next/previous alternative
                source (asx playlist only)
.br
p / SPACE       pause movie (any key unpauses)
.br
q / ESC         stop playing and quit program
.br
+ and \-         adjust audio delay 
                by +/\- 0.1 second
.br
/ and *         decrease/increase volume
.br
9 and 0         decrease/increase volume
.br
m               mute sound
.br
f               toggle fullscreen
.br
w and e         decrease/increase panscan range
.br
o               toggle between OSD states:
                none / seek / seek+timer
.br
d               toggle frame dropping
.br
z and x         adjust subtitle delay
                by +/\- 0.1 second
.br
r and t         adjust subtitle position

(The following keys are valid only when using \-vo xv or \-vo [vesa|fbdev]:vidix
or \-vo xvidix \-vo (x)mga or \-vc divxds (slow).)

1 and 2         adjust contrast
.br
3 and 4         adjust brightness
.br
5 and 6         adjust hue
.br
7 and 8         adjust saturation
.TP
.B GUI keyboard control
ENTER           start playing
.br
s               stop playing
.br
a               about
.br
l               load file
.br
c               skin browser
.br
p               toggle playlist
.TP
.B TV input control
h and k         select previous/next channel
.br
n               change norm
.br
u               change channel list
.TP
.B DVDNAV input control
K,J,H,L         browse up/down/left/right
.br
M               jump to main menu
.br
S               select


.SH "SLAVE MODE PROTOCOL"
If the \-slave switch is given, playback is controlled by a 
line\-based protocol. If the new input is enabled (default)
each line must contain one command otherwise one of the 
following tokens:
.TP
.B Commands
.br
.br
seek <value> [type=<0/1>]
                Seek to some place in the movie.
                Type 0 is a relative seek of +/-
                <value> seconds. Type 1 seek to
                <value> % in the movie.

audio_delay <value>
                Adjust the audio delay of value seconds

quit            Quit MPlayer

pause           Pause/unpause the playback

grap_frames     Somebody know ?

pt_step <value> [force=<value>]
                Go to next/previous entry in
                the playtree. 

pt_up_step <value> [force=<value>]
                Like pt_step but it jumps to
                next/previous in the parent list.

alt_src_step <value>
                When more than one source is
                available it selects the
                next/previous one (only 
                supported by asx playlist).

sub_delay <value> [abs=<value>]
                Adjust the subtitles delay of
                +/- <value> seconds or set it
                to <value> seconds when abs is
                non zero.

osd [level=<value>]
                Toggle osd mode or set it to level
                when level > 0.

volume <dir>    Increase/decrease volume

contrast <\-100 \- 100> [abs=<value>]
.br
brightness <\-100 \- 100> [abs=<value>]
.br
hue <\-100 \- 100> [abs=<value>]
.br
saturation <\-100 \- 100> [abs=<value>]
                Set/Adjust video parameters.

frame_drop [type=<value>]
                Toggle/Set frame dropping mode.

sub_pos <value> Adjust subtitles position.

vo_fullscreen   Switch to fullscreen mode.

tv_step_channel <dir>
                Select next/previous tv channel.

tv_step_norm    Change TV norm.

tv_step_chanlist 
                Change channel list.

gui_loadfile   
.br
gui_loadsubtitle
.br
gui_about
.br
gui_play
.br
gui_stop
                GUI actions

.SH FILES
.TP
/etc/mplayer.conf
system\-wide settings
.TP
~/.mplayer/config
user settings
.TP
~/.mplayer/input.conf
input bindings (see '\-input keylist' for full keylist)
.TP
~/.mplayer/font/
font directory (There must be a font.desc file and files with .RAW extension.)
.TP
~/.mplayer/DVDkeys/
cracked CSS keys
.TP
Sub files
are searched for in this priority (for example /mnt/movie/movie.avi):
.br
  /mnt/cdrom/movie.sub
.br
  ~/.mplayer/sub/movie.sub 
.br
  ~/.mplayer/default.sub


.SH "EXAMPLES"
.TP
.B Quickstart DVD playing
mplayer \-dvd 1
.TP
.B Play only chapters 5, 6, 7
mplayer \-dvd 1 \-chapter 5\-7
.TP
.B Multiangle DVD playing
mplayer \-dvd 1 \-dvdangle 2
.TP
.B Playing from a different DVD device
mplayer \-dvd 1 \-dvd\-device /dev/dvd2
.TP
.B Old style DVD (VOB) playing
mplayer \-dvdauth /dev/dvd /mnt/dvd/VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_4.VOB
.TP
.B Stream from HTTP
mplayer http://mplayer.hq/example.avi
.TP
.B Convert subtitle to MPsub (to ./dump.mpsub)
mplayer dummy.avi \-sub source.sub \-dumpmpsub
.TP
.B Input from standard V4L
mplayer \-tv on:driver=v4l:width=640:height=480:outfmt=i420 \-vc rawi420 \-vo xv
.TP
.B Encoding DVD title #2, only selected chapters
mencoder -dvd 2 -chapter 10-15 -o title2.avi -oac copy -ovc divx4
.TP
.B Encoding DVD title #2, resizing to 640x480
mencoder -dvd 2 -vop scale=640:480 -o title2.avi -oac copy -ovc divx4
.TP
.B Encoding DVD title #2, resizing to 512xHHH (keep aspect ratio)
mencoder -dvd 2 -vop scale -zoom -xy 512 -o title2.avi -oac copy -ovc divx4
.TP
.B The same, but with libavcodec family, MPEG4 (Divx5) compression
mencoder -dvd 2 -o title2.avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vhq:vbitrate=1800 -oac copy
.TP
.B Encoding all *.jpg files in the current dir
mencoder \\*.jpg -mf on:fps=25 -o output.avi -ovc divx4
.TP
.B Encoding from tuner (see documentation!)
mencoder -tv on:driver=v4l:width=640:height=480 -o tv.avi -ovc rawrgb
.TP
.B Encoding from a pipe
rar p test-SVCD.rar | mencoder -ovc divx4 -divx4opts br=800 -ofps 24 -pass 1 -- -
.TP
.B Encoding multiple *.vob files
cat *.vob | mencoder <options> -


.SH "BUGS"
Probably. PLEASE, double-check the documentation (especially bugreports.html),
the FAQ and the mail archive before!

Send your complete bug reports to the MPlayer-users mailing list at
<mplayer-users@mplayerhq.hu>. We love complete bug reports :)


.SH "AUTHORS"
Check documentation!

MPlayer is (C) 2000\-2002
.I Arpad Gereoffy <sendmail@to.mplayer\-users>

This man page is written and maintained by
.I Gabucino <sendmail@to.mplayer\-users>.

(Patches done by
.I Jonas Jermann <sendmail@to.mplayer\-users>
)


.SH "STANDARD DISCLAIMER"
Use only at your own risk! There may be errors and inaccuracies that could
be damaging to your system or your eye. Proceed with caution, and although
this is highly unlikely, the author doesn't take any responsibility for that!
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