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.\" MPlayer (C) 2000-2001 Arpad Gereoffy <arpi@esp-team.scene.hu>
.\" This manpage was/is done by Gabucino
.\"
.TH MPlayer
.SH NAME
mplayer \- Movie Player for Linux
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mplayer
.RB [ \-gui ]
.RB [ \-v ]
.RB [ \-quiet ]
.RB [ \-vo\ <driver>[:<device>] ]
.RB [ \-ao\ <driver>[:<device>] ]
.RB [ \-vcd\ track\ number ]
.RB [ \-sb\ byte\ position ]
.RB [ \-nosound ]
.RB [ \-abs\ bytes ]
.RB [ \-delay\ secs ]
.RB [ \-nobps ]
.RB [ \-aid\ id ]
.RB [ \-vid\ id ]
.RB [ \-fps\ rate ]
.RB [ \-mc\ seconds/5f ]
.RB [ \-fs ]
.RB [ \-vm ]
.RB [ \-zoom ]
.RB [ \-x\ x ]
.RB [ \-y\ y ]
.RB [ \-xy\ factor ]
.RB [ \-pp\ quality ]
.RB [ \-include\ configfile ]
.RB [ \-lircconf\ configfile ]
.RB [ \-ffactor\ number ]
.RB [ \-sub\ file ]
.RB [ \-subfps\ rate ]
.RB [ \-subdelay\ sec ]
.RB [ \-z\ <0-8> ]
.RB [ \-idx ]
.RB [ \-forceidx ]
.RB [ \-nodshow ]
.RB [ \-noxv ]
.RB [ \-forcexv ]
.RB [ \-ss\ time ]
.RB [ \-dumpaudio ]
.RB [ \-dumpvideo ]
.RB [ \-noframedrop ]
.RB [ \-framedrop ]
.RB [ \-nodouble ]
.RB [ \-double ]
.RB [ \-stereo\ mode ]
.RB [ \-srate\ Hz ]
.RB [ \-osdlevel\ level ]
.RB [ \-config\ file ]
.RB [ \-display\ name ]
.RB [ \-unicode ]
.RB [ \-utf8 ]
.RB [ \-fsmode\ mode ]
.RB [ \-vc\ video\ codec\ name ]
.RB [ \-ac\ audio\ codec\ name ]
.RB [ \-vfm\ video\ codec\ family ]
.RB [ \-afm\ audio\ codec\ family ]
.RB [ \-frames\ number ]
.RB [ \-autoq\ quality ]
.RB [ \-fb\ device ]
.RB [ \-fbmode\ modename ]
.RB [ \-fbmodeconfig\ filename ]
.RB [ \-benchmark ]
.RB [ \-dvd\ titleid ]
.RB [ \-chapter\ chapterid ]
.RB [ \-dvdangle\ angleid ]
.RB [ \-dvdkey\ key ]
.RB [ \-skin\ skin ]
.RB [ \-aspect\ ratio ]
.RB [ \-monitoraspect\ ratio ]
.RB [ \-subcp\ codepage ]
.RB [ \-dumpmpsub ]
.I - or file or device
.PP
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I mplayer
MPlayer is a movie player for LINUX (runs on many other Unices, and
non-x86 CPUs, see section 6). It plays most MPEG, AVI and ASF/WMV files,
supported by many native and Win32 DLL codecs. You can watch VideoCD,
SVCD, DVD and even DivX 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, but you can use SDL (and this way all drivers of SDL) and
some lowlevel card-specific drivers (for Matrox, 3Dfx and Radeon) too!
Most of them supports software or hardware scaling, so you can enjoy
movies in fullscreen. And what about the nice big antialiased shaded
subtitles (7 supported types!!!) with european/ISO 8859-1,2 (hungarian,
english, czech, etc), cyrillic, korean fonts, and OSD?
.LP
.SH "GENERAL OPTIONS"
.TP
.I NOTE
Every "flag" option has "noflag" pair, e.g. -fs opposite is -nofs
.TP
.B \-gui
start MPlayer with the GUI mode. You have to compile it in, for details
see the documentation.
.TP
.B \-dvd\ titleid
tell MPlayer which movies (marked with titleid) to play. For example
sometimes '1' are trailers, and '2' is the real movie.
.TP
.B \-chapter\ chapterid
specify which chapter to start playing at. Examples can be found below.
.TP
.B \-dvdangle\ angleid
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 \-vo\ <driver>[:<device>]
select video output driver and optinaly device. "device" is valid with
SDL and GGI too, it means sub-driver then (for example: -vo sdl:aalib).

you can get the list of available drivers executing
.I mplayer -vo help

.TP
.B \-ao\ <driver>[:<device>]
select audio output driver and optinaly device. "device" is valid with
SDL too, it means sub-driver then (for example: -vo sdl:esd).

If using OSS, you can specify which sound device to use like this :
-ao oss:/dev/dsp1     (replaces the old -dsp option)

you can get the list of available drivers executing
.I mplayer -ao help

.TP
.B \-vcd\ track
play video cd track from device instead of plain file
.TP
.B \-nosound
don't play sound
.TP
.B \-fs
fullscreen playing (centers movie, and makes black
bands around it)
.TP
.B \-vm
use XF86VidMode extension for mode changing
.TP
.B \-zoom
use software scaling, where available (use with -nofs)
.TP
.B \-x\ x
scale image to x width [if driver suppports!]
.TP
.B \-y\ y
scale image to y height
.TP
.B \-xy\ factor
scale image by <factor>
.TP
.B \-pp\ quality
apply postprocess filter on decoded image.
You need a STRONG CPU in order to use this!
The supported formats and settings are:

        MPEG 1/2   0 (none), 1, 3, 7, 15, 31, 63
        OpenDivX   0 (none), 1, 3, 7, 15, 31, 63
        DivX4      0 (none) - 60
        DivX       0 (none), 1, 2, 3, 4

.TP
.B \-autoq\ quality
dynamically changes the level of postprocess, depending on spare CPU
time available. Uses the same value ranges as -pp . The number you
specify will be the maximum level used. Usually you can use some big
number. You don't have to (and don't) use together with -pp !
.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 \-sub\ file
use/display this subtitle file
.TP
.B \-subfps\ rate
specify frame/sec rate of subtitle file
(ONLY for frame-based SUB files, i.e. NOT MicroDVD format!)
(default: the same as the movie)
.TP
.B \-subdelay\ sec
delays subtitles by <sec> seconds. Can be negative.
.TP
.B \-osdlevel\ level
specifies which mode the OSD should start in (0 : none, 1 : seek, 2: seek+timer)
(default = 2)
.TP
.B \-lircconf\ configfile
specifies a configfile for LIRC (see http://www.lirc.org) if you don't like the default ~/.lircrc 
.TP
.B \-v
enable verbose output (more -v means more verbose)
.TP
.B \-quiet
display less output, status messages.
.TP
.B \-benchmark
used in combination with -nosound and -vo null for benchmarking.
.TP
.B \-skin skin directory
load skin from this directory (WITHOUT path name!). For example '-skin fittyfene' tries these :

    /usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/fittyfene
    ~/.mplayer/Skin/fittyfene
.TP
.B \-aspect ratio
set aspect ratio of movies. It's autodetected on MPEG files, and can't be
autodetected on AVI files. Examples:

    -aspect 4:3  or -aspect 1.3333
    -aspect 16:9 or -aspect 1.7777

(has -noaspect pair)
.TP
.B \-monitoraspect ratio
set aspect ratio of your screen. Examples:

    -monitoraspect 4:3  or 1.3333
    -monitoraspect 16:9 or 1.7777

.IP
.SH "ADVANCED OPTIONS"
.TP
.I NOTE
These options can help you solve your particular problem.. Also, see the
documentation !
.TP
.B \-vc <name>
force usage of a specific video codec, according to its name in codecs.conf,
for 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 ProjectMayo's DivX codec

See -vc help for FULL list !
.TP
.B \-ac <name>
force usage of a specific audio codec, according to its name in codecs.conf,
for 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 FULL list !
.TP
.B \-vfm <1-5>
force usage of a specific codec FAMILY, and FALLBACK to default if failed.
For 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)

See -vc help for FULL list !

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 \-afm <1-5>
force usage of a specific audio format. For 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)

See -ac help for FULL list !
.TP
.B \-sb\ position
seek to byte position
.TP
.B \-ss\ time
seek to given time position. For example :

    -ss 56
    -ss 01:10:00

.TP
.B \-abs\ bytes
sound card audio buffer size (in bytes, default: measuring)
.TP
.B \-delay\ secs
audio delay in seconds (may be +/- float value)
.TP
.B \-nobps
don't use avg. byte/sec value for A-V sync (AVI)
.TP
.B \-aid\ id
select audio channel [MPG: 0-31 AVI: 1-99 ASF: 0-127 VOB: 128-...]
.TP
.B \-vid\ id
select video channel [MPG: 0-15  AVI:  -- ]
.TP
.B \-fps\ value
force frame rate (if value is wrong in the header)
.TP
.B \-mc\ seconds/5frame
maximum sync correction per 5 frames (in seconds)
.TP
.B \-ni
force usage of non-interleaved AVI parser
.TP
.B \-include configfile
specify config file to be parsed after the default
.TP
.B \-z\ <0-8>
specifies compression level for PNG output
          0 : no compression
          8 : max compression
.TP
.B \-idx
rebuilds INDEX of the AVI. Useful with broken downloads, or badly
created AVIs.
.TP
.B \-forceidx
force rebuilding of INDEX. Useful for testing, or AVIs with bad
indexes.
.TP
.B \-nodshow
disables usage of DirectShow video codecs
.TP
.B \-noxv
disable XVideo hardware acceleration (with SDL only!)
.TP
.B \-forcexv
force using XVideo (SDL!)
.TP
.B \-dumpaudio
writes audio stream of the file to ./stream.dump (mostly usable
with mpeg/ac3)
.TP
.B \-noframedrop
no frame dropping : every frame is played, audio and video may be out of
sync (default)
.TP
.B \-framedrop
frame dropping : decode all frames, video may skip
.TP
.B \-nodouble
disable doublebuffering (default). Currently this is only honoured by the Xv and the DGA driver.
With the DGA driver this also disables OSD support but yields some speed gain.
.TP
.B \-double
enable doublebuffering. Currently this is only honoured by the Xv and the DGA driver.
.TP
.B \-dvdkey key
key to decrypt stream encrypted with CSS. For example : -dvdkey F169072699
(this is NOT for DVD playing! For DVD use the -dvd option!)
.TP
.B \-stereo mode
select type of MPEG1 stereo output.

        Stereo         0
        Left channel   1
        Right channel  2

.TP
.B \-srate Hz
specifies Hz to playback audio on. Has effect on playback speed!
.TP
.B \-config configfile
specifies where to search for config file
.TP
.B \-display name
specify the hostname and display number of the X server you want
to display on. For example : -display xtest.localdomain:0
.TP
.B \-unicode
tells MPlayer to handle the subtitle file as UNICODE.
Contrary: -nounicode
.TP
.B \-utf8
tells MPlayer to handle the subtitle file as UTF8.
.TP
.B \-fsmode\ mode
This option workarounds some problems when using specific windowmanagers and
fullscreen mode. If you experience fullscreen problems, try changing this
value between 0 and 7.

        -fsmode 0      new method
        -fsmode 1      ICCCWM patch
                       (for KDE2/icewm)
        -fsmode 2      old method
        -fsmode 3      ICCCWM patch
                       plus Motif method
.TP
.B \-frames\ number
MPlayer plays <number> frames, then quits.
.TP
.B \-fb\ device
Specifies the framebuffer device to use. By default it uses /dev/fb0 .
Only valid for the fbdev driver.
.TP
.B \-fbmode\ modename
Change videomode to the one that is labelled as <modename> in /etc/fb.modes .
Only valid for the fbdev driver.
.TP
.I NOTE
VESA framebuffer doesn't support mode changing.
.TP
.B \-fbmodeconfig\ filename
Use this config file instead of the default /etc/fb.modes .
Only valid for the fbdev driver.
.TP
.B \-subcp\ codepage
If your system supports iconv(3), you can use this option to
specify codepage of the subtitle. Examples:

        -subcp latin2
        -subcp cp1250

.TP
.B \-dumpmpsub
Convert the given subtitle (specified with the -sub switch) to MPlayer's
subtitle format, MPsub. Dumps a dump.mpsub file to current directory.
.IP
.SH "ALPHA/BETA CODE"
.TP
.I NOTE
These are included in this manpage just for completeness! These may or may NOT
work! If you don't know what are these, you DON'T need these! In either case,
double-check the documentation !
.TP
.B \-br\ rate
used with '-vo odivx' .
Specifies the bitrate to encode OpenDivx at
(in bits! e.g: 780000).
.TP
.I NOTE
You CAN'T encode sound, only video right now! Don't ask for it,
it's on the TODO list.
.TP
.B \-encode\ file
used with '-vo odivx' .
Specifies the output OpenDivX file. Won't overwrite.
.TP
.B \-dumpvideo
dump video stream to ./stream.dump (only with MPEG-PS) (not very usable)
.TP
.B \-sid
specify DVD subtitle (?) (IT _WILL NOT_ DISPLAY! RTFM!)
.IP
.SH KEYBOARD CONTROL
.TP
.I NOTE
These keys may/may not work, depending on your video output driver.
.TP
	  <-  or  ->      seek backward/forward  10 seconds

up or down      seek backward/forward   1 minute

pgup/pgdown     seek backward/forward  10 minutes

p or SPACE      pause movie (press any key)

q or ESC        stop playing and quit program

+ or -          adjust audio delay by +/- 0.1 second

/ or *          decrease/increase volume

o               toggle OSD: none / seek / seek+timer

m               toggle using master/pcm volume

z or x          adjust subtitle delay by +/- 0.1 second

(the following keys are valid only when using DirectShow DivX codec)

1 or 2          adjust contrast

3 or 4          adjust brightness

5 or 6          adjust hue

7 or 8          adjust saturation

.IP
.SH FILES AND DIRECTORIES
.TP
.I CONFIG FILES
Settings are stored system-wide in the /etc/mplayer.conf file,
and per-user in $HOME/.mplayer/config. The directory
$HOME/.mplayer and the 'config' are created if doesn't exist.
.TP
.I FONTS
Fonts are searched in $HOME/.mplayer/font. There must be a font.desc
file, and files with .RAW extension.
.TP
.I SUBTITLE FILES
MPlayer currently supports 8 subtitle formats : MicroDVD, SubRip, unnamed,
SAMI (smi), vplayer, RealMedia RT, ssa (Sub Station Alpha), and our own: MPsub.
Sub files are searched in this priority : (for example /mnt/cdrom/movie.avi)
    /mnt/cdrom/movie.sub
     (utf/UTF/sub/SUB/srt/SRT/smi/SMI/rt/RT/txt/TXT/ssa/SSA)
    $HOME/.mplayer/sub/movie.sub
     (utf/UTF/sub/SUB/srt/SRT/smi/SMI/rt/RT/txt/TXT/ssa/SSA)
    $HOME/.mplayer/default.sub
.IP
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.B Quickstart DVD playing
mplayer -dvd 1
.TP
.B Multiangle DVD playing
mplayer -dvd 1 -dvdangle 2
.TP
.B Playing from a different DVD device
mplayer -dvd 1 /dev/dvd2
.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
.LP
.SH BUGS
Probably. Check the documentation.

Bugreports should be addressed to the MPlayer-users mailing list
(mplayer-users@mplayerhq.hu) ! If you want to submit a bugreport
(which we love to receive!), please double-check the bugreports.html, and
tell us all that we need to know to identify your problem.

.LP
.SH AUTHORS
Check documentation !

MPlayer is (C) 2000-2001
.I Arpad Gereoffy <arpi@thot.banki.hu>

This manpage is written and maintained by
.I Gabucino .
.LP
.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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