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.\" MPlayer (C) 2000-2002 Arpad Gereoffy <sendmail@to.mplayer-users>
.\" This manpage was/is done by Gabucino
.\"
.TH MPlayer 1
.SH NAME
mplayer \- Movie Player for Linux
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mplayer
.RB [ \-gui ]
.RB [ \-v ]
.RB [ \-help / -h / --help ]
.RB [ \-quiet ]
.RB [ \-vo\ <driver>[:<device>] ]
.RB [ \-ao\ <driver>[:<device>] ]
.RB [ \-vcd\ <track\ number> ]
.RB [ \-cdrom-device\ <path\ to\ device> ]
.RB [ \-sb\ <byte\ position> ]
.RB [ \-nosound ]
.RB [ \-abs\ <bytes> ]
.RB [ \-delay\ <secs> ]
.RB [ \-nobps ]
.RB [ \-aid\ <id> ]
.RB [ \-alang\ <audio\ stream\ languages> ]
.RB [ \-vid\ <id> ]
.RB [ \-fps\ <rate> ]
.RB [ \-mc\ <seconds/5f> ]
.RB [ \-fs ]
.RB [ \-vm ]
.RB [ \-zoom ]
.RB [ \-x\ <x> ]
.RB [ \-y\ <y> ]
.RB [ \-sws\ <software\ scaler\ type> ]
.RB [ \-xy\ <factor> ]
.RB [ \-pp\ <quality> ]
.RB [ \-include\ <config\ file> ]
.RB [ \-lircconf\ <config\ file> ]
.RB [ \-ffactor\ <number> ]
.RB [ \-sub\ <filename> ]
.RB [ \-subfps\ <rate> ]
.RB [ \-subdelay\ <seconds> ]
.RB [ \-vobsub\ <vobsub\ file\ without\ extention> ]
.RB [ \-vobsubid\ <vobsub\ subtitle\ id> ]
.RB [ \-z\ <0-9> ]
.RB [ \-idx ]
.RB [ \-noidx ]
.RB [ \-forceidx ]
.RB [ \-nodshow ]
.RB [ \-noxv ]
.RB [ \-forcexv ]
.RB [ \-ss\ <time> ]
.RB [ \-dumpaudio ]
.RB [ \-dumpvideo ]
.RB [ \-dumpstream ]
.RB [ \-noframedrop ]
.RB [ \-framedrop ]
.RB [ \-nodouble ]
.RB [ \-double ]
.RB [ \-stereo\ <mode> ]
.RB [ \-channels\ <n> ]
.RB [ \-srate\ <Hz> ]
.RB [ \-osdlevel\ <level> ]
.RB [ \-config\ <file> ]
.RB [ \-display\ <name> ]
.RB [ \-xineramascreen\ <screen\ number> ]
.RB [ \-wid\ <window\ id> ]
.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 [ \-monitor_hfreq\ <horizontal\ frequency\ range> ]
.RB [ \-monitor_vfreq\ <vertical\ frequency\ range> ]
.RB [ \-monitor_dotclock\ <dotclock\ (or\ pixelclock)\ range> ]
.RB [ \-benchmark ]
.RB [ \-dvd\ <title\ id> ]
.RB [ \-dvd-device\ <path\ to\ device> ]
.RB [ \-chapter\ <chapter\ id> ]
.RB [ \-dvdangle\ <angle\ id> ]
.RB [ \-alang\ <country\ code> ]
.RB [ \-slang\ <country\ code> ]
.RB [ \-sid\ <subtitle \id> ]
.RB [ \-dvdkey\ <key> ]
.RB [ \-skin\ <skin\ name> ]
.RB [ \-aspect\ <ratio> ]
.RB [ \-monitoraspect\ <ratio> ]
.RB [ \-subcp\ <codepage> ]
.RB [ \-dumpmpsub ]
.RB [ \-dumpfile ]
.RB [ \-dumpsub ]
.RB [ \-screenw\ <pixels> ]
.RB [ \-screenh\ <pixels> ]
.RB [ \-cache\ <kbytes> ]
.RB [ \-bpp\ <depth> ]
.RB [ \-flip ]
.RB [ \-playlist\ <filename> ]
.RB [ \-slave ]
.RB [ \-loop\ <num> ]
.RB [ \-mixer\ <device> ]
.RB [ \-tv\ <suboptions> ]
.RB [ \-dapsync ]
.RB [ \-softsleep ]
.RB [ \-rootwin ]
.RB [ \-font\ <path\ to\ font.desc\ file> ]
.RB [ \-conf\ <path\ to\ input.conf\ file> ]
.I < - | file | URL | 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, MOV/QT 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!).

Another big feature of mplayer is the wide range of supported output drivers :
X11, Xv, DGA, OpenGL, SVGAlib, fbdev, AAlib, DirectFB, GGI, SDL (and all the drivers
they support), VESA (on every VESA compatible card, even without X!), 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.

Several subtitles types are supported (curently 9 !) and the fonts are
rendered with nice big antialiased shaded fonts ! Of course there is support
for european/ISO 8859-1,2 (hungarian, english, czech, etc), cyrillic, korean
fonts.
.LP
.SH "GUI OPTIONS"
.I NOTE:
The GUI code has to be compiled in *explicitly*, for details see the
documentation.
.TP
.B \-gui
start MPlayer in GUI mode.
.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
.LP
.SH "DVD OPTIONS"
.I NOTE:
These options are valid only with DVD support compiled in. For details,
see the documentation.
.I NOTE:
DVD playback sometimes requires deinterlacing: see '-pp 0x20000' or '-npp lb' options.
.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 \-dvd-device\ <path\ to\ device>
override default DVD device name /dev/dvd
.TP
.B \-chapter\ <chapter\ id>
specify which chapter to start playing at. Optionally specify which chapter to
end playing at. Examples can be found below.
.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 \-alang\ <audio\ stream\ language>
Used when playing DVD disks. Expects a two-letter country code(s) as
parameter, and always tries to play back audio streams those language
matches the given code. For example: -alang hu,en will always try to play
hungarian or if it's non-existant then english audio streams if there are any.
.TP
.B \-slang\ <subtitle\ language>
See the -sid option, but this one needs a two-letter parameter, a country code.
Like: -slang hu,en will always select hungarian or if it's non existant then
english subtitles, if there are any. For the list of available subtitles, use
with the -v switch and look at the output.
.TP
.B \-sid\ <id>
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.
.LP
.SH "GENERAL OPTIONS"
.TP
.I NOTE
Every "flag" option has "noflag" pair, e.g. -fs opposite is -nofs
.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 \-cdrom-device\ <path\ to\ device>
override default CDROM drive name /dev/cdrom
.TP
.B \-nosound
don't play sound
.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 \-vm
try to change to a different video mode. dga2, x11 (XF86VidMode) and sdl
output drivers support it.
.TP
.B \-zoom
use software scaling, where available (use with -nofs). svga, x11, vesa
output drivers support it.
.TP
.B \-flip
flip image (useful for example for old Indeo codecs). Supported only(?)
by the 'sdl' and 'x11' outputs.
.TP
.B \-x\ <x>
scale image to x width (if driver suppports)
.TP
.B \-y\ <y>
scale image to y height (if driver supports)
.TP
.B \-sws\ <software\ scaler\ type>
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 (best quality)
    3 - ?
    4 - nearest neighbor (bad quality)
    5 - area averageing scaling support
.TP
.B \-xy\ <factor>
scale image by <factor>
.TP
.B \-autoq\ <quality>
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 together with -pp but it's ok with
-npp !
.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\ <subtitle\ file>
use/display this subtitle file
.TP
.B \-subfps\ <rate>
specify frame/sec rate of subtitle file (float number)
(ONLY for frame-based SUB files, i.e. NOT MicroDVD format!)
(default: the same fps as the movie)
.TP
.B \-subdelay\ <sec>
delays subtitles by <sec> seconds. Can be negative.
.TP
.B \-vobsub\ <vobsub\ file\ without\ extention>
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\ <vobsub\ subtitle\ id>
specify the VobSub subtitle id.  Valid values range from 0 to 31.
.TP
.B \-osdlevel\ <level>
specifies which mode the OSD should start in (0 : none, 1 : seek, 2: seek+timer)
(default = 2)
.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 \-v
enable verbose output (more -v means more verbosity)
.TP
.B \-quiet
display less output, status messages.
.TP
.B \-benchmark
used in combination with -nosound and -vo null for benchmarking.
.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

.TP
.B \-monitoraspect <ratio>
set aspect ratio of your screen. Examples:

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

.TP
.B \-playlist <file>
play files according to this filelist (1 file/row or Winamp or ASX format).
.TP
.B \-ss\ <time>
seek to given time position. For example :

    -ss 56         seeks to 56 seconds
    -ss 01:10:00   seeks to 1 hour 10 min

.TP
.B \-loop\ <num>
loops movie playback <num> times. 0 means forever.
.TP
.B \-mixer\ <device>
this option will tell MPlayer to use a different device for mixing than
/dev/mixer.
.TP
.B \-master
obsoleted option, use Software audio mixer plugin instead (see DOCS).
.TP
.B \-tv\ <suboptions>
this option enables the TV grabbing feature of MPlayer. For complete
documentation, please see documentation.html chapter 2.5
.TP
.B \-rootwin
play movie in the root window (desktop background) instead of opening
a new one. Works only with the xv and xmga drivers.
.TP
.B \-font\ <path\ to\ font.desc\ file>
search for the OSD/SUB fonts in an alternative directory (default :
~/.mplayer/font/font.desc). For example:

    -font ~/.mplayer/arial-14/font.desc
.TP
.B \-conf\ <path\ to\ input.conf\ file>
get input bindings from an alternative input.conf file (default :
~/.mplayer/input.conf).
.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 <1-12>
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)
    -vfm 10        use XAnim codecs

See -vc help for FULL list !

.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 \-afm <1-12>
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\ <byte\ position>
seek to byte position
.TP
.B \-bpp\ <depth>
use different color depth than autodetect. Not all -vo drivers support
it (fbdev, dga2, svga, vesa).
.TP
.B \-pp\ <quality> (see -npp option too !)
apply postprocess filter on decoded image

Postprocessing effect depends on the codec and works only for MPEG1/2,
libavcodec codecs (ff*). It doesn't work for Win32/XAnim codecs.

This is the numerical mode to use postprocessing. The '-npp' option described
below 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 (smooth the images)
.TP
.B \-npp\ <options>
This option allows to give more litterate options for postprocessing, and is
another way of calling it (not with -pp).

.I EXAMPLE:
    '-pp 0x2007f' <=> '-npp hb,vb,dr,al,lb'
    '-pp 0x7f'    <=> '-npp hb,vb,dr,al'

The options for -npp are a coma separated list of the keywords below:
    help                 : display the options available and exit MPlayer
    de or default        : hdeblock:a,vdeblock:a,
                           dering:a,autolevels,tmpnoise:a:150:200:400
    fa or fast           : x1hdeblock:a,x1vdeblock:a,
                           dering:a,autolevels,tmpnoise:a:150:200:400
    hb or hdeblock       : horizontal deblocking filter
                           (luminance: 0x2 chrominance: 0x20)
        + 1st threshold  : default is 1, higher means stronger deblocking
        + 2nd threshold  : default is 40, lower means stronger deblocking
    vb or vdeblock       : vertical deblocking filter
                           (luminance: 0x1 chrominance: 0x10)
        + 2 thresholds   : shared with hdeblock thresholds
    hr or rkhdeblock     : Ramkishor & Karandikar's horizontal deblock
                           filter (0x1000)
    vr or rkvdeblock     : R&K's vertical deblock filter (0x100)
    h1 or x1hdeblock     : x1 horizontal deblock filter (0x2000)
    v1 or x1vdeblock     : y1 horizontal deblock filter (0x200)
    dr or dering         : dering
                           (luminance: 0x4 chrominance: 0x40)
    al or autolevels     : auto brightness/contrast correction (0x8)
    lb or linblenddeint  : linear blend deinterlacing (0x20000)
    li or linipoldeint   : linear interpolation deinterlacing (0x10000)
    ci or cubicipoldeint : cubic interpolation deinterlacing (0x40000)
    md or mediandeint    : median deinterlacing (0x80000)
    tn or tmpnoise       : temporal noise reducer (0x100000)
        + 3 thresholds   : t1 <= t2 <= t3 (larger means stronger filtering)
    fq or forcequant     : force quantizer [for low-quality movies
                           reencoded at high bitrates] (0x200000)

These keywords accept a '-' prefix to disable the option.

.I EXAMPLE:
    '-npp de,-al' means 'default filters without brightness/contrast correction'

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 (that is only luminance filtering)

Each filter defaults to 'c' (chrominance).

.I EXAMPLE:
    '-npp de,tn:1:2:3' means 'enable default filters & temporal denoiser'
    '-npp hb:y,vb:a -autoq 6' means 'deblock horizontal only luminance, and
    automatically switch vertical deblocking on/off depending on available 
    cpu time'
.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 \-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) (float number)
.TP
.B \-mc\ <seconds/5frame>
maximum sync correction per 5 frames (in seconds)
.TP
.B \-ni
force usage of non-interleaved AVI parser (fixes playing
of some bad AVI files)
.TP
.B \-include configfile
specify config file to be parsed after the default
.TP
.B \-z\ <0-9>
specifies compression level for PNG output
          0 : no compression
          9 : max compression
.TP
.B \-idx
rebuilds INDEX of the AVI, thus allowing seeking. Useful with broken/incomplete
downloads, or badly created AVIs.
.TP
.B \-noidx
disregards INDEX of the AVI. Useful for files with broken index (desyncs, etc).
Seeking will NOT be possible. You can fix the index permanently
with MEncoder, see the documentation.
.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 \-nodshow
disables usage of DirectShow video codecs
.TP
.B \-noxv (SDL only)
disable XVideo hardware acceleration
.TP
.B \-forcexv (SDL only)
force using XVideo
.TP
.B \-dumpaudio
writes audio stream of the file to ./stream.dump (mostly usable
with mpeg/ac3)
.TP
.B \-dumpstream
dumps the file to ./stream.dump . Useful for example
when ripping from DVD.
.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
disables doublebuffering.
With the DGA driver this also disables OSD support but yields some speed gain.
.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 MP2/MP3 stereo output.

        Stereo         0
        Left channel   1
        Right channel  2
.TP
.B \-channels n
select number of audio output channels to be used

        Stereo         2
        Surround       4
        Full 5.1       6

Currently this option is only honoured for AC3 audio.
.TP
.B \-srate <Hz>
specifies Hz to playback audio on. Has effect on playback speed!
.TP
.B \-config <config\ file>
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 \-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 \-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 \-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> (FBdev or DirectFB only)
Specifies the framebuffer device to use. By default it uses /dev/fb0 .
.TP
.B \-fbmode\ <modename> (FBdev only)
Change videomode to the one that is labelled as <modename> in /etc/fb.modes .
.TP
.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 \-monitor_hfreq <horizontal frequency range>  (FBdev only)
.TP
.B \-monitor_vfreq <vertical frequency range>  (FBdev only)
.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 \-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.
.TP
.B \-screenw\ <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
resolution.
.TP
.B \-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 vertical
resolution.
.TP
.B \-cache\ <kbytes>
This option specifies how much memory to use when precaching a file/URL.
Especially useful on slow media. Default is off.
.TP
.B \-softsleep
uses high quality software timers. Efficient as the RTC, doesn't need root,
but requires more CPU.
.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 \-dumpvideo
dump video stream to ./stream.dump (only with MPEG-PS) (not very usable)
.TP
.B \-dapsync
use alternative A/V sync method. Where is it useful?
.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

f               toggle fullscreen

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 -vo xv OR -vo [vesa|fbdev]:vidix
OR -vo xvidix OR -vc divxds. The latter is slow!)

1 or 2          adjust contrast

3 or 4          adjust brightness

5 or 6          adjust hue

7 or 8          adjust saturation

.IP
.SH SLAVE MODE PROTOCOL
If the -slave switch is given, playback is controlled by a 
line-based protocol with the following tokens:
.TP
       stop            pause playback

play            resume playback

seek <NUM>      continue at second NUM

skip <NUM>      skip NUM seconds (may be negative)

quit            exit MPlayer

.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 10 subtitle formats : MicroDVD, SubRip, unnamed,
SAMI (smi), vplayer, RealMedia RT, ssa (Sub Station Alpha), AQT, VobSub, 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 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 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) 2000-2002
.I Arpad Gereoffy <sendmail@to.mplayer-users>

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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