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@ -307,16 +307,20 @@ Developer Cries
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<P>If you are a first-time installer: be sure to read everything from here to
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the end of the Installation section, and follow the links you will find. If
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you have any other questions, return to the TOC (Table of Contents) and
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search for the topic, read the FAQ, or try grepping though the files.</P>
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you have any other questions, return to the Table of Contents and
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search for the topic, read the <A HREF="faq.html">FAQ</A>, or try grepping
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through the files.</P>
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<P>The main rule of this documentation: if it's not documented, it
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<U>does not exist</U>. If I don't say you encode audio from TV tuner, you
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can't. A healthy quantity of combining ability is welcomed, though.
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Good luck. You'll need it :) And for another good advice, let me quote
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Chris Phillips from the <B>mplayer-users</B> mailing list:</P>
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Chris Phillips from the
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<A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/">mplayer-users</A>
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mailing list:</P>
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<P><I>"I said a while ago that there is such a difference between a newbie and
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
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I said a while ago that there is such a difference between a newbie and
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a dumbass. No matter what you actually know about a system (linux, cars,
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girls :D) you should ALWAYS be able to take a step back and be objective,
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otherwise, you're just dumb IMHO. A girl i live with assumed the vacuum
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case of simply not knowing what to do... Simply not being that familiar with
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your surroundings is no excuse for a) laziness and b) ignorance. So many
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people seem to see the word "error" and then stop... few seem to actually
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read the words on the OTHER side of the colon."</I></P>
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read the words on the OTHER side of the colon.
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</BLOCKQUOTE>
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driver: read the <A HREF="video.html#vidix">VIDIX</A> section.</LI>
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<LI><B>3Dfx Voodoo3/Banshee cards</B>: please see the
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<A HREF="video.html#tdfxfb">tdfxfb</A> section in order to gain big
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speedup. It is important to do these steps <I>before</I> compiling
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speedup. It is important to do these steps <B>before</B> compiling
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<B>MPlayer</B>, otherwise no 3Dfx support will be built. Also see the <A
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HREF="video.html#tv-out_voodoo">3dfx TV-out section</A>. If you use X, use at
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least 4.2.0, as 3dfx Xv driver was broken in 4.1.0, and earlier
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HREF="video.html#tv-out_voodoo">3dfx TV-out section</A>. If you use X, use
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<B>at least 4.2.0</B>, as the 3dfx Xv driver was broken in 4.1.0 and earlier
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releases.</LI>
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<LI><B>ATI cards</B>: <A HREF="video.html#vidix">Vidix driver</A> is
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provided for the following cards:
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and call <CODE>gmplayer</CODE> instead.</LI>
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</UL>
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<P>HINT: Press the middle button (on 2 button mice press left and right
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simultaneously) to open a GTK menu with DVD playing option!</P>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
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<B>Hint</B><BR>
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Press the middle button (on 2 button mice press left and right
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simultaneously) to open a GTK menu with a DVD playing option.
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</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>As <B>MPlayer</B> doesn't have a skin included, you have to download them if
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you want to use the GUI. See the
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<P><B><A NAME="authors">Appendix A - Authors</A></B></P>
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<P>NOTE: Do <B>not</B> send bug reports, help & feature requests directly to
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the authors!</P>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
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<B>Important</B><BR>
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Do <B>not</B> send bug reports, help & feature requests directly to
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the authors!
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</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>Read <A HREF="bugreports.html">Appendix C</A> and subscribe to mplayer-users mailing lists.</P>
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<DT>Q: The <CODE>-xy</CODE> or <CODE>-fs</CODE> option doesn't work with the
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x11 driver (<CODE>-vo x11</CODE>) ...</DT>
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<DD>A: It does, but you have to explicitly specify software scaling (it's
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SLOW!) with the <CODE>-zoom</CODE> option. You better use XF86VidMode
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<DD>A: It does, but you have to explicitly specify software scaling (very
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slow) with the <CODE>-zoom</CODE> option. You better use XF86VidMode
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support: You must specify the <CODE>-vm</CODE> and the <CODE>-fs</CODE>
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switch, and you're done. Make sure you have the right modelines in your
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XF86Config file, and try to make the <A HREF="video.html#dga">DGA driver</A>
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and <A HREF="video.html#sdl">SDL's DGA driver</A> work for you.
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It's much faster. If SDL's DGA works, use that, it'll be EVEN faster!</DD>
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It's much faster. If SDL's DGA works, use that, it'll be even faster.</DD>
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<DD> </DD>
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<DT>Q: What is the meaning of the numbers on the status line?</DT>
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<CODE>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</CODE></DT>
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<DD>A: This can have multiple reasons.
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<UL>
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<LI>Your CPU <B>and/or</B> video card <B>and/or</B> bus is too SLOW.
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<B>MPlayer</B>displays a message if this is the case (and the dropped
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<LI>Your CPU <B>and/or</B> video card <B>and/or</B> bus is too slow.
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<B>MPlayer</B> displays a message if this is the case (and the dropped
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frames counter goes up fast).</LI>
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<LI>If it is an AVI, maybe it has bad interleaving. Try the
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<CODE>-ni</CODE> option.</LI>
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<DD>A: It works only if running as root! It's a DGA limitation.
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You should become root (<CODE>su -</CODE>), and try again.
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Another solution is making <B>MPlayer</B> SUID root, but it's
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<B>NOT RECOMMENDED!</B><BR>
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<B>not recommended!</B><BR>
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<CODE>chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
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<CODE>chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
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<CODE>chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
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<B>!!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!!</B><BR>
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This is a *BIG* security risk! *NEVER* do this on a server or on a computer
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that you do not control completely because other users can gain root
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privileges through SUID root MPlayer!!!<BR>
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<B>!!!! SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ... !!!!</B></DD>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
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<B>Warning: security risk</B><BR>
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This is a <B>big</B> security risk! <B>Never</B> do this on a server or
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on a computer that you do not control completely because other users can
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gain root privileges through SUID root <B>MPlayer</B>. <B>You have been
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warned.</B>
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</BLOCKQUOTE>
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</DD>
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<DD> </DD>
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<DT>Q: When using Xvideo, my Voodoo 3/Banshee says:<BR>
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Technically spoken this happens by mapping the framebuffer memory into
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the memory range of your process. This is allowed by the kernel only
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if you have superuser privileges. You can get these either by logging in
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as root or by setting the SUID bit on the <B>MPlayer</B> executable (NOT
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recommended!).</P>
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as root or by setting the SUID bit on the <B>MPlayer</B> executable (<B>not
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recommended</B>).</P>
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<P>There are two versions of DGA: DGA1 is used by XFree 3.x.x and DGA2 was
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introduced with XFree 4.0.1.</P>
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switches -vm (only with X 3.3.x), -fs, -bpp, -zoom to find a video mode that
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the movie fits in. There is no converter right now :(</P>
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<P>Become ROOT. DGA needs root access to be able to write directly video
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<P>Become root. DGA needs root access to be able to write directly to video
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memory. If you want to run it as user, then install <B>MPlayer</B> SUID
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root:</P>
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<P>Now it works as a simple user, too.</P>
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<P><B>!!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!!</B><BR>
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This is a <B>BIG</B> security risk! Never do this on a server or on a
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computer can be accessed by more people than only you because they can gain
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root privileges through SUID root <B>MPlayer</B>.<BR>
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<B>!!!! SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ... !!!!</B></P>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
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<B>Warning: security risk</B><BR>
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This is a <B>big</B> security risk! <B>Never</B> do this on a server or on
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a computer that can be accessed by other people because they can gain root
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privileges through SUID root <B>MPlayer</B>.
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</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>Now use the <CODE>-vo dga</CODE> option, and there you go (hope so :))!
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You should also try if the <CODE>-vo sdl:dga</CODE> option works for you. It's
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requires X server and can work only under X server.</LI>
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<LI>You can use VIDIX subdevice which was applied to several video output
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drivers, such as:<BR>
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<CODE>-vo vesa:vidix</CODE> (<B>LINUX ONLY</B>) and <CODE>-vo fbdev:vidix</CODE></LI>
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<CODE>-vo vesa:vidix</CODE> (<B>Linux only</B>) and <CODE>-vo fbdev:vidix</CODE></LI>
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</UL>
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Indeed it doesn't matter which video output driver is used with <B>VIDIX</B>.
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it (mainly libdha). But there is hope that it will work on those systems
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where X11 does.</P>
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<P>And the last <B>WARNING</B>: (un)fortunately you <B>MUST</B> have
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<B>ROOT</B> privileges to use VIDIX due to direct hardware access. At least
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set the <B>SUID</B> bit on the <B>MPlayer</B> executable.</P>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
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<B>Warning: security risk</B><BR>
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Unfortunately you <B>must</B> have <B>root</B> privileges to use VIDIX
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due to direct hardware access. At least the <B>SUID</B> bit on the
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<B>MPlayer</B> executable must be set.
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</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P><B>VIDEO EQUALIZER</B></P>
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