.\" MPlayer (C) 2000-2001 Arpad Gereoffy .\" This manpage was/is done by Gabucino .\" .TH MPlayer-CVS .SH NAME mplayer \- Movie Player for Linux .SH SYNOPSIS .B mplayer .RB [ \-vo\ output\ driver ] .RB [ \-vcd\ track\ number ] .RB [ \-sb\ byte\ position ] .RB [ \-nosound\ ] .RB [ \-abs\ seconds ] .RB [ \-delay\ secs ] .RB [ \-bps\ value ] .RB [ \-noalsa\ ] .RB [ \-aid\ id ] .RB [ \-vid\ id ] .RB [ \-fps\ rate ] .RB [ \-mc\ seconds/5f ] .RB [ \-afm\ audio\ decoder ] .RB [ \-fs\ ] .RB [ \-vm\ ] .RB [ \-zoom\ ] .RB [ \-x\ x ] .RB [ \-y\ y ] .RB [ \-xy\ factor ] .RB [ \-dsp\ device ] .RB [ \-pp\ quality ] .RB [ \-include\ configfile ] .RB [ \-ffactor\ number ] .RB [ \-sub\ file ] .RB [ \-subfps\ rate ] .RB [ \-subdelay\ sec ] .RB [ \-dvd\ device ] .RB [ \-z\ <0-8> ] .RB [ \-idx ] .RB [ \-forceidx ] .RB [ \-nodshow ] .RB [ \-sdl\ driver ] .RB [ \-noxv ] .RB [ \-forcexv ] .RB [ \-ss\ sec ] .I - or file .PP .SH DESCRIPTION .I mplayer Yes. Yet another movie player for linux. What is the special with this? It works, at least for me :) I've tried lots of players under linux (mtv,xmps,dvdview,livid/oms,VideoLAN, xine,xanim,avifile,xmmp) but they all have some problem. Mostly with special files or with audio/video sync. Most of them is unable to play both mpeg1, mpeg2 and avi (DivX) files. Many players have image quality or speed problems too. So I've decided to write/modify one... .LP .SH "GENERAL OPTIONS" .TP .I NOTE MPlayer works out-of-the-box, so you generally don't have to mess with any options. .TP .BI \-vo\ output\ driver select output driver you can get the list of available drivers executing .I mplayer -vo help .TP .B \-vcd\ track play video cd track from device instead of plain file .TP .B \-dvd\ device specify DVD-ROM drive to use for MPEG2 decoding. (use *_only_* when playing from DVD!) .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 .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 .TP .B \-dsp\ device select another DSP output device .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 DivX 0 (none), 1, 2, 3, 4 .I NOTE Maybe less/more. .I NOTE You can use this with OpenDivX encoding too! See ALPHA/BETA CODE section. .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 seconds. Can be negative. .IP .SH "ADVANCED OPTIONS" .TP .I NOTE These options can help you solve your particular problem.. Also, see the DOCS! .TP .B \-afm <1-5> force audio format 1:MPEG 2:PCM 3:AC3 4:Win32 5:aLaw .I NOTE With DivX AVIs with MP3 audio, you can choose whether to use MP3LIB (option 1), or Win32 DLL l3codeca.acm (option 4) (default). On CPUs with the 3DNow! instruction set, the first gives more performance. Your mileage may vary. .TP .B \-sb\ position seek to byte position .B \-ss\ second seek to second position .TP .B \-abs\ bytes audio buffer size (in bytes, default: measuring) .TP .B \-delay\ secs audio delay in seconds (may be +/- float value) .TP .B \-bps use avg. byte/sec value for A-V sync (AVI) .TP .B \-noalsa disable timing code .TP .B \-aid\ id select audio channel [MPG: 0-31 AVI: 1-99] .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 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 \-sdl\ driver specify SDL driver to use. For example: aalib, dga, fbdev, svga, x11, ggi .TP .B \-noxv disable XVideo hardware acceleration (with SDL only!) .TP .B \-forcexv force using XVideo (SDL!) .IP .SH "ALPHA/BETA CODE" .TP .I NOTE These are included in this manpage just for completeness! If you don't know what are these, you DON'T need these! In either case, double-check DOCS! .TP .B \-br\ rate used with '-vo odivx' . Specifies the bitrate to encode OpenDivx at (in bits! e.g: 780000). .TP .B \-encode\ file used with '-vo odivx' . Specifies the output OpenDivX file. Won't overwrite. .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 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 .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 Sub files are searched in $HOME/.mplayer/sub, and in the directory of the movie. .IP .SH "EXAMPLES" Just launch it! :) .LP .SH BUGS Probably. Check DOCS. Bugreports should be addressed to the MPlayer-users mailing list (mplayer-users@lists.sourceforge.net) ! If you want to submit a bugreport (which we love to receive!), please double-check the README, and tell us all that we need to know to identify your problem. .LP .SH AUTHORS Check DOCS/AUTHORS ! MPlayer is (C) 2000-2001 .I Arpad Gereoffy This manpage is 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! .\" end of file