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<chapter id="install">
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<title>Installation</title>
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<para>
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A quick installation guide can be found in the <filename>README</filename>
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file. Please read it first and then come back here for the rest of the gory
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details.
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</para>
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<para>
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In this section you will be guided through the compilation and configuration
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process of <application>MPlayer</application>. It's not easy, but it won't
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necessarily be hard. If you experience a behavior different from this
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description, please search through this documentation and you'll find your
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answers.
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</para>
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<sect1 id="softreq">
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<title>Software requirements</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>
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<emphasis role="bold">POSIX system</emphasis> - You need a POSIX-compatible
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shell and POSIX-compatible system tools like grep, sed, awk, etc. in your
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path.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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<emphasis role="bold">GNU make</emphasis> 3.81 or later
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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<emphasis role="bold">binutils</emphasis> - GNU binutils 2.11 or later
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is known to work.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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<emphasis role="bold">compiler</emphasis> - We mostly use gcc, the
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recommended versions on x86 are 2.95 and 3.4+. On PowerPC, use 4.x+.
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icc 10.1+ is also known to work.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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<emphasis role="bold">Xorg/XFree86</emphasis> - recommended version is
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4.3 or later. Make sure the
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<emphasis role="bold">development packages</emphasis> are installed,
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too, otherwise it won't work.
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You don't absolutely need X, some video output drivers work without it.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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<emphasis role="bold">FreeType</emphasis> - 2.0.9 or later is required
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for the OSD and subtitles
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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<emphasis role="bold">ALSA</emphasis> - optional, for ALSA audio output
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support. At least 0.9.0rc4 is required.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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<emphasis role="bold">libjpeg</emphasis> -
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required for the optional JPEG video output driver
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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<emphasis role="bold">libpng</emphasis> -
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required for the optional PNG video output driver
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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<emphasis role="bold">directfb</emphasis> - optional, 0.9.22 or later
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required for the directfb/dfbmga video output drivers
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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<emphasis role="bold">lame</emphasis> - 3.90 or later is recommended,
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necessary for encoding MP3 audio with <application>MEncoder</application>.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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<emphasis role="bold">zlib</emphasis> - recommended, many codecs use it.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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<emphasis role="bold"><ulink url="http://www.live555.com/mplayer/">LIVE555 Streaming Media</ulink></emphasis>
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- optional, needed for some RTSP/RTP streams
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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<emphasis role="bold">cdparanoia</emphasis> - optional, for CDDA support
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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<emphasis role="bold">libxmms</emphasis> - optional, for XMMS input plugin
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support. At least 1.2.7 is required.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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<emphasis role="bold">libsmb</emphasis> - optional, for SMB networking support
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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<emphasis role="bold"><ulink url="http://www.underbit.com/products/mad/">libmad</ulink></emphasis>
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- optional, for fast integer-only MP3 decoding on FPU-less platforms
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="features">
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<title>Features</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>
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If you want to install <application>MEncoder</application> (our great
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all-purpose encoder), see the
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<link linkend="mencoder"><application>MEncoder</application></link> section.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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If you have a V4L compatible <emphasis role="bold">TV tuner</emphasis> card,
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and wish to watch/grab and encode movies with
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<application>MPlayer</application>,
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read the <link linkend="tv-input">TV input</link> section.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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If you have a V4L compatible <emphasis role="bold">radio tuner</emphasis>
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card, and wish to listen and capture sound with
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<application>MPlayer</application>,
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read the <link linkend="radio">radio</link> section.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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There is a neat <emphasis role="bold">OSD Menu</emphasis> support ready to be
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used. Check the <link linkend="subosd">OSD menu</link> section.
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>
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Then build <application>MPlayer</application>:
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<screen>
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./configure
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make
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make install
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</screen>
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</para>
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<para>
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At this point, <application>MPlayer</application> is ready to use.
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Check if you have a <filename>codecs.conf</filename> file in your home
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directory at (<filename>~/.mplayer/codecs.conf</filename>) left from old
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<application>MPlayer</application> versions. If you find one, remove it.
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</para>
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<para>
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Debian users can build a .deb package for themselves, it's very simple.
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Just exec
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<screen>fakeroot debian/rules binary</screen>
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in <application>MPlayer</application>'s root directory. See
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<link linkend="debian">Debian packaging</link> for detailed instructions.
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</para>
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<para>
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<emphasis role="bold">Always browse the output of</emphasis>
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<filename>./configure</filename>, and the
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<filename>config.log</filename> file, they contain information about
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what will be built, and what will not. You may also want to view
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<filename>config.h</filename> and <filename>config.mak</filename> files.
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If you have some libraries installed, but not detected by
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<filename>./configure</filename>, then check if you also have the proper
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header files (usually the -dev packages) and their version matches. The
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<filename>config.log</filename> file usually tells you what is missing.
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</para>
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<para>
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Though not mandatory, the fonts should be installed in order to gain OSD,
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and subtitle functionality. The recommended method is installing a TTF
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font file and telling <application>MPlayer</application> to use it.
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See the <link linkend="subosd">Subtitles and OSD</link> section for details.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="gui">
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<title>What about the GUI?</title>
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<para>
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MPlayer used to have an internal GUI, but it was removed because it was
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buggy, unmaintained and there are much better alternatives. See <ulink
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url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/projects.html#mplayer_frontends">the
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frontends page</ulink> for a list of existing GUIs.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="fonts-osd">
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<title>Fonts and OSD</title>
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<para>
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You need to tell <application>MPlayer</application> which font to use to
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enjoy OSD and subtitles. Any TrueType font or special bitmap fonts will
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work. However, TrueType fonts are recommended as they look far better,
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can be properly scaled to the movie size and cope better with different
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encodings.
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</para>
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<sect2 id="truetype-fonts">
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<title>TrueType fonts</title>
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<para>
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There are two ways to get TrueType fonts to work. The first is to pass
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the <option>-font</option> option to specify a TrueType font file on
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the command line. This option will be a good candidate to put in your
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configuration file (see the manual page for details).
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The second is to create a symlink called <filename>subfont.ttf</filename>
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to the font file of your choice. Either
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<screen>
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ln -s <replaceable>/path/to/sample_font.ttf</replaceable> ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf
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</screen>
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for each user individually or a system-wide one:
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<screen>
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ln -s <replaceable>/path/to/sample_font.ttf</replaceable> $PREFIX/share/mplayer/subfont.ttf
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</screen>
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</para>
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<para>
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If <application>MPlayer</application> was compiled with
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<systemitem class="library">fontconfig</systemitem> support, the above methods
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won't work, instead <option>-font</option> expects a
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<systemitem class="library">fontconfig</systemitem> font name
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and defaults to the sans-serif font. Example:
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<screen>
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mplayer -font <replaceable>'Bitstream Vera Sans'</replaceable> <replaceable>anime.mkv</replaceable>
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</screen>
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</para>
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<para>
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To get a list of fonts known to
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<systemitem class="library">fontconfig</systemitem>,
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use <command>fc-list</command>.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="bitmap-fonts">
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<title>bitmap fonts</title>
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<para>
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If for some reason you wish or need to employ bitmap fonts, download a set
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from our homepage. You can choose between various
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<ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/fonts/">ISO fonts</ulink>
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and some sets of fonts
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<ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/fonts/">contributed by users</ulink>
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in various encodings.
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</para>
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<para>
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Uncompress the file you downloaded to
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<filename class="directory">~/.mplayer</filename> or
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<filename class="directory">$PREFIX/share/mplayer</filename>.
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Then rename or symlink one of the extracted directories to
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<filename class="directory">font</filename>, for example:
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<screen>
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ln -s <replaceable>~/.mplayer/arial-24</replaceable> ~/.mplayer/font
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</screen>
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<screen>
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ln -s <replaceable>$PREFIX/share/mplayer/arial-24</replaceable> $PREFIX/share/mplayer/font
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</screen>
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</para>
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<para>
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Fonts should have an appropriate <filename>font.desc</filename> file
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which maps Unicode font positions to the actual code page of the
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subtitle text. Another solution is to have UTF-8-encoded subtitles
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and use the <option>-utf8</option> option or give the subtitles
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file the same name as your video file with a <filename>.utf</filename>
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extension and have it in the same directory as the video file.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="osdmenu">
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<title>OSD menu</title>
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<para>
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<application>MPlayer</application> has a completely user-definable
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OSD Menu interface.
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</para>
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<note><para>
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the Preferences menu is currently UNIMPLEMENTED!
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</para></note>
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<orderedlist>
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<title>Installation</title>
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<listitem><para>
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compile <application>MPlayer</application> by passing the
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<option>--enable-menu</option> to <filename>./configure</filename>
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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make sure you have an OSD font installed
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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copy <filename>etc/menu.conf</filename> to your
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<filename class="directory">.mplayer</filename> directory
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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copy <filename>etc/input.conf</filename> to your
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<filename class="directory">.mplayer</filename> directory, or to the
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system-wide <application>MPlayer</application> config dir (default:
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<filename class="directory">/usr/local/etc/mplayer</filename>)
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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check and edit <filename>input.conf</filename> to enable menu movement keys
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(it is described there).
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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start <application>MPlayer</application> by the following example:
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<screen>mplayer -menu <replaceable>file.avi</replaceable></screen>
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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push any menu key you defined
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</para></listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="codec-installation">
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<title>Codec installation</title>
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<sect2 id="xvid">
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<title>Xvid</title>
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<para>
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<ulink url="http://www.xvid.org">Xvid</ulink> is a free software MPEG-4 ASP
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compliant video codec. Note that Xvid is not necessary to decode Xvid-encoded
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video. <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> is used by
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default as it offers better speed.
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</para>
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<procedure>
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<title>Installing <systemitem class="library">Xvid</systemitem></title>
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<para>
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Like most open source software, it is available in two flavors:
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<ulink url="http://www.xvid.org/downloads.html">official releases</ulink>
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and the CVS version.
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The CVS version is usually stable enough to use, as most of the time it
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features fixes for bugs that exist in releases.
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Here is what to do to make <systemitem class="library">Xvid</systemitem>
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CVS work with <application>MEncoder</application>:
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</para>
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<step><para>
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<screen>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid login</screen>
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</para></step>
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<step><para>
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<screen>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid co xvidcore</screen>
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</para></step>
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<step><para>
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<screen>cd xvidcore/build/generic</screen>
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</para></step>
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<step><para>
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<screen>./bootstrap.sh && ./configure</screen>
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You may have to add some options (examine the output of
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<command>./configure --help</command>).
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</para></step>
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<step><para>
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<screen>make && make install</screen>
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</para></step>
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<step><para>
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Recompile <application>MPlayer</application>.
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</para></step>
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</procedure>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="x264">
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<title><systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem></title>
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<para>
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<ulink url="http://developers.videolan.org/x264.html"><systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem></ulink>
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is a library for creating H.264 video.
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<application>MPlayer</application> sources are updated whenever
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an <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem> API change
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occurs, so it is always suggested to use
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<application>MPlayer</application> from Subversion.
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</para>
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<para>
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If you have a GIT client installed, the latest x264
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sources can be gotten with this command:
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<screen>git clone git://git.videolan.org/x264.git</screen>
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Then build and install in the standard way:
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<screen>./configure && make && make install</screen>
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Now rerun <filename>./configure</filename> for
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<application>MPlayer</application> to pick up
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<systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem> support.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="aac">
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<title>AAC</title>
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<para>
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An open source AAC decoder called FAAD2 is available from
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<ulink url="http://www.audiocoding.com/downloads.html"/>.
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<application>MPlayer</application> includes a copy of it in its source tree.
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If you want to use the external library instead, install it and pass
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<option>--enable-faad-external</option> to <filename>./configure</filename>.
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</para>
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<para>
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FAAD2 binaries are not available from audiocoding.com, but you can (apt-)get
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Debian packages from
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<ulink url="http://www.debian-multimedia.org/">Christian Marillat</ulink>,
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Mandrake/Mandriva RPMs from the <ulink url="http://plf.zarb.org">P.L.F</ulink>
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and Fedora/CentOS/RHEL RPMs from <ulink url="http://rpmfusion.org/">RPMFusion</ulink>.
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</para>
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<para>
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If you choose to build from source, you do not need all of FAAD2 to decode
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AAC files, libfaad is enough. Build it like this:
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<screen>
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cd faad2/
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sh bootstrap
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./configure
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cd libfaad
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make
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make install
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</screen>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="amr">
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<title>AMR</title>
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<para>
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MPlayer can use the OpenCORE AMR libraries through FFmpeg.
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Download the libraries for AMR-NB and AMR-WB from the
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<ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencore-amr/">opencore-amr</ulink>
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project and install them according to the instructions on that page.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="xmms">
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<title>XMMS</title>
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<para>
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<application>MPlayer</application> can use <application>XMMS</application> input
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plugins to play many file formats. There are plugins for SNES game tunes, SID
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tunes (from Commodore 64), many Amiga formats, .xm, .it, VQF, Musepack, Bonk,
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shorten and many others. You can find them at the
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<ulink url="http://www.xmms.org/plugins.php?category=input">XMMS input plugin page</ulink>.
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</para>
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<para>
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For this feature you need to have <application>XMMS</application> and compile
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<application>MPlayer</application> with
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<filename>./configure --enable-xmms</filename>.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="rtc">
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<title>RTC</title>
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<para>
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There are three timing methods in <application>MPlayer</application>.
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>
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<emphasis role="bold">To use the old method</emphasis>, you don't have to do
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anything. It uses <systemitem>usleep()</systemitem> to tune
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A/V sync, with +/- 10ms accuracy. However sometimes the sync has to be
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tuned even finer.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<emphasis role="bold">The new timer</emphasis> code uses the RTC (RealTime
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Clock) for this task, because it has precise 1ms timers.
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The <option>-rtc</option> option enables it,
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but a properly set up kernel is required.
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If you are running kernel 2.4.19pre8 or later you can adjust the maximum RTC
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frequency for normal users through the <systemitem class="systemname">/proc
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</systemitem> file system. Use one of the following two commands to
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enable RTC for normal users:
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<screen>echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq</screen>
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<screen>sysctl dev/rtc/max-user-freq=1024</screen>
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You can make this setting permanent by adding the latter to
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<filename>/etc/sysctl.conf</filename>.
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</para>
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<para>
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You can see the new timer's efficiency in the status line.
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The power management functions of some notebook BIOSes with speedstep CPUs
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interact badly with RTC. Audio and video may get out of sync. Plugging the
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external power connector in before you power up your notebook seems to help.
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In some hardware combinations (confirmed during usage of non-DMA DVD drive
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on an ALi1541 board) usage of the RTC timer causes skippy playback. It's
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recommended to use the third method in these cases.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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<emphasis role="bold">The third timer code</emphasis> is turned on with the
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<option>-softsleep</option> option. It has the efficiency of the RTC, but it
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doesn't use RTC. On the other hand, it requires more CPU.
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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