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<TITLE>FAQ - MPlayer - The Movie Player for Linux</TITLE>
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<P><B><A NAME="faq">5. FAQ section</A></B></P>
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<LI><A HREF="#compilation">5.1 Compilation</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="#general">5.2 General questions</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="#playback">5.3 playback problems</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="#driver">5.4 Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="#dvd">5.5 DVD playback</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="#features">5.6 Feature requests</A></LI>
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<LI><A HREF="#encoding">5.7 Encoding</A></LI>
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<TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH="100%" ALIGN=left>
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<TR><TD COLSPAN=3><P><B><A NAME="compilation">5.1 Compilation</A></B></P>
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<TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Compilation stops with an error message similar to this one:
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<PRE>
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In file included from mplayer.c:34:
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mw.h: In function `mplMainDraw':
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mw.h:209: Internal compiler error in print_rtl_and_abort, at flow.c:6458
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Please submit a full bug report,
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with preprocessed source if appropriate.
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</PRE>
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This is a known problem of gcc
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3.0.4, upgrade to 3.1 to solve the problem. How to install gcc is described
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<A HREF="users_against_developers.html">here</A>.
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</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
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<TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Configure ends with this text, and MPlayer won't compile!<BR>
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<CODE>"Your gcc does not support even i386 for '-march' and '-mcpu'."</CODE>
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Your gcc isn't installed correctly, check the <CODE>config.log</CODE> file
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for details.
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</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
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<TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>What does "No such file or directory" mean?
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Probably there is no such file or directory.
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</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
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<TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>What's the problem with gcc 2.96?
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><B>We strongly discourage the use of gcc 2.96!!!</B><BR>
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Read <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#gcc">this</A> document for details
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about why Red Hat released gcc 2.96 and what the problems are all about. If you
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still really really want to use it, be sure to get the latest release and give
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the <CODE>--disable-gcc-checking</CODE> option to configure. Remember that you
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are on your own from this point. Do <B>not</B> report bugs, do <B>not</B> ask
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for help on the mailing lists. We will <B>not</B> provide any support in case
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you run into problems.
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</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Great, I have gcc 3.0.1 from Red Hat/Mandrake, then I'm fine--!
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>No, since there have been/are issues with these compilers as well.<BR>
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To check the status of current compilers' MPlayer support, see the
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<A HREF="documentation.html#installation">Installation</A> section.
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</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I tried to compile MPlayer, but I got this output:
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<PRE>
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In file included from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/std_cwchar.h:42,
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from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/fpos.h:40,
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from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/char_traits.h:40,
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from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/std_string.h:41,
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from /usr/include/g++-v3/string:31,
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from libwin32.h:36,
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from DS_AudioDecoder.h:4,
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from DS_AudioDec.cpp:5:
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/usr/include/wchar.h: In function Long long int wcstoq(const wchar_t*,
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wchar_t**, int)':
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/usr/include/wchar.h:514: cannot convert `const wchar_t* __restrict' to
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`const
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</PRE>
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Upgrade your glibc to the latest release. On Mandrake, use 2.2.4-8mdk.
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</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>... gcc 2.96 ... (Yes, some people are STILL flaming about their gcc 2.96!!)
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Quoted from a
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<A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2001-October/005351.html">mail</A>
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A'rpi sent to the
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<A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/">mplayer-users</A>
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list (the word 'ideg' is described below):
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>And we have idegs. And our idegcounter overflowed again and again.</P>
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<P>Unfortunately MPlayer is out of our control. It's used by lamers, Linux users
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who can't even use Windows, and never tried to compile a kernel. They installed
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(with default options) Mandrake or Red Hat or SuSE, and without RTFM'ing they
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send messages saying 'it doesn't work! help me! please! i'm new to Linux!
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help! oh! help me!'. We can't stop them, but at least we try to force them to
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RTFM and to read the messages of ./configure and MPlayer.</P>
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<P>And you clever guys come and flame us with gcc 2.96 and binary packages.
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Instead of helping users or making patches to help solve problems.</P>
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<P>Half of our spare/free time is spent by answering silly mails here and
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making newer tricks and checks to configure to avoid such mails.</P>
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<P>And there is a balance. On the one side are you, clever guys, saying we are
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very bad because we don't like buggy gcc 2.96, and on the other side there are
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the 'new to Linux' guys who are showing us gcc 2.96 is buggy.</P>
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<P>Conclusion: We can't be good. Half the people always will say we are bad.</P>
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<P>Maybe we should close the project, make it closed source, commercial, and
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provide install support for it. then we could leave current work, so
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development could go faster, and we could earn lots of money with it and buy a
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big house, etc etc. Do you really want it? It seems.</P>
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</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>SDL output doesn't work or compile. The problem is ...
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It was tested to work with SDL 1.2.x and may run on SDL 1.1.7+.
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It does <B>not</B> work with any previous version. So if you choose to use such
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a version, you are on your own.
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I am still having trouble compiling with SDL support. gcc says something
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about "undefined reference to `SDL_EnableKeyRepeat'". What now?
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Where did you install the SDL library? If you installed in /usr/local
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(the default) then edit the top level config.mak and add
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"-L/usr/local/lib" after "X_LIBS=". Now type make. You're done!
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>It doesn't compile, and it misses uint64_t inttypes.h and similar things ...
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Copy etc/inttypes.h to the <B>MPlayer</B> directory (<CODE>cp etc/inttypes.h .</CODE>)
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and try again ...
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</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have Linux running on a Pentium III but <CODE>./configure</CODE> doesn't detect
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SSE ...
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Only kernel versions 2.4.x support SSE (or try 2.2.19 or newer, but
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be prepared for problems).
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have a G200/G400, how do I compile/use the mga_vid driver?
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Read the <A HREF="video.html#mga_vid">mga_vid documentation</A>.
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</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Are there rpm/deb/... packages of <B>MPlayer</B>?
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You can make a .deb package for yourself, check the <A HREF="documentation.html#debian">Debian packaging</A> section.
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There are links to official Red Hat RPM packages available on our
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<A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/dload.html">download page</A>.
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't understand,
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I DO have X installed!?
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>... but you don't have the X development package installed. Or not
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correctly. It's called XFree86-devel* under Red Hat, and xlibs-dev under
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Debian. Also check if the <CODE>/usr/X11</CODE> and <CODE>/usr/include/X11</CODE>
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symlinks exist (this can be a problem on Mandrake systems). They can be created
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with these commands:<BR>
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<CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11</CODE><BR>
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<CODE>$ ln -sf /usr/X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</CODE><BR>
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Your distribution may differ from the
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<A HREF="http://www.pathname.com/fhs/">Filesystem Hierarchy Standard</A>.
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</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I can't compile SVGAlib. I'm using kernel 2.3/2.4 ...
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You have to edit SVGAlib's Makefile.cfg and comment <CODE>BACKGROUND = y</CODE> out.
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I compiled MPlayer with libdvdcss/libdivxdecore support, but when
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I try to start it, it says:<BR>
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<CODE>> error while loading shared libraries: lib*.so.0: cannot load
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shared object file: No such file or directory</CODE><BR>
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I checked up on the file and it IS there in <CODE>/usr/local/lib</CODE> ...
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Add <CODE>/usr/local/lib</CODE> to <CODE>/etc/ld.so.conf</CODE> and run <CODE>ldconfig</CODE>.
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Hmm, strange. When loading the mga_vid.o kernel module, I found this in the logs:<BR>
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<CODE>Warning: loading mga_vid.o will taint the kernel: no license</CODE>
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>The latest kernel modutils require a flag indicating the license (mainly
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to avoid kernel hackers debugging closed source drivers).
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Upgrade your kernel, modutils and <B>MPlayer</B>.
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</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>When compiling <B>MEncoder</B>, it segfaults at linking!!!
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This is a linker problem. Upgrading binutils should help (2.11.92.* or newer
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should be good). Since it is not our fault, please do <B>not</B> report!
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>MPlayer dies with segmentation fault upon pthread check!
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>chmod 644 /usr/lib/libc.so
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I'd like to compile <B>MPlayer</B> on Minix!
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Me too. :)
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<TD COLSPAN=3><B><A NAME="general">5.2 General questions</A></B>
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>There is a timer in the upper
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left corner. How can I get rid of it?
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Press <CODE>o</CODE> and try the
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<CODE>-osdlevel</CODE> option.
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>The <CODE>-xy</CODE> or <CODE>-fs</CODE> option doesn't work with the x11 driver (<CODE>-vo x11</CODE>) ...
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It does, but you have to explicitly specify software scaling (it's SLOW!) with
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the <CODE>-zoom</CODE> option. You better use XF86VidMode support:
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you must specify the <CODE>-vm</CODE> and the <CODE>-fs</CODE> switch, and
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you're done. Make sure you have the right modelines in your XF86Config file, and
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try to make the <A HREF="video.html#dga">DGA driver</A> and
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<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!
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</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>What is the meaning of the numbers on the status line?
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Example: <CODE>A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57/57 41% 0% 2.6% 0 4 49%</CODE><BR>
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<UL>
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<LI>A: audio position in seconds
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<LI>V: video position in seconds
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<LI>A-V: audio-video difference in seconds (delay)
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<LI>ct: total A-V sync correction done
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<LI>frames played (counting from last seek)
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<LI>frames decoded (counting from last seek)
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<LI>video codec cpu usage in percent (for slices and DR this includes video_out)
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<LI>video_out cpu usage
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<LI>audio codec cpu usage in percent
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<LI>frames needed to drop to maintain A-V sync
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<LI>current level of image postprocessing (when using <CODE>-autoq</CODE>)
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<LI>current cache size used (around 50% is normal)
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</UL>
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Most of them are for debug purposes and will be removed soon.
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>What if I don't want them to appear?
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Use the <CODE>-quiet</CODE> option and read the man page.
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Why is video_out cpu usage zero (0%) for some files?
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A1:</TD><TD>It's not zero, but it's called from the codec and thus cannot be measured
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separately. You should try to play the file using <CODE>-vo null</CODE> and then
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<CODE>-vo ...</CODE> and check the difference to see the video_out speed.
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</TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A2:</TD><TD>You are using Direct Rendering,
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where the codec renders to the video memory itself. In this case, the
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decoding percentage contains the display percentage, too.
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>There are error messages about file not found <CODE>/usr/lib/win32/</CODE> ...
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Download the <A HREF="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/w32codec-0.90.tar.bz2">Win32 codecs</A>
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from <B>our</B> FTP site (avifile's codec package has a different DLL set) and
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install it.
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</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Are there any mailing lists on MPlayer?
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Yes! See the bottom of the info page on
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<A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/info.html">our homepage</A> to subscribe!
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</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I've found a nasty bug when I tried to play my favorite video!!
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Who should I inform?
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Please read the <A HREF="bugreports.html">bug reporting guidelines</A> and follow
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the instructions.
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</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have problems playing files with the ... codec. Can I use them?
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Check the <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html">codec status</A>,
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if it doesn't contain your codec, read the
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<A HREF="codecs.html">codec documentation</A>, especially the
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<A HREF="codecs.html#importing">codec importing HOWTO</A> and contact us.
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Umm, what is "IdegCounter"?
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>A combination of a Hungarian and an English word. "Ideg" in Hungarian means
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the same as "nerve" in English, and is pronounced as something like "ydaegh".
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It was first used to measure the nervousness of A'rpi, after some (umm) "mystic"
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disappearance of CVS code ;)
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>And what is "Faszom(C)ounter"?
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>"Fasz" is a Hungarian word you don't want to know, the others are connected to
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the perverted minds of the MPlayer developers.
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>LIRC doesn't work, because ...
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Are you sure you are using <CODE>mplayer</CODE> instead of <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE>?
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Note that it was <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE> for a long time, including the 0.60
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release, but it was recently changed back to <CODE>mplayer</CODE>.
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</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Subtitles are very nice, the most beautiful I've ever seen, but they slow
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down playing! I know it's unlikely ...
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>After running <CODE>./configure</CODE> , edit <CODE>config.h</CODE> and replace
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<CODE>#undef FAST_OSD</CODE> with <CODE>#define FAST_OSD</CODE>. Then recompile.
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</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>The onscreen display (OSD) is flickering!
|
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You use a vo driver with single buffering (x11,xv). With xv,
|
|
use the <CODE>-double</CODE> option. Also try <CODE>-vop expand</CODE>
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
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|
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>What exactly is this libavcodec thing?
|
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>See the <A HREF="codecs.html#libavcodec">libavcodec section</A>.
|
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</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
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|
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>But configure tells me "Checking for libavcodec ... no"!
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You need to get libavcodec from FFmpeg's CVS. Read the instructions in
|
|
the <A HREF="codecs.html#libavcodec">libavcodec section</A>.
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
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|
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Icewm's taskbar keeps covering the movie in fullscreen mode!
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This shouldn't happen anymore, if it still does use the <CODE>-icelayer</CODE>
|
|
option and report it to the
|
|
<A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/">mplayer-users</A>
|
|
mailing list.
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
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|
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I can't access the GUI menu. I press right click, but I can't access any
|
|
menu items!
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Are you using FVWM? Try the following:<BR>
|
|
Start -> Settings -> Configuration -> Base Configuration<BR>
|
|
Set "Use Applications position hints" to "Yes".
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>How can I run MPlayer in the background?
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Use: <CODE>mplayer <options> <filename> < /dev/null &</CODE>
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
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|
|
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<TD COLSPAN=3>
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<B><A NAME="playback">5.3 playback problems</A></B>
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|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
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|
|
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I can play certain AVIs but I
|
|
get no sound and this kind of error:
|
|
<PRE>
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|
Detected audio codec: [divx] afm:4 (DivX audio (WMA))
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Requested audio codec family [divx] (afm=4) not available (enable it at
|
|
compile time!)
|
|
</PRE>
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Probably the audio uses a codec
|
|
not natively supported by <B>MPlayer</B>. Install the Win32 codec package as
|
|
described in the README or <A HREF="documentation.html#installation">here</A>.
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>... works with avifile/aviplay but doesn't with MPlayer.
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><B>MPlayer</B> != avifile.
|
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The only common thing between these players is the Win32 DLL loader.
|
|
The codecs (DLL) set, synchronization, demultiplexing etc is totally
|
|
different and shouldn't be compared.
|
|
If something works with aviplay it doesn't mean that <B>MPlayer</B> will work
|
|
and vice versa.
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Audio goes out of sync playing an AVI file.
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Try the <CODE>-bps</CODE> or <CODE>-nobps</CODE> option. If it does not improve,
|
|
read <A HREF="bugreports.html">this</A> and upload the file to FTP.
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>MPlayer exits with some error when using l3codeca.acm.
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Check <CODE>ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE> output. If it contains<BR>
|
|
<CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4???????)</CODE><BR>
|
|
where "?" is any number then it's OK, the error is not here. If it is:<BR>
|
|
<CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00??????)</CODE><BR>
|
|
then there is a problem with your kernel/libc. Maybe you are using some
|
|
security patches (for example Solar Designer's OpenWall patch) which
|
|
forces loading libraries to very low addresses.
|
|
Because l3codeca.acm is a non-relocatable DLL, it must be loaded to
|
|
0x00400000, we can't change this. You should use a non-patched kernel,
|
|
or use <B>MPlayer</B>'s <CODE>-afm 1</CODE> option to disable using l3codeca.acm.
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>My computer plays M$ DivX AVIs with resolutions ~ 640x300 and stereo mp3
|
|
sound too slow. When I use -nosound switch, everything is OK (but quiet).
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Your machine is too slow or your soundcard driver is broken. Consult the documentation to see if you can improve
|
|
performance.
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>MPlayer dies with "MPlayer interrupted by signal 4 in module: decode_video".
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Try running <B>MPlayer</B> on the machine you compiled on. Or recompile
|
|
with runtime CPU detection
|
|
(<CODE>./configure --enable-runtime-cpudetection</CODE>). Don't
|
|
use <B>MPlayer</B> on a CPU different from the one it was compiled on,
|
|
without using the feature mentioned just now.
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have problems with [your window manager] and fullscreen xv/xmga/sdl/x11 modes ...
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Read the <A HREF="bugreports.html">bug reporting guidelines</A> and send us a
|
|
proper bug report.
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I got this playing MPEG files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001!
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You have an old version of codecs.conf at <CODE>~/.mplayer/</CODE>. Upgrade it
|
|
from <CODE>/etc/</CODE>.<BR>
|
|
<B>OR</B> you have the <CODE>vc=</CODE> option or something similar in your
|
|
config file(s).
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>When starting MPlayer under KDE I just get a black screen and nothing happens.
|
|
After about one minute the video starts playing.
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device. Either wait until the
|
|
video starts or disable the arts-daemon in kontrol center. If you want
|
|
to use arts sound, specify audio output via our native arts audio driver
|
|
(<CODE>-ao arts</CODE>). If it fails or isn't compiled in, try SDL
|
|
(<CODE>-ao sdl</CODE>) and make sure your SDL can handle arts sound. Yet
|
|
another option is to start <B>MPlayer</B> with artsdsp.
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have an AVI that produces a gray screen when played with <CODE>-vc odivx</CODE>
|
|
and a green one with <CODE>-vc divx4</CODE>.
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It's not a DivX file, but an M$ MPEG4v3 . Update your codecs.conf.
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>When I play this movie I get video-audio desync and/or MPlayer crashes with the following message:<BR>
|
|
<CODE>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</CODE>
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This can have multiple reasons.<BR>
|
|
<UL>
|
|
<LI>Your CPU <B>and/or</B> video card <B>and/or</B> bus is too SLOW. <B>MPlayer</B>
|
|
displays a message if this is the case (and the dropped frames counter goes up fast).</LI>
|
|
<LI>If it is an AVI, maybe it has bad interleaving. Try the <CODE>-ni</CODE> option.</LI>
|
|
<LI>Your sound driver is buggy, or you use ALSA 0.5 with <CODE>-ao oss</CODE>.
|
|
See the <A HREF="sound.html">sound card section</A>.</LI>
|
|
<LI>The AVI has a bad header, try the <CODE>-nobps</CODE> option, and/or
|
|
<CODE>-mc 0</CODE>.</LI>
|
|
</UL>
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have an MJPEG file which works with other players but displays only a black
|
|
image in MPlayer.
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Disable the Windows DLL in <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>, or use the
|
|
<CODE>-vc ffmjpeg</CODE> option (compile MPlayer with libavcodec for this to work).
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>When I try to grab from my tuner, it works, but colors are strange. It's OK
|
|
with other applications.
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Your card probably misreports its colorspace capacity. Try with YUY2 instead
|
|
of default YV12 (see the <A HREF="documentation.html#tv">TV input documentation</A>).
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>When I start playing, I get this message but everything seems fine:<BR>
|
|
<CODE>Linux RTC init: ioctl (rtc_pie_on): Permission denied</CODE>
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You need root privileges or a
|
|
specially set up kernel to use the new timing code. For details see the
|
|
<A HREF="documentation.html#installation">installation section</A> of the documentation.
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have A/V sync problems. Some of my AVIs play fine, but some play with
|
|
double speed!
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You have a buggy sound card/driver. Most likely it's fixed at 44100Hz, and
|
|
you try to play a file which has 22050Hz audio. Try the resample audio plugin.
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>All the WMV (or other..) files I play create a green/gray window and there is
|
|
only sound! MPlayer prints:<BR>
|
|
<CODE>Detected video codec: [null] drv:0 (NULL codec (no decoding))</CODE>
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Update your <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>.
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I get very strange percentage values (way too big) while playing files on my notebook.
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It's an effect of the power management / power saving system of your notebook
|
|
(BIOS, not kernel). Plug the external power connector in <B>before</B> you power on your
|
|
notebook.
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>The audio/video gets totally out of sync when I run MPlayer as root on my notebook.
|
|
It works normal when i run it as a user.
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This is again a power management effect (see above). Plug the external power
|
|
connector in <B>before</B> you power on your notebook or use the
|
|
<CODE>-nortc</CODE> switch.
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD COLSPAN=3>
|
|
<B><A NAME="driver">5.4 Video/audio driver problems (vo/ao)</A></B>
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have no sound when playing a
|
|
video and get error messages similar to this one:
|
|
<PRE>
|
|
AO: [oss] 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
|
|
audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy
|
|
couldn't open/init audio device -> NOSOUND
|
|
Audio: no sound!!!
|
|
Start playing...
|
|
</PRE>
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Are you running KDE or GNOME with
|
|
the arts or esd sound daemon? Try disabling the sound daemon, or use the
|
|
<CODE>-ao arts</CODE> switch to make <B>MPlayer</B> use arts.
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>What about the DGA driver? I can't find it!!!
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><CODE>./configure</CODE> autodetects your DGA driver. If <CODE>-vo help</CODE> doesn't show
|
|
DGA, then there's a problem with your X installation.
|
|
Try <CODE>./configure --enable-dga</CODE> and read the
|
|
<A HREF="video.html#dga">documentation</A>.
|
|
Alternatively, try SDL's DGA driver with the <CODE>-vo sdl:dga</CODE> option.
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>OK, <CODE>-vo help</CODE> shows DGA driver, but it complains about permissions!
|
|
Help me!
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It works only if running as root! It's a DGA limitation.
|
|
You should become root (<CODE>su -</CODE>), and try again.
|
|
Another solution is making <B>MPlayer</B> SUID root, but it's <B>NOT RECOMMENDED!</B><BR>
|
|
<CODE>chown root /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
|
|
<CODE>chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
|
|
<CODE>chmod +s /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE><BR>
|
|
<B>!!!! BUT STAY TUNED !!!!</B><BR>
|
|
This is a *BIG* security risk! *NEVER* do this on a server or on a computer
|
|
that you do not control completely because other users can gain root
|
|
privileges through SUID root MPlayer!!!<BR>
|
|
<B>!!!! SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ... !!!!</B>
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>When using Xvideo, my Voodoo 3/Banshee says:<BR>
|
|
<CODE>X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)<BR>
|
|
Major opcode of failed request: 147 (MIT-SHM)<BR>
|
|
Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (X_ShmAttach)<BR>
|
|
Serial number of failed request: 26<BR>
|
|
Current serial number in output stream:27</CODE><BR>
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>The "tdfx" driver in XFree86 4.0.2/4.0.3 had this bug. This was solved by
|
|
<A HREF="http://www.xfree86.org/cvs/changes_4_1.html">bugfix #621 of the XFree86 4.1.0 CVS log</A>.
|
|
So upgrade to XFree86 4.1.0 or later. Alternatively, either download (at least)
|
|
DRI version 0.6 from the <A HREF="http://dri.sourceforge.net">DRI homepage</A>,
|
|
or use CVS DRI.
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>OpenGL (<CODE>-vo gl</CODE>) output doesn't work (hang/black window/X11 errors/...).
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Your OpenGL driver doesn't support dynamic texture changes (glTexSubImage).
|
|
It's known not to work with nVidia's binary mess.
|
|
It's known to work with Utah-GLX/DRI and Matrox G400 cards. Also with
|
|
DRI and Radeon cards. It won't work with DRI and other cards.
|
|
it will not work with 3DFX cards because of the 256x256 texture size limit.
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have an nVidia TNT/TNT2 card, and I have a band with strange colors,
|
|
right under the movie! Whose fault is this?
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This is a bug of nVidia's binary X driver. These bugs appear ONLY with the
|
|
TNT/TNT2 cards, and we can't do anything about it. To fix the problem, upgrade
|
|
to the latest nVidia binary driver version. If still bad, complain to nVidia!
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have an nVidia XYZ card, and when I click on the GUI's display window to toggle
|
|
displaying the GUI panel, a black square appears where I clicked. I have
|
|
the newest driver.
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Yes, nVidia corrected a previous bug (above), and introduced a new one. Let's
|
|
congratulate them. UPDATE: According to
|
|
<A HREF="users_against_developers.html#nvidia">nVidia</A>, this has already been
|
|
fixed.
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>When I use the GUI with SDL video output, a second video window is created.
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Known, don't use SDL for the GUI yet.
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Oh the world is cruel ...! SDL has only <CODE>x11</CODE> target, but not
|
|
<CODE>xv</CODE>!
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Try that <CODE>x11</CODE> target again. Now try <CODE>-vo x11 -fs -zoom</CODE>.
|
|
See the difference? No?! OK, here comes the enlightenment: SDL's
|
|
<CODE>x11</CODE> target uses xv when available, you don't have to worry about
|
|
it ... Note: you can force/disable Xv via SDL using <CODE>-forcexv</CODE> and <CODE>-noxv</CODE>
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD COLSPAN="3">
|
|
<B><A NAME="dvd">5.5 DVD playback</A></B>
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>
|
|
While playing a DVD, I encountered this error:<BR>
|
|
<CODE>mplayer: ifo_read.c:1143: ifoRead_C_ADT_internal: Assertion nfo_length /
|
|
sizeof(cell_adr_t) >= c_adt->nr_of_vobs' failed.</CODE>
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
|
|
This is a known libdvdread 0.9.1/0.9.2 bug.
|
|
Use <B>libmpdvdkit</B>, which is present in MPlayer source, and used by
|
|
default.
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>
|
|
Can I compile libdvdread and libdvdcss on my sweet SPARC under Solaris?
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
|
|
Who knows ... It's said to work, so please test it and send feedback. Refer to
|
|
the documentation of libdvdread and its homepage as well. We're not the authors
|
|
of libdvdread. Use <B>libmpdvdkit</B>, which is present in MPlayer source, and used by
|
|
default.
|
|
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
|
|
|
|
<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>
|
|
What about subtitles? Can MPlayer display them?
|
|
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
|
|
Yes! See the <A HREF="cd-dvd.html#dvd">DVD chapter</A> of the documentation.
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>
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How can I set the region code of my DVD-drive? I don't have Windows!
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
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Use the
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<A HREF="http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvd/dvd_disc_20000215.tar.gz">regionset tool</A>.
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>
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Do I need to be (setuid) root/setuid fibmap_mplayer to be able to play a DVD?
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
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No, only for old-style DVD support. However you must have
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the proper rights on the DVD device entry (in <CODE>/dev/</CODE>).
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>
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Where can I get libdvdread and libdvdcss packages?
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
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You don't need to. Use <B>libmpdvdkit</B>, which is present in MPlayer source, and used by
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default.
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Anyway, the packages mentioned can be get from the
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<A HREF="http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd">Ogle site</A>.
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>
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Is it possible to play/encode only selected chapters?
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
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Yes, try the <CODE>-chapter</CODE> option.
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>
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My DVD playback is sluggish!
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>
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Use the <CODE>-cache</CODE> option (described in the man page)
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and try enabling DMA for the DVD drive with the hdparm tool (described in the
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<A HREF="cd-dvd.html#drives">CD/DVD drives</A> chapter of the documentation).
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<B><A NAME="features">5.6 Feature requests</A></B>
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>If <B>MPlayer</B> is paused
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and I try to seek or press any key at all, <B>MPlayer</B> ceases to be paused.
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I would like to be able to seek in the paused movie.
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This is very tricky to implement
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without losing A/V synchronization. All attempts have failed so far, but patches
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are welcome.
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I'd like to seek +/- 1 frames instead of 10 seconds.
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This won't be done. It was, but then it messed up A/V sync. Feel free to
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implement it, and send a patch. Don't ask for it.
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B> Where is the Windows version?
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> It's not released, and won't be. Look around the Windows scene (open source
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ASF parsers, open source ASF encoders, etc) and you'll know why. We don't
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want to go to jail. BTW you can compile it yourself, under
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<A HREF="documentation.html#cygwin">Cygwin</A>.
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<B><A NAME="encoding">5.7 Encoding</A></B>
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>How can I encode?
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Read the <B>MEncoder</B> <A HREF="encoding.html">documentation</A>.
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>How can I create VCDs?
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Try the <CODE>mencvcd</CODE>
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script from the <CODE>TOOLS</CODE> subdirectory. With it you can encode DVDs or
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other movies to VCD or SVCD format and even burn them directly to CD.</A>.
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>My tuner works, I can hear the sound and watch the video with MPlayer, but
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MEncoder doesn't encode audio!
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>TV audio encoding for Linux is currently unimplemented, we're working on it.
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At the moment it works only on BSD.
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I can't encode DVD subtitles into the AVI!
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You have to specify the <CODE>-sid</CODE> option correctly!
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>MEncoder segfaults on startup!
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Upgrade DivX4Linux.
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>How can I encode only selected chapters from a DVD?
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Use the <CODE>-chapter</CODE> option correctly, like: <CODE>-chapter 5-7</CODE>
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I'm trying to work with 2GB+ files on a VFAT file system. Does it work?
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>No, VFAT doesn't support 2GB+ files.
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<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Why is the recommended bitrate printed by MEncoder negative?
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</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Because the bitrate you encoded the audio with is too large to fit the
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movie on any CD. Check if you have libmp3lame installed properly.
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