mpv/DOCS/mplayer.1

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.TH MPlayer 1 "2002-09-01"
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.SH NAME
mplayer  \- Movie Player for Linux
.br
mencoder \- Movie Encoder for Linux

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.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mplayer
.RI [options]\ [ \ file\  | \ URL\  | \ playlist\  | \ -\  ]
.br
.B mplayer
.RI [global\ options] \ file1\  [specific\ options]\ [file2]\ \
[specific\ options]
.br
.B mplayer
.RI [global\ options]\ { group\ of\ files\ and\ options }\ \
[group\ specific\ options]
.br
.B mplayer
.RI [ dvd | vcd | cdda | cddb | tv ] ://title\  [options]
.br
.B mplayer
.RI [ mms[t] | http | http_proxy | rt[s]p ] :// [user:passwd@] URL [:port]\ \
[options]
.br
.B mencoder
.RI [options]\ [ \ file\  | \ URL\  | \ -\  ]\ [\-o\ file]
.br
.B gmplayer
.RI [options]\ [\-skin\ skin]

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.SH DESCRIPTION
.B mplayer
is a movie player for LINUX (runs on many other Unices, and non\-x86
CPUs, see the documentation). It plays most MPEG/VOB, AVI, OGG/OGM, VIVO,
ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, FLI, RM, NuppelVideo, yuv4mpeg, FILM, RoQ files,
supported by many native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs. You can watch VideoCD,
SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, DivX 3/4/5 and even WMV movies, too (without the avifile
library).
.PP
Another great feature of mplayer is the wide range of supported output
drivers. It works with X11, XV, DGA, OpenGL, SVGAlib, fbdev, AAlib, DirectFB,
but you can use GGI, SDL (and this way all their drivers), VESA (on every VESA
compatible card, even without X11!) and some low level card-specific drivers
(for Matrox, 3Dfx and ATI), too!
.br
Most of them support software or hardware scaling, so you can enjoy movies in
fullscreen. MPlayer supports displaying through some hardware MPEG decoder
boards, such as the Siemens DVB, DXR2 and DXR3/Hollywood+!
.PP
MPlayer has an onscreen display (OSD) for status information, nice big
antialiased shaded subtitles and visual feedback for keyboard controls.
European/ISO 8859-1,2 (Hungarian, English, Czech, etc), Cyrillic and Korean
fonts are supported along with 9 subtitle formats (MicroDVD, SubRip,
SubViewer, Sami, VPlayer, RT, SSA, AQTitle and our own: MPsub). DVD subtitles
(SPU streams, VobSub and Closed Captions) are supported.
.PP
.B mencoder
(MPlayer's Movie Encoder) is a simple movie encoder, designed to
encode MPlayer-playable movies (see above) to other MPlayer-playable formats
(see below). It encodes to DivX4 (1, 2 or 3 passes), XviD, codecs of
libavcodec, PCM/MP3/VBRMP3 audio. It also has stream copying abilities, a
powerful plugin system (crop, expand, flip, postprocess, rotate, scale,
add/remove noise, rgb/yuv conversion) and more.
.PP
.B gmplayer
is MPlayer with a graphical user interface.
It has the same options as MPlayer.


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.SH GENERAL NOTES
.B Check the HTML documentation, too!

Every "flag" option has a "noflag" counterpart, e.g. the opposite of the \-fs
option is \-nofs.
.br
You can put all of the options in a config file which will be read every time
mplayer is run. The system-wide config file 'mplayer.conf' is in your
configuration directory (e.g. /etc/mplayer or /usr/local/etc/mplayer), the
user specific one is '~/.mplayer/config'. User specific options override
system\-wide options and options given on the command line override either.
The syntax of the config files is 'option=<value>', everything after a '#' is
considered a comment. Options that work without values can be enabled by
setting them to 'yes' or '1' and disabled by setting them to 'no' or '0'.
Even suboptions can be specified in this way.

.I EXAMPLE:
.br
# Use Matrox driver by default.
.br
vo=xmga
.br
# I love practicing handstands while watching videos.
.br
flip=yes
.br
# Decode/encode multiple files from png, start it with -mf on
.br
mf= type=png:fps=25


.SH "PLAYER OPTIONS (MPLAYER ONLY)"
.TP
.B \-autoq <quality> (use with \-vop pp!)
Dynamically changes the level of postprocess, depending on spare CPU time
available. The number you specify will be the maximum level used. Usually you
can use some big number. You may not use it together with \-pp but it is OK
with \-npp!
.TP
.B \-benchmark
Prints some statistics on CPU usage and dropped frames at the end.
Used in combination with \-nosound and \-vo null for benchmarking only video
codec.
.TP
.B \-dapsync (OBSOLETE)
Use alternative A/V sync method.
.TP
.B \-framedrop (see \-hardframedrop option too!)
Frame dropping: decode all (except B) frames, video may skip.
Useful for playback on slow VGA card/bus.
.TP
.B \-h, \-\-help
Show short summary of options.
.TP
.B \-hardframedrop
More intense frame dropping (breaks decoding). Leads to image distortion!
.TP
.B \-input <commands>
This option can be used to configure certain parts of the input system.
Relative path are relative to $HOME/.mplayer.

.I NOTE:
.br
Autorepeat is currently only supported by joysticks.
.br
Available commands are:

.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs conf=<file>
Read alternative input.conf. If given without pathname, $HOME/.mplayer is
assumed.
.IPs ar\-delay
Delay in msec before we start to autorepeat a key (0 to disable).
.IPs ar\-rate
How many key presses/second when we autorepeat.
.IPs keylist
Prints all keys that can be bound to.
.IPs cmdlist
Prints all commands that can be bound.
.IPs js\-dev
Specifies the joystick device to use (default is /dev/input/js0).
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-lircconf <config\ file>
Specifies a configfile for LIRC (see http://www.lirc.org) if you don't like
the default ~/.lircrc.
.TP
.B \-loop <number>
Loops movie playback <number> times. 0 means forever.
.TP
.B \-nojoystick
Turns off joystick support. Default is on, if compiled in.
.TP
.B \-nolirc
Turns off lirc support.
.TP
.B \-nortc \ \ 
Turns off usage of /dev/rtc (real-time clock).
.TP
.B \-playlist <file>
Play files according to this file list (1 file/row or Winamp or asx format).
.TP
.B \-quiet \ \ 
Display less output, status messages.
.TP
.B \-skin <skin\ directory> (BETA CODE)
Load skin from this directory (WITHOUT path name!).

.I EXAMPLE:
.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs "\-skin fittyfene"
tries these:
.RSss
/usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/fittyfene
.br
~/.mplayer/Skin/fittyfene
.REss
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-slave \ \ 
This option switches on slave mode. This is intended for use
of MPlayer as a backend to other programs. Instead of intercepting keyboard
events, MPlayer will read simplistic command lines from its stdin.
See section
.B SLAVE MODE PROTOCOL
For the syntax.
.TP
.B \-softsleep
Uses high quality software timers. Efficient as the RTC, doesn't need root,
but requires more CPU.
.TP
.B \-sstep <sec>
Specifies seconds between displayed frames. Useful for slideshows.
.TP
.B \-stop_xscreensaver
Turns off xscreensaver at startup and turns it on again on exit.
.TP
.B \-use-stdin


.SH "DEMUXER/STREAM OPTIONS"
.TP
.B \-aid <id> (also see \-alang option)
Select audio channel [MPG/SUB: 0\-31 AVI/OGM: 1\-99 ASF/RM: 0\-127
VOB: 128\-159 LPCM: 160\-191]
.TP
.B \-alang <two letter\ country\ code> (also see \-aid option)
Works only for DVD playback! Selects DVD audio language. It always tries
to play audio streams whose language matches the given code. For the list of
available languages, use with the \-v switch and look at the output.

.I EXAMPLE:
.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs "\-alang hu,en"
Plays Hungarian and falls back to English if Hungarian is not available.
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-audio\-demuxer <number> (\-audiofile only)
Force audio demuxer type for \-audiofile.
Give the demuxer ID as defined in demuxers.h.
Use \-audio\-demuxer 17 to force .mp3 detection.
.TP
.B \-audiofile <filename>
Play audio from an external file (WAV, MP3 or Ogg Vorbis).
.TP
.B \-cdrom\-device <path\ to\ device>
Override default CDROM drive name /dev/cdrom.
.TP
.B \-cache <kbytes>
This option specifies how much memory (in kbytes) to use when precaching a
file/URL. Especially useful on slow media (default is \-nocache).
.TP
.B \-cdda <option1:option2>
This option can be used to tune the CD Audio reading feature of MPlayer.
Available options are:
.
.RSs
.IPs speed=<value>
set CD spin speed
.IPs paranoia=<0\-2>
set paranoia level
.RSss
0: disable checking
.br
1: overlap checking only (default)
.br
2: full data correction and verification
.REss
.IPs generic-dev=<value>
use specified generic SCSI device
.IPs sector-size=<value>
atomic read size
.IPs overlap=<value>
force minimum overlap search during verification to <value> sectors.
.IPs toc-bias
Assume that the beginning offset of track 1 as reported in the TOC will be
addressed as LBA 0. Some Toshiba drives need this for getting track boundaries
correct.
.IPs toc-offset=<value>
Add <value> sectors to the values reported when addressing tracks. May be
negative.
.IPs (no)skip
(never) accept imperfect data reconstruction.
.RE
.
.TP
.B \-chapter <chapter\ id>[-<end\ chapter\ id>]
Specify which chapter to start playing at. Optionally specify which chapter to
end playing at (default: 1). Examples can be found below.
.TP
.B \-csslib <filename>
(old-style DVD option) This option is used to override the default location of
libcss.so.
.TP
.B \-demuxer <number>
Force demuxer type. Give the demuxer ID as defined in demuxers.h.
Use \-demuxer 17 to force .mp3 detection.
.TP
.B \-dumpaudio (MPLAYER only)
Dumps raw compressed audio stream to ./stream.dump (useful with mpeg/ac3).
.TP
.B \-dumpfile <filename> (MPLAYER only)
Specify which file MPlayer should dump to. Should be used together
with \-dumpaudio/\-dumpvideo/\-dumpstream.
.TP
.B \-dumpstream (MPLAYER only)
Dumps the raw stream to ./stream.dump. Useful when ripping from
DVD or network.
.TP
.B \-dumpsub (MPLAYER only)
Dumps the subtitle substream from VOB streams.
.TP
.B \-dumpvideo (MPLAYER only)
Dump raw compressed video stream to ./stream.dump (not very usable).
.TP
.B \-dvd <title\ id>
Tell MPlayer which movies (specified by title id) to play. For example
sometimes '1' is a trailer, and '2' is the real movie.

.I NOTE:
.br
Sometimes deinterlacing is required for DVD playback,
see the \-pp 0x20000 or \-npp lb options.
.TP
.B \-dvd\-device <path\ to\ device>
Override default DVD device name /dev/dvd.
.TP
.B \-dvdangle <angle\ id>
Some DVD discs contain scenes that can be viewed from multiple angles.
Here you can tell MPlayer which angles to use (default: 1). Examples can be
found below.
.TP
.B \-dvdauth <DVD\ device>
(old-style DVD option) Turns on DVD authentication using the given device.
.TP
.B \-dvdkey <CSS\ key>
(old-style DVD option) When decoding a VOB file copied undecrypted from DVD,
this option gives the CSS key needed to decrypt the VOB (the key is printed
when authenticating with the DVD drive using \-dvdauth).
.TP
.B \-dvdnav (BETA CODE)
Force usage of libdvdnav.
.TP
.B \-forceidx
Force rebuilding of INDEX. Useful for files with broken index (desyncs, etc).
Seeking will be possible. You can fix the index permanently with
MEncoder (see the documentation).
.TP
.B \-fps <value>
Override video framerate (if value is wrong/missing in the header) (float
number).
.TP
.B \-frames <number>
Play/convert only first <number> frames, then quit.
.TP
.B \-hr\-mp3\-seek (.MP3 only)
Hi\-res mp3 seeking. Default is: enabled when playing from external MP3 file,
as we need to seek to the very exact position to keep A/V sync. It can be slow
especially when seeking backwards \- it has to rewind to the beginning to find
the exact frame.
.TP
.B \-idx (also see \-forceidx)
Rebuilds INDEX of the AVI if no INDEX was found,
thus allowing seeking. Useful with broken/incomplete
downloads, or badly created AVIs.
.TP
.B \-mc <seconds/frame>
Maximum A-V sync correction per frame (in seconds).
.TP
.B \-mf <option1:option2:...>
Used when decoding from multiple PNG or JPEG files. Available options are:

.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs on
turns on multifile support
.IPs w=<value>
width of the output (autodetect)
.IPs h=<value>
height of the output (autodetect)
.IPs fps=<value>
fps of the output (default: 25)
.IPs type=<value>
type of input files (available types: jpeg, png, tga)
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-ni (.AVI only)
Force usage of non\-interleaved AVI parser (fixes playing
of some bad AVI files).
.TP
.B \-nobps (.AVI only)
Do not use average byte/sec value for A\-V sync (AVI).
Helps with some AVI files with broken header.
.TP
.B \-passwd <password> (see \-user option too!)
Specify password for http authentication.
.TP
.B \-rawaudio <option1:option2:...>
This option lets you play raw audio files. It may also be used to
play audio CDs which are not 44KHz 16Bit stereo.
Available options are:

.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs on
use raw audio demuxer
.IPs channels=<value>
number of channels
.IPs rate=<value>
rate in samples per second
.IPs samplesize=<value>
sample size in byte
.IPs format=<value>
fourcc in hex
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-skipopening
Skip DVD opening (dvdnav only).
.TP
.B \-sb <byte\ position> (see \-ss option too!)
Seek to byte position. Useful for playback from CDROM
images / vob files with junk at the beginning.
.TP
.B \-srate <Hz>
Forces the given audio playback rate, changing video speed to keep a-v sync.
MEncoder passes this value to lame for resampling.
.TP
.B \-ss <time> (see \-sb option too!)
Seek to given time position.

.I EXAMPLE:
.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs "\-ss 56"
seeks to 56 seconds
.IPs "\-ss 01:10:00"
seeks to 1 hour 10 min
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-tv <option1:option2:...>
This option enables the TV grabbing feature of MPlayer.

.I NOTE:
.br
Mplayer doesn't accept colons so type dots instead in the device ID,
eg. hw.0,0 instead of hw:0,0)
.br
Be advised that although you can select any samplerate when using ALSA,
the LAME audio codec is able to encode only the "standard" samplerates.
You'll get an .avi file with no sound when you choose an odd
samplerate and use this codec.
.br
Available options are:
.
.RSs
.IPs on
use TV input
.IPs noaudio
no sound
.IPs driver=<value>
available: dummy, v4l, bsdbt848
.IPs device=<value>
Specify other device than the default /dev/video0.
.IPs input=<value>
Specify other input than the default 0 (Television) (see output for a list)
.IPs freq=<value>
Specify the frequency to set the tuner to (e.g. 511.250).
.IPs outfmt=<value>
output format of the tuner (yv12, rgb32, rgb24, rgb16, rgb15, uyvy, yuy2,
i420)
.IPs width=<value>
width of the output window
.IPs height=<value>
height of the output window
.IPs norm=<value>
available: PAL, SECAM, NTSC
.IPs channel=<value>
Set tuner to <value> channel.
.IPs chanlist=<value>
available: europe-east, europe-west, us-bcast, us-cable, etc
.IPs audiorate=<value>
set audio capture bitrate
.IPs alsa
capture from ALSA
.IPs amode=<0\-3>
choose an audio mode:
.RSss
0: mono
.br
1: stereo
.br
2: language 1
.br
3: language 2
.REss
.IPs forcechan=<1\-2>
By default, the count of recorded audio channels is determined automatically
by querying the audio mode from the tv card. This option allows to force
stereo/mono recording regardless of the amode option and the values returned
by v4l. This can be used for troubleshooting when the tv card is unable to
report the current audio mode.
.IPs adevice=<value>
set an audio device
.RSss
/dev/... for OSS
.br
hardware ID for ALSA
.REss
.IPs audioid=<value>
choose an audio output of the capture card, if it has more of them
.IPs "[volume|bass|treble|balance]=<0\-65535>"
These options set parameters of the mixer on the video capture card. They will
have no effect, if your card doesn't have one.
.RE
.
.TP
.B \-user <user name> (see \-passwd option too!)
Specify user name for http authentication.
.TP
.B \-vcd <track>
Play video CD track from device instead of plain file.
.TP
.B \-vid <id>
Select video channel [MPG: 0\-15 ASF: 0\-255].
.TP
.B \-vivo <sub\-options> (DEBUG CODE)
Force audio parameters for the .vivo demuxer (for debugging purposes).


.SH "OSD/SUB OPTIONS"
.I NOTE:
.br
See \-vop expand too.
.TP
.B \-dumpmpsub (MPLAYER only)
Convert the given subtitle (specified with the \-sub switch) to MPlayer's
subtitle format, MPsub. Creates a dump.mpsub file in the current directory.
.TP
.B \-dumpsrtsub (MPLAYER only)
Convert the given subtitle (specified with the \-sub switch) to the time-based
SubViewer (SRT) subtitle format. Creates a dumpsub.srt file in current
directory.
.TP
.B \-ifo <vobsub\ ifo\ file>
Indicate the file that will be used to load palette and frame size for VOBSUB
subtitles.
.TP
.B \-ffactor <number>
Resample alphamap of the font. Can be:

.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs 0
plain white fonts
.IPs 0.75
very narrow black outline [default]
.IPs 1
narrow black outline
.IPs 10
bold black outline
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-font <path\ to\ font.desc\ file>
Search for the OSD/SUB fonts in an alternative directory (default for normal
fonts: ~/.mplayer/font/font.desc, default for FreeType fonts:
~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf).

.I NOTE:
.br
With FreeType, this option determines path to the text font file.
.br
The \-subfont-* options are available only with FreeType support compiled in.
If FreeType support is enabled, the old font support can't be used.

.I EXAMPLE:
.PD 0
.RSs
\-font ~/.mplayer/arial\-14/font.desc
.br
\-font ~/.mplayer/arialuni.ttf
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-noautosub
Turns off automatic subtitles.
.TP
.B \-osdlevel <0\-2> (MPLAYER only)
Specifies which mode the OSD should start in (0: none, 1: seek, 2: seek+timer,
default is 1).
.TP
.B \-sid <id> (also see \-slang option)
Turns on DVD subtitle displaying. Also, you MUST specify a number which
corresponds to a DVD subtitle language (0\-31). For the list of available
subtitles, use with the \-v switch and look at the output.
.TP
.B \-slang <two\ letter\ country\ code> (also see \-sid option)
Works only for DVD playback! Turns on/selects DVD subtitle language. For the
list of available subtitles, use with the \-v switch and look at the output.

.I EXAMPLE:
.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs "\-slang hu,en"
Selects Hungarian and falls back to English if Hungarian is not available.
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-sub <subtitle\ file>
Use/display this subtitle file.
.TP
.B \-subcc \ 
Display DVD Closed Caption (CC) subtitles. These are NOT the VOB subtitles,
these are special ASCII subtitles for the hearing impaired encoded in the VOB
userdata stream on most region 1 DVDs. CC subtitles have not been spotted on
DVDs from other regions so far.
.TP
.B \-subcp <codepage>
If your system supports iconv(3), you can use this option to
specify codepage of the subtitle.

.I EXAMPLE:
.PD 0
.RSs
\-subcp latin2
.br
\-subcp  cp1250
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-sub\-demuxer <number> (BETA CODE)
Force subtitle demuxer type for \-subfile.
.TP
.B \-subdelay <sec>
Delays subtitles by <sec> seconds. Can be negative.
.TP
.B \-subfont-autoscale <0\-3>
Sets the autoscale mode.

.I NOTE:
.br
Zero means that text-scale and osd-scale are font heights in points.
.br
The mode can be:

.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs 0
no autoscale
.IPs 1
proportional to movie width
.IPs 2
proportional to movie height
.IPs 3
proportional to movie diagonal (default)
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-subfont-blur <0\-8>
Sets the font blur radius (default: 2).
.TP
.B \-subfont-encoding <value>
Sets the font encoding. When set to "unicode", all the glyphs from the
font file will be rendered and unicode will be used (default: unicode).
.TP
.B \-subfont-osd-scale <0\-100>
Sets the osd elements autoscale coefficient (default: 6).
.TP
.B \-subfont-outline <0\-8>
Sets the font outline thickness (default: 2).
.TP
.B \-subfont-text-scale <0\-100>
Sets the subtitle text autoscale coefficient (percentage of the
screen size) (default: 5).
.TP
.B \-subfps <rate>
Specify frame/sec rate of subtitle file (float number),
default: the same fps as the movie.

.I NOTE:
.br
ONLY for frame\-based SUB files, i.e. NOT MicroDVD format!
.TP
.B \-subfile <filename> (BETA CODE)
Currently useless. Same as \-audiofile, but for subtitle streams (OggDS?).
.TP
.B \-subpos <0\-100> (useful with \-vop expand)
Specify the position of subtitles on the screen. The value is the vertical
position of the subtitle in % of the screen height.
.TP
.B \-unicode
Tells MPlayer to handle the subtitle file as UNICODE.
.TP
.B \-utf8 \ \ 
Tells MPlayer to handle the subtitle file as UTF8.
.TP
.B \-vobsub <vobsub\ file\ without\ extension>
Specify the VobSub files that are to be used for subtitle. This is
the full pathname without extensions, i.e. without the ".idx", ".ifo"
or ".sub".
.TP
.B \-vobsubid <0-31>
Specify the VobSub subtitle id. Valid values range from 0 to 31.


.SH "AUDIO OUTPUT OPTIONS (MPLAYER ONLY)"
.TP
.B \-abs <value> (OBSOLETE)
Override audio driver/card buffer size detection, \-ao oss only
.TP
.B \-ao <driver>[:<device>]
Select audio output driver and optionally device. "device" is valid with
SDL, too, it means subdriver then.

.I NOTE:
.br
To get a full list of available drivers, see \-ao help.

.I EXAMPLE
.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs "\-ao oss:/dev/dsp1"
specifies the sound device to use with OSS (replaces the old \-dsp option)
.IPs "\-ao sdl:esd"
specifies the SDL subdriver
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-aofile <filename>
Filename for \-ao pcm.
.TP
.B \-aop <plugin1:plugin2:...>
Specify audio plugin(s) and their options (see documentation too).
Available options are:
.
.RSs
.IPs list=[plugins]
comma separated list of plugins (resample, surround, format, volume,
extrastereo, volnorm)
.IPs delay=<sec>
example plugin, do not use!
.IPs format=<format>
output format (format plugin only)
.IPs fout=<Hz>
output frequency (resample plugin only)
.IPs volume=<0\-255>
volume (volume plugin only)
.IPs mul=<value>
stereo coefficient (default: 2.5) (extrastereo plugin only)
.IPs softclip
compressor/"soft\-clipping" capabilities (volume plugin only)
.RE
.
.TP
.B \-channels <number>
Select number of audio output channels to be used.

.I NOTE:
.br
Currently this option is only honored for AC3 audio, and/or the surround
plugin.
.br
Available options are:

.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs 2
Stereo
.IPs 4
Surround
.IPs 6
Full 5.1
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-delay <sec>
Audio delay in seconds (may be +/\- float value).
.TP
.B \-mixer <device>
This option will tell MPlayer to use a different device for mixing than
/dev/mixer.
.TP
.B \-nowaveheader (-ao pcm only)
Don't include wave header. Used for RAW PCM.


.SH "VIDEO OUTPUT OPTIONS (MPLAYER ONLY)"
.TP
.B \-aa* (\-vo aa only)
You can get a list and an explanation of available options executing
.I mplayer \-aahelp
.TP
.B \-bpp <depth>
Use different color depth than autodetect. Not all \-vo drivers support
it (fbdev, dga2, svga, vesa).
.TP
.B \-brightness <\-100\ \-\ 100>
Adjust brightness of video output (default 0). It changes intensity of
RGB components of video signal from black to white screen.
.TP
.B \-contrast <\-100\ \-\ 100>
Adjust contrast of video output (default 0). Works in similar manner as
brightness.
.TP
.B \-display <name>
Specify the hostname and display number of the X server you want to display
on.

.I EXAMPLE:
.PD 0
.RSs
\-display xtest.localdomain:0
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-double
Enables doublebuffering. Fixes flicker by storing two frames in memory, and
displaying one while decoding another. Can effect OSD. Needs twice the memory
than a single buffer, so it won't work on cards with very few video memory.
.TP
.B \-dr \ \ \ 
Turns on direct rendering (not supported by all codecs and video outputs)
(default is off).
.TP
.B \-dxr2 <option1:option2:...>
This option is used to control the dxr2 driver.
.
.RSs
.IPs overlay
enable the overlay
.IPs overlay-ratio
tune the overlay
.IPs ucode=<value>
path to the microcode
.IPs norm=<value>
TV norm
.IPs ar-mode=<value>
aspect ratio mode
.IPs macrovision=<value>
macrovision mode
.IPs 75ire
enable 7.5 IRE
.IPs bw
b/w TV output
.IPs color
color TV output
.IPs interlaced
interlaced TV output
.IPs square/ccir601\-pixel
TV pixel mode
.IPs iec958\-encoded/decoded
iec958 output mode
.IPs mute
mute sound output
.IPs ignore\-cache
do not use VGA cache
.IPs update\-cache
recreate VGA cache
.RE
.
.TP
.B \-fb <device> (fbdev or DirectFB only)
Specifies the framebuffer device to use. By default it uses /dev/fb0.
.TP
.B \-fbmode <modename> (fbdev only)
Change video mode to the one that is labelled as <modename> in /etc/fb.modes.

.I NOTE:
.br
VESA framebuffer doesn't support mode changing.
.TP
.B \-fbmodeconfig <filename> (fbdev only)
Use this config file instead of the default /etc/fb.modes.
Only valid for the fbdev driver.
.TP
.B \-forcexv (SDL only)
Force using XVideo.
.TP
.B \-fs \ \ \ 
Fullscreen playing (centers movie, and makes black
bands around it). Toggle it with the 'f' key (not all video
outputs support it).
.TP
.B \-fsmode-dontuse <0-31> (OBSOLETE) (use \-fs option)
Try this option if you still experience fullscreen problems.
.TP
.B \-hue <\-100\ \-\ 100>
Adjust hue of video signal (default 0). You can get colored negative
of image with this option.
.TP
.B \-icelayer <0\-15> (icewm only)
Sets the layer of the fullscreen window of mplayer for icewm.

.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs 0
Desktop
.IPs 2
Below
.IPs 4
Normal
.IPs 6
OnTop
.IPs 8
Dock
.IPs 10
AboveDock
.IPs 12
Menu (default)
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-jpeg <option1:option2:...> (\-vo jpeg only)
Specify options for the JPEG output. Available options are:
[no]progressiv, [no]baseline, optimize, smooth, quality and outdir.
.TP
.B \-monitor_dotclock <dotclock\ (or\ pixelclock) range> (fbdev only)
Look into etc/example.conf for further information and in DOCS/video.html.
.TP
.B \-monitor_hfreq <horizontal frequency range> (fbdev only)
.TP
.B \-monitor_vfreq <vertical frequency range> (fbdev only)
.TP
.B \-monitoraspect <ratio>
Set aspect ratio of your screen.

.I EXAMPLE:
.PD 0
.RSs
\-monitoraspect 4:3  or 1.3333
.br
\-monitoraspect 16:9 or 1.7777
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-noslices
Disable drawing video by 16-pixel height slices/bands, instead draws the
while frame in a single run. May be faster or slower, depending on card/cache.
It has effect only with libmpeg2 and libavcodec codecs.
.TP
.B \-panscan <0.0\-1.0>
Enables Pan & Scan functionality, i.e. in order to display a 16:9 movie
on a 4:3 display, the sides of the movie are cropped to get a 4:3 image
which fits the screen. This function works only with xv, xmga and xvidix
drivers.
.br
The range controls how much of the image is cropped.
.TP
.B \-saturation <\-100\ \-\ 100>
Adjust saturation of video output (default 0). You can get grayscale output
with this option.
.TP
.B \-rootwin
Play movie in the root window (desktop background) instead of opening
a new one. Works only with x11, xv, xmga and xvidix drivers.
.TP
.B \-screenw <pixels> \-screenh <pixels>
If you use an output driver which can't know the resolution of the screen
(fbdev/x11 and/or TVout) this is where you can specify the horizontal and
vertical resolution.
.TP
.B \-vm \ \ \ 
Try to change to a better video mode. dga, x11/xv (XF86VidMode) and sdl
output drivers support it.
.TP
.B \-vo <driver>[:<device>]
Select video output driver and optionally device. "device" is valid with
SDL and GGI too, it means subdriver then.

.I NOTE:
.br
See \-vo help for a full list of available drivers.

.I EXAMPLE:
.PD 0
.RSs
\-vo xmga
.br
\-vo sdl:aalib
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-vsync \ \ 
Enables VBI for vesa.
.TP
.B \-wid <window\ id>
This tells MPlayer to use a X11 window, which is useful to embed MPlayer in a
browser (with the plugger extension for instance).
.TP
.B \-xineramascreen <screen\ number>
In Xinerama configurations (i.e. a single desktop that spans across multiple
displays) this option tells MPlayer which screen to display movie on. Range 0
\- ...
.TP
.B \-z <0\-9>
Specifies compression level for PNG output (-vo png)

.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs 0
no compression
.IPs 9
max compression
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-zrbw (\-vo zr only)
Display in black and white (for optimal performance, this option can be
combined with the 'decode only in black and white' option for codecs
belonging to the FFmpeg family).
.TP
.B \-zrcrop <[width]x[height]+[x offset]+[y offset]> (\-vo zr only)
Select a part of the input image for display, multiple occurences of this
option switch on cinerama mode. In cinerama mode the movie is distributed
over more than one TV (or beamer) to create a larger screen. Options appearing
after the n\-th \-zrcrop apply to the n\-th MJPEG card, each card should at
least have a \-zrdev in addition to the \-zrcrop. For examples, see the output
of \-zrhelp and the Zr section of the documentation.
.TP
.B \-zrdev <device> (\-vo zr only)
Specify the device special file that belongs to your MJPEG card, by default
this driver takes the first v4l device it can find.
.TP
.B \-zrfd (\-vo zr only)
Force decimation: Decimation, as specified by \-zrhdec and \-zrvdec, only
happens if the hardware scaler can stretch the image to its original size. Use
this option to force decimation.
.TP
.B \-zrhelp (\-vo zr only)
Display a list of all \-zr* options, their default values and an example of
cinerama mode.
.TP
.B \-zrnorm <norm> (\-vo zr only)
Specify norm PAL/NTSC, the default is 'no change'.
.TP
.B \-zrquality <1\-20> (\-vo zr only)
A number from 1 to 20 representing the jpeg encoding quality. 1 gives the best
quality and 20 gives very bad quality.
.TP
.B \-zrvdec <1,2,4> \-zrhdec <1,2,4> (\-vo zr only)
Vertical/horizontal decimation: Ask the driver to send only every 2nd or 4th
line/pixel of the input image to the MJPEG card and use the scaler of the
MJPEG card to strech the image to its original size.
.TP
.B \-zrxdoff <x display offset>, \-zrydoff <y display offset> (\-vo zr only)
If the movie is smaller than the TV screen, these options control the position
of the movie relative to the upper left corner of the screen. The movie
is centered by default.


.SH "DECODING/FILTERING OPTIONS"
.TP
.B \-ac <codec name>
Force usage of a specific audio codec, according to its codec name in
codecs.conf.

.I NOTE:
.br
See \-ac help for a full list of available codecs.

.I EXAMPLE:
.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs "\-ac mp3"
use mp3lib
.IPs "\-ac mad"
use libmad
.IPs "\-ac mp3acm"
use l3codeca.acm MP3 codec
.IPs "\-ac ac3"
use AC3 codec
.IPs "\-ac hwac3"
enable hardware AC3 passthrough (see documentation)
.IPs "\-ac vorbis"
use libvorbis
.IPs "\-ac ffmp3"
use FFmpeg's MP3 decoder (SLOW)
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-afm <driver name>
Force usage of a specific audio codec family, according to its driver name
in codecs.conf and fall back to default if it failed.

.I NOTE:
.br
See \-afm help for a full list of available drivers.

.I EXAMPLE:
.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs "\-afm ffmpeg"
use FFmpeg's libavcodec (mp1/2/3)
.IPs "\-afm acm"
use a matching Win32 codec
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-aspect <ratio>
Override aspect ratio of movies. It's autodetected on MPEG files, but can't be
autodetected on most AVI files.

.I EXAMPLE:
.PD 0
.RSs
\-aspect 4:3  or \-aspect 1.3333
.br
\-aspect 16:9 or \-aspect 1.7777
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-flip \ 
Flip image upside\-down.
.TP
.B \-lavdopts <option1:option2:...> (DEBUG CODE)
If decoding with a codec from libavcodec, you can specify its parameters here.

.I EXAMPLE:
.PD 0
.RSs
\-lavdopts bug=1
.RE
.PD 1

Available options are:
.
.RSs
.IPs ver=<value>
error resilience:
.RSss
-1: needed for some very broken encoders
.br
 0: default
.br
 1: more aggressive error detection
.REss
.IPs bug=<value>
manual workaround encoder bugs:
.RSss
0: default
.br
1: workaround for some old lavc generated msmpeg4v3 files
.REss
.RE
.
.TP
.B \-nosound
Do not play/encode sound.
.TP
.B \-npp <option1,option2,...>
This option allows giving more literate postprocessing options,
and is another way of calling it (not with \-pp).

.I NOTE:
.br
See \-npp help for a full list of available options.
.br
The keywords accept a '\-' prefix to disable the option.
.br
A ':' followed by a letter may be appended to the option to indicate its
scope:
.RSs
a: Automatically switches the filter off if the CPU is too slow.
.br
c: Do chrominance filtering, too.
.br
y: Do not do chrominance filtering (only luminance filtering).
.RE
.br
Each filter defaults to 'c' (chrominance).
.br
\-npp only controls the external postprocess filter, and you HAVE TO
load it manually by \-vop pp (Usage: \-vop pp \-npp <options>),
it is not auto-loaded!

.I EXAMPLE:
.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs "\-npp hb,vb,dr,al,lb"
same as \-pp 0x2007f
.IPs "\-npp hb,vb,dr,al"
same as \-pp 0x7f
.IPs "\-npp de,\-al"
default filters without brightness/contrast correction
.IPs "\-npp de,tn:1:2:3"
Enable default filters & temporal denoiser.
.IPs "\-npp hb:y,vb:a \-autoq 6"
Deblock horizontal only luminance and switch vertical deblocking on or
off automatically depending on available CPU time.
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-pp <quality> (see \-npp option too!)
Apply postprocess filter on decoded image.

Value given by \-pp is sent to the codec, if the codec has built-in postprocess
filter (newer win32 DShow DLLs, divx4linux) otherwise the external postprocess
filter plugin (-vop pp) is auto-loaded and used.
Note, that you can use the built-in and external pp at the
same time, use \-pp to set internal pp, and \-vop pp=value to set up the
external!

The valid range of \-pp value for built-in pp filters vary on codecs, mostly
0-6, where 0=disable 6=slowest/best.

For the external pp filter, this is the numerical mode to use postprocessing.
The '\-npp' option described above has the same effects but with letters. To
have several filters at the same time, simply add the hexadecimal values.

.I EXAMPLE:
The following values are known to give good results:
.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs "\-pp 0x20000 (\-npp lb)"
deinterlacing (for DVD/MPEG2 playback e.g.)
.IPs "\-pp 0x7f (\-npp hb,vb,dr,al)"
deblocking filter (for DivX)
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-ssf <mode> (BETA CODE)
Specifies SwScaler parameters.

.I EXAMPLE
.PD 0
.RSs
\-vop scale \-ssf lgb=3.0
.RE
.PD 1

.RS 7
Available modes are:
.RE

.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs lgb=<0\-100>
Gaussian blur filter (luma)
.IPs cgb=<0\-100>
Gaussian blur filter (chroma)
.IPs ls=<0\-100>
sharpen filter (luma)
.IPs cs=<0\-100>
sharpen filter (chroma)
.IPs chs=<h>
chroma horizontal shifting
.IPs cvs=<v>
chroma vertical shifting
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-stereo <mode>
Select type of MP2/MP3 stereo output.

.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs 0
Stereo
.IPs 1
Left channel
.IPs 2
Right channel
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-sws <software\ scaler\ type> (see \-vop scale option too!)
This option sets the quality (and speed, respectively) of the software scaler,
with the \-zoom option. For example with x11 or other outputs which lack
hardware acceleration. Possible settings are:

.I NOTE:
.br
For \-sws 2 and 7, the sharpness can be set with the scaling parameter (p)
of \-vop scale (0 (soft) \- 100 (sharp)), for \-sws 9, it specifies the filter
length (1 \- 10).

.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs 0
fast bilinear (default)
.IPs 1
bilinear
.IPs 2
bicubic (good quality)
.IPs 3
experimental
.IPs 4
nearest neighbour (bad quality)
.IPs 5
area
.IPs 6
luma bicubic / chroma bilinear
.IPs 7
gauss
.IPs 8
sincR
.IPs 9
lanczos
.IPs 10
bicubic spline
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-vc <codec name>
Force usage of a specific video codec, according to its codec name in
codecs.conf.

.I NOTE:
.br
See \-vc help for a full list of available codecs.

.I EXAMPLE:
.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs "\-vc divx"
use VFW DivX codec
.IPs "\-vc divxds"
use DirectShow DivX codec
.IPs "\-vc ffdivx"
use libavcodec's DivX codec
.IPs "\-vc ffmpeg12"
use libavcodec's MPEG1/2 codec
.IPs "\-vc divx4"
use Project Mayo's DivX codec
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-vfm <driver name>
Force usage of a specific video codec family, according to its driver name
in codecs.conf and fall back to default if it failed.

.I NOTE:
.br
If libdivxdecore support was compiled in, then odivx and divx4 now contains
just the same DivX4 codec, but different APIs to reach it. For difference
between them and when to use which, check the DivX4 section in the
documentation.
.br
See \-vfm help for a full list of available drivers.

.I EXAMPLE:
.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs "\-vfm ffmpeg"
use libavcodec codecs
.IPs "\-vfm vfw"
use VFW (Win32) codecs
.IPs "\-vfm odivx"
use OpenDivX/DivX4 codec (YV12) (same as \-vc odivx but fallback)
.IPs "\-vfm dshow"
use DirectShow (Win32) codecs
.IPs "\-vfm divx4"
use DivX4 codec (YUY2) (same as \-vc divx4 but fallback)
.IPs "\-vfm xanim"
use XAnim codecs
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-vop <...,plugin3[=options],plugin2,plugin1>
Activate a comma separated list of video filters.

.I NOTE:
.br
The parameters are optional and if omitted, some of them are set to default
values. Use -1 to keep the default value.
.br
To get a full list of available plugins, see \-vop help.
.br
Available plugins are:
.
.RSs
.IPs crop[=w:h:x:y]
Crops the given part of the image and discards the rest. Useful to remove
black bands from widescreen movies.
.IPs rectangle[=w:h:x:y]
Draws a rectangle of the requested width and height at the specified
coordinates over the image (used to test crop). (default: maximum w/h, upper
left x/y position)
.IPs expand[=w:h:x:y:o]
Expands (not scales) movie resolution to the given value and places the
unscaled original at coordinates x y. Can be used for placing subtitles/OSD in
the resulting black bands (default: original w/h, centered x/y). The last
parameter (de)activates OSD rendering (default: 0).
.IPs flip
Flips the image upside down.
.IPs mirror
Flips the image on Y axis.
.IPs rotate[=<0-3>]
Rotates and flips the image +/\- 90 degrees.
.IPs scale[=w:h[:c[:p]]]
Scales the image with the software scaler (slow) and performs a YUV<\->RGB
colorspace conversion (see \-sws option too!). The value 0 is used for scaled
(aspect) destination w/h. (default: original w/h, destination w/h with \-zoom)
Optionaly chroma skipping (c from 0\-3) and scaling parameters can be
specified. (see the \-sws option for details)
.IPs yuy2
Forces software YV12/I420 to YUY2 conversion.
.IPs rgb2bgr[=swap]
RGB 24/32 <\-> BGR 24/32 colorspace conversion with optional R <\-> B
swapping.
.IPs palette
RGB/BGR 8 \-> 15/16/24/32bpp colorspace conversion using palette.
.IPs format[=fourcc]
Restricts the colorspace for next filter. It does not do any conversion! Use
the scale filter for a real conversion.
.IPs pp[=flags]
Activates the external postprocessing filter. (see \-pp option for details)
.IPs lavc[=quality:fps]
Realtime MPEG1 encoder for use with DVB/DXR3 (libavcodec)
.IPs fame
Realtime MPEG1 encoder for use with DVB/DXR3 (libfame)
.IPs dvbscale[=aspect]
Set up optimal scaling for DVB cards. (aspect=DVB_HEIGHT*ASPECTRATIO)
.IPs cropdetect[=0\-255]
Calculates necessary cropping parameters and prints the recommended parameters
to stdout. The threshold can be optionally specified from nothing (0) to
everything (255). (default: 24)
.IPs "noise[=luma[u][t|a][h][p]:chroma[u][t|a][h][p]]"
Adds noise
.RSss
<0\-100>: luma noise
.br
<0\-100>: chroma noise
.br
u: uniform noise
.br
t: temporal noise
.br
a: averaged temporal noise
.br
h: high quality
.br
p: mix with pattern
.REss
.IPs eq[=bright:cont]
Activates the software equalizer with interactive controls like the hardware
eq controls. The values can be from -100 to 100.
.IPs halfpack
Convert planar YUV 4:2:0 to half-height packed 4:2:2, downsampling luma but
keeping all chroma samples. Useful for output to low-resolution display
devices when hardware downscaling is poor quality or is not available.
.RE
.
.TP
.B \-x <x> (MPLAYER only)
Scale image to x width (if sw/hw scaling available). Disables aspect calcs.
.TP
.B \-xvidopts <option>
Specify additional parameters when decoding with XviD.

.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs dr2
Activate direct rendering method 2.
.IPs nodr2
Deactivate direct rendering method 2.
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-xy <x>
.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs "x<=8"
Scale image by factor <x>.
.IPs "x>8"
Set width to <x> and calculate height to keep correct aspect ratio.
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-y <y> (MPLAYER only)
Scale image to y height (if sw/hw scaling available). Disables aspect calcs.
.TP
.B \-zoom \ 
Allow software scaling, where available. Could be used to force scaling with
\-vop scale

.I NOTE:
.br
\-vop scale will IGNORE options \-x/\-y/\-xy/\-fs/\-aspect without \-zoom.


.SH "ENCODING OPTIONS (MENCODER ONLY)"
.TP
.B \-audio-density <1\-50>
Number of audio chunks per second (default is 2 for 0.5s long audio chunks).

.I NOTE:
.br
CBR only, VBR ignores this as it puts each packet in a new chunk.
.TP
.B \-audio-delay <0.0\-...>
Sets the audio delay field in the header. Default is 0.0, negative values do
not work. This does not delay the audio while encoding, but the player will
see the default audio delay, sparing you the use of the \-delay option.
.TP
.B \-audio-preload <0.0\-2.0>
Sets up audio buffering time interval (default: 0.5s).
.TP
.B \-divx4opts <option1:option2:...>
If encoding to DivX4, you can specify its parameters here.
Available options are:
.
.RSs
.IPs help
get help
.IPs br=<value>
specify bitrate in
.RSss
kbit <4\-16000> or
.br
bit  <16001\-24000000>
.REss
.IPs key=<value>
maximum keyframe interval (in frames)
.IPs deinterlace
enable deinterlacing (avoid it, DivX4 is buggy!)
.IPs q=<1\-5>
quality (1\-fastest, 5\-best)
.IPs min_quant=<1\-31>
minimum quantizer
.IPs max_quant=<1\-31>
maximum quantizer
.IPs rc_period=<value>
rate control period
.IPs rc_reaction_period=<value>
rate control reaction period
.IPs rc_reaction_ratio=<value>
rate control reaction ratio
.IPs crispness=<0\-100>
specify crispness/smoothness
.RE
.
.TP
.B \-endpos <time|byte\ position> (see \-ss and \-sb option too!)
Stop encoding at given time or byte position. Can be specified in many ways:

.I NOTE:
.br
Byte position won't be accurate, as it can only stop at
a frame boundary.

.I EXAMPLE:
.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs "\-endpos 56"
encode only 56 seconds
.IPs "\-endpos 01:10:00"
encode only 1 hour 10 minutes
.IPs "\-endpos 100mb"
encode only 100 MBytes
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-ffourcc <fourcc>
Can be used to override the video fourcc of the output file.

.I EXAMPLE:
.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs "-ffourcc div3"
will have the output file contain "div3" as video fourcc.
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-include <config\ file>
Specify config file to be parsed after the default
.TP
.B \-lameopts <option1:option2:...>
If encoding to MP3 with libmp3lame, you can specify its parameters here.
Available options are:
.
.RSs
.IPs help
get help
.IPs vbr=<0\-4>
variable bitrate method
.RSss
0: cbr
.br
1: mt
.br
2: rh(default)
.br
3: abr
.br
4: mtrh
.REss
.IPs abr
average bitrate
.IPs cbr
constant bitrate
.IPs br=<0\-1024>
specify bitrate in kBit (CBR and ABR only)
.IPs q=<0\-9>
quality (0-highest, 9-lowest) (only for VBR)
.IPs aq=<0\-9>
algorithmic quality (0-best/slowest, 9-worst/fastest)
.IPs ratio=<1\-100>
compression ratio
.IPs vol=<0\-10>
set audio input gain
.IPs mode=<0\-3>
0: stereo
.br
1: joint-stereo
.br
2: dualchannel
.br
3: mono
.br
(default: auto)
.IPs padding=<0\-2>
0: no
.br
1: all
.br
2: adjust
.RE
.
.TP
.B \-lavcopts <option1:option2:...>
If encoding with a codec from libavcodec, you can specify its parameters here.

.I EXAMPLE:
.PD 0
.RSs
\-lavcopts vcodec=msmpeg4:vbitrate=1800:vhq:keyint=250
.RE
.PD 1

.RS 7
Available options are:
.RE
.
.RSs
.IPs help
get help
.IPs vcodec=<value>
use the specified codec (there is no default, you must specify it):
.RSss
mjpeg: Motion JPEG
.br
h263: H263
.br
h263p: H263 Plus
.br
mpeg4: DivX 4/5
.br
msmpeg4: DivX 3
.br
rv10: an old RealVideo codec
.br
mpeg1video: MPEG1 video :)
.REss
.IPs vbitrate=<value>
specify bitrate in
.RSss
kBit <4\-16000> or
.br
Bit  <16001\-24000000>
.br
(warning: 1kBit = 1000 Bits)
.br
default = 800k
.REss
.IPs vratetol=<value>
approximated *filesize* tolerance in kBits. (warning: 1kBit = 1000 Bits)
default = 1024*8 kBits = 1MByte
.IPs keyint=<value>
interval between keyframes (specify in frames, >300 are not recommended)
default = 250 (one key frame every ten seconds in a 25fps movie)
.IPs vhq
high quality mode, macro blocks will be encoded multiple times and the
smallest will be used. (default: HQ disabled)
.IPs vme=<0\-5>
motion estimation method (EPZS usually gives best results, but you can try X1,
too. FULL is very slow and the others are experimental):
.RSss
0: no ME at all
.br
1: ME_FULL
.br
2: ME_LOG
.br
3: ME_PHODS
.br
4: ME_EPZS (default)
.br
5: ME_X1
.REss
.IPs vqcomp=<value>
If the value is set to 1.0, the quantizer will stay nearly constant (high
motion scenes will look bad). If it's 0.0, the quantizer will be changed to
make all frames approximately equally sized (low motion scenes will look bad).
(default: 0.5)
.IPs vqblur=<0\-1>
blurs the quantizer graph over time:
.RSss
0.0: no blur
.br
1.0: average all past quantizers
.br
(default: 0.5)
.REss
.IPs vqscale=<2\-31>
gives each frame the same quantizer (selects fixed quantizer mode).
(default: 0 (fixed quantizer mode disabled))
.IPs vrc_strategy=<0\-2>
different strategies to decide which frames should get which quantizer.
(default: 2)
.IPs v4mv
4 motion vectors per macroblock, may give you slightly better quality, can
only be used in HQ mode and is buggy with B frames currently.
(default: disabled)
.IPs vpass=<1/2>
select internal first pass or second pass of 2-pass mode.
(default: 0 (1-pass mode))
.IPs gray
encode in grayscale mode. (default: disabled)
.IPs mpeg_quant
use MPEG quantizers instead of H.263. (default: disabled) (i.e. use H.263
quantizers)

.PP
The next 3 options apply only to I & P frames:
.IPs vqmin=<1\-31>
minimum quantizer (default: 3)
.IPs vqmax=<1\-31>
maximum quantizer (default: 15)
.IPs vqdiff=<1\-31>
quantizer difference. Limits the maximum quantizer difference between frames.
(default: 3)

.PP
The following options apply only to B frames:
.IPs vmax_b_frames=<0\-4>
maximum number of frames between each I/P frame. (default: 0 (B-frames
generation disabled))
.IPs vb_strategy=<0/1>
strategy to choose between I/P/B frames:
.RSss
0: always use max B
.br
1: avoid B frames in high motion / scene change (can lead to misprediction of
   file size) (default: 0)
.REss
.IPs vb_qfactor=<value>
quantizer factor between B and I/P frames (larger means higher quantizer for B
frames) (default: 2.0)
.IPs vb_qoffset=<value>
quantizer offset between B and I/P frames (larger means higher quantizer for B
frames) (default: 0.0)

.PP
The actual quantizer for a given B frame is computed in pass 1 as shown below:
.RSss
prev_IorP_quantizer * vb_qfactor + vb_qoffset
.REss

.PP
In fixed quantizer mode you can use those options:
.RSss
vqscale, vmax_b_frames, vhq, vme, keyint
.REss

.PP
You can use the following options only in pass 1 of 2-pass mode or in 1-pass
mode:
.RSss
vqblur, vqdiff
.REss

.PP
You can use the following options only in pass 2 of 2-pass mode:
.RSss
vrc_strategy, vb_strategy
.REss

.PP
All other options can be used in all modes.
.RE
.
.TP
.B \-noskip
Do not skip frames.
.TP
.B \-o <filename>
Outputs to the given filename, instead of the default 'test.avi'.
.TP
.B \-oac <codec name>
Encode with the given codec. Use \-ovc help to get a list of available codecs.
(no default set)

.I EXAMPLE:
.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs "-oac copy"
no encoding, just streamcopy
.IPs "-oac pcm"
encode to uncompressed PCM
.IPs "-oac mp3lame"
encode to MP3 (using Lame)
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-ofps <fps>
The output file will have different frame/sec than the source.
You MUST set it for variable fps (asf, some mov) and progressive
(29.97fps telecined mpeg) files.
.TP
.B \-ovc <codec name>
Encode with the given codec. Use \-ovc help to get a list of available codecs.
(no default set)

.I EXAMPLE:
.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs "\-ovc copy"
no encoding, just streamcopy
.IPs "\-ovc divx4"
encode to DivX4/DivX5 or XviD
.IPs "\-ovc rawrgb"
encode to uncompressed RGB24
.IPs "\-ovc lavc"
encode with a libavcodec codecs
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B \-pass <1/2>
With this you can encode 2pass DivX4 files. First encode with \-pass 1, then
with the same parameters, encode with \-pass 2.

.I NOTE:
.br
Use \-lavcopts vpass=1/2 for libavcodec 2-pass instead of \-pass 1/2.
.TP
.B \-passlogfile <filename>
When encoding in 2pass mode, MEncoder dumps first pass' informations
to the given file instead of the default divx2pass.log.
.TP
.B \-skiplimit <value>
Maximal skipable frames after non-skipped one
(-noskiplimit for unlimited number).
.TP
.B \-v, \-\-verbose
Enable verbose output (more \-v means more verbosity).
.TP
.B \-vobsubout <basename>
Specify the basename for the output .idx and .sub files. This turns
off subtitle rendering in the encoded movie and diverts it to Vobsub
subtitle files.
.TP
.B \-vobsuboutindex <index>
Specify the index of the subtitles in the output files. (default: 0)
.TP
.B \-vobsuboutid <langid>
Specify the language two letter code for the subtitles. This
overrides what is read from the DVD or the .ifo file.


.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------------
.\" Keyboard control
.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------------
.
.SH "KEYBOARD CONTROL"
.I NOTE:
.br
MPlayer has a fully configurable, command driven, control layer
which allow you to control MPlayer using keyboard, mouse, joystick
or remote control (using lirc).
.br
The default config file for the input system is
$HOME/.mplayer/input.conf but it can be overriden
using the \-input conf option.
.br
These keys may/may not work, depending on your video output driver.
.TP
.B general control
.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs "<\- and \->"
seek backward/forward 10 seconds
.IPs "up and down"
seek backward/forward  1 minute
.IPs "pgup and pgdown"
seek backward/forward 10 minutes
.IPs "< and >"
backward/forward in playlist
.IPs "HOME and END"
go to next/previous playtree entry in the parent list
.IPs "INS and DEL"
go to next/previous alternative source (asx playlist only)
.IPs "p / SPACE"
pause movie (any key unpauses)
.IPs "q / ESC"
stop playing and quit program
.IPs "+ and \-"
adjust audio delay by +/\- 0.1 second
.IPs "/ and *"
decrease/increase volume
.IPs "9 and 0"
decrease/increase volume
.IPs m
mute sound
.IPs f
toggle fullscreen
.IPs "w and e"
decrease/increase panscan range
.IPs o
toggle between OSD states: none / seek / seek+timer
.IPs d
toggle frame dropping
.IPs "z and x"
adjust subtitle delay by +/\- 0.1 second
.IPs "r and t"
adjust subtitle position

.PP
(The following keys are valid only when using \-vo xv or
\-vo [vesa|fbdev]:vidix or \-vo xvidix \-vo (x)mga or \-vc divxds (slow).)

.IPs "1 and 2"
adjust contrast
.IPs "3 and 4"
adjust brightness
.IPs "5 and 6"
adjust hue
.IPs "7 and 8"
adjust saturation
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B GUI keyboard control
.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs "ENTER"
start playing
.IPs s
stop playing
.IPs a
about
.IPs l
load file
.IPs c
skin browser
.IPs p
toggle playlist
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B TV input control
.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs "h and k"
select previous/next channel
.IPs n
change norm
.IPs u
change channel list
.RE
.PD 1
.
.TP
.B DVDNAV input control
.PD 0
.RSs
.IPs "K,J,H,L"
browse up/down/left/right
.IPs M
jump to main menu
.IPs S
select
.RE
.PD 1


.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------------
.\" Slave mode protocol
.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------------
.
.SH "SLAVE MODE PROTOCOL"
If the \-slave switch is given, playback is controlled by a
line\-based protocol. Each line must contain one command
otherwise one of the following tokens:
.TP
.B Commands
.RSs
.IPs "seek <value> [type=<0/1>]"
Seek to some place in the movie. Type 0 is a relative seek of +/- <value>
seconds. Type 1 seek to <value> % in the movie.
.IPs "audio_delay <value>"
Adjust the audio delay of value seconds
.IPs quit
Quit MPlayer
.IPs pause
Pause/unpause the playback
.IPs grap_frames
Somebody know ?
.IPs "pt_step <value> [force=<value>]"
Go to next/previous entry in the playtree.
.IPs "pt_up_step <value> [force=<value>]"
Like pt_step but it jumps to next/previous in the parent list.
.IPs "alt_src_step <value>"
When more than one source is available it selects the next/previous one (only
supported by asx playlist).
.IPs "sub_delay <value> [abs=<value>]"
Adjust the subtitles delay of +/- <value> seconds or set it to <value> seconds
when abs is non zero.
.IPs "osd [level=<value>]"
Toggle osd mode or set it to level when level > 0.
.IPs "volume <dir>"
Increase/decrease volume
.IPs "[contrast|brightness|hue|saturation] <\-100 \- 100> [abs=<value>]"
Set/Adjust video parameters.
.IPs "frame_drop [type=<value>]"
Toggle/Set frame dropping mode.
.IPs "sub_pos <value>"
Adjust subtitles position.
.IPs vo_fullscreen
Switch to fullscreen mode.
.IPs "tv_step_channel <dir>"
Select next/previous tv channel.
.IPs "tv_step_norm"
Change TV norm.
.IPs "tv_step_chanlist"
Change channel list.
.IPs "gui_[loadsubtitle|about|play|stop]"
GUI actions
.RE


.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------------
.\" Files
.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------------
.
.SH FILES
.TP
/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf
system\-wide settings
.TP
~/.mplayer/config
user settings
.TP
~/.mplayer/input.conf
input bindings (see '\-input keylist' for full keylist)
.TP
~/.mplayer/gui.conf
GUI configuration file
.TP
~/.mplayer/gui.pl
GUI playlist
.TP
~/.mplayer/font/
font directory (There must be a font.desc file and files with .RAW extension.)
.TP
~/.mplayer/DVDkeys/
cracked CSS keys
.PD 0
.TP
Sub files
are searched for in this priority (for example /mnt/movie/movie.avi):
.RSs
/mnt/cdrom/movie.sub
.br
~/.mplayer/sub/movie.sub
.br
~/.mplayer/default.sub
.RE
.PD 1


.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------------
.\" Examples
.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------------
.
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
.B Quickstart DVD playing
mplayer \-dvd 1
.TP
.B Play in japanese with english subtitles
mplayer \-dvd 1 \-alang ja \-slang en
.TP
.B Play only chapters 5, 6, 7
mplayer \-dvd 1 \-chapter 5\-7
.TP
.B Multiangle DVD playing
mplayer \-dvd 1 \-dvdangle 2
.TP
.B Playing from a different DVD device
mplayer \-dvd 1 \-dvd\-device /dev/dvd2
.TP
.B Old style DVD (VOB) playing
mplayer \-dvdauth /dev/dvd /mnt/dvd/VIDEO_TS/VTS_02_4.VOB
.TP
.B Stream from HTTP
mplayer http://mplayer.hq/example.avi
.TP
.B Convert subtitle to MPsub (to ./dump.mpsub)
mplayer dummy.avi \-sub source.sub \-dumpmpsub
.TP
.B Input from standard V4L
mplayer \-tv on:driver=v4l:width=640:height=480:outfmt=i420 \-vc rawi420
\-vo xv
.TP
.B Encoding DVD title #2, only selected chapters
mencoder \-dvd 2 \-chapter 10-15 \-o title2.avi \-oac copy \-ovc divx4
.TP
.B Encoding DVD title #2, resizing to 640x480
mencoder \-dvd 2 \-vop scale=640:480 \-o title2.avi \-oac copy \-ovc divx4
.TP
.B Encoding DVD title #2, resizing to 512xHHH (keep aspect ratio)
mencoder \-dvd 2 \-vop scale \-zoom \-xy 512 \-o title2.avi \-oac copy
\-ovc divx4
.TP
.B The same, but with libavcodec family, MPEG4 (Divx5) compression
mencoder \-dvd 2 \-o title2.avi \-ovc lavc
\-lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vhq:vbitrate=1800 \-oac copy
.TP
.B The same, but with libavcodec family, MJPEG compression
mencoder \-dvd 2 \-o titel2.avi \-ovc lavc
\-lavcopts vcodec=mjpeg:vhq:vbitrate=1800 \-oac copy
.TP
.B Encoding all *.jpg files in the current dir
mencoder \\*.jpg \-mf on:fps=25 \-o output.avi \-ovc divx4
.TP
.B Encoding from tuner
mencoder \-tv on:driver=v4l:width=640:height=480 \-o tv.avi \-ovc rawrgb
.TP
.B Encoding from a pipe
rar p test-SVCD.rar | mencoder \-ovc divx4 \-divx4opts br=800 \-ofps 24
\-pass 1 \-\- \-
.TP
.B Encoding multiple *.vob files
cat *.vob | mencoder <options> \-


.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------------
.\" Bugs, authors, standard disclaimer
.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------------
.
.SH BUGS
Probably. PLEASE, double-check the documentation (especially bugreports.html),
the FAQ and the mail archive before!
.br
Send your complete bug reports to the MPlayer-users mailing list at
<mplayer-users@mplayerhq.hu>. We love complete bug reports :)


.SH AUTHORS
Check documentation!
.TP
MPlayer is (C) 2000\-2002
.B Arpad Gereoffy
.TP
This man page is written and maintained by
.B Gabucino
.br
.B Diego Biurrun
.br
.B Jonas Jermann
.PP
Please send mails about it to the MPlayer-users mailing list.


.SH "STANDARD DISCLAIMER"
Use only at your own risk! There may be errors and inaccuracies that could
be damaging to your system or your eye. Proceed with caution, and although
this is highly unlikely, the author doesn't take any responsibility for that!
.\" end of file