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[ff769b8c] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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[01062dd] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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[0a35e881] | 6 |
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[7eba4892] | 7 | <!ENTITY mplayer-download-http "http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-&mplayer-version;.tar.bz2">
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[01062dd] | 8 | <!ENTITY mplayer-download-ftp "ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-&mplayer-version;.tar.bz2">
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[7eba4892] | 9 | <!ENTITY mplayer-md5sum "aaca4fd327176c1afb463f0f047ef6f4">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY mplayer-size "6.6 MB">
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[9a9df1f8] | 11 | <!ENTITY mplayer-buildsize "97 MB (additional 22 MB for essential CODECs)">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY mplayer-time "2.0 SBU">
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[6c0c2a83] | 13 |
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[9a9df1f8] | 14 | <!ENTITY mplayer-codec "essential-20050412.tar.bz2">
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| 15 | <!ENTITY mplayer-codec-md5sum "5fe89bb095bdf9b4f9cda5479dbde906">
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| 16 | <!ENTITY mplayer-codec-size "9.3 MB">
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[f7ae70f] | 17 | <!ENTITY mplayer-alt-codec "all-20050412.tar.bz2">
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[6c0c2a83] | 18 |
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| 19 | <!ENTITY mplayer-skin "Blue-1.4.tar.bz2">
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[5d62564] | 20 | <!ENTITY mplayer-skin-md5sum "05dd8e4f11a715c9e5d2abf1cdeb907c">
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[6c0c2a83] | 21 | <!ENTITY mplayer-skin-size "221 KB">
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <!ENTITY mplayer-font "font-arial-iso-8859-1">
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| 24 | <!ENTITY mplayer-font-md5sum "1ecd31d17b51f16332b1fcc7da36b312">
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| 25 | <!ENTITY mplayer-font-size "234 KB">
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[01062dd] | 26 | ]>
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| 27 |
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[0b5a693] | 28 | <sect1 id="mplayer" xreflabel="MPlayer-&mplayer-version;">
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[f29d6ee] | 29 | <?dbhtml filename="mplayer.html"?>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <sect1info>
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| 32 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 33 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[4b4814c2] | 34 | <keywordset>
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| 35 | <keyword role="package">MPlayer-&mplayer-version;.tar</keyword>
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[f15e274] | 36 | <keyword role="ftpdir">MPlayer</keyword>
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[4b4814c2] | 37 | </keywordset>
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[f29d6ee] | 38 | </sect1info>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | <title>MPlayer-&mplayer-version;</title>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <indexterm zone="mplayer">
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| 43 | <primary sortas="a-MPlayer">MPlayer</primary>
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| 44 | </indexterm>
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| 45 |
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| 46 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 47 | <title>Introduction to MPlayer</title>
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| 48 |
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[79ccca0] | 49 | <para>The <application>MPlayer</application> package contains an audio/video
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| 50 | player controlled via the command line or a graphical interface which is able
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| 51 | to play almost every popular audio and video file format and CODEC
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| 52 | (COder/DECoder, also COmpressor/DECompressor). With supported video
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| 53 | hardware and additional drivers, <application>MPlayer</application> can play
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[f29d6ee] | 54 | video files without an <application>X Window System</application> installed.</para>
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| 55 |
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[79ccca0] | 56 | <para>For <application>MPlayer</application> general information and
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| 57 | available features, including a full list of file formats, CODECs and
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| 58 | output devices supported by <application>MPlayer</application>, visit the
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[f29d6ee] | 59 | <ulink url="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/info.html">
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| 60 | <application>MPlayer</application> web site</ulink>.</para>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 63 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 64 | <listitem>
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| 65 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&mplayer-download-http;"/></para>
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| 66 | </listitem>
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| 67 | <listitem>
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| 68 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&mplayer-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 69 | </listitem>
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| 70 | <listitem>
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| 71 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &mplayer-md5sum;</para>
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| 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 | <listitem>
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| 74 | <para>Download size: &mplayer-size;</para>
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| 75 | </listitem>
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| 76 | <listitem>
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| 77 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &mplayer-buildsize;</para>
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| 78 | </listitem>
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| 79 | <listitem>
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| 80 | <para>Estimated build time: &mplayer-time;</para>
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| 81 | </listitem>
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| 82 | </itemizedlist>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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[d7ecaa6] | 85 |
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[f29d6ee] | 86 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 87 | <title>Patches</title>
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[da98fb3] | 88 | <listitem>
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| 89 | <para>Required Patch: <ulink
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| 90 | url="&patch-root;/MPlayer-&mplayer-version;-gcc4-1.patch"/></para>
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| 91 | </listitem>
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[f7ae70f] | 92 | <listitem>
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| 93 | <para>Required Patch: <ulink
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| 94 | url="&patch-root;/MPlayer-&mplayer-version;-x264_fixes-1.patch"/></para>
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| 95 | </listitem>
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[d08127d] | 96 | <listitem>
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| 97 | <para>Required Patch: <ulink
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| 98 | url="&patch-root;/MPlayer-&mplayer-version;-jack_fixes-1.patch"/></para>
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| 99 | </listitem>
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[f29d6ee] | 100 | <listitem>
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[79ccca0] | 101 | <para>Required Patch (for fbdev driver support): <ulink
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[f29d6ee] | 102 | url="&patch-root;/MPlayer-&mplayer-version;-kernel_2.6-1.patch"/></para>
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| 103 | </listitem>
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| 104 | </itemizedlist>
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| 105 |
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| 106 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 107 | <title>CODECs</title>
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| 108 | <listitem>
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[79ccca0] | 109 | <para>Proprietary CODECs: <ulink
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[f29d6ee] | 110 | url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/&mplayer-codec;"/></para>
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| 111 | </listitem>
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| 112 | <listitem>
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| 113 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &mplayer-codec-md5sum;</para>
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| 114 | </listitem>
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| 115 | <listitem>
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| 116 | <para>Download size: &mplayer-codec-size;</para>
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[f7ae70f] | 117 | </listitem>
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| 118 | <listitem>
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| 119 | <para>Alternate CODECs (provides additional functionality and is a
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| 120 | larger file): <ulink
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| 121 | url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/&mplayer-alt-codec;"/></para>
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[f29d6ee] | 122 | </listitem>
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[79ccca0] | 123 | <listitem><para>Additional CODECs: <ulink
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[f29d6ee] | 124 | url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/"/></para>
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| 125 | </listitem>
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| 126 | </itemizedlist>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 129 | <title>Skins</title>
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| 130 | <listitem>
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[79ccca0] | 131 | <para>Default GUI skin: <ulink
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[7eba4892] | 132 | url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/Skin/&mplayer-skin;"/></para>
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[f29d6ee] | 133 | </listitem>
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| 134 | <listitem>
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| 135 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &mplayer-skin-md5sum;</para>
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| 136 | </listitem>
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| 137 | <listitem>
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| 138 | <para>Download size: &mplayer-skin-size;</para>
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| 139 | </listitem>
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| 140 | <listitem>
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[79ccca0] | 141 | <para>Additional skins: <ulink
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[f29d6ee] | 142 | url="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/Skin/"/></para>
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| 143 | </listitem>
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| 144 | </itemizedlist>
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| 145 |
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| 146 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 147 | <title>Fonts</title>
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| 148 | <listitem>
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[79ccca0] | 149 | <para>Prerendered fonts: <ulink
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[f29d6ee] | 150 | url="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/fonts/&mplayer-font;.tar.bz2"/></para>
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| 151 | </listitem>
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| 152 | <listitem>
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| 153 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &mplayer-font-md5sum;</para>
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| 154 | </listitem>
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| 155 | <listitem>
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| 156 | <para>Download size: &mplayer-font-size;</para>
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| 157 | </listitem>
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| 158 | <listitem>
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[79ccca0] | 159 | <para>Additional fonts: <ulink
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[f29d6ee] | 160 | url="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/fonts/"/></para>
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| 161 | </listitem>
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| 162 | </itemizedlist>
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| 163 |
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| 164 | <note>
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[79ccca0] | 165 | <para>The CODECs, skins and fonts are not required to
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[f29d6ee] | 166 | build and use <application>MPlayer</application>.</para>
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| 167 | </note>
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| 168 |
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| 169 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">MPlayer Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[d7ecaa6] | 170 |
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[f29d6ee] | 171 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional Input Drivers and Libraries</bridgehead>
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[4b4814c2] | 172 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="cdparanoia"/>,
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[79ccca0] | 173 | <xref linkend="libdv"/>,
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[f7ae70f] | 174 | <xref linkend="libdvdread"/> (must disable internal mpdvdkit support),
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[79ccca0] | 175 | <xref linkend="samba3"/>,
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[5d1d9df] | 176 | <ulink url="http://www.live555.com/mplayer/">LIVE555 Streaming Media</ulink>,
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[5e9008a] | 177 | <ulink url="http://armory.nicewarrior.org/projects/vstream-client/">TiVo vstream client</ulink>,
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[f7ae70f] | 178 | <!-- Disabling for now as only internal Matroska support is available
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[d7ecaa6] | 179 | <ulink url="http://www.matroska.org/downloads/linux.html">libmatroska</ulink>
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[79ccca0] | 180 | (requires
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[f7ae70f] | 181 | <ulink url="http://dl.matroska.org/downloads/libebml/">libebml</ulink>), -->
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| 182 | <ulink url="http://www.linuxtv.org/">DVB drivers</ulink>, and
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| 183 | <ulink url="http://www.metzlerbros.org/dvb/">DVB</ulink></para>
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[d7ecaa6] | 184 |
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[f29d6ee] | 185 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional Audio Output Drivers and Libraries</bridgehead>
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[4b4814c2] | 186 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="alsa"/>,
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[79ccca0] | 187 | <xref linkend="arts"/>,
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| 188 | <xref linkend="esound"/>,
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| 189 | <xref linkend="nas"/>,
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| 190 | <xref linkend="sdl"/> (also used for video output),
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| 191 | <xref linkend="xmms"/>,
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[12ca7381] | 192 | <ulink url="http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/polypaudio/">polypaudio</ulink>,
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[79ccca0] | 193 | <ulink url="http://bio2jack.sourceforge.net/">bio2jack</ulink> (requires
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[f7ae70f] | 194 | <ulink url="http://jackit.sourceforge.net/">JACK</ulink>), and
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| 195 | <ulink url="http://www.ladspa.org/">LADSPA</ulink></para>
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[d7ecaa6] | 196 |
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[f29d6ee] | 197 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional Video Output Drivers and Libraries</bridgehead>
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[4b4814c2] | 198 | <para role="optional">X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>),
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[79ccca0] | 199 | <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
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| 200 | <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
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[0d93d684] | 201 | <!-- <xref linkend="libungif"/> or -->
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| 202 | <xref linkend="giflib"/>,
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[79ccca0] | 203 | <xref linkend="GTK"/>,
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| 204 | <xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
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| 205 | <xref linkend="fontconfig"/>,
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| 206 | <xref linkend="aalib"/>,
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[b9d81c7f] | 207 | <xref linkend="fribidi"/>,
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[5e9008a] | 208 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/unichrome/">XvMC Wrapper</ulink>,
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[79ccca0] | 209 | <ulink url="http://www.directfb.org/">DirectFB</ulink>,
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| 210 | <ulink url="http://www.svgalib.org/">SVGAlib</ulink>,
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| 211 | <ulink url="http://www.ggi-project.org/">GGI</ulink>,
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[f7ae70f] | 212 | <ulink url="http://sam.zoy.org/projects/libcaca/">libcaca</ulink>, and
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[f29d6ee] | 213 | <ulink url="http://trific.ath.cx/software/enca/">Enca</ulink></para>
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[d7ecaa6] | 214 |
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[f29d6ee] | 215 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional CODECs</bridgehead>
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[4b4814c2] | 216 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="libvorbis"/>,
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[79ccca0] | 217 | <xref linkend="xvid"/>,
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[f7ae70f] | 218 | <xref linkend="LZO"/> (requires <ulink
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| 219 | url="http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo/download/LZO-v1/lzo-1.08.tar.gz">
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| 220 | Version 1</ulink>),
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[79ccca0] | 221 | <xref linkend="libmad"/>,
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| 222 | <xref linkend="lame"/>,
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| 223 | <xref linkend="libfame"/>,
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| 224 | <ulink url="http://www.theora.org/">Theora</ulink>,
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[f7ae70f] | 225 | <ulink url="http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/index.html">Tremor</ulink>
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| 226 | (requires <xref linkend="libvorbis"/> and you must disable the internal
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| 227 | version),
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| 228 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/faac">FAAD2</ulink>
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| 229 | (must disable internal version to use the system-installed version),
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| 230 | <ulink url="http://developers.videolan.org/x264.html">x264</ulink>,
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| 231 | <ulink url="http://www.divx.com/divx/linux/">DivX</ulink>,
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| 232 | <ulink url="http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/latest/Rel-5/26_series/26104-540.zip">
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| 233 | AMR narrowband (floating point)</ulink> or
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| 234 | <ulink url="http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/latest/Rel-5/26_series/26073-530.zip">
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| 235 | AMR naarrowband (fixed point)</ulink>,
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| 236 | <ulink url="http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/latest/Rel-5/26_series/26204-530.zip">
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| 237 | AMR wideband</ulink>,
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[5e9008a] | 238 | <ulink
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| 239 | url="ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/0.8.2/contrib/toolame-02m-beta8.tar.bz2">
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| 240 | tooLAME</ulink>,
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[f7ae70f] | 241 | <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/libdca.html">libdts</ulink>,
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| 242 | <ulink url="http://www.dolda2000.cjb.net/~fredrik/lirccd/">lirccd</ulink>, and
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| 243 | <ulink url="http://www.lirc.org/">LIRC</ulink></para>
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| 244 |
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| 245 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional Hardware Specific Options</bridgehead>
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| 246 | <para>There is hardware specific packages (or vendor supplied software) you
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| 247 | can install to improve the performance of your video card when using
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| 248 | <application>MPlayer</application>. Some of the packages and/or vendor
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| 249 | supplied software and the <application>MPlayer</application> specific
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| 250 | driver created if it is found is shown here.</para>
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| 251 |
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| 252 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 253 | <listitem>
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| 254 | <para>mga: Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 hardware YUV overlay via the
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| 255 | mga_vid device</para>
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| 256 | </listitem>
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| 257 | <listitem>
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| 258 | <para>xmga: Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 overlay (mga_vid) in X11
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| 259 | window</para>
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| 260 | </listitem>
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| 261 | <listitem>
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| 262 | <para>syncfb: Matrox G400 YUV support on framebuffer</para>
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| 263 | </listitem>
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| 264 | <listitem>
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| 265 | <para>3dfx: Voodoo 3/Banshee hardware YUV support (/dev/3dfx)</para>
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| 266 | </listitem>
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| 267 | <listitem>
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| 268 | <para>tdfxfb: Voodoo 3/Banshee hardware YUV support on tdfx
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| 269 | framebuffer</para>
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| 270 | </listitem>
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| 271 | <listitem>
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| 272 | <para>mpegpes: support for Siemens DVB hardware MPEG-1/2 decoder boards
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| 273 | (or MPEG-PES file output)</para>
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| 274 | </listitem>
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| 275 | <listitem>
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| 276 | <para>dxr2: support for DXR2 hardware MPEG-1/2 decoder boards
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| 277 | <ulink url="http://dxr2.sourceforge.net/">Dxr2</ulink></para>
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| 278 | </listitem>
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| 279 | <listitem>
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| 280 | <para>dxr3: support for DXR3/Hollywood+ hardware MPEG-1/2 decoder
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| 281 | boards <ulink
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| 282 | url="http://dxr3.sourceforge.net/">libdxr3</ulink></para>
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| 283 | </listitem>
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| 284 | <listitem>
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| 285 | <para>zr: support for Zoran360[56]7 based hardware MJPEG cards</para>
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| 286 | </listitem>
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| 287 | </itemizedlist>
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[f29d6ee] | 288 |
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| 289 | </sect2>
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| 290 |
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| 291 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 292 | <title>Installation of MPlayer</title>
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| 293 |
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| 294 | <sect3>
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| 295 | <title>CODEC Installation (Optional)</title>
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| 296 |
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[79ccca0] | 297 | <para>If you downloaded any proprietary CODECs (which can provide support
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| 298 | for additional audio and video formats such as Real, Indeo and QuickTime),
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[d7ecaa6] | 299 | extract them to <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/mplayer/codecs</filename>
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[79ccca0] | 300 | using the following commands as the <systemitem
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| 301 | class="username">root</systemitem> user (substitute and/or add different
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[f29d6ee] | 302 | CODEC filenames, if necessary):</para>
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| 303 |
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| 304 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -d -m755 /usr/lib/mplayer/codecs &&
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[d4dc95a2] | 305 | tar -xvf ../&mplayer-codec; \
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[a242f2e1] | 306 | -C /usr/lib/mplayer/codecs --strip-components=1 &&
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[f29d6ee] | 307 | chown -v -R root:root /usr/lib/mplayer/codecs</userinput></screen>
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[0a35e881] | 308 |
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[79ccca0] | 309 | <para>If you installed any CODECs, ensure you add
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[d7ecaa6] | 310 | <option>--with-codecsdir=/usr/lib/mplayer/codecs</option>
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[f29d6ee] | 311 | to the <command>configure</command> script.</para>
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[0a35e881] | 312 |
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[f29d6ee] | 313 | </sect3>
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[0a35e881] | 314 |
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[f29d6ee] | 315 | <sect3>
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| 316 | <title>GUI Installation (Optional)</title>
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[0a35e881] | 317 |
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[79ccca0] | 318 | <para>To enable building the GUI version of
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| 319 | <application>MPlayer</application> (requires <xref linkend="GTK"/>), add
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[d7ecaa6] | 320 | <option>--enable-gui</option> to the <command>configure</command>
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[79ccca0] | 321 | script. You'll also need to extract at least one skin. Extract the desired
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| 322 | skin and create the default location (as the <systemitem
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[f29d6ee] | 323 | class="username">root</systemitem> user):</para>
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| 324 |
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| 325 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/mplayer/Skin &&
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[d4dc95a2] | 326 | tar -xvf ../&mplayer-skin; \
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[26f7934] | 327 | -C /usr/share/mplayer/Skin &&
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[9aa1897] | 328 | chown -v -R root:root /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/Blue &&
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[f7ae70f] | 329 | chmod -v 755 /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/Blue{,/icons} &&
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[f29d6ee] | 330 | ln -sfv Blue /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/default</userinput></screen>
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| 331 |
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| 332 | </sect3>
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| 333 |
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| 334 | <sect3>
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| 335 | <title>Installing OSD and Subtitles Support (Optional)</title>
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| 336 |
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[79ccca0] | 337 | <para>To enable OSD (On Screen Display) and subtitles support, add
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[d7ecaa6] | 338 | <option>--enable-menu</option> to the <command>configure</command>
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[f7ae70f] | 339 | script. You'll also need to set up at least one font (see font
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| 340 | installation instructions a little later).</para>
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[f29d6ee] | 341 |
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| 342 | </sect3>
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| 343 |
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| 344 | <sect3>
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| 345 | <title>Main MPlayer Installation</title>
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| 346 |
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| 347 | <note>
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| 348 | <para>The package maintainers recommend building without any
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| 349 | optimizations.</para>
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| 350 | </note>
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| 351 |
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[f7ae70f] | 352 | <para><application>MPlayer</application> can build a shared
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| 353 | post-processing library from the internal
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| 354 | <application>FFmpeg</application> package which
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| 355 | other packages can link to. This requires
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| 356 | <application>MPlayer</application>
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| 357 | to link dynamically to this library instead of the default statically
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| 358 | linked method. If you desire to build the shared library, add
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| 359 | <option>--enable-shared-pp</option> and
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| 360 | <option>--disable-fastmemcpy</option> to the <command>configure</command>
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[79ccca0] | 361 | script. The <option>--disable-fastmemcpy</option> parameter is required to
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[f7ae70f] | 362 | avoid <computeroutput>undefined reference</computeroutput> errors when
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| 363 | other packages link to the shared library.</para>
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[f29d6ee] | 364 |
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[79ccca0] | 365 | <para>You may wish to examine the output from
|
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| 366 | <command>./configure --help</command> to find out what additional
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| 367 | parameters to <command>configure</command> are needed to include
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[f29d6ee] | 368 | the dependencies you have installed on your system.</para>
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| 369 |
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[79ccca0] | 370 | <para>Install <application>MPlayer</application> by running the following
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[f29d6ee] | 371 | commands:</para>
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| 372 |
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| 373 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../MPlayer-&mplayer-version;-kernel_2.6-1.patch &&
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[da98fb3] | 374 | patch -Np1 -i ../MPlayer-&mplayer-version;-gcc4-1.patch &&
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[d08127d] | 375 | patch -Np1 -i ../MPlayer-&mplayer-version;-jack_fixes-1.patch &&
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[f7ae70f] | 376 | patch -Np1 -i ../MPlayer-&mplayer-version;-x264_fixes-1.patch &&
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[0a35e881] | 377 | ./configure --prefix=/usr --confdir=/etc/mplayer \
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[26f7934] | 378 | --enable-largefiles &&
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[f29d6ee] | 379 | make</userinput></screen>
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[ec2270f] | 380 |
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[f29d6ee] | 381 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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[ace94c34] | 382 |
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[f29d6ee] | 383 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[ec2270f] | 384 |
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[f29d6ee] | 385 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
|
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[9a9df1f8] | 386 | install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/mplayer-&mplayer-version; &&
|
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[f29d6ee] | 387 | cp -v -R DOCS/* /usr/share/doc/mplayer-&mplayer-version;</userinput></screen>
|
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| 388 |
|
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[79ccca0] | 389 | <para>Passing parameters to <command>configure</command> may result
|
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[f7ae70f] | 390 | in the creation of <filename class='libraryfile'>libdha.so.1.0</filename>.
|
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| 391 | If so, you may wish to create a symlink to this library in case other
|
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| 392 | packages link to <filename class='libraryfile'>libdha.so</filename>. Use
|
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| 393 | the following command as the
|
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| 394 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to create the
|
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| 395 | symlink:</para>
|
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[9aa1897] | 396 |
|
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[f29d6ee] | 397 | <screen role="root"><userinput>ln -v -s libdha.so.1.0 /usr/lib/libdha.so</userinput></screen>
|
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[9aa1897] | 398 |
|
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[f29d6ee] | 399 | <para>You will need <filename>codecs.conf</filename> only if you want to
|
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| 400 | change its properties, as the main binary contains an internal copy of
|
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[f7ae70f] | 401 | it. Ensure any changes you make to <filename>codecs.conf</filename>
|
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| 402 | achieve the desired results, as incorrect entries in this file have been
|
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| 403 | known to cause errors and render the player unusable. If necessary,
|
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| 404 | create the file using the following command.</para>
|
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[01062dd] | 405 |
|
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[f29d6ee] | 406 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -m644 etc/codecs.conf /etc/mplayer</userinput></screen>
|
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[01062dd] | 407 |
|
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[f29d6ee] | 408 | <para>You may also want to copy all the default configuration files to
|
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[f7ae70f] | 409 | <filename class='directory'>/etc/mplayer</filename> for future reference
|
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| 410 | or more customization ability.</para>
|
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[9aa1897] | 411 |
|
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[f29d6ee] | 412 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -m644 etc/*.conf /etc/mplayer</userinput></screen>
|
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[9aa1897] | 413 |
|
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[46fe005] | 414 | <para><application>MPlayer</application> requires that the RTC run at a
|
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| 415 | frequency of 1024 Hz. Make this setting change at boot-time by adding
|
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| 416 | a line to <filename>/etc/sysctl.conf</filename>:</para>
|
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| 417 |
|
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| 418 | <screen role="root"><userinput>echo "dev.rtc.max-user-freq=1024" >> /etc/sysctl.conf</userinput></screen>
|
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| 419 |
|
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[f29d6ee] | 420 | </sect3>
|
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[0a35e881] | 421 |
|
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[f29d6ee] | 422 | <sect3>
|
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[79ccca0] | 423 | <title>OSD and Subtitles Font Installation (Required if '--enable-menu' Was
|
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[f29d6ee] | 424 | Passed to 'configure')</title>
|
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[0a35e881] | 425 |
|
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[79ccca0] | 426 | <para>The recommended method to set up a font for
|
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| 427 | <application>MPlayer</application> is to link a TTF file to
|
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| 428 | your <filename class="directory">~/.mplayer</filename> directory. A link
|
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| 429 | should be created in each user's home directory who may use
|
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[f29d6ee] | 430 | <application>MPlayer</application>. For example:</para>
|
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[01062dd] | 431 |
|
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[f29d6ee] | 432 | <screen><userinput>install -v -m750 -d ~/.mplayer &&
|
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[9a9df1f8] | 433 | ln -v -sf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/luxisri.ttf \
|
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[f29d6ee] | 434 | ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf</userinput></screen>
|
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[01062dd] | 435 |
|
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[79ccca0] | 436 | <para>There are several other ways to set up a font package. To use a
|
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| 437 | prerendered <application>MPlayer</application> font package, extract
|
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[f29d6ee] | 438 | and link one of the font tarballs using the following commands:</para>
|
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[0a35e881] | 439 |
|
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[d4dc95a2] | 440 | <screen role="root"><userinput>tar -xvf ../&mplayer-font;.tar.bz2 \
|
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[0a35e881] | 441 | -C /usr/share/mplayer/font &&
|
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[9a9df1f8] | 442 | chown -v -R root:root /usr/share/mplayer/font &&
|
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[0a35e881] | 443 | cd /usr/share/mplayer/font &&
|
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[f29d6ee] | 444 | ln -v -sf &mplayer-font;/font-arial-<replaceable>[font size]</replaceable>-iso-8859-1/* .</userinput></screen>
|
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| 445 |
|
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| 446 | <para>Available font sizes are 14, 18, 24 or 28.</para>
|
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[0a35e881] | 447 |
|
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[79ccca0] | 448 | <para>Additional information as well as additional methods to set up an
|
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| 449 | <application>MPlayer</application> font package can be found at <ulink
|
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[f29d6ee] | 450 | url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/subosd.html#mpsub-install"/>.</para>
|
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[0a35e881] | 451 |
|
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[f29d6ee] | 452 | </sect3>
|
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[01062dd] | 453 |
|
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[f29d6ee] | 454 | <sect3>
|
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| 455 | <title>Installation for DVD Playback (Optional)</title>
|
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[01062dd] | 456 |
|
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[79ccca0] | 457 | <para>If you want DVD playback with <application>MPlayer</application>,
|
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[cbcc71f1] | 458 | you need to ensure a link exists between your DVD drive and
|
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[79ccca0] | 459 | <filename>/dev/dvd</filename>. If necessary, create the link using the
|
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[f29d6ee] | 460 | following commands:</para>
|
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[01062dd] | 461 |
|
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[f29d6ee] | 462 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat >> /etc/udev/rules.d/24-dvd.rules << "EOF"
|
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[79ccca0] | 463 | <literal># Create a /dev/dvd symlink
|
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[d7ecaa6] | 464 |
|
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[f29d6ee] | 465 | KERNEL="<replaceable>[dvd drive]</replaceable>", SYMLINK="dvd"</literal>
|
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[d7ecaa6] | 466 |
|
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[f29d6ee] | 467 | EOF
|
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| 468 | udevstart</userinput></screen>
|
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| 469 |
|
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| 470 | <para>Replace <replaceable>[dvd drive]</replaceable> with whatever
|
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| 471 | device is appropriate, for example <filename>hdc</filename>. If
|
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| 472 | you don't know which device to choose, type:</para>
|
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| 473 |
|
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| 474 | <screen><userinput>dmesg | grep DVD</userinput></screen>
|
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| 475 |
|
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| 476 | <para>It should result in an output like:</para>
|
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| 477 |
|
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| 478 | <screen><computeroutput>hdc: Pioneer DVD-ROM ATAPIModel DVD-114 0110,
|
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| 479 | ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive</computeroutput></screen>
|
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| 480 |
|
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| 481 | </sect3>
|
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| 482 |
|
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| 483 | </sect2>
|
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| 484 |
|
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| 485 | <sect2 role="configuration">
|
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| 486 | <title>Configuring MPlayer</title>
|
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| 487 |
|
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| 488 | <sect3 id="mplayer-config">
|
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| 489 | <title>Config Files</title>
|
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| 490 |
|
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| 491 | <para><filename>/etc/mplayer/*</filename> and
|
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| 492 | <filename>~/.mplayer/*</filename></para>
|
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| 493 |
|
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| 494 | <indexterm zone="mplayer mplayer-config">
|
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| 495 | <primary sortas="e-AA.mplayer">~/.mplayer/*</primary>
|
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| 496 | </indexterm>
|
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| 497 |
|
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| 498 | <indexterm zone="mplayer mplayer-config">
|
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| 499 | <primary sortas="e-etc-mplayer">/etc/mplayer/*</primary>
|
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| 500 | </indexterm>
|
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| 501 |
|
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| 502 | </sect3>
|
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| 503 |
|
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| 504 | <sect3>
|
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| 505 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
|
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| 506 |
|
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[f7ae70f] | 507 | <para>Typically, there's no configuration required for the system-wide
|
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| 508 | files in <filename class='directory'>/etc/mplayer</filename> (in fact,
|
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| 509 | this directory is empty unless you copied the default files as mentioned
|
---|
| 510 | above). Configuration can be accomplished by choosing the configuration
|
---|
| 511 | button located on the <application>MPlayer</application> GUI. Any
|
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[79ccca0] | 512 | configuration changes made here will be copied to the user's
|
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[f29d6ee] | 513 | <filename class='directory'>~/.mplayer</filename> directory.</para>
|
---|
| 514 |
|
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| 515 | </sect3>
|
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| 516 |
|
---|
| 517 | </sect2>
|
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| 518 |
|
---|
| 519 | <sect2 role="content">
|
---|
| 520 | <title>Contents</title>
|
---|
| 521 |
|
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| 522 | <segmentedlist>
|
---|
| 523 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
|
---|
| 524 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
|
---|
| 525 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
|
---|
| 526 |
|
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| 527 | <seglistitem>
|
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| 528 | <seg>gmplayer, mplayer, and mencoder</seg>
|
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| 529 | <seg>libdha.so and optionally, libpostproc.so</seg>
|
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[79ccca0] | 530 | <seg>~/.mplayer, /etc/mplayer, /usr/include/postproc, /usr/lib/mplayer,
|
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[f29d6ee] | 531 | /usr/share/mplayer, and /usr/share/doc/mplayer-&mplayer-version;</seg>
|
---|
| 532 | </seglistitem>
|
---|
| 533 | </segmentedlist>
|
---|
| 534 |
|
---|
| 535 | <variablelist>
|
---|
| 536 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
|
---|
| 537 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
|
---|
| 538 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
|
---|
| 539 |
|
---|
| 540 | <varlistentry id="gmplayer">
|
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| 541 | <term><command>gmplayer</command></term>
|
---|
| 542 | <listitem>
|
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[79ccca0] | 543 | <para>is a symlink to <command>mplayer</command> which
|
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| 544 | brings up the graphical user interface component of
|
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[f29d6ee] | 545 | <application>MPlayer</application>.</para>
|
---|
| 546 | <indexterm zone="mplayer gmplayer">
|
---|
| 547 | <primary sortas="b-gmplayer">gmplayer</primary>
|
---|
| 548 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 549 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 550 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 551 |
|
---|
| 552 | <varlistentry id="mplayer-prog">
|
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| 553 | <term><command>mplayer</command></term>
|
---|
| 554 | <listitem>
|
---|
[79ccca0] | 555 | <para> manages the input formats, the CODECs and
|
---|
| 556 | the output formats to play video files, DVDs,
|
---|
| 557 | (S)VCDs or network streams containing audio and/or video
|
---|
[f29d6ee] | 558 | information on your system.</para>
|
---|
| 559 |
|
---|
| 560 | <para>Examples:</para>
|
---|
| 561 |
|
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| 562 | <screen><userinput>mplayer -fs blfs.avi
|
---|
[1e901a7] | 563 | mplayer -vo fbdev -fb /dev/fb0 dvd://1 \
|
---|
| 564 | -aid 128 -sub en -framedrop
|
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[01062dd] | 565 | mplayer -fs vcd://1 # works both for VCDs and SVCDs
|
---|
[1e901a7] | 566 | mplayer \
|
---|
| 567 | http://www.students.uni-marburg.de/~Klossa/hapkidofight_lo.mpg</userinput></screen>
|
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[f29d6ee] | 568 |
|
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[f7ae70f] | 569 | <para>For further information, look at the very good documentation
|
---|
| 570 | included with the package in the source tree subdirectory
|
---|
[f29d6ee] | 571 | <filename class="directory">DOCS</filename> (also installed at
|
---|
| 572 | <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/doc/mplayer</filename>).</para>
|
---|
| 573 | <indexterm zone="mplayer mplayer-prog">
|
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| 574 | <primary sortas="b-mplayer">mplayer</primary>
|
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| 575 | </indexterm>
|
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| 576 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 577 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 578 |
|
---|
| 579 | <varlistentry id="mencoder">
|
---|
| 580 | <term><command>mencoder</command></term>
|
---|
| 581 | <listitem>
|
---|
[d7ecaa6] | 582 | <para>is used to encode any <application>MPlayer</application>
|
---|
[79ccca0] | 583 | playable movie to DivX4, <application>XviD</application> or any
|
---|
[f29d6ee] | 584 | CODEC in <filename class='libraryfile'>libavcodec</filename> with
|
---|
| 585 | PCM/MP3/VBRMP3 audio.</para>
|
---|
| 586 |
|
---|
| 587 | <para>Example:</para>
|
---|
| 588 |
|
---|
| 589 | <screen><userinput>rm frameno.avi
|
---|
[01062dd] | 590 | mencoder -dvd 1 -aid 128 -ovc frameno -oac mp3lame \
|
---|
[f29d6ee] | 591 | -lameopts vbr=3 -o frameno.avi
|
---|
[01062dd] | 592 |
|
---|
[f29d6ee] | 593 | <literal># mencoder should output bitrates for average encodings
|
---|
[01062dd] | 594 | # now, choose one you like best! In the following lines,
|
---|
| 595 | # replace <bitrate> and <name.avi> with statements of your
|
---|
[f29d6ee] | 596 | # personal liking.</literal>
|
---|
[01062dd] | 597 |
|
---|
[f29d6ee] | 598 | mencoder -dvd 1 -aid 128 -oac copy -ovc lavc \
|
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[1e901a7] | 599 | -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=1:vhq:vbitrate=<bitrate> \
|
---|
| 600 | -o <name.avi>
|
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[01062dd] | 601 | mencoder -dvd 1 -aid 128 -oac copy -ovc lavc \
|
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[1e901a7] | 602 | -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=2:vhq:vbitrate=<bitrate> \
|
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| 603 | -o <name.avi>
|
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[f29d6ee] | 604 | mencoder -forceidx <name.avi></userinput></screen>
|
---|
| 605 | <indexterm zone="mplayer mencoder">
|
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| 606 | <primary sortas="b-mencoder">mencoder</primary>
|
---|
| 607 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 608 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 609 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 610 |
|
---|
| 611 | <varlistentry id="libdha">
|
---|
| 612 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libdha.so</filename></term>
|
---|
| 613 | <listitem>
|
---|
[79ccca0] | 614 | <para>contains functions used by the
|
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[f29d6ee] | 615 | <application>MPlayer</application> programs.</para>
|
---|
| 616 | <indexterm zone="mplayer libdha">
|
---|
| 617 | <primary sortas="c-libdha">libdha.so</primary>
|
---|
| 618 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 619 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 620 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 621 |
|
---|
| 622 | <varlistentry id="libpostproc">
|
---|
| 623 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libpostproc.so</filename></term>
|
---|
| 624 | <listitem>
|
---|
[79ccca0] | 625 | <para>is a post-processing filter library used by the
|
---|
[f29d6ee] | 626 | <application>MPlayer</application> programs and other packages.</para>
|
---|
| 627 | <indexterm zone="mplayer libpostproc">
|
---|
| 628 | <primary sortas="c-libpostproc">libpostproc.so</primary>
|
---|
| 629 | </indexterm>
|
---|
| 630 | </listitem>
|
---|
| 631 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
| 632 |
|
---|
| 633 | </variablelist>
|
---|
| 634 |
|
---|
| 635 | </sect2>
|
---|
[f45b1953] | 636 |
|
---|
| 637 | </sect1>
|
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