1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY mplayer-download-http "http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-&mplayer-version;.tar.bz2">
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8 | <!ENTITY mplayer-download-ftp "ftp://ftp1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-&mplayer-version;.tar.bz2">
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9 | <!ENTITY mplayer-md5sum "18c05d88e22c3b815a43ca8d7152ccdc">
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10 | <!ENTITY mplayer-size "8.3 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY mplayer-buildsize "133-250 MB (additional 22 MB for essential CODECs)">
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12 | <!ENTITY mplayer-time "1.2-2.5 SBU (depends on how FFmpeg is linked in)">
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13 |
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14 | <!ENTITY mplayer-codec "essential-20061022.tar.bz2">
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15 | <!ENTITY mplayer-codec-md5sum "abcf4a3abc16cf88c9df7e0a77e9b941">
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16 | <!ENTITY mplayer-codec-size "10.0 MB">
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17 | <!ENTITY mplayer-alt-codec "all-20061022.tar.bz2">
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18 |
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19 | <!ENTITY mplayer-skin "Blue-1.7.tar.bz2">
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20 | <!ENTITY mplayer-skin-md5sum "e4e2020d11b681aac898103b3ba723c4">
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21 | <!ENTITY mplayer-skin-size "222 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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26 | ]>
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27 |
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28 | <sect1 id="mplayer" xreflabel="MPlayer-&mplayer-version;">
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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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34 | </sect1info>
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35 |
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36 | <title>MPlayer-&mplayer-version;</title>
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37 |
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38 | <indexterm zone="mplayer">
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39 | <primary sortas="a-MPlayer">MPlayer</primary>
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40 | </indexterm>
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41 |
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42 | <sect2 role="package">
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43 | <title>Introduction to MPlayer</title>
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44 |
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45 | <para>The <application>MPlayer</application> package contains an
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46 | audio/video player controlled via the command line or graphical interface
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47 | which is able to play almost every popular audio and video file format and
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48 | CODEC (COder/DECoder, also COmpressor/DECompressor). With supported video
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49 | hardware and additional drivers, <application>MPlayer</application> can
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50 | play video files without an <application>X Window System</application>
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51 | installed.</para>
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52 |
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53 | <para>For <application>MPlayer</application> general information and
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54 | available features, including a full list of file formats, CODECs and
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55 | output devices supported by <application>MPlayer</application>, visit the
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56 | <ulink url="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/info.html">
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57 | <application>MPlayer</application> web site</ulink>.</para>
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58 |
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59 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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60 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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61 | <listitem>
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62 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&mplayer-download-http;"/></para>
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63 | </listitem>
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64 | <listitem>
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65 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&mplayer-download-ftp;"/></para>
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66 | </listitem>
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67 | <listitem>
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68 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &mplayer-md5sum;</para>
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69 | </listitem>
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70 | <listitem>
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71 | <para>Download size: &mplayer-size;</para>
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72 | </listitem>
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73 | <listitem>
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74 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &mplayer-buildsize;</para>
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75 | </listitem>
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76 | <listitem>
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77 | <para>Estimated build time: &mplayer-time;</para>
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78 | </listitem>
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79 | </itemizedlist>
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80 |
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81 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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82 |
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83 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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84 | <title>Patches</title>
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85 | <listitem>
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86 | <para>Required Patch: <ulink
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87 | url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/patches/asmrules_fix_20061231.diff"/></para>
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88 | </listitem>
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89 | <listitem>
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90 | <para>Required Patch: <ulink
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91 | url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/patches/cddb_fix_20070605.diff"/></para>
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92 | </listitem>
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93 | <listitem>
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94 | <para>Required Patch: <ulink
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95 | url="&patch-root;/MPlayer-&mplayer-version;-ext_ffmpeg-1.patch"/></para>
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96 | </listitem>
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97 | </itemizedlist>
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98 |
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99 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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100 | <title>CODECs</title>
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101 | <listitem>
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102 | <para>Proprietary CODECs: <ulink
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103 | url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/&mplayer-codec;"/></para>
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104 | </listitem>
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105 | <listitem>
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106 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &mplayer-codec-md5sum;</para>
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107 | </listitem>
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108 | <listitem>
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109 | <para>Download size: &mplayer-codec-size;</para>
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110 | </listitem>
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111 | <listitem>
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112 | <para>Alternate CODECs (provides additional functionality and is a
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113 | larger file): <ulink
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114 | url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/&mplayer-alt-codec;"/></para>
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115 | </listitem>
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116 | <listitem><para>Additional CODECs: <ulink
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117 | url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/"/></para>
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118 | </listitem>
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119 | </itemizedlist>
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120 |
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121 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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122 | <title>Skins</title>
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123 | <listitem>
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124 | <para>Default GUI skin: <ulink
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125 | url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/skins/&mplayer-skin;"/></para>
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126 | </listitem>
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127 | <listitem>
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128 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &mplayer-skin-md5sum;</para>
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129 | </listitem>
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130 | <listitem>
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131 | <para>Download size: &mplayer-skin-size;</para>
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132 | </listitem>
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133 | <listitem>
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134 | <para>Additional skins: <ulink
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135 | url="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/skins/"/></para>
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136 | </listitem>
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137 | </itemizedlist>
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138 |
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139 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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140 | <title>Fonts</title>
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141 | <listitem>
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142 | <para>Prerendered fonts: <ulink
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143 | url="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/fonts/&mplayer-font;.tar.bz2"/></para>
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144 | </listitem>
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145 | <listitem>
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146 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &mplayer-font-md5sum;</para>
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147 | </listitem>
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148 | <listitem>
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149 | <para>Download size: &mplayer-font-size;</para>
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150 | </listitem>
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151 | <listitem>
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152 | <para>Additional fonts: <ulink
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153 | url="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/fonts/"/></para>
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154 | </listitem>
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155 | </itemizedlist>
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156 |
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157 | <para>The CODECs, skins and fonts are not required to
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158 | build and use <application>MPlayer</application>.</para>
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159 |
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160 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">MPlayer Dependencies</bridgehead>
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161 |
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162 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional Input Drivers and Libraries</bridgehead>
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163 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="cdparanoia"/>,
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164 | <ulink url="http://www.metzlerbros.org/dvb/">DVB</ulink>,
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165 | <ulink url="http://www.linuxtv.org/">DVB drivers</ulink>,
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166 | <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/libcdio/">libcdio</ulink>,
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167 | <xref linkend="libdv"/>,
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168 | <xref linkend="libdvdread"/>,
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169 | <ulink url="http://www.live555.com/mplayer/">LIVE555 Streaming Media</ulink>,
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170 | <xref linkend="samba3"/>, and
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171 | <ulink url="http://armory.nicewarrior.org/projects/vstream-client/">TiVo vstream client</ulink></para>
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172 | <!-- Disabling for now as only internal Matroska support is available
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173 | <ulink url="http://www.matroska.org/downloads/linux.html">libmatroska</ulink>
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174 | (requires
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175 | <ulink url="http://dl.matroska.org/downloads/libebml/">libebml</ulink>), -->
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176 |
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177 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional Audio Output Drivers and Libraries</bridgehead>
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178 | <para role="optional">
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179 | <xref linkend="alsa"/>,
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180 | <xref linkend="arts"/>,
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181 | <xref linkend="esound"/>,
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182 | <xref linkend='pulseaudio'/>,
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183 | <xref linkend="sdl"/> (also used for video output),
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184 | <ulink url="http://jackit.sourceforge.net/">JACK</ulink>,
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185 | <ulink url="http://www.ladspa.org/">LADSPA</ulink>, and
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186 | <ulink url="http://openal.org/">OpenAL</ulink>
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187 | <!--<xref linkend="nas"/>,-->
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188 | <!--<xref linkend="xmms"/>-->
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189 | </para>
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190 |
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191 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional Video Output Drivers and Libraries</bridgehead>
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192 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="aalib"/>,
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193 | <ulink url="http://www.directfb.org/">DirectFB</ulink>,
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194 | <ulink url="http://trific.ath.cx/software/enca/">Enca</ulink>,
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195 | <xref linkend="fontconfig"/>,
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196 | <xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
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197 | <xref linkend="fribidi"/>,
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198 | <ulink url="http://www.ggi-project.org/">GGI</ulink>,
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199 | <xref linkend="giflib"/>,
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200 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/> <!-- or
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201 | <xref linkend="GTK"/>, -->
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202 | <ulink url="http://sam.zoy.org/projects/libcaca/">libcaca</ulink>,
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203 | <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
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204 | <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
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205 | <ulink url="http://maemo.org/">maemo</ulink>,
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206 | <ulink url="http://vidix.sourceforge.net/">VIDIX</ulink>, and
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207 | <xref linkend="x-window-system"/></para>
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208 |
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209 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional CODECs</bridgehead>
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210 | <para role="optional"><ulink
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211 | url="http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/latest/Rel-7/26_series/26104-700.zip">AMR
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212 | narrowband (floating point)</ulink> or
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213 | <ulink url="http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/latest/Rel-7/26_series/26073-700.zip">AMR
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214 | naarrowband (fixed point)</ulink>,
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215 | <ulink url="http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/latest/Rel-7/26_series/26204-710.zip">
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216 | AMR wideband</ulink>,
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217 | <!-- Dead link <ulink url="http://www.divx.com/divx/linux/">DivX</ulink>, i-->
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218 | <xref linkend="faac"/>,
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219 | <xref linkend="faad2"/> (must disable the internal version),
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220 | <xref linkend="ffmpeg"/>,
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221 | <xref linkend="lame"/>,
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222 | <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/developers/libdca.html">libdca</ulink>,
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223 | <xref linkend="libfame"/>,
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224 | <xref linkend="libmad"/>,
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225 | <ulink url="http://www.musepack.net/">libmpcdec</ulink>,
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226 | <ulink url="http://svn.mplayerhq.hu/nut/src/trunk/">libnut</ulink> (SVN checkout),
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227 | <xref linkend="libvorbis"/>,
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228 | <ulink url="http://www.lirc.org/">LIRC</ulink>,
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229 | <ulink url="http://www.dolda2000.cjb.net/~fredrik/lirccd/">lirccd</ulink>,
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230 | <xref linkend="LZO"/> (requires
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231 | <ulink url="http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo/download/LZO-v1/lzo-1.08.tar.gz">Version 1</ulink>),
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232 | <ulink url="http://www.svgalib.org/">SVGAlib</ulink>,
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233 | <xref linkend="libtheora"/>,
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234 | <ulink url="ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/0.8.2/contrib/toolame-02m-beta8.tar.bz2">tooLAME</ulink>,
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235 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/twolame/">TwoLAME</ulink>,
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236 | <ulink url="http://www.xiph.org/vorbis/">Tremor</ulink> (requires
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237 | <xref linkend="libvorbis"/> and you must disable the internal version),
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238 | <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html">x264</ulink>, and
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239 | <xref linkend="xvid"/></para>
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240 |
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241 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional Hardware Specific Options</bridgehead>
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242 | <para>There is hardware specific packages (or vendor supplied software) you
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243 | can install to improve the performance of your video card when using
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244 | <application>MPlayer</application>. Some of the packages and/or vendor
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245 | supplied software and the <application>MPlayer</application> specific
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246 | driver created if it is found is shown here.</para>
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247 |
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248 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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249 | <listitem>
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250 | <para>mga: Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 hardware YUV overlay via the
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251 | mga_vid device</para>
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252 | </listitem>
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253 | <listitem>
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254 | <para>xmga: Matrox G200/G400/G450/G550 overlay (mga_vid) in X11
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255 | window</para>
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256 | </listitem>
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257 | <listitem>
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258 | <para>syncfb: Matrox G400 YUV support on framebuffer</para>
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259 | </listitem>
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260 | <listitem>
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261 | <para>3dfx: Voodoo 3/Banshee hardware YUV support (/dev/3dfx)</para>
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262 | </listitem>
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263 | <listitem>
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264 | <para>tdfxfb: Voodoo 3/Banshee hardware YUV support on tdfx
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265 | framebuffer</para>
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266 | </listitem>
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267 | <listitem>
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268 | <para>mpegpes: support for Siemens DVB hardware MPEG-1/2 decoder boards
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269 | (or MPEG-PES file output)</para>
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270 | </listitem>
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271 | <listitem>
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272 | <para>dxr2: support for DXR2 hardware MPEG-1/2 decoder boards
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273 | <ulink url="http://dxr2.sourceforge.net/">Dxr2</ulink></para>
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274 | </listitem>
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275 | <listitem>
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276 | <para>dxr3: support for DXR3/Hollywood+ hardware MPEG-1/2 decoder
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277 | boards <ulink
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278 | url="http://dxr3.sourceforge.net/">libdxr3</ulink></para>
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279 | </listitem>
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280 | <listitem>
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281 | <para>zr: support for Zoran360[56]7 based hardware MJPEG cards</para>
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282 | </listitem>
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283 | </itemizedlist>
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284 |
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285 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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286 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/mplayer"/></para>
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287 |
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288 | </sect2>
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289 |
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290 | <sect2 role="installation">
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291 | <title>Installation of MPlayer</title>
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292 |
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293 | <sect3>
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294 | <title>CODEC Installation (Optional)</title>
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295 |
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296 | <para>If you downloaded any proprietary CODECs (which can provide support
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297 | for additional audio and video formats such as Real, Indeo and QuickTime),
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298 | extract them to <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/mplayer/codecs</filename>
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299 | using the following commands as the <systemitem
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300 | class="username">root</systemitem> user (substitute and/or add different
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301 | CODEC filenames, if necessary):</para>
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302 |
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303 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -d -m755 /usr/lib/mplayer/codecs &&
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304 | tar -xvf ../&mplayer-codec; \
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305 | -C /usr/lib/mplayer/codecs --strip-components=1 &&
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306 | chown -v -R root:root /usr/lib/mplayer/codecs</userinput></screen>
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307 |
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308 | <para>If you installed any CODECs, ensure you add
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309 | <option>--with-codecsdir=/usr/lib/mplayer/codecs</option>
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310 | to the <command>configure</command> script.</para>
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311 |
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312 | </sect3>
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313 |
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314 | <sect3>
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315 | <title>GUI Installation (Optional)</title>
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316 |
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317 | <para>To enable building the GUI version of
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318 | <application>MPlayer</application> (requires <xref linkend="gtk2"/><!-- or
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319 | <xref linkend="GTK"/>-->), add <option>--enable-gui</option> to the
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320 | <command>configure</command> script. You'll also need to extract at least
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321 | one skin. Extract the desired skin and create the default location (as
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322 | the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user):</para>
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323 |
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324 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/mplayer/Skin &&
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325 | tar -xvf ../&mplayer-skin; \
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326 | -C /usr/share/mplayer/Skin &&
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327 | chown -v -R root:root /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/Blue &&
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328 | chmod -v 755 /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/Blue{,/icons} &&
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329 | ln -sfv Blue /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/default</userinput></screen>
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330 |
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331 | </sect3>
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332 |
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333 | <sect3>
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334 | <title>Installing OSD and Subtitles Support (Optional)</title>
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335 |
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336 | <para>To enable OSD (On Screen Display) and subtitles support, add
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337 | <option>--enable-menu</option> to the <command>configure</command>
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338 | script. You'll also need to set up at least one font (see font
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339 | installation instructions a little later).</para>
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340 |
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341 | </sect3>
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342 |
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343 | <sect3>
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344 | <title>Main MPlayer Installation</title>
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345 |
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346 | <note>
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347 | <para>The package maintainers recommend building without any
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348 | optimizations.</para>
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349 | </note>
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350 |
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351 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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352 | href="../../xincludes/X11R6_symlink.xml"/>
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353 |
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354 | <para><application>MPlayer</application> can build a shared
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355 | post-processing library from the internal
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356 | <application>FFmpeg</application> package which
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357 | other packages can link to. This requires
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358 | <application>MPlayer</application>
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359 | to link dynamically to this library instead of the default statically
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360 | linked method. If you desire to build the shared library, add
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361 | <option>--enable-shared-pp</option> to the <command>configure</command>
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362 | script. Note that the <application>FFmpeg</application> package can also
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363 | build this library (which <application>MPlayer</application> can link to
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364 | instead of building it), ensure you don't overwrite an existing one.</para>
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365 |
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366 | <para>You may wish to examine the output from
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367 | <command>./configure --help</command> to find out what additional
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368 | parameters to <command>configure</command> are needed to include
|
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369 | the dependencies you have installed on your system. To link in existing
|
---|
370 | <application>FFmpeg</application> libraries (and
|
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371 | <application>MPlayer</application> won't have to build them), you must
|
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372 | pass a total of nine additional options to the
|
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373 | <command>configure</command> script. Four to disable building the static
|
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374 | <application>FFmpeg</application> libraries, four to enable using the
|
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375 | system-installed shared libraries and
|
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376 | <option>--with-extraincdir=/usr/include/ffmpeg</option> so the build can
|
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377 | locate the <application>FFmpeg</application> interface headers.</para>
|
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378 |
|
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379 | <para>Install <application>MPlayer</application> by running the following
|
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380 | commands:</para>
|
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381 |
|
---|
382 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np0 -i ../asmrules_fix_20061231.diff &&
|
---|
383 | patch -Np0 -i ../cddb_fix_20070605.diff &&
|
---|
384 | patch -Np1 -i ../MPlayer-&mplayer-version;-ext_ffmpeg-1.patch &&
|
---|
385 |
|
---|
386 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
|
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387 | --confdir=/etc/mplayer \
|
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388 | --enable-largefiles \
|
---|
389 | --enable-dynamic-plugins &&
|
---|
390 | make</userinput></screen>
|
---|
391 |
|
---|
392 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
|
---|
393 |
|
---|
394 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
|
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395 |
|
---|
396 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
|
---|
397 |
|
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398 | install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/mplayer-&mplayer-version; &&
|
---|
399 | cp -v -R DOCS/* /usr/share/doc/mplayer-&mplayer-version;</userinput></screen>
|
---|
400 |
|
---|
401 | <para>Passing certain parameters to <command>configure</command> may
|
---|
402 | result in the creation of
|
---|
403 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libdha.so.1.0</filename>. If so, you may
|
---|
404 | wish to create a symlink to this library in case other packages link to
|
---|
405 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libdha.so</filename>. Use the following
|
---|
406 | command as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to
|
---|
407 | create the symbolic link:</para>
|
---|
408 |
|
---|
409 | <screen role="root"><userinput>ln -v -s libdha.so.1.0 /usr/lib/libdha.so</userinput></screen>
|
---|
410 |
|
---|
411 | <para>You will need <filename>codecs.conf</filename> only if you want to
|
---|
412 | change its properties, as the main binary contains an internal copy of
|
---|
413 | it. Ensure any changes you make to <filename>codecs.conf</filename>
|
---|
414 | achieve the desired results, as incorrect entries in this file have been
|
---|
415 | known to cause errors and render the player unusable. If necessary,
|
---|
416 | create the file using the following command.</para>
|
---|
417 |
|
---|
418 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -m644 etc/codecs.conf /etc/mplayer</userinput></screen>
|
---|
419 |
|
---|
420 | <para>You may also want to copy all the default configuration files to
|
---|
421 | <filename class='directory'>/etc/mplayer</filename> for future reference
|
---|
422 | or more customization ability.</para>
|
---|
423 |
|
---|
424 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -m644 etc/*.conf /etc/mplayer</userinput></screen>
|
---|
425 |
|
---|
426 | <para><application>MPlayer</application> requires that the RTC run at a
|
---|
427 | frequency of 1024 Hz. Make this setting change at boot-time by adding
|
---|
428 | a line to <filename>/etc/sysctl.conf</filename>:</para>
|
---|
429 |
|
---|
430 | <screen role="root"><userinput>echo "dev.rtc.max-user-freq=1024" >> /etc/sysctl.conf</userinput></screen>
|
---|
431 |
|
---|
432 | </sect3>
|
---|
433 |
|
---|
434 | <sect3>
|
---|
435 | <title>OSD and Subtitles Font Installation (Required if '--enable-menu' Was
|
---|
436 | Passed to 'configure')</title>
|
---|
437 |
|
---|
438 | <para>The recommended method to set up a font for
|
---|
439 | <application>MPlayer</application> is to link a TTF file to
|
---|
440 | your <filename class="directory">~/.mplayer</filename> directory. A link
|
---|
441 | should be created in each user's home directory who may use
|
---|
442 | <application>MPlayer</application>. For example:</para>
|
---|
443 |
|
---|
444 | <screen><userinput>install -v -m750 -d ~/.mplayer &&
|
---|
445 | ln -v -sf /usr/share/fonts/X11-TTF/luxisri.ttf \
|
---|
446 | ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf</userinput></screen>
|
---|
447 |
|
---|
448 | <para>There are several other ways to set up a font package. To use a
|
---|
449 | prerendered <application>MPlayer</application> font package, extract
|
---|
450 | and link one of the font tarballs using the following commands:</para>
|
---|
451 |
|
---|
452 | <screen role="root"><userinput>tar -xvf ../&mplayer-font;.tar.bz2 \
|
---|
453 | -C /usr/share/mplayer/font &&
|
---|
454 | chown -v -R root:root /usr/share/mplayer/font &&
|
---|
455 | cd /usr/share/mplayer/font &&
|
---|
456 | ln -v -sf &mplayer-font;/font-arial-<replaceable><font size></replaceable>-iso-8859-1/* .</userinput></screen>
|
---|
457 |
|
---|
458 | <para>Available font sizes are 14, 18, 24 or 28.</para>
|
---|
459 |
|
---|
460 | <para>Additional information as well as additional methods to set up an
|
---|
461 | <application>MPlayer</application> font package can be found at <ulink
|
---|
462 | url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/subosd.html#mpsub-install"/>.</para>
|
---|
463 |
|
---|
464 | </sect3>
|
---|
465 |
|
---|
466 | <!--
|
---|
467 | Following section should be removed after BLFS-6.2.
|
---|
468 | Current Udev creates persistent cd/dvd links automatically
|
---|
469 | <sect3>
|
---|
470 | <title>Installation for DVD Playback (Optional)</title>
|
---|
471 |
|
---|
472 | <para>If you want DVD playback with <application>MPlayer</application>,
|
---|
473 | you need to ensure a link exists between your DVD drive and
|
---|
474 | <filename>/dev/dvd</filename>. This process is described in the
|
---|
475 | <ulink url="&lfs-root;/chapter07/symlinks.html">Creating custom
|
---|
476 | symlinks to devices</ulink> section in LFS. The user must be part
|
---|
477 | of the <systemitem class="groupname">cdrom</systemitem> group in
|
---|
478 | order to use the device.</para>
|
---|
479 |
|
---|
480 | </sect3>
|
---|
481 | -->
|
---|
482 |
|
---|
483 | </sect2>
|
---|
484 |
|
---|
485 | <sect2 role="configuration">
|
---|
486 | <title>Configuring MPlayer</title>
|
---|
487 |
|
---|
488 | <sect3 id="mplayer-config">
|
---|
489 | <title>Config Files</title>
|
---|
490 |
|
---|
491 | <para><filename>/etc/mplayer/*</filename> and
|
---|
492 | <filename>~/.mplayer/*</filename></para>
|
---|
493 |
|
---|
494 | <indexterm zone="mplayer mplayer-config">
|
---|
495 | <primary sortas="e-AA.mplayer">~/.mplayer/*</primary>
|
---|
496 | </indexterm>
|
---|
497 |
|
---|
498 | <indexterm zone="mplayer mplayer-config">
|
---|
499 | <primary sortas="e-etc-mplayer">/etc/mplayer/*</primary>
|
---|
500 | </indexterm>
|
---|
501 |
|
---|
502 | </sect3>
|
---|
503 |
|
---|
504 | <sect3>
|
---|
505 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
|
---|
506 |
|
---|
507 | <para>Typically, there's no configuration required for the system-wide
|
---|
508 | files in <filename class='directory'>/etc/mplayer</filename> (in fact,
|
---|
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
|
---|
512 | configuration changes made here will be copied to the user's
|
---|
513 | <filename class='directory'>~/.mplayer</filename> directory.</para>
|
---|
514 |
|
---|
515 | </sect3>
|
---|
516 |
|
---|
517 | </sect2>
|
---|
518 |
|
---|
519 | <sect2 role="content">
|
---|
520 | <title>Contents</title>
|
---|
521 |
|
---|
522 | <segmentedlist>
|
---|
523 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
|
---|
524 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
|
---|
525 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
|
---|
526 |
|
---|
527 | <seglistitem>
|
---|
528 | <seg>gmplayer, mplayer, and mencoder</seg>
|
---|
529 | <seg>libdha.so and optionally, libpostproc.so</seg>
|
---|
530 | <seg>~/.mplayer, /etc/mplayer, /usr/include/postproc, /usr/lib/mplayer,
|
---|
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">
|
---|
541 | <term><command>gmplayer</command></term>
|
---|
542 | <listitem>
|
---|
543 | <para>is a symlink to <command>mplayer</command> which
|
---|
544 | brings up the graphical user interface component of
|
---|
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">
|
---|
553 | <term><command>mplayer</command></term>
|
---|
554 | <listitem>
|
---|
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
|
---|
558 | information on your system.</para>
|
---|
559 |
|
---|
560 | <para>Examples:</para>
|
---|
561 |
|
---|
562 | <screen><userinput>mplayer -fs blfs.avi
|
---|
563 | mplayer -vo fbdev -fb /dev/fb0 dvd://1 \
|
---|
564 | -aid 128 -sub en -framedrop
|
---|
565 | mplayer -fs vcd://1 # works both for VCDs and SVCDs
|
---|
566 | mplayer http://fredrik.hubbe.net/plugger/test.mpg</userinput></screen>
|
---|
567 |
|
---|
568 | <para>For further information, look at the very good documentation
|
---|
569 | included with the package in the source tree subdirectory
|
---|
570 | <filename class="directory">DOCS</filename> (also installed at
|
---|
571 | <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/doc/mplayer-&mplayer-version;</filename>).</para>
|
---|
572 |
|
---|
573 | <indexterm zone="mplayer mplayer-prog">
|
---|
574 | <primary sortas="b-mplayer">mplayer</primary>
|
---|
575 | </indexterm>
|
---|
576 | </listitem>
|
---|
577 | </varlistentry>
|
---|
578 |
|
---|
579 | <varlistentry id="mencoder">
|
---|
580 | <term><command>mencoder</command></term>
|
---|
581 | <listitem>
|
---|
582 | <para>is used to encode any <application>MPlayer</application>
|
---|
583 | playable movie to DivX4, <application>XviD</application> or any
|
---|
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
|
---|
590 | mencoder -dvd 1 -aid 128 -ovc frameno -oac mp3lame \
|
---|
591 | -lameopts vbr=3 -o frameno.avi
|
---|
592 |
|
---|
593 | <literal># mencoder should output bitrates for average encodings
|
---|
594 | # now, choose one you like best! In the following lines,
|
---|
595 | # replace <bitrate> and <name.avi> with statements of your
|
---|
596 | # personal liking.</literal>
|
---|
597 |
|
---|
598 | mencoder -dvd 1 -aid 128 -oac copy -ovc lavc \
|
---|
599 | -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=1:vhq:vbitrate=<bitrate> \
|
---|
600 | -o <name.avi>
|
---|
601 | mencoder -dvd 1 -aid 128 -oac copy -ovc lavc \
|
---|
602 | -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=2:vhq:vbitrate=<bitrate> \
|
---|
603 | -o <name.avi>
|
---|
604 | mencoder -forceidx <name.avi></userinput></screen>
|
---|
605 | <indexterm zone="mplayer mencoder">
|
---|
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>
|
---|
614 | <para>contains functions used by the
|
---|
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>
|
---|
625 | <para>is a post-processing filter library used by the
|
---|
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>
|
---|
636 |
|
---|
637 | </sect1>
|
---|