[Mplayer-cvslog] CVS: main/DOCS faq.html,1.46,1.47 video.html,1.47,1.48
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Mon Dec 3 18:12:10 CET 2001
Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS
In directory mplayer:/var/tmp.root/cvs-serv5222/DOCS
Modified Files:
faq.html video.html
Log Message:
stuff I don't remember
Index: faq.html
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.46
retrieving revision 1.47
diff -u -r1.46 -r1.47
--- faq.html 30 Nov 2001 17:39:18 -0000 1.46
+++ faq.html 3 Dec 2001 17:12:07 -0000 1.47
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
<TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
+configure ends with this text, and MPlayer won't compile !<BR>
+<CODE>Your gcc does not support even i386 for '-march' and '-mcpu'.</CODE>
+</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
+Your gcc isn't installed correctly, check <CODE>config.log</CODE> file
+for details.
+</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
+
+<TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
What does "No such file or directory" means ?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
Probably there is no such file or directory.
@@ -528,6 +536,15 @@
<CODE>Detected video codec: [null] drv:0 (NULL codec (no decoding))</CODE>
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
Update your <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>
+</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
+
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
+I'm using the GUI. During startup, MPlayer prints :<BR>
+<PRE><CODE>Gtk-WARNING **: This process is currently running setuid or setgid.
+This is not a supported use of GTK+. You must create a helper
+program instead. For further details, see...</CODE></PRE>
+</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>A:</TD><TD><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">
+You can't use GTK in a suid-root binary, as pointed out in the GUI section.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
Index: video.html
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/video.html,v
retrieving revision 1.47
retrieving revision 1.48
diff -u -r1.47 -r1.48
--- video.html 2 Dec 2001 12:57:37 -0000 1.47
+++ video.html 3 Dec 2001 17:12:07 -0000 1.48
@@ -232,10 +232,13 @@
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.2.3>2.3.1.2.3. nVidia cards</A></B></P>
<P>nVidia isn't a very good choice under Linux.. You'll have to use the
-binary nVidia driver, available at nVidia's website. The standard X
+binary closed-source nVidia driver, available at nVidia's website. The standard XFree86
driver doesn't support XVideo for these cards, due to nVidia's closed
sources/specifications.</P>
+<P>As far as I know the latest XFree86 driver contains XVideo support for
+Geforce 2 and 3.</P>
+
<P><UL><LI>Riva128 cards don't have XVideo support even with the nvidia driver :(
Complain to NVidia.</UL></P>
@@ -780,6 +783,20 @@
coloured window instead of the movie. This is where this driver comes in
handy, but you need powerful CPU to use software scaling. Don't use the
SDL driver's software output+scaler, it has worse image quality !</P>
+
+<P>Software scaling is very slow, you better try changing video modes instead.
+It's very simple. See the <A HREF=#2.3.1.3.A>DGA section's modelines</A>, and
+insert them into your XF86Config.
+<UL>
+ <LI>If you have XFree86 4.x.x - use the <CODE>-vm</CODE> option. It will
+ change to a resolution your movie fits in. If it doesn't :</LI>
+ <LI>With XFree86 3.x.x - you have to cycle through available resolutions
+ with the <B>CTRL-ALT-plus</B> and <B>minus</B> keys.</LI>
+</UL>
+
+If you can't find the modes you inserted, browse XFree86's output. Some
+drivers can't use low pixelclocks that are needed for low resolution
+video modes.</P>
<P><B><A NAME=2.3.1.14>2.3.1.14. Rage128 (Pro) / Radeon video overlay (radeon_vid)</A></B></P>
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