[Mplayer-cvslog] CVS: main/DOCS faq.html,1.89,1.90
Diego Biurrun CVS
diego at mplayerhq.hu
Thu Jun 13 02:26:54 CEST 2002
Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS
In directory mail:/var/tmp.root/cvs-serv21654
Modified Files:
faq.html
Log Message:
Background now uses CSS, added charset, quoted all attributes that need
quoting (contain % or #), typos, misc HTML fixes and all HTML tags should
be UPPERCASE.
Index: faq.html
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/faq.html,v
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+++ faq.html 13 Jun 2002 00:26:51 -0000 1.90
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
<HEAD>
<LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="default.css">
+ <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</HEAD>
-<BODY BGCOLOR=white>
+<BODY>
<P><B><A NAME=5>5. FAQ section</A></B></P>
@@ -20,12 +21,12 @@
<LI><A HREF="#5.7">5.7 Encoding</A></LI>
</UL>
-<TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH=100% ALIGN=left>
+<TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH="100%" ALIGN=left>
<TR><TD COLSPAN=3><P><B><A NAME=5.1>5.1 Compilation</A></B></P>
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Compilation stops with an error message similar to this one:
+<TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Compilation stops with an error message similar to this one:
<PRE>
In file included from mplayer.c:34:
mw.h: In function `mplMainDraw':
@@ -38,17 +39,17 @@
compiler and report the problem to your vendor or the compiler authors.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Configure ends with this text, and MPlayer won't compile!<BR>
+<TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>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>A:</TD><TD>Your gcc isn't installed correctly, check the <CODE>config.log</CODE> file
for details.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>What does "No such file or directory" mean?
+<TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>What does "No such file or directory" mean?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Probably there is no such file or directory.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>What's the problem with gcc 2.96?
+<TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>What's the problem with gcc 2.96?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><B>We strongly discourage the use of gcc 2.96!!!</B><BR>
Read <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#gcc">this</A>
document for details. If you still really really want to use it, be sure to get
@@ -58,13 +59,13 @@
<BR>
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Great, I have gcc 3.0.1 from Red Hat/Mandrake, then I'm fine--!
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Great, I have gcc 3.0.1 from Red Hat/Mandrake, then I'm fine--!
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>No, since there have been/are issues with these compilers as well.<BR>
Use the 2.95.x series for reliability (not <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#gcc">2.96</A>).
Use the latest gcc 3.x (starting at 3.0.4) if you want to use a 3.x version.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I tried to compile MPlayer, but I got this output:
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I tried to compile MPlayer, but I got this output:
<PRE>
In file included from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/std_cwchar.h:42,
from /usr/include/g++-v3/bits/fpos.h:40,
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Upgrade your glibc to the latest release. On Mandrake, use 2.2.4-8mdk.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>... gcc 2.96 ... (Yes, some people are STILL flaming about their gcc 2.96!!)
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>... gcc 2.96 ... (Yes, some people are STILL flaming about their gcc 2.96!!)
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Quoted from a
<A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2001-October/005351.html">mail</A>
A'rpi sent to the
@@ -118,45 +119,45 @@
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Where can I find information about gcc 2.96 bugs?
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Where can I find information about gcc 2.96 bugs?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><A HREF="users_against_developers.html#gcc">This</A>
document describes why Red Hat released 2.96 and other interesting things.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>SDL output doesn't work or compile. The problem is ...
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>SDL output doesn't work or compile. The problem is ...
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It was tested to work with SDL 1.2.x and may run on SDL 1.1.7+.
It does <B>not</B> work with any previous version. So if you choose to use such
a version, you are on your own.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I am still having trouble compiling with SDL support. gcc says something
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I am still having trouble compiling with SDL support. gcc says something
about "undefined reference to `SDL_EnableKeyRepeat'". What now?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Where did you install the SDL library? If you installed in /usr/local
(the default) then edit the top level config.mak and add
"-L/usr/local/lib" after "X_LIBS=". Now type make. You're done!
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>It doesn't compile, and it misses uint64_t inttypes.h and similar things ...
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>It doesn't compile, and it misses uint64_t inttypes.h and similar things ...
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Copy etc/inttypes.h to the <B>MPlayer</B> directory (<CODE>cp etc/inttypes.h .</CODE>)
and try again ...
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I have Linux running on a Pentium III but <CODE>./configure</CODE> doesn't detect
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have Linux running on a Pentium III but <CODE>./configure</CODE> doesn't detect
SSE ...
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Only kernel versions 2.4.x support SSE (or try 2.2.19 or newer, but
be prepared for problems).
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I have a G200/G400, how do I compile/use the mga_vid driver?
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have a G200/G400, how do I compile/use the mga_vid driver?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Read the <A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.7">mga_vid documentation</A>.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Are there rpm/deb/... packages of <B>MPlayer</B>?
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Are there rpm/deb/... packages of <B>MPlayer</B>?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You can make a .deb package for yourself, check the <A HREF="documentation.html#6.1">Debian packaging</A> section.
There are RPM packages available on our homepage, don't use other sources!
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't understand,
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>During 'make', MPlayer complains about X11 libraries. I don't understand,
I DO have X installed!?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>... but you don't have the X development package installed. Or not
correctly. It's called XFree86-devel* under Red Hat, and xlib6g-dev* under
@@ -169,11 +170,11 @@
<A HREF="http://www.pathname.com/fhs/">Filesystem Hierarchy Standard</A>.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I can't compile SVGAlib. I'm using kernel 2.3/2.4 ...
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I can't compile SVGAlib. I'm using kernel 2.3/2.4 ...
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You have to edit SVGAlib's Makefile.cfg and comment <CODE>BACKGROUND = y</CODE> out.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I compiled MPlayer with libdvdcss/libdivxdecore support, but when
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I compiled MPlayer with libdvdcss/libdivxdecore support, but when
I try to start it, it says:<BR>
<CODE>> error while loading shared libraries: lib*.so.0: cannot load
shared object file: No such file or directory</CODE><BR>
@@ -181,19 +182,19 @@
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Add <CODE>/usr/local/lib</CODE> to <CODE>/etc/ld.so.conf</CODE> and run <CODE>ldconfig</CODE>.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Hmm, strange. When loading the mga_vid.o kernel module, I found this in the logs:<BR>
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Hmm, strange. When loading the mga_vid.o kernel module, I found this in the logs:<BR>
<CODE>Warning: loading mga_vid.o will taint the kernel: no license</CODE>
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>The latest kernel modutils require a flag indicating the license (mainly
to avoid kernel hackers debugging closed source drivers).
Upgrade your kernel, modutils and <B>MPlayer</B>.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>When compiling <B>MEncoder</B>, it segfaults at linking!!!
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>When compiling <B>MEncoder</B>, it segfaults at linking!!!
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This is a linker problem. Upgrading binutils should help (2.11.92.* or newer
should be good). Since it is not our fault, please do <B>not</B> report!
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I'd like to compile <B>MPlayer</B> on Minix!
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I'd like to compile <B>MPlayer</B> on Minix!
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Me too. :)
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
@@ -201,7 +202,7 @@
<TD COLSPAN=3><B><A NAME="5.2">5.2 General questions</A></B>
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>The <CODE>-xy</CODE> or <CODE>-fs</CODE> option doesn't work with the x11 driver (<CODE>-vo x11</CODE>) ...
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>The <CODE>-xy</CODE> or <CODE>-fs</CODE> option doesn't work with the x11 driver (<CODE>-vo x11</CODE>) ...
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It does, but you have to explicitly specify software scaling (it's SLOW!) with
the <CODE>-zoom</CODE> option. You better use XF86VidMode support:
you must specify the <CODE>-vm</CODE> and the <CODE>-fs</CODE> switch, and
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@
It's much faster. If SDL's DGA works, use that, it'll be EVEN faster!
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>What is the meaning of the numbers on the status line?
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>What is the meaning of the numbers on the status line?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Example: <CODE>A: 2.1 V: 2.2 A-V: -0.167 ct: 0.042 57/57 41% 0% 2.6% 0 4 49%</CODE><BR>
<UL>
<LI>A: audio position in seconds
@@ -230,93 +231,93 @@
Most of them are for debug purposes and will be removed soon.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>What if I don't want them to appear?
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>What if I don't want them to appear?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Use the <CODE>-quiet</CODE> option and read the man page.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Why is video_out cpu usage zero (0%) for some files?
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Why is video_out cpu usage zero (0%) for some files?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It's not zero, but it's called from the codec and thus cannot be measured
separately. You should try to play the file using <CODE>-vo null</CODE> and then
<CODE>-vo ...</CODE> and check the difference to see the video_out speed.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>There are error messages about file not found <CODE>/usr/lib/win32/</CODE> ...
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>There are error messages about file not found <CODE>/usr/lib/win32/</CODE> ...
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Download the <A HREF="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/w32codec-0.90.tar.bz2">Win32 codecs</A>
from <B>our</B> FTP site (avifile's codec package has a different DLL set) and
install it.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Are there any mailing lists on MPlayer?
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Are there any mailing lists on MPlayer?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Yes! See the bottom of the info page on
<A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/info.html">our homepage</A> to subscribe!
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I've found a nasty bug when I tried to play my favorite video!!
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I've found a nasty bug when I tried to play my favorite video!!
Who should I inform?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Please read the <A HREF="bugreports.html">bug reporting guidelines</A> and follow
the instructions.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I have problems playing files with the ... codec. Can I use them?
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have problems playing files with the ... codec. Can I use them?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Check the <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html">codec status</A>,
if it doesn't contain your codec, read the
<A HREF="codecs.html#2.1.3">codec documentation</A>, especially the
<A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.3">codec importing HOWTO</A> and contact us.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Umm, what is "IdegCounter"?
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Umm, what is "IdegCounter"?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>A combination of a Hungarian and an English word. "Ideg" in Hungarian means
the same as "nerve" in English, and is pronounced as something like "ydaegh".
It was first used to measure the nervousness of A'rpi, after some (umm) "mystic"
disappearance of CVS code ;)
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>And what is "Faszom(C)ounter"?
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>And what is "Faszom(C)ounter"?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>"Fasz" is a Hungarian word you don't want to know, the others are connected to
the perverted minds of the MPlayer developers.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>LIRC doesn't work, because ...
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>LIRC doesn't work, because ...
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Are you sure you are using <CODE>mplayer</CODE> instead of <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE>?
Note that it was <CODE>mplayer_lirc</CODE> for long time, including the 0.60 release, but recently
changed back to <CODE>mplayer</CODE>.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Subtitles are very nice, the most beautiful I've ever seen, but they slow
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Subtitles are very nice, the most beautiful I've ever seen, but they slow
down playing! I know it's unlikely ...
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>After running <CODE>./configure</CODE> , edit <CODE>config.h</CODE> and replace
<CODE>#undef FAST_OSD</CODE> with <CODE>#define FAST_OSD</CODE>. Then recompile.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>The OSD is flickering!
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>The OSD is flickering!
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You use a vo driver with single buffering (x11,xv). With xv,
use the <CODE>-double</CODE> option. Also try <CODE>-vop expand</CODE>
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>What exactly is this libavcodec thing?
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>What exactly is this libavcodec thing?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>See the <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.2">FFmpeg section</A>.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>But configure tells me "Checking for libavcodec ... no"!
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>But configure tells me "Checking for libavcodec ... no"!
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You need to get libavcodec from FFmpeg's CVS. Read the instructions in
the <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.2">FFmpeg section</A>.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Icewm's taskbar keeps covering the movie in fullscreen mode!
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Icewm's taskbar keeps covering the movie in fullscreen mode!
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This shouldn't happen anymore, if it still does use the <CODE>-icelayer</CODE>
option and report it to the
<A HREF="http://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/">mplayer-users</A>
mailing list.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I can't access the GUI menu. I press right click, but I can't access any
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I can't access the GUI menu. I press right click, but I can't access any
menu items!
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Are you using FVWM? Try the following:<BR>
Start -> Settings -> Configuration -> Base Configuration<BR>
Set "Use Applications position hints" to "Yes".
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>How can I run MPlayer in the background?
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>How can I run MPlayer in the background?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Use: <CODE>mplayer <options> <filename> < /dev/null &</CODE>
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
@@ -324,7 +325,7 @@
<B><A NAME="5.3">5.3 File playing problems</A></B>
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>... works with avifile/aviplay but doesn't with MPlayer.
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>... works with avifile/aviplay but doesn't with MPlayer.
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><B>MPlayer</B> != avifile.
The only common thing between these players is the Win32 DLL loader.
The codecs (DLL) set, synchronization, demultiplexing etc is totally
@@ -333,12 +334,12 @@
and vice versa.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Audio goes out of sync playing a .avi file.
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Audio goes out of sync playing a .avi file.
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Try the <CODE>-bps</CODE> or <CODE>-nobps</CODE> option. If it does not improve,
read <A HREF="bugreports.html">this</A> and upload the file to FTP.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>MPlayer exits with some error when using l3codeca.acm.
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>MPlayer exits with some error when using l3codeca.acm.
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Check <CODE>ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE> output. If it contains<BR>
<CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4???????)</CODE><BR>
where "?" is any number then it's OK, the error is not here. If it is:<BR>
@@ -351,38 +352,38 @@
or use <B>MPlayer</B>'s <CODE>-afm 1</CODE> option to disable using l3codeca.acm.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>My computer plays M$ DivX AVIs with resolutions ~ 640x300 and stereo mp3
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>My computer plays M$ DivX AVIs with resolutions ~ 640x300 and stereo mp3
sound too slow. When I use -nosound switch, everything is OK (but quiet).
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Your machine is too slow or your soundcard driver is broken. Consult the documentation to see if you can improve
performance.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>MPlayer dies with "MPlayer interrupted by signal 4 in module: decode_video".
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>MPlayer dies with "MPlayer interrupted by signal 4 in module: decode_video".
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Try running <B>MPlayer</B> on the machine you compiled on. Or recompile. Don't
use <B>MPlayer</B> on a CPU different from the one it was compiled on.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I have problems with [your window manager] and fullscreen xv/xmga/sdl/x11 modes ...
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have problems with [your window manager] and fullscreen xv/xmga/sdl/x11 modes ...
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Read the <A HREF="bugreports.html">bug reporting guidelines</A> and send us a
proper bug report.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>But it works with avifile!
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>But it works with avifile!
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>So what?
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Then avifile is better!
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Then avifile is better!
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Then use avifile, it has a nice GUI and nice C++ code :)
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I got this playing mpeg files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001!
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I got this playing mpeg files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001!
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You have an old version of codecs.conf at <CODE>~/.mplayer/</CODE>. Upgrade it
from <CODE>/etc/</CODE>.<BR>
<B>OR</B> you have the <CODE>vc=</CODE> option or something similar in your
config file(s).
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>When starting MPlayer under KDE I just get a black screen and nothing happens.
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>When starting MPlayer under KDE I just get a black screen and nothing happens.
After about one minute the video starts playing.
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device. Either wait until the
video starts or disable the arts-daemon in kontrol center. If you want
@@ -392,12 +393,12 @@
another option is to start <B>MPlayer</B> with artsdsp.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I have an AVI that produces a gray screen when played with <CODE>-vc odivx</CODE>
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have an AVI that produces a gray screen when played with <CODE>-vc odivx</CODE>
and a green one with <CODE>-vc divx4</CODE>.
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It's not a DivX file, but an M$ MPEG4v3 . Update your codecs.conf.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>When I play this movie I get video-audio desync and/or MPlayer crashes with the following message:<BR>
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>When I play this movie I get video-audio desync and/or MPlayer crashes with the following message:<BR>
<CODE>DEMUXER: Too many (945 in 8390980 bytes) video packets in the buffer!</CODE>
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This can have multiple reasons.<BR>
<UL>
@@ -411,43 +412,43 @@
</UL>
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I have an MJPEG file which works with other players but displays only a black
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have an MJPEG file which works with other players but displays only a black
image in MPlayer.
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Disable the Windows DLL in <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>, or use the
<CODE>-vc ffmjpeg</CODE> option (compile MPlayer with libavcodec for this to work).
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>When I try to grab from my tuner, it works, but colors are strange. It's OK
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>When I try to grab from my tuner, it works, but colors are strange. It's OK
with other applications.
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Your card probably misreports its colorspace capacity. Try with YUY2 instead
of default YV12 (see the <A HREF="documentation.html#2.5">TV input documentation</A>).
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>When I start playing, I get this message but everything seems fine:<BR>
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>When I start playing, I get this message but everything seems fine:<BR>
<CODE>Linux RTC init: ioctl (rtc_pie_on): Permission denied</CODE>
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You need root privileges to use the new timing code. For details see the
<A HREF="documentation.html#1.3">installation section</A> of the documentation.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I have A/V sync problems. Some of my AVIs play fine, but some play with
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have A/V sync problems. Some of my AVIs play fine, but some play with
double speed!
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You have a buggy sound card/driver. Most likely it's fixed at 44100Hz, and
you try to play a file which has 22050Hz audio. Try the resample audio plugin.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>All the WMV (or other..) files I play create a green/gray window and there is
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>All the WMV (or other..) files I play create a green/gray window and there is
only sound! MPlayer prints:<BR>
<CODE>Detected video codec: [null] drv:0 (NULL codec (no decoding))</CODE>
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Update your <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I get very strange percentage values (way too big) while playing files on my notebook.
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I get very strange percentage values (way too big) while playing files on my notebook.
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It's an effect of the power management / power saving system of your notebook
(BIOS, not kernel). Plug the external power connector in <B>before</B> you power on your
notebook.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>The audio/video gets totally out of sync when I run MPlayer as root on my notebook.
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>The audio/video gets totally out of sync when I run MPlayer as root on my notebook.
It works normal when i run it as a user.
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This is again a power management effect (see above). Plug the external power
connector in <B>before</B> you power on your notebook or use the
@@ -459,7 +460,7 @@
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>What about the DGA driver? I can't find it!!!
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>What about the DGA driver? I can't find it!!!
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD><CODE>./configure</CODE> autodetects your DGA driver. If <CODE>-vo help</CODE> doesn't show
DGA, then there's a problem with your X installation.
Try <CODE>./configure --enable-dga</CODE> and read the
@@ -467,7 +468,7 @@
Alternatively, try SDL's DGA driver with the <CODE>-vo sdl:dga</CODE> option.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>OK, <CODE>-vo help</CODE> shows DGA driver, but it complains about permissions!
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>OK, <CODE>-vo help</CODE> shows DGA driver, but it complains about permissions!
Help me!
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>It works only if running as root! It's a DGA limitation.
You should become root (<CODE>su -</CODE>), and try again.
@@ -482,7 +483,7 @@
<B>!!!! SO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ... !!!!</B>
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>When using Xvideo, my Voodoo 3/Banshee says:<BR>
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>When using Xvideo, my Voodoo 3/Banshee says:<BR>
<CODE>X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied)<BR>
Major opcode of failed request: 147 (MIT-SHM)<BR>
Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (X_ShmAttach)<BR>
@@ -495,7 +496,7 @@
or use CVS DRI.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>OpenGL (<CODE>-vo gl</CODE>) output doesn't work (hang/black window/X11 errors/...).
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>OpenGL (<CODE>-vo gl</CODE>) output doesn't work (hang/black window/X11 errors/...).
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Your OpenGL driver doesn't support dynamic texture changes (glTexSubImage).
It's known not to work with nVidia's binary mess.
It's known to work with Utah-GLX/DRI and Matrox G400 cards. Also with
@@ -503,14 +504,14 @@
it will not work with 3DFX cards because of the 256x256 texture size limit.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I have an nVidia TNT/TNT2 card, and I have a band with strange colors,
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have an nVidia TNT/TNT2 card, and I have a band with strange colors,
right under the movie! Whose fault is this?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This is a bug of nVidia's binary X driver. These bugs appear ONLY with the
TNT/TNT2 cards, and we can't do anything about it. To fix the problem, upgrade
to the latest nVidia binary driver version. If still bad, complain to nVidia!
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I have an nVidia XYZ card, and when I click on the GUI's display window to toggle
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I have an nVidia XYZ card, and when I click on the GUI's display window to toggle
displaying the GUI panel, a black square appears where I clicked. I have
the newest driver.
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Yes, nVidia corrected a previous bug (above), and introduced a new one. Let's
@@ -519,16 +520,16 @@
fixed.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>When I use the GUI with SDL video output, a second video window is created.
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>When I use the GUI with SDL video output, a second video window is created.
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Known, don't use SDL for the GUI yet.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Oh the world is cruel ...! SDL has only <CODE>x11</CODE> target, but not
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Oh the world is cruel ...! SDL has only <CODE>x11</CODE> target, but not
<CODE>xv</CODE>!
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Try that <CODE>x11</CODE> target again. Now try <CODE>-vo x11 -fs -zoom</CODE>.
See the difference? No?! OK, here comes the enlightenment: SDL's
<CODE>x11</CODE> target uses xv when available, you don't have to worry about
-it ... Note: you can force/disable Xv via SDL using <CODE>-forcexv<CODE> and <CODE>-noxv</CODE>
+it ... Note: you can force/disable Xv via SDL using <CODE>-forcexv</CODE> and <CODE>-noxv</CODE>
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
<TD COLSPAN="3">
@@ -597,19 +598,19 @@
<B><A NAME="5.6">5.6 Feature requests</A></B>
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I'd like to seek +/- 1 frames instead of 10 seconds.
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I'd like to seek +/- 1 frames instead of 10 seconds.
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>This won't be done. It was, but then it messed up A/V sync. Feel free to
implement it, and send a patch. Don't ask for it.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B> Where is the Windows version?
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B> Where is the Windows version?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD> It's not released, and won't be. Look around the Windows scene (open source
ASF parsers, open source ASF encoders, etc) and you'll know why. We don't
want to go to jail.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>What card do you suggest me to buy?
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>What card do you suggest me to buy?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A0:</TD><TD>It's for your information only but our criteria are:
</TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A1:</TD><TD>Speed:<BR>
This parameter can be computed easily:
@@ -651,7 +652,7 @@
memory.
</TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A2:</TD><TD>Quality:<BR>
This question was investigated in depth at:
-<br><a href="http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1332&rndr=04132002115140">
+<BR><A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1332&rndr=04132002115140">
AnandTech</a> - Video Card Roundup - DVD Quality, Features & Performance
(October 2000)
</TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A3:</TD><TD><B>Working</B> features under Linux:<BR>
@@ -660,147 +661,147 @@
But for <B>Linux</B> users there are currently only a few vendors which have more
or less advanced driver support:<BR><BR>
-<table BORDER=1 COLS=5 WIDTH="100%">
-<tr>
-<td> </td>
+<TABLE BORDER=1 WIDTH="100%">
+<TR>
+<TD> </TD>
-<td>
-<center>Matrox Gxxx</center>
-</td>
+<TD>
+<CENTER>Matrox Gxxx</CENTER>
+</TD>
-<td>
-<center>ATI m64/r128/radeon</center>
-</td>
+<TD>
+<CENTER>ATI m64/r128/radeon</CENTER>
+</TD>
-<td>
-<center>nVidia tnt/geforce</center>
-</td>
+<TD>
+<CENTER>nVidia tnt/geforce</CENTER>
+</TD>
-<td>
-<center>S3 Virge/Savage</center>
-</td>
-</tr>
+<TD>
+<CENTER>S3 Virge/Savage</CENTER>
+</TD>
+</TR>
-<tr>
-<td>Driver's provider</td>
+<TR>
+<TD>Driver's provider</TD>
-<td>OEM and enthusiasts</td>
+<TD>OEM and enthusiasts</TD>
-<td>OEM and enthusiasts</td>
+<TD>OEM and enthusiasts</TD>
-<td>OEM or enthusiasts</td>
+<TD>OEM or enthusiasts</TD>
-<td>enthusiasts</td>
-</tr>
+<TD>enthusiasts</TD>
+</TR>
-<tr>
-<td>Driver's quality</td>
+<TR>
+<TD>Driver's quality</TD>
-<td>best (X11,kernel)</td>
+<TD>best (X11,kernel)</TD>
-<td>best (X11,GATOS,kernel)</td>
+<TD>best (X11,GATOS,kernel)</TD>
-<td>buggy/unstable (X11 only)</td>
+<TD>buggy/unstable (X11 only)</TD>
-<td>slow (X11 only)</td>
-</tr>
+<TD>slow (X11 only)</TD>
+</TR>
-<tr>
-<td>VIDEO OVERLAY</td>
+<TR>
+<TD>VIDEO OVERLAY</TD>
-<td></td>
+<TD></TD>
-<td></td>
+<TD></TD>
-<td></td>
+<TD></TD>
-<td></td>
-</tr>
+<TD></TD>
+</TR>
-<tr>
-<td>BES and YV2RGB</td>
+<TR>
+<TD>BES and YV2RGB</TD>
-<td>YES</td>
+<TD>YES</TD>
-<td>YES</td>
+<TD>YES</TD>
-<td>YES</td>
+<TD>YES</TD>
-<td>YES</td>
-</tr>
+<TD>YES</TD>
+</TR>
-<tr>
-<td>scaling filters</td>
+<TR>
+<TD>scaling filters</TD>
-<td>N/A</td>
+<TD>N/A</TD>
-<td>YES</td>
+<TD>YES</TD>
-<td>N/A</td>
+<TD>N/A</TD>
-<td>N/A</td>
-</tr>
+<TD>N/A</TD>
+</TR>
-<tr>
-<td>adaptive deinterlace</td>
+<TR>
+<TD>adaptive deinterlace</TD>
-<td>N/A</td>
+<TD>N/A</TD>
-<td>YES</td>
+<TD>YES</TD>
-<td>N/A</td>
+<TD>N/A</TD>
-<td>N/A</td>
-</tr>
+<TD>N/A</TD>
+</TR>
-<tr>
-<td>Video equalizer (hue, contrast, saturation, color correction)</td>
+<TR>
+<TD>Video equalizer (hue, contrast, saturation, color correction)</TD>
-<td>YES</td>
+<TD>YES</TD>
-<td>YES</td>
+<TD>YES</TD>
-<td>GeForce only</td>
+<TD>GeForce only</TD>
-<td>N/A</td>
-</tr>
+<TD>N/A</TD>
+</TR>
-<tr>
-<td>Alpha blending, color and video keys</td>
+<TR>
+<TD>Alpha blending, color and video keys</TD>
-<td>PARTIAL</td>
+<TD>PARTIAL</TD>
-<td>PARTIAL (under development)</td>
+<TD>PARTIAL (under development)</TD>
-<td>N/A</td>
+<TD>N/A</TD>
-<td>N/A</td>
-</tr>
+<TD>N/A</TD>
+</TR>
-<tr>
-<td>Video capture</td>
+<TR>
+<TD>Video capture</TD>
-<td>YES (Marvel)</td>
+<TD>YES (Marvel)</TD>
-<td>YES (GATOS)</td>
+<TD>YES (GATOS)</TD>
-<td>N/A</td>
+<TD>N/A</TD>
-<td>N/A</td>
-</tr>
+<TD>N/A</TD>
+</TR>
-<tr>
-<td>TV-out</td>
+<TR>
+<TD>TV-out</TD>
-<td>G400 only</td>
+<TD>G400 only</TD>
-<td>YES</td>
+<TD>YES</TD>
-<td>N/A</td>
+<TD>N/A</TD>
-<td>N/A</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
+<TD>N/A</TD>
+</TR>
+</TABLE>
<P>It's a very rough overview of video cards. We should pay attention to video
card models. If for example Matrox G400 drivers support TV-out then G450 and
@@ -823,36 +824,36 @@
<B><A NAME="5.7">5.7 Encoding</A></B>
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>How can I encode?
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>How can I encode?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Read the <B>MEncoder</B> <A HREF="encoding.html">documentation</A>.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>My tuner works, I can hear the sound and watch the video with MPlayer, but
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>My tuner works, I can hear the sound and watch the video with MPlayer, but
MEncoder doesn't encode audio!
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>TV audio encoding for Linux is currently unimplemented, we're working on it.
At the moment it works only on BSD.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I can't encode DVD subtitles into the AVI!
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I can't encode DVD subtitles into the AVI!
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>You have to specify the <CODE>-sid</CODE> option correctly!
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>MEncoder segfaults on startup!
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>MEncoder segfaults on startup!
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Upgrade DivX4Linux.
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>How can I encode only selected chapters from a DVD?
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>How can I encode only selected chapters from a DVD?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Use the <CODE>-chapter</CODE> option correctly, like: <CODE>-chapter 5-7</CODE>
</TD><TR><TD COLSPAN=3> </TD><TR>
-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>I'm trying to work with 2GB+ files on a VFAT file system. Does it work?
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>I'm trying to work with 2GB+ files on a VFAT file system. Does it work?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>No, VFAT doesn't support 2GB+ files.
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-<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH=100%><B>Why is the recommended bitrate printed by MEncoder negative?
+<TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>Q:</TD><TD WIDTH="100%"><B>Why is the recommended bitrate printed by MEncoder negative?
</B></TD><TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top>A:</TD><TD>Because the bitrate you encoded the audio with is too large to fit the
movie on any CD. Check if you have libmp3lame installed properly.
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