[Mplayer-cvslog] CVS: main/DOCS/en documentation.html,1.413,1.414 faq.html,1.134,1.135
Gabucino
gabucino at mplayerhq.hu
Wed Jul 23 13:28:14 CEST 2003
Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/en
In directory mail:/var/tmp.root/cvs-serv18138/en
Modified Files:
documentation.html faq.html
Log Message:
codecs.conf is obsoleted
Index: documentation.html
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/en/documentation.html,v
retrieving revision 1.413
retrieving revision 1.414
diff -u -r1.413 -r1.414
--- documentation.html 19 Jul 2003 22:14:18 -0000 1.413
+++ documentation.html 23 Jul 2003 11:27:45 -0000 1.414
@@ -806,23 +806,21 @@
make install
</PRE>
-<P>At this point, MPlayer is ready to use. The directory
- <CODE>$PREFIX/etc/mplayer</CODE> contains the <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>
- file, which is used to tell the program all the codecs and their
- capabilities. This file is needed only when you want to change its
- properties, as the main binary contains an internal copy of it.<BR>
- Check if you have <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE> in your home directory
- (<CODE>~/.mplayer/codecs.conf</CODE>) left from old MPlayer versions, and remove it.</P>
+<P>At this point, MPlayer is ready to use. The
+ <CODE>$PREFIX/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf</CODE> file is needed only when you
+ want to change its properties, as the main binary contains an internal copy
+ of it.<BR> Check if you have <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE> in your home directory
+ (<CODE>~/.mplayer/codecs.conf</CODE>) left from old MPlayer versions, and
+ remove it.</P>
<P>Note that if you have a <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE> in <CODE>~/.mplayer/</CODE>,
the builtin and system <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE> will be ignored completely.
Do not do this unless you want to fiddle with MPlayer internals as this can
- can cause many problems. If you want to change the codecs search order, use
+ can cause many problems. If you want to change the codecs search order, use
the <CODE>-vc</CODE>, <CODE>-ac</CODE>, <CODE>-vfm</CODE>, or <CODE>-afm</CODE>
options either on the command line or in your config file (see the manual
page).</P>
-
<P><B>Debian users</B> can build a <CODE>.deb</CODE> package for themselves,
it's very simple. Just exec <CODE>fakeroot debian/rules binary</CODE> in
MPlayer's root directory. See
@@ -1785,27 +1783,23 @@
</PRE>
<P>Or you can use the default install delivered with IRIX 6.5 in which case you
- will have to edit the Makefile by hand a little bit. Change the following two
- lines:</P>
+ will have to edit the Makefile by hand a little bit. Change the following
+ line:</P>
<PRE>
$(INSTALL) -c -m 644 DOCS/mplayer.1 $(MANDIR)/man1/mplayer.1
-
- $(INSTALL) -c -m 644 etc/codecs.conf $(CONFDIR)/codecs.conf
</PRE>
<P>to:</P>
<PRE>
$(INSTALL) -m 644 mplayer.1 $(MANDIR)/man1/
-
- $(INSTALL) -m 644 codecs.conf $(CONFDIR)/
</PRE>
<P>And then do (from within the MPlayer source dir):</P>
<PRE>
- cp DOCS/mplayer.1 . ; cp etc/codecs.conf .
+ cp DOCS/mplayer.1 .
</PRE>
<P>and then go on with building and installing.</P>
Index: faq.html
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/en/faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.134
retrieving revision 1.135
diff -u -r1.134 -r1.135
--- faq.html 20 Jul 2003 14:49:51 -0000 1.134
+++ faq.html 23 Jul 2003 11:27:45 -0000 1.135
@@ -462,15 +462,6 @@
send us a proper bug report.</DD>
<DD> </DD>
- <DT>Q: I got this playing MPEG files: Can't find codec for video format
- 0x10000001!</DT>
- <DD>A: You have an old version of <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE> in
- <CODE>~/.mplayer/</CODE>, <CODE>/etc/</CODE>, <CODE>/usr/local/etc/</CODE>
- or similar. Remove it.<BR>
- <B>OR</B> you have the <CODE>vc=</CODE> option or something similar in your
- config file(s).</DD>
- <DD> </DD>
-
<DT>Q: When starting MPlayer under KDE I just get a black screen and nothing
happens. After about one minute the video starts playing.</DT>
<DD>A: The KDE arts sound daemon is blocking the sound device. Either wait
@@ -481,13 +472,6 @@
another option is to start MPlayer with artsdsp.</DD>
<DD> </DD>
- <DT>Q: I have an AVI that produces a gray screen when played with
- <CODE>-vc odivx</CODE> and a green one with <CODE>-vc divx4</CODE>.</DT>
- <DD>A: It's not a DivX file, but an M$ MPEG4v3. If you have an old version
- of <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE> in <CODE>~/.mplayer/</CODE>, <CODE>/etc/</CODE>,
- <CODE>/usr/local/etc/</CODE> or similar, remove it.</DD>
- <DD> </DD>
-
<DT>Q: 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></DT>
@@ -522,14 +506,6 @@
<DD>A: 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.</DD>
- <DD> </DD>
-
- <DT>Q: 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></DT>
- <DD>A: If you have an old version of <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE> in
- <CODE>~/.mplayer/</CODE>, <CODE>/etc/</CODE>, <CODE>/usr/local/etc/</CODE>
- or similar, remove it.</DD>
<DD> </DD>
<DT>Q: I get very strange percentage values (way too big) while playing files
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