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MPlayer - The Movie Player

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Table of Contents

How to read this documentation
1. Introduction
2. Installation
2.1. Software requirements
2.2. Video cards
2.2.1. YUV cards
2.2.2. Non-YUV cards
2.2.3. Cirrus-Logic cards
2.3. Sound cards
2.4. Features
2.5. What about the GUI?
2.6. Fonts and OSD
2.6.1. TrueType fonts
2.6.2. bitmap fonts
2.6.3. OSD menu
2.7. RTC
3. Usage
3.1. Command line
3.2. Subtitles and OSD
3.3. Control
3.3.1. Controls configuration
3.3.2. Control from LIRC
3.3.3. Slave mode
3.4. Streaming from network or pipes
3.4.1. Saving streamed content
3.5. Remote streams
3.5.1. Compiling the server
3.5.2. Using remote streams
3.6. Edit Decision Lists (EDL)
3.6.1. Using an EDL file
3.6.2. Making an EDL file
3.7. Advanced audio
3.7.1. Surround/Multichannel playback
3.7.1.1. DVDs
3.7.1.2. Playing stereo files to four speakers
3.7.1.3. AC3/DTS Passthrough
3.7.1.4. MPEG audio Passthrough
3.7.1.5. Matrix-encoded audio
3.7.1.6. Surround emulation in headphones
3.7.1.7. Troubleshooting
3.7.2. Channel manipulation
3.7.2.1. General information
3.7.2.2. Playing mono with two speakers
3.7.2.3. Channel copying/moving
3.7.2.4. Channel mixing
3.7.3. Software Volume adjustment
4. CD/DVD usage
4.1. CD/DVD drives
4.1.1. Linux
4.1.2. FreeBSD
4.2. DVD playback
4.3. VCD playback
5. Frequently Asked Questions
6. Containers
6.1. Video formats
6.1.1. MPEG files
6.1.2. AVI files
6.1.3. ASF/WMV files
6.1.4. QuickTime/MOV files
6.1.5. VIVO files
6.1.6. FLI files
6.1.7. RealMedia (RM) files
6.1.8. NuppelVideo files
6.1.9. yuv4mpeg files
6.1.10. FILM files
6.1.11. RoQ files
6.1.12. OGG/OGM files
6.1.13. SDP files
6.1.14. PVA files
6.1.15. NSV files
6.1.16. Matroska files
6.1.17. NUT files
6.1.18. GIF files
6.2. Audio formats
6.2.1. MP3 files
6.2.2. OGG/OGM files (Vorbis)
6.2.3. CD audio
6.2.4. XMMS
7. Codecs
7.1. Video codecs
7.1.1. FFmpeg/libavcodec
7.1.2. XviD
7.1.3. x264
7.1.3.1. What is x264?
7.1.3.2. What is H.264?
7.1.3.3. How can I play H.264 videos with MPlayer?
7.1.3.4. How can I encode videos using MEncoder and x264?
7.2. Audio codecs
7.2.1. Software AC3 decoding
7.2.2. Hardware AC3 decoding
7.2.3. libmad support
7.2.4. Hardware MPEG audio codec
7.2.5. AAC codec
7.2.6. AMR codecs
7.3. Win32 codecs importing HOWTO
7.3.1. VFW codecs
7.3.2. DirectShow codecs
8. Video output devices
8.1. Setting up MTRR
8.2. Video outputs for traditional video cards
8.2.1. Xv
8.2.1.1. 3dfx cards
8.2.1.2. S3 cards
8.2.1.3. nVidia cards
8.2.1.4. ATI cards
8.2.1.5. NeoMagic cards
8.2.1.6. Trident cards
8.2.1.7. Kyro/PowerVR cards
8.2.2. DGA
8.2.3. SDL
8.2.4. SVGAlib
8.2.5. Framebuffer output (FBdev)
8.2.6. Matrox framebuffer (mga_vid)
8.2.7. 3Dfx YUV support
8.2.8. OpenGL output
8.2.9. AAlib - text mode displaying
8.2.10. libcaca - Color ASCII Art library
8.2.11. VESA - output to VESA BIOS
8.2.12. X11
8.2.13. VIDIX
8.2.13.1. ATI cards
8.2.13.2. Matrox cards
8.2.13.3. Trident cards
8.2.13.4. 3DLabs cards
8.2.13.5. nVidia cards
8.2.13.6. SiS cards
8.2.14. DirectFB
8.2.15. DirectFB/Matrox (dfbmga)
8.3. MPEG decoders
8.3.1. DVB output and input
8.3.2. DXR2
8.3.3. DXR3/Hollywood+
8.4. Other visualization hardware
8.4.1. Zr
8.4.2. Blinkenlights
8.5. TV-out support
8.5.1. Matrox G400 cards
8.5.2. Matrox G450/G550 cards
8.5.3. ATI cards
8.5.4. nVidia
8.5.5. NeoMagic
9. Audio output devices
9.1. Audio/Video synchronization
9.2. Troubleshooting
10. TV
10.1. TV input
10.1.1. Compilation
10.1.2. Usage tips
10.1.3. Examples
11. Radio
11.1. Radio input
11.1.1. Compilation
11.1.2. Usage tips
11.1.3. Examples
12. Ports
12.1. Linux
12.1.1. Debian packaging
12.1.2. RPM packaging
12.1.3. ARM
12.2. *BSD
12.2.1. FreeBSD
12.2.2. OpenBSD
12.2.3. Darwin
12.3. Commercial Unix
12.3.1. Solaris
12.3.2. IRIX
12.3.3. HP-UX
12.3.4. AIX
12.4. Windows
12.4.1. Cygwin
12.4.2. MinGW
12.5. Mac OS
12.5.1. MPlayer OS X GUI
12.6. Exotic Platforms
12.6.1. QNX
12.6.2. Amiga/MorphOS (GeekGadgets)
13. Basic usage of MEncoder
13.1. Selecting codecs and container formats
13.2. Selecting input file or device
13.3. Encoding two pass MPEG-4 ("DivX")
13.4. Encoding to Sony PSP video format
13.5. Encoding to MPEG format
13.6. Rescaling movies
13.7. Stream copying
13.8. Encoding from multiple input image files (JPEG, PNG, TGA, SGI)
13.9. Extracting DVD subtitles to VOBsub file
13.10. Preserving aspect ratio
14. Encoding with MEncoder
14.1. Making a high quality MPEG-4 ("DivX") rip of a DVD movie
14.1.1. Preparing to encode: Identifying source material and framerate
14.1.1.1. Identifying source framerate
14.1.1.2. Identifying source material
14.1.2. Constant quantizer vs. multipass
14.1.3. Constraints for efficient encoding
14.1.4. Cropping and Scaling
14.1.5. Choosing resolution and bitrate
14.1.5.1. Computing the resolution
14.1.6. Filtering
14.1.7. Interlacing and Telecine
14.1.8. Encoding interlaced video
14.1.9. Notes on Audio/Video synchronization
14.1.10. Choosing the video codec
14.1.11. Audio
14.1.12. Muxing
14.1.12.1. Improving muxing and A/V sync reliability
14.1.12.2. Limitations of the AVI container
14.1.12.3. Muxing into the Matroska container
14.2. How to deal with telecine and interlacing within NTSC DVDs
14.2.1. Introduction
14.2.2. How to tell what type of video you have
14.2.2.1. Progressive
14.2.2.2. Telecined
14.2.2.3. Interlaced
14.2.2.4. Mixed progressive and telecine
14.2.2.5. Mixed progressive and interlaced
14.2.3. How to encode each category
14.2.3.1. Progressive
14.2.3.2. Telecined
14.2.3.3. Interlaced
14.2.3.4. Mixed progressive and telecine
14.2.3.5. Mixed progressive and interlaced
14.2.4. Footnotes
14.3. Encoding with the libavcodec codec family
14.3.1. libavcodec's video codecs
14.3.2. libavcodec's audio codecs
14.3.3. Encoding options of libavcodec
14.3.4. Encoding setting examples
14.3.5. Custom inter/intra matrices
14.3.6. Example
14.4. Encoding with the XviD codec
14.4.1. What options should I use to get the best results?
14.4.2. Encoding options of XviD
14.4.3. Encoding profiles
14.4.4. Encoding setting examples
14.5. Encoding with the x264 codec
14.5.1. Encoding options of x264
14.5.1.1. Introduction
14.5.1.2. Options which primarily affect speed and quality
14.5.1.3. Options pertaining to miscellaneous preferences
14.5.2. Encoding setting examples
14.6. Encoding with the Video For Windows codec family
14.6.1. Video for Windows supported codecs
14.7. Using MEncoder to create VCD/SVCD/DVD-compliant files.
14.7.1. Format Constraints
14.7.1.1. Format Constraints
14.7.1.2. GOP Size Constraints
14.7.1.3. Bitrate Constraints
14.7.2. Output Options
14.7.2.1. Aspect Ratio
14.7.2.2. Maintaining A/V sync
14.7.2.3. Sample Rate Conversion
14.7.3. Using libavcodec for VCD/SVCD/DVD Encoding
14.7.3.1. Introduction
14.7.3.2. lavcopts
14.7.3.3. Examples
14.7.3.4. Advanced Options
14.7.4. Encoding Audio
14.7.4.1. toolame
14.7.4.2. twolame
14.7.4.3. libavcodec
14.7.5. Putting it all Together
14.7.5.1. PAL DVD
14.7.5.2. NTSC DVD
14.7.5.3. PAL AVI Containing AC3 Audio to DVD
14.7.5.4. NTSC AVI Containing AC3 Audio to DVD
14.7.5.5. PAL SVCD
14.7.5.6. NTSC SVCD
14.7.5.7. PAL VCD
14.7.5.8. NTSC VCD
A. How to report bugs
A.1. Report security releated bugs
A.2. How to fix bugs
A.3. How to do regression testing using Subversion
A.4. How to report bugs
A.5. Where to report bugs
A.6. What to report
A.6.1. System Information
A.6.2. Hardware and drivers
A.6.3. Configure problems
A.6.4. Compilation problems
A.6.5. Playback problems
A.6.6. Crashes
A.6.6.1. How to conserve information about a reproducible crash
A.6.6.2. How to extract meaningful information from a core dump
A.7. I know what I am doing...
B. Known bugs
B.1. Special system/CPU-specific bugs/problems
B.2. Various A-V sync and other audio problems
B.2.1. General audio delay or jerky sound (exists with all or many files)
B.2.2. Audio delay/de-sync specific to one or a few files
B.2.3. No sound at all
B.2.4. No picture at all (just plain grey/green window)
B.2.5. Video-out problems
C. MPlayer skin format
C.1. Overview
C.1.1. Directories
C.1.2. Image formats
C.1.3. Skin components
C.1.4. Files
C.2. The skin file
C.2.1. Main window and playbar
C.2.2. Subwindow
C.2.3. Skin menu
C.3. Fonts
C.3.1. Symbols
C.4. GUI messages
C.5. Creating quality skins
D. History