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@ -3,12 +3,16 @@ Welcome to MPlayer, the Unix movie player. MPlayer can play most standard video
formats out of the box and almost all others with the help of external codecs.
MPlayer currently works best from the command line, but visual feedback for
many functions is available from its onscreen status display (OSD), which is
also used for displaying subtitles. A GUI with skin support is in the alpha
development stage, but not completely finished yet.
also used for displaying subtitles. MPlayer also has a GUI with skin support and
several unofficial alternative graphical frontends are available.
MEncoder is a command line video encoder for advanced users that can be built
from the MPlayer source tree. An unofficial graphical frontend exists but is
not included.
This document is for getting you started in a few minutes. It cannot answer all
of your questions. If you have problems, please read the documentation in
DOCS/documentation.html, which should help you solve most of your problems.
DOCS/en/documentation.html, which should help you solve most of your problems.
Also read the man page to learn how to use MPlayer.
@ -19,7 +23,7 @@ Requirements:
Before you start...
Unless you know what are you doing, consult DOCS/video.html to see which driver
Unless you know what are you doing, consult DOCS/en/video.html to see which driver
to use with your video card to get the best quality and performance. Most cards
require special drivers not included with XFree86 to drive their 2-D video
acceleration features like YUV and scaling.
@ -30,7 +34,7 @@ A quick and incomplete list of recommendations:
- 3dfx Voodoo3/Banshee: Get XFree86 4.2.0+ for Xv or use the tdfxfb driver.
- nVidia cards: Get the X11 driver from www.nvidia.com for Xv support.
- NeoMagic cards: Get an Xv capable driver from our homepage as described in
DOCS/video.html.
DOCS/en/video.html.
Without accelerated video even an 800MHz P3 may be too slow to play DVDs.
@ -40,18 +44,20 @@ STEP0: Getting MPlayer
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Official releases, prereleases and CVS snapshots, as well as fonts for the
OSD, Win32 codecs and a number of different skins for the GUI are available
OSD, codec packages and a number of different skins for the GUI are available
from the download section of our homepage at
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/dload.html
A set of fonts is necessary for the OSD and subtitles, the GUI needs at least
one skin and Win32 codecs add support for some more video and audio formats.
one skin and codec packages add support for some more video and audio formats.
MPlayer does not come with any of these by default, you have to download and
install them separately.
install them separately. A wide range of codec packages can be downloaded at
MPlayer is also available via anonymous CVS. Issue the following commands to
get the latest sources:
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/
You can also get MPlayer via anonymous CVS. Issue the following commands to get
the latest sources:
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@mplayerhq.hu:/cvsroot/mplayer login
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@mplayerhq.hu:/cvsroot/mplayer co main
@ -69,9 +75,9 @@ STEP1: Installing FFmpeg libavcodec
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you are using an official (pre)release, skip this step, since official
releases include libavcodec. CVS sources and CVS snapshots do not include
libavcodec. To verify if you do have libavcodec or not, check if the libavcodec
subdirectory in the MPlayer source tree is empty or not.
releases include libavcodec. CVS sources and thus CVS snapshots do not include
libavcodec. To verify if you do have libavcodec or not, check if a subdirectory
named 'libavcodec' exists in the MPlayer source tree.
The FFmpeg project provides libavcodec, a very portable codec collection (among
the supported formats is MPEG4/DivX) with excellent quality and speed, that is
@ -84,12 +90,9 @@ outside the MPlayer source directory:
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg login
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg co ffmpeg/libavcodec
When asked for a password, you can just hit enter.
Now, replace the empty libavcodec directory in the MPlayer source tree with the
FFmpeg libavcodec source by removing the libavcodec subdirectory in the MPlayer
source tree and then copying (symbolic linking does NOT suffice) the freshly
downloaded FFmpeg libavcodec directory back into the MPlayer source tree.
When asked for a password, you can just hit enter. A directory named 'ffmpeg'
with a subdirectory named 'libavcodec' inside will be created. Copy (symbolic
linking does NOT suffice) this subdirectory into the MPlayer source tree.
______________________________
@ -97,13 +100,13 @@ STEP2: Installing Win32 Codecs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MPlayer and libavcodec have builtin support for the most common audio and video
formats, but some others are playable only with the Win32 DLLs or the XAnim
binary plugins. Examples include WMV8 video, DivX with WMA audio (not normal
DivX files) and Indeo. This step is not mandatory, but recommended for getting
MPlayer to play more different file types. Note that Win32 codecs only work on
Intel x86 compatible PCs.
formats, but some formats require external codecs. Examples include Real, Indeo
and Sorenson3 (newer Quicktime) formats. Support for Windows Media formats
except WMV9 exists but still has some bugs, your mileage may vary. This step is
not mandatory, but recommended for getting MPlayer to play a broader range of
formats. Please note that most codecs only work on Intel x86 compatible PCs.
Unpack the codecs archive and put the contents in a directory where MPlayer
Unpack the codecs archives and put the contents in a directory where MPlayer
will find them. The default directory is /usr/lib/win32/ but you can change
that to something else by using the '--with-win32libdir=DIR' option when you
run './configure'.
@ -113,7 +116,7 @@ __________________________
STEP3: Configuring MPlayer
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MPlayer has a lot of options that get selected in this phase. Run
MPlayer can be adapted to all kinds of needs and hardware environments. Run
./configure
@ -177,8 +180,8 @@ STEP6: Installing a GUI skin
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unpack the archive and put the contents in /usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/ or
~/.mplayer/Skin/. MPlayer will use the skin in the default/ subdirectory of
/usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/ or ~/.mplayer/Skin/ unless told otherwise via
~/.mplayer/Skin/. MPlayer will use the skin in the subdirectory named default
of /usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/ or ~/.mplayer/Skin/ unless told otherwise via
the '-skin' switch. You should therefore rename your skin subdirectory or make
a suitable symbolic link.
@ -216,5 +219,5 @@ files smoothly on a Celeron 366. Slower systems may need the '-framedrop'
option.
Questions you may have are probably answered in the rest of the documentation.
The places to start reading are the man page, DOCS/documentation.html and
DOCS/faq.html. If you find a bug, read DOCS/bugreports.html first!
The places to start reading are the man page, DOCS/en/documentation.html and
DOCS/en/faq.html. If you find a bug, read DOCS/en/bugreports.html first!