MPlayer - The Movie Player

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MPlayer - The Movie Player

http://www.mplayerhq.hu

Copyright 2000-2008 MPlayer team

License

MPlayer is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

MPlayer is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with MPlayer; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

How to read this documentation

1. Introduction

2. Installation

2.1. Software requirements

2.2. Features

2.3. What about the GUI?

2.4. Fonts and OSD

2.4.1. TrueType fonts
2.4.2. bit-map fonts
2.4.3. OSD menu

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. Edit Decision Lists (EDL)

3.5.1. Using an EDL file
3.5.2. Making an EDL file

3.6. Advanced audio

3.6.1. Surround/Multichannel playback

3.6.1.1. DVDs
3.6.1.2. Playing stereo files to four speakers
3.6.1.3. AC-3/DTS Passthrough
3.6.1.4. MPEG audio Passthrough
3.6.1.5. Matrix-encoded audio
3.6.1.6. Surround emulation in headphones
3.6.1.7. Troubleshooting

3.6.2. channel manipulation

3.6.2.1. General information
3.6.2.2. Playing mono with two speakers
3.6.2.3. channel copying/moving
3.6.2.4. channel mixing

3.6.3. Software Volume adjustment

4. CD/DVD usage

4.1. CD/DVD drives

4.1.1. Linux
4.1.2. FreeBSD

4.2. DVD playback

4.2.1. region code

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

7.1. 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 AC-3 decoding
7.2.2. Hardware AC-3 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

8.2.1. 3dfx cards
8.2.2. S3 cards
8.2.3. nVidia cards
8.2.4. ATI cards
8.2.5. NeoMagic cards
8.2.6. Trident cards
8.2.7. Kyro/PowerVR cards
8.2.8. Intel cards

8.5. SVGAlib

8.6. Framebuffer output (FBdev)

8.7. Matrox framebuffer (mga_vid)

8.8. 3Dfx YUV support

8.9. tdfx_vid

8.10. OpenGL output

8.11. AAlib - text mode displaying

8.12. libcaca - Color ASCII Art library

8.13. VESA - output to VESA BIOS

8.15. VIDIX

8.15.1. svgalib_helper
8.15.2. ATI cards
8.15.3. Matrox cards
8.15.4. Trident cards
8.15.5. 3DLabs cards
8.15.6. nVidia cards
8.15.7. SiS cards

8.16. DirectFB

8.17. DirectFB/Matrox (dfbmga)

8.18. MPEG decoders

8.18.1. DVB output and input
8.18.2. DXR2
8.18.3. DXR3/Hollywood+

8.19. Other visualization hardware

8.19.1. Zr
8.19.2. Blinkenlights

8.20. TV-out support

8.20.1. Matrox G400 cards
8.20.2. Matrox G450/G550 cards
8.20.3. Building a Matrox TV-out cable
8.20.4. ATI cards
8.20.5. nVidia
8.20.6. NeoMagic

9. audio output devices

9.1. Audio/Video synchronization
9.2. Troubleshooting

10.1. TV input

10.1.1. Compilation
10.1.2. Usage tips
10.1.3. Examples

10.2. Teletext

10.2.1. Implementation notes
10.2.2. Using teletext
10.2.3. Teletext hot keys

11.1. Radio input

11.1.1. Compilation
11.1.2. Usage tips
11.1.3. Examples

12.1. Linux

12.1.1. Debian packaging
12.1.2. RPM packaging
12.1.3. ARM

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, etc.)
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

14.3.2.1. PCM/ADPCM format supplementary table

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
14.6.2. Using vfw2menc to create a codec settings file.

14.7. Using MEncoder to create QuickTime-compatible files

14.7.1. Why would one want to produce QuickTime-compatible Files?
14.7.2. QuickTime 7 limitations
14.7.3. Cropping
14.7.4. Scaling
14.7.5. A/V sync
14.7.6. Bitrate
14.7.7. Encoding example
14.7.8. Remuxing as MP4
14.7.9. Adding metadata tags

14.8. Using MEncoder to create VCD/SVCD/DVD-compliant files

14.8.1. Format Constraints

14.8.1.1. Format Constraints
14.8.1.2. GOP Size Constraints
14.8.1.3. bit-rate Constraints

14.8.2. Output Options

14.8.2.1. Aspect Ratio
14.8.2.2. Maintaining A/V sync
14.8.2.3. Sample Rate Conversion

14.8.3. Using libavcodec for VCD/SVCD/DVD Encoding

14.8.3.1. Introduction
14.8.3.2. lavcopts
14.8.3.3. Examples
14.8.3.4. Advanced Options

14.8.4. Encoding Audio

14.8.4.1. toolame
14.8.4.2. twolame
14.8.4.3. libavcodec

14.8.5. Putting it all Together

14.8.5.1. PAL DVD
14.8.5.2. NTSC DVD
14.8.5.3. PAL AVI Containing AC-3 audio to DVD
14.8.5.4. NTSC AVI Containing AC-3 audio to DVD
14.8.5.5. PAL SVCD
14.8.5.6. NTSC SVCD
14.8.5.7. PAL VCD
14.8.5.8. NTSC VCD

A. How to report bugs

A.1. Report security related 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/desync 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.1.1. Directories
C.1.2. Image formats
C.1.3. Skin components
C.1.4. Files

The skin file

C.2.1. Main window and playbar
C.2.2. Subwindow
C.2.3. Skin menu

C.3.1. Symbols

GUI messages

Creating quality skins

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