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* GUI update * Screensize * LHA * GetBusKey * Altivec * Overlay * DVplayer * AHI * Subtitles & Fonts * cgx_vmem * wpa * Vcore values DANGER
REF: followed by a web address is the reference to where the info came from so you can read it in context if you desire.
NOTE: Not all info has a reference included.
Contents
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GUI update: [updated] GUI related questions...
Screensize: What is the best screensize?
LHA: LHA file from http://www.amigasoft.net site the new version of mplayer does not download...
GetBusKey: [obsolete] Error GetBusKey
Altivec: Is altivec always on, or should I enable it with a paramenter ?
Overlay: [obsolete] Overlay crashes my system...
DVplayer: Where can I find DVplayer?
AHI: [obsolete] AHI -ahi -ahi_dev...
Subtitles & Fonts: How do I get subtitles to work?
cgx_vmem: [obsolete] -vo cgx_vmem
cgx_wpa: [obsolete] WPA not as good as vmem
Vcore values DANGER : Vcore values DANGER
Amiga Mplayer is a port from: < http://www.mplayerhq.hu >
The Amiga port of Mplayer is downloadable from < http://www.amigasoft.net >
MPlayer Features
MPlayer is a movie player for Linux (runs on many other Unices, and
non-x86 CPUs, see the documentation). It plays most MPEG, VOB, AVI,
Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, FLI, RM, NuppelVideo, YUV4MPEG,
FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL
codecs. You can watch VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, DivX 3/4/5 and even WMV
movies, too (without the avifile library).
Most of the information regarding Amiga Mplayer was found in this AmigaWorld thread.
http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic_id=10270&forum=14&start=40&viewmode=flat&order=0
Contact
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Amiga version of Mplayer ported by Andrea Palmatè
email: andrea@amigasoft.net
amigaworld.net handle: afxgroup
Credits
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AUTHORS
MPlayer was initially written by Arpad Gereöffy. It is now developed by the Mplayer team. < http://www.mplayerhq.hu >
This info/FAQ of AmigaMplayer put together by Robert Goodlett
email: goody@eskimo.com
amigaworld.net handle: goody
GUI related questions [updated]
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Q: GUI related questions<p>
A: I'm not the developer of GUI. so don't ask me questions about it.<p>
[updated]
Download here: http://www.onyxsoft.se/files/mplayergui.lha
Current version 1.45
Deniil715:
Re: MPlayer Dirty Preview #4
Posted on 26-Mar-2005 2:57:40
If MPlayer crashes from the GUI then raise the stack and do not set
Video mode to Default because that is overlay which doesn't work yet.
I've just finished a new version and I've sent it to Andréa to
verify that I implemented things correctly. I'm currently waiting for a
response.
OnyxSoft will do a major software release in the coming week which will include this new version of MPlayer-GUI.
[/update]
Screensize; what is best?
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Q: As im lame in all this i wonder what screenmodes is standard
to use for movies. I have only 320x240/640x480/800x600/1024x768.
Some movies will have a black background as i belive i dont have
the right size. So therefore i check with you people what more
screensizes i must have.
A: Simply wait for the overlay support for Radeon cards - I will,
at least. That should solve most issues with framesizes, especially for
mpeg files, because these usually have aspect ratio set so the player
can scale correctly automatically. Then, you will probably need a
separate screen only for multitasking reasons.
For now I'm quite content to view in 1:1 sizes.
A: I typically add a few of these: 352x240 (VCD NTSC), 352x288 (VCD
PAL), 480x576 (SVCD PAL), 480x480 (SVCD NTSC), 720x576 (Full-size
capture PAL), 720x480 (Full-size capture NTSC) and for widescreen PAL
DVD I just use 1024x768 (the resolution is 1024x576, black bars up and
down make it 1024x768). Don't know what you would use for NTSC
Widescreen DVD to avoid vertical stretching to correct aspect ratio
(which is the devils work).
You get pretty far with just 1024x768, 640x480 and 720x576/480
(typically need both of those). Then you can watch VCD with pixel
doubling, SVCD with horisontal stretch, 4:3 DVDs with only the 768 to
720 (or 704) pixel resampling (DVDs are actually 5:4 resolution so need
rescaling WHATEVER you do ), DivX in 720 and 704 (16 pixels worth of
black bars isn't too bad) pixels, and widescreen DVD. Whatever you do,
try to avoid doing anything else than 1x, 2x or 3x number of lines.
Vertical scaling can be a total BITCH to look at
A: That actually depends on the movie resolution.
Most movies will have to be stretched to fit the screen.
Every zoom or increase/decrease in size will deform
the movie in some way. Some players zoom good
others worse.
The vertical resolution is the thing to check.
As movies often have aspect of 1.85:1 and 2.35:1 you
should not choose too low resolution. Actually not
less than 800x600 when viewing widescreen (16:9)
material. Ordinary fullscreen (4:3) material should be
viewed in the screen size it is encoded in.
PAL DVDs is best viewed in 800x600 or 1024x768.
NTSC with it's lower resolution will always have to be
stretched. Best is to choose a resolution not deforming
the movie too much. Maybe 1024x768 atleast. Do not
choose too low resolution on NTSC as this will remove
too much material from the picture making it fuzzy.
Also too high resolution will make everything wrong
with the quality show even more.
So it's a balance. Maybe 1024x768 is the best alround.
Btw black borders on fullscreen mode in MPlayer (and
on TV sets) will always show black borders over and under
the actual movie playing. Assuming it has a widescreen
aspect ratio.
A little info about screenmode. Must use a 32bit screenmode: http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic_id=10270&forum=14&start=100&viewmode=flat&order=0
LHA file from http://www.amigasoft.net wont dload...
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Q: The lha file from http://www.amigasoft.net site the new version of mplayer does not download,
page not found error.
A: It is a IBrowse problems (since i cannot use the .lha extension on that server..).
Download the RAR format.
A: The Lha works on Firefox 1.0 on my PC anyway.
I haven't gone online with my Amiga yet
Error GetBusKey...
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[obsolete] This error doesn't occur anymore with latest version of MPlayer
Altivec, is it always on?
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Q: Is altivec always on, or should I enable it with a paramenter ?
A: altivec is enabled by default only if you have a G4 cpu. However
it is not active in all lib of mplayer. I'm working on it now. But it
is very difficult because there are many problems with altivec an gcc
Overlay crashes my system...
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[obsolete] This error doesn't occur anymore with latest version of MPlayer
DVplayer: Where can I find it?
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Q: Where can I find DVplayer?
A: You can find DVPlayer here
AHI -ahi -ahi_dev
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[obsolete] This doesn't happen anymore since now there is only -ao sdl
Subtitles: How do I get them to work?
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Q: How do I get subtitles to work? REF: http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic_id=10270&forum=14&start=100&viewmode=flat&order=0
REF: http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic_id=10270&forum=14&start=80&viewmode=flat&order=0
A: Just got subtitles to work yesterday. Download font files from here: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/dload.html
Extract desired font-files to /conf/font/ and everything should work, including OSD.
mplayer seems to have problems with subtitle filenames with spaces on them.
The fonts go in conf/font/ - no 's' in font
What have you got in conf/font/ ? REF: http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic_id=10270&forum=14&start=140&viewmode=flat&order=0
I have the following:
font.desc
iso-8859-1-a.raw
iso-8859-1-b.raw
osd-mplayer-a.raw
osd-mplayer-b.raw
Have a look in the folders. It seems like he's copied the fonts from the folders to conf/fonts/ .
Yep, I copied the files in the 14pt dir, just like the readme in the fonts archive says and it works.
thanx..that was abit too obvious... heh...works great now wish every prob was this easy to solve
Some fonts don't work (the older ones) try this font, it works: Arial font: http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/fonts/font-arial-cp1250.tar.bz2 REF: http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic_id=10270&forum=14&start=180&viewmode=flat&order=0
cgx_vmem
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[obsolete] This doesn't happen anymore since now there are only -vo p96pip and -vo sdl
wpa not as good as vmem
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[obsolete] This doesn't happen anymore since now there are only -vo p96pip and -vo sdl
Vcore values DANGER
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(DANGER - You can and will destory your CPU as well as the rest of
your computer along with the destruction of the entire earth if you
mess with the vcore setting of your CPU without knowing what your
doing.)
REF: http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic_id=10270&forum=14&start=60&viewmode=flat&order=0
A: have you tried changing vcore to the correct value?
My XE/G3 crashed a lot before I did that.
REF: http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic_id=10270&forum=14&start=60&viewmode=flat&order=0
A - ikir: Exactly. If wpa use 100% cpu and someones A1 crash it is a vcore problem.
afxgroup: mmm.. you must explain me this.. in details..
REF: http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic_id=10270&forum=14&start=80&viewmode=flat&order=0
A - ikir: vcore problems happens usually when you use 100% cpu.
probably your vcore is lower than one needed by the cpu. A lot of 933
version shipped with wrong vcore!
I have a G41000 and i needed to upper vcore a little to have my system rock stable stable.
I use mine to 1,74. Probably your is 1,59 for 800Mhz G4. Most users have 1,64 for their 933 G4.
IT DOESN'T matter if Linux is stable or not.
REF: http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic_id=10270&forum=14&start=80&viewmode=flat&order=0
A - Rogue: Warning:
YOU CANNOT DETERMINE YOUR CORRECT VCORE UNLESS YOU KNOW THE CORRECT PART NUMBER OF YOUR CPU
(damn, this should have appeard in big red letters!)
Read this http://www.intuitionbase.com/static.php?section=notes before doing any adjustments.
Once again I need to point out that there is none other than 800
Mhz G4 systems availabel. THERE IS NO 933. The CPU might be a 933 MHz
CPU, but there is no guarantee that the rest of the system is built in
such a way that it can use another frequency.
Apparently, this hasn't filtered in yet, so please forgive my
shouting, but I think that it is better to be yelled at than to fry
your CPU.
REF: http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic_id=10270&forum=14&start=80&viewmode=flat&order=0
You MUST read your CPU's PART NUMBER and look it up in the
Freescale manuals to determine the correct VCORE for your CPU. DO NOT
SIMPLY CHANGE IT. There is NO guarantee that it will work, and in the
worst case it may fry your machine.
REF: http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic_id=10270&forum=14&start=100&viewmode=flat&order=0
The point being, there is a part number printed on the CPU, and two
letters of that part number specify the voltage model. There is a table
in the appropriate manual that lists the correct voltage for the
correct speed.
50mV might make the difference between fun and smoke.
musical tune: "A1's roasting over an open fire. Vcore nipping at your toes."
Change this setting at great risk. :-)
MPlayer FAQ By Robert Goodlett
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