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Hi,I amlooking for a way to automatically convert ogg to mp3 I must give a directory and have everything in converted is it possible to achievve such a thing with mplayer ? | |||
*use aconvert found in mplayer source TOOLS/aconvert . | *use aconvert found in mplayer source TOOLS/aconvert . | ||
anyone know how to play mp4 files with sound? i can only see video but no audio | |||
*check mplayer output for helpful messages. | *check mplayer output for helpful messages. | ||
*Requested audio codec family [faad] (afm=faad) not available. Enable it at compilation. | *Requested audio codec family [faad] (afm=faad) not available. Enable it at compilation. | ||
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Hi, im using a Mplayer windows gui. is there a way to make subtitles smaller? mpui its named | |||
*answer: subfont-text-scale=3 in config | *answer: subfont-text-scale=3 in config | ||
What exactly is the name of the fonts mplayer wants? It can not find that CID whatever here. Or a package name I can request? | |||
*symlink any ttf font to ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf or use -font /dir/file.ttf | *symlink any ttf font to ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf or use -font /dir/file.ttf | ||
Hi folks, is there a way to "tell" mplayer (not gmplayer) not to exit when a file has been played and then wait for some new input? via a fifo or whatever | |||
*[http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/tech/slave.txt http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/tech/slave.txt] | *[http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/tech/slave.txt http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/tech/slave.txt] | ||
* mplayer -input=/fifo | * mplayer -input=/fifo | ||
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i have a corrupt file that mplayer plays, how do i get a new "clean" version of the audio? | |||
*answer: mplayer file -ao pcm | *answer: mplayer file -ao pcm | ||
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how do I set the video window to double size when running mplayer from command line? cannot find it in man file... | |||
*mplayer -xy 2 | *mplayer -xy 2 | ||
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* mplayer -rootwin yourmovie (Only works with the x11, xv, xmga, xvidix, quartz, macosx and directx video output drivers.) | * mplayer -rootwin yourmovie (Only works with the x11, xv, xmga, xvidix, quartz, macosx and directx video output drivers.) | ||
* Gnome : gconftool-2 -s /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop -t bool false (to disable background) | * Gnome : gconftool-2 -s /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop -t bool false (to disable background) | ||
having adjusted the hue/contrast previously, what's an easy way to set them all back to neutral? | |||
* use xvattr | |||
* rpm packages at http://dag.wieers.com/packages/xvattr/ | |||
Revision as of 15:24, 4 December 2006
This page will attempt to answer all of the frequent questions we get in the #mplayer irc channel on irc.freenode.net.
Official MPlayer Frequently asked Questions: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/faq.html
MPlayer FAQ by relaxed:
http://johnvansickle.com/faq
Questions from #mplayer channel:
Hi,I amlooking for a way to automatically convert ogg to mp3 I must give a directory and have everything in converted is it possible to achievve such a thing with mplayer ?
- use aconvert found in mplayer source TOOLS/aconvert .
anyone know how to play mp4 files with sound? i can only see video but no audio
- check mplayer output for helpful messages.
- Requested audio codec family [faad] (afm=faad) not available. Enable it at compilation.
- your mplayer was not compiled with faad support. recompile it after installing libfaad package.
Hi, im using a Mplayer windows gui. is there a way to make subtitles smaller? mpui its named
- answer: subfont-text-scale=3 in config
What exactly is the name of the fonts mplayer wants? It can not find that CID whatever here. Or a package name I can request?
- symlink any ttf font to ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf or use -font /dir/file.ttf
Hi folks, is there a way to "tell" mplayer (not gmplayer) not to exit when a file has been played and then wait for some new input? via a fifo or whatever
- http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/tech/slave.txt
- mplayer -input=/fifo
Anyway to dump a dvd audio stream really fast?
- mplayer -dumpaudio dvd:// -speed 90 -vc null -vo null -benchmark
i have a corrupt file that mplayer plays, how do i get a new "clean" version of the audio?
- answer: mplayer file -ao pcm
X11 error: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)?,?% 0 0
MPlayer interrupted by signal 6 in module: vo_check_events
- <LunarCrisis> ah, looks like Option "LinearAlloc" "8192" in my xorg.conf is what I need
i have a widescreen lcd monitor and everything is stretched, help!
- use -monitoraspect 16:10 or -monitorpixelaspect 1.125
how do I set the video window to double size when running mplayer from command line? cannot find it in man file...
- mplayer -xy 2
How to setup XvMC ?
- Get xmvc dev lib (libxvmc-dev) and compile MPlayer with --enable-xvmc
- Point /etc/X11/XvMCConfig to your /lib/libXvMCNVIDIA.so.* , for example : echo "libXvMCNVIDIA.so.1.0.9742" > /etc/X11/XvMCConfig
- mplayer -vc ffmpeg12mc yourmovie.mpeg2
- NB : works only with mpeg2 and mpeg.
How to include mplayer in a java application or program or library?
How to set video as wallpaper ?
- mplayer -rootwin yourmovie (Only works with the x11, xv, xmga, xvidix, quartz, macosx and directx video output drivers.)
- Gnome : gconftool-2 -s /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop -t bool false (to disable background)
having adjusted the hue/contrast previously, what's an easy way to set them all back to neutral?
- use xvattr
- rpm packages at http://dag.wieers.com/packages/xvattr/