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<hume2> how do I set the video window to double size when running mplayer from command line? cannot find it in man file...
<hume2> 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
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.

Revision as of 07:22, 3 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

faq

[15:06] <Donvinzk> Hi,I amlooking for a way to automatically convert ogg to mp3 [15:06] <Donvinzk> I must give a directory and have everything in converted [15:06] <Donvinzk> is it possible to achievve such a thing with mplayer ?

  • use aconvert found in mplayer source TOOLS/aconvert .


[08:34] <foxhacker> 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.


<pikko> Hi, im using a Mplayer windows gui. is there a way to make subtitles smaller? [08:37] <pikko> mpui its named

  • answer: subfont-text-scale=3 in config


<GarySaved> What exactly is the name of the fonts mplayer wants? It can not find that CID whatever here. [06:59] <GarySaved> Or a package name I can request?

  • symlink any ttf font to ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf or use -font /dir/file.ttf


[13:18] <Enlight_uni> 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? [13:18] <Enlight_uni> via a fifo or whatever


Anyway to dump a dvd audio stream really fast?

  • mplayer -dumpaudio dvd:// -speed 90 -vc null -vo null -benchmark


[05:26] <helloyo> 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

<hume2> 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.