MPlayer FAQ
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
- 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
[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.
How to include mplayer in a java application or program or library?