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@@ -1,470 +0,0 @@ - - ---------------------- - xine FAQ - ---------------------- - - -scope of this FAQ ------------------ - -this FAQ covers xine version 0.5 and newer, it covers both xine-lib -(the xine engine and default plugins) and xine-ui (xlib and console -user interface implementations). - - -how do I build this beast? --------------------------- - -first make sure you use a stable, official release of gcc to compile. -You can try patched gcc versions, but these are not supported and will -probably not work (pgcc for example is known to make libmpeg break). - -You'll have to use gnu make to compile xine, on most GNU/Linux systems -make is gnu make, on other platforms use "gmake" instead. - -If you want to have Xv support compiled in, make sure you have a shared -Xv library on your system, e.g. ls /usr/X11R6/lib/libXv* should give you -some .so libs, like this: - -/usr/X11R6/lib/libXv.a /usr/X11R6/lib/libXv.so /usr/X11R6/lib/libXv.so.1 - -if you only got libXv.a you can create the shared versions yourself: - -# ld --whole-archive -shared -o libXv.so.1 libXv.a -# ln -s libXv.so.1 libXv.so -# ldconfig - -now you should be ready to build xine on your system: - -xine comes in two (official) parts now, xine-lib and xine-ui. - -First you have to build and install xine-lib: - -./autogen.sh <--- only neccessary if you checked xine out of CVS -./configure -make -make install - -if you have installed xine-lib to a non-standard prefix, make -sure you have <prefix>/bin in your PATH and your linker will -find libs in <prefix>/libs, in bash you can use something like - -export PATH="<prefix>/bin:$PATH" -export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="<prefix>/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" - -to make sure this works. - -Now you can build and install xine-ui, same procedure as for xine-lib: - -./autogen.sh <--- only neccessary if you checked xine out of CVS -./configure -make -make install - - -how can I supply additional CFLAGS for the compilation ? --------------------------------------------------------- - -you can do so by setting the GLOBAL_CFLAGS variable and then run -configure again. - -This can be usefull to specify additional include paths or library -paths to the compiler. Example: - -export GLOBAL_CFLAGS="-I/usr/include -L/home/guenter/xine_libs" - - -are there binaries for my K7 available? Can I build them? ---------------------------------------------------------- - -At the moment we do not provide K7 binaries, since the latest -stable gcc version (2.92.2 at the time of this writing) doesn't -have K7 support. Use the 686 binaries instead. These binaries -should run ok and will use 3DNow! - -If you have a newer gcc you can try to compile "more" k7 support -in (esp. better instruction sheduling). If the configure script -should fail to detect your processor/gcc correctly, try setting the -XINE_BUILD envvar explicitly to a valid description string for -your configuration, e.g. - -export XINE_BUILD=k7-pc-linux-gnu -rm -f config.cache -./autogen.sh -make -make install - - -how can I make xine use the Xv extension? ------------------------------------------ - -xine -V Xv foo.mpg - -xine fails with "no video port found" -------------------------------------- - -you got the Xv extension, but your video card driver doesn't -support it. First try to find a driver that does support Xv on -your hardware (check your graphics card vendor). If your driver -has Xv support but you can't get it working, try at a lower -resultion (1024x768 is still enough even for anamorphic mpeg-2). - -If all that fails, you can still use plain X11/XShm - -xine -V XShm foo.vob - - -xine fails complaining about audio drivers/devices --------------------------------------------------- - -you can select the audio driver using the -A option. So try - -xine -A null - -if you have ALSA drivers installed, try - -xine -A alsa - -if you run ESD, try - -xine -A esd - -if you run artsd, try - -xine -A arts - - -xine displays it's logo but I don't see my video? -------------------------------------------------- - -use the play button of the gui or press RETURN for PLAY. - - -xine plays audio but I don't see a picture ------------------------------------------- - -If you see lot's of "rejected" messages, your hardware isn't -set up right for xine. It might be your sound card doesn't -support the "realtime" feature (xine tests that on startup -so you might want to look at the messages again). Try to -find better drivers then. - -Perhaps your hardware is simply to slow - see "xine drops a -lot of frames" below for speed tips. - - -where should I put the windows codec dlls for xine? ---------------------------------------------------- - -xine uses - -/usr/lib/win32 - -by default to search for dlls, but you can change this in your -.xinerc by editing - -win32_path:/usr/lib/win32 - - -I get this message: demux error! 00 00 00 (should be 0x000001) --------------------------------------------------------------- - -Probably xine can't access your input source. Most commonly this happens -when you're trying to play locked/encrypted DVDs. Remember that xine -can't play such DVDs out-of-the box (for legal reasons). - -You could use an css-enabled DVD input plugin to avoid this. - -Another reason could be that your (RPC-2) DVD drive isn't set up -for the right region. - - -when I play this stream, xine shows some pictures but there's no audio ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - -Try another audio channel: - -xine -a channel stream.vob - -some .vob files have audio on strange channels (e.g. 3, 7, 10) - - -can xine play (S)VCDs ? ---------------------- - -Yes, use a MRL like - -xine VCD://<track number> - - -xine drops a lot of frames --------------------------- - -Your hardware is too slow for xine. Make sure you turn on all -speed optimizing options. A few point you should check: - -- use a recent kernel optimized for your hardware - -- use the latest gas/gcc - -- close other applications (use a tool like "top" to find out - what applications are using up CPU power) - -- if you are not using Xv, make sure your display is set up - to 16bpp, not 24 or higher (reduces memory bandwith) - -- make sure the hard drive which supplies the video data - is in DMA mode (if supported) - Under linux, you can use hdparm to check this, for example - - hdparm /dev/hda - - => - ... - using_dma = 1 (on) - - more information about this may be found here: - - http://oreilly.linux.com/pub/a/linux/2000/06/29/hdparm.html - -- xine needs high speed memory access which depends on your chip set. - Make sure you enable all speed-improving options. - - especially the via apollo pro chipset is known to be quite weird, - (most of all on my gigabyte board). If you can't configure the ram - access thoroughly using the bios you might want to try some really - nasty tricks, as explained on (for example) - http://www.overclockers.com/tips105/index03.asp - this website centers around a windows-tool to tweak the chipset, - you can do the same on FreeBSD with pciconf. On some linux - distributions there are similar tools. - - please contact heiko if you have any problems or tips about via - apollo pro chipset tweaking. - -- a nice performance tuning tool can be found here: - - http://powertweak.sourceforge.net - -- enable MTRR support in your kernel. If you are still using XFree 3.x, - you'll have to tell the kernel yourself where the graphics memory is. - You'll find details about that in the linux dvd howto. - - If you're using XFree 4.x enabling MTRR support should be enough. - - Try a cat /proc/mtrr - if the file exists and you find an entry - corresponding to the amount of graphics memory you have, everything - should be fine. - -- set up and use raw devices for dvd access - - raw devices should be available in linux kernel 2.4.x and there - are patches for older kernels available from - - ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/sct/raw-io/ - - to use raw devices, first connect a free raw device to your dvd - device, use something like - - raw /dev/raw1 /dev/hdc - - then create a link named "rdvd" pointing to that raw device - - ln -s /dev/raw1 /dev/rdvd - - -now how do I get this Xv extension to work? -------------------------------------------- - -First you need to install/use XFree 4.x. Once you got that you have to -make sure the XFree drivers you're using are supporting Xv on your -hardware. Here are some locations to look for suitable drivers: - -g200/g400 : xfree 4.x supports these out-of-the-box -nvidia cards : www.nvidia.com (the've got binary drivers) -ATI cards : GATOS www.linuxvideo.org/gatos/ -i815 : the latest xfree 4.x code supports these -3dfx (voodoo): the latest xfree 4.x code supports these -savage : http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html - - -can xine produce 4-/5-channel surround audio output? ----------------------------------------------------- - -yep, xine can do that using OSS or ALSA drivers, provided that -the driver supports it. On startup xine tells you what modes are -supported by your audio driver, e.g: - -audio_oss_out : supported modes are mono stereo (4-channel not enabled in .xiner -c) (ac3-pass-through not enabled in .xinerc) - -on this machine 4-channel surround would be possible. However, -since xine cannot detect if there are actually speakers connected -to the additional channels, you'll have to manually enable this mode -in your ~/.xinerc: - -four_channel:1 - - -what about ac3 output via spdif to an external ac3 decoder? ------------------------------------------------------------ - -xine can do that too. Pretty much the same story as for 4-/5-channel -surround here, you'll have to enable it in your ~/.xinerc: - -ac3_pass_through:1 - - -where and how do I get the latest development version? ------------------------------------------------------- - -check it out of our CVS: - -cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.xine.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/xine login - -<empty password> - -cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.xine.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/xine co xine-lib -cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.xine.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/xine co xine-ui - - - -how do I use the dvd plugin? ----------------------------- - -First of all: -The dvd plugin delivered with xine currently does not support playback -of locked and/or encrypted dvds. You will need external programs -or something like an "improved" xine_dvd_plugin to view these -DVDs with xine directly. Of course you could -play back the decrypted mpeg2 stream (technically speaking) that is the -movie on the dvd with xine with the help of additional programs. -Due to the uncertain legal situation regarding css encryption we do -not include anything of that nature in the xine distribution, nor do -we generally endorse the use of such software (you should check if -the use of such software is legal where you live). -We hope that this situation will change soon. - -For unlocked/unencrypted dvds it is a good idea first to check what -files are on the dvd by mounting it. The files are called something -like .../VIDEO_TS/VTS_xx_x.VOB, where x are numbers. -If you look for the big .VOB files on a dvd these are probably where the -movie is in. Currently we don't support seamless playback of complete -movies - you will have to play back all of its individual parts. - -To play that VOB file use something like - -xine dvd://VTS_xx_x.VOB - -make sure you do not supply any path name (no VIDEO_TS/) and use -capital letters for the file name. - -xine tries to open the dvd using /dev/cdrom. On freebsd this will only -work if you create a symlink to your dvd-devicenode for the time being. - - -unable to open dvd drive (/dev/dvd) ------------------------------------ - -You probalby don't have /dev/dvd (check that). If so, simply -create a link /dev/dvd that points to your DVD device. -Something like - -cd /dev -ln -s hdc dvd - -should do the job. - - -the aspect ratio is wrong! --------------------------- - -Try pressing "A" to toggle the aspect ratio - - - -how do I play streams from STDIN ? ----------------------------------- - -use something like - -cat stream.mpg | xine stdin://mpeg1 - -or, if you've got an mpeg-2 stream use - -cat stream.vob | xine stdin://mpeg2 - - -how do I change the skin? -------------------------- - -Run xine at least once - it should write it's config file -.xinerc to your home directory. Now edit that file and change -the line "skin:default" to mach the skin you would like to use. - - -how can I change color/brightness/contrast? -------------------------------------------- - -At the moment this is only supported on some Xv drivers. You'll find -three entries like these in our ~/.xinerc: - -brightness:0 -saturation:0 -contrast:128 - -the values and possible ranges depend on your Xv driver so you'll have -to experiment a bit to get a good picture. - - -some parts of my X Desktop get transparent when xine plays the video! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - -Looks like some colors on your GUI match the colorkey Xv uses. You can -change the colorkey value to avoid this. There should be a line like - -colorkey:2110 - -to your ~/.xinerc where you can change the color that's used by xine -for the video overlay. - - -i get no sound, but "audio driver 'oss' failed, using null driver instead." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -First of all, make sure that your OSS Audio drivers are working (ie you can -play music with other software). - -The most common reason for this is that some other program is accesing your -audio device. If you're using linux, the command "fuser /dev/dsp" should give -you the PID of the process. - -If you are using GNOME, chances are, that this is caused by ESD. Now you -have two possibilities. Either deactivate ESD (temporarily) by right -clicking on the sound monitor applet and selecting "Place Esound in -standby". Then xine will use OSS audio output. The other method is to make -xine use ESD for audio output with - -xine -A esd - -This may result in more jerkier playback, so the first method is the -preferred one. - - -i have problems when using xine on FreeBSD, Solaris ---------------------------------------------------- - -check out the the corresponding README files in the doc directory - - -i think I found a bug! ----------------------- - -xine is still under heavy developement. Please be patient. -If you got time, please contact us and send us a full bug report. -Please include all xine console output and some details about -your hardware and operating system. - -You can reach us via email: - - Xine Mailing List <xine-user@lists.sourceforge.net> |