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diff --git a/doc/faq/faq.sgml b/doc/faq/faq.sgml index a1a2ac07f..cdb2c5afc 100644 --- a/doc/faq/faq.sgml +++ b/doc/faq/faq.sgml @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ <title>General questions about xine and this document</title> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="about"> <title>What is the xine engine?</title> @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="scope"> <title> What's the aim and scope of this text? </title> @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="wheretogethelp"> <title> My question is not yet covered here - where can I ask for help? </title> @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="modules"> <title> What are those xine-lib, xine-ui, gxine, ... modules in cvs for? </title> @@ -105,13 +105,15 @@ <para> Other modules in CVS: <filename>xine-plugin</filename> a mozilla browser plugin - for streaming media playback using xine, <filename>xine-www</filename> the + for streaming media playback using xine (at the time of this writing + unmaintained and somewhat obsoleted by gxine's browser plugin), + <filename>xine-www</filename> the xine project website sources. </para> </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="cvs"> <title> Where and how do I get the latest development version? </title> @@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="binaries"> <title> Where can I find pre-compiled binaries, e.g. RPMs? </title> @@ -147,7 +149,8 @@ Some OS projects/vendors (e.g. debian, freebsd, ...) offer binaries for their distributions - please contact them for further info. You can also find links to third parties providing xine RPMs on - the xine homepage. + the xine homepage : + <ulink url="http://xine.sf.net/index.php/about">http://xine.sf.net/index.php/about</ulink> </para> <para> @@ -163,7 +166,7 @@ <title> Building and installing xine from source </title> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="buildrequirements"> <title> What do I need to compile everything properly? </title> @@ -209,7 +212,7 @@ <title> How do I compile xine? </title> - <sect2> + <sect2 id="simplebuildinstr"> <title> Simple build instructions for beginners </title> @@ -248,7 +251,7 @@ </sect2> - <sect2> + <sect2 id="completebuildinstr"> <title> Complete build instructions </title> @@ -288,7 +291,7 @@ </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="rpmbuild"> <title> Making your own RPM packages (xine-lib, xine-ui) </title> @@ -325,7 +328,7 @@ </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="cflags"> <title> Can I provide additional CFLAGS for compilation? </title> @@ -345,7 +348,7 @@ </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="athlonflags"> <title> Are there binaries for my AMD K7 (Athlon (TM) ) available? Can I build them? </title> @@ -370,7 +373,7 @@ <title> Build problems: xine engine (xine-lib) </title> - <sect2> + <sect2 id="doesntcompile"> <title> The package doesn't compile at all! </title> @@ -389,7 +392,7 @@ </para> </sect2> - <sect2> + <sect2 id="xvpluginfailstobuild"> <title> The Xv video-out plugin fails to compile! </title> @@ -406,8 +409,8 @@ </para> <para> - Alternatively you need to have libtool 1.4 or newer installed. If not - and you only got libXv.a you can create the shared versions yourself: + Alternatively you need to have libtool 1.4 or newer installed, then + libXv.a is sufficient. Otherwise you can create the shared versions yourself: <programlisting> ld --whole-archive -shared -o libXv.so.1 libXv.a ln -s libXv.so.1 libXv.so @@ -427,7 +430,7 @@ <title> Build problems: frontend (gxine/xine-ui/...) </title> - <sect2> + <sect2 id="xinelibnotfound"> <title> I have installed xine-lib but the frontend complains about not finding it!</title> @@ -449,7 +452,7 @@ </sect2> </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="nonrootbuild"> <title> Can I install xine in my home directory (without being root) ? </title> @@ -479,19 +482,6 @@ </programlisting> </sect1> - <sect1> - - <title> </title> - - <para> - </para> - - <para> - </para> - - </sect1> - - </chapter> <chapter id="playback"> @@ -502,7 +492,7 @@ <title>DVD Playback with xine</title> - <sect2> + <sect2 id="dvdplayback"> <title>How do I play back DVDs with xine?</title> @@ -582,7 +572,7 @@ </sect2> - <sect2> + <sect2 id="dvdlongwait"> <title> DVD playback works, but it takes a long time until playback starts </title> <para> This points to a region code problem. Some versions of libdvdcss can play @@ -605,7 +595,7 @@ </para> </sect2> - <sect2> + <sect2 id="regionset"> <title> I have problems setting up my RPC-2 drive for the right region! </title> <para> You can download a tool to set the region code of RPC-Drives here: @@ -622,7 +612,7 @@ </sect2> </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="vcdsupport"> <title> Can I watch Video CDs (VCDs)? SVCDS ? CD-i?</title> @@ -647,7 +637,7 @@ </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="quicktime"> <title> Can I watch Quicktime (.mov, .mp4) files using xine? </title> @@ -679,7 +669,7 @@ <title> Real Network files/streams </title> - <sect2> + <sect2 id="realfileplayback"> <title> Can I watch Real (.rm, .ram) files using xine ? </title> <para> @@ -704,7 +694,7 @@ </sect2> - <sect2> + <sect2 id="realnetworkstreams"> <title> What about (live) network streams (pnm://, rtsp:// style urls) ? </title> <para> @@ -724,7 +714,7 @@ </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="wmv"> <title> Can I watch Windows Media (.asf/.wmv) files using xine? </title> @@ -749,7 +739,7 @@ </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="dvb"> <title> Can I watch Digital TV (Digital Video Broadcast) using xine ? </title> @@ -761,7 +751,7 @@ </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="stdin"> <title>How do I play streams from STDIN?</title> @@ -773,7 +763,7 @@ </para> </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="avisubtitles"> <title> How can I watch files with external AVI subtitles?</title> @@ -793,7 +783,7 @@ <title> Running xine </title> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="speedup"> <title>I have a lot of dropped frames - what can I do?</title> @@ -873,6 +863,16 @@ <programlisting> hdparm -d1 device_of_your_drive_that_supplies_video_data </programlisting> + In some cases where this fails it helps to specify the dma mode + to use, for example: + <programlisting> + hdparm -d1 -X 66 device_of_your_drive_that_supplies_video_data + </programlisting> + In RedHat 8.0 an additional entry in /etc/modules.conf + <programlisting> + options ide-cd dma=1 + </programlisting> + should help (reboot for this change to take effect). </para> <para> More information about this may be found here: @@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="ports"> <title>I have problems when using xine on FreeBSD, Solaris, ... !</title> @@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="aaxine"> <title> What is aalib? How do I use it in xine? </title> @@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ </para> </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="configoptions"> <title>What do all these <filename>~/.xine/config</filename> (<filename>~/.gxine/config</filename>) entries mean?</title> @@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ <title> Audio related questions </title> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="audiodrivers"> <title>What audio drivers does xine support? OSS? Alsa? Arts? Esd?</title> @@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ </para> </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="compressor"> <title> When I'm watching a movie, the sound effects are much higher volume than the voices</title> @@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ </para> </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="noaudio"> <title> When I play this stream, xine shows video but there's no audio!</title> @@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ a test stream available somewhere for developers to download and try. </para> </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="surroundsound"> <title>Can xine produce 4-/5-channel surround audio output?</title> @@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ </programlisting> </para> </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="spdif"> <title>What about ac3 output via spdif to an external ac3 decoder?</title> @@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ </programlisting> </para> </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="volumecontrol"> <title>Changing the volume with the GUI control has no effect! What's up!?</title> @@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ </para> </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="stuttering"> <title> Audio is stuttering and i see a lot of "metronom: fixing sound card drift by -2115 pts" on the console output </title> <para> @@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ <chapter id="video"> <title> Video related questions </title> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="novideo"> <title>I can hear the audio - but I don't see a picture!</title> @@ -1227,7 +1227,7 @@ </para> </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="xvextension"> <title>How can I make xine use the Xv extension and what drivers do I need?</title> @@ -1323,10 +1323,16 @@ SiliconMotion: certain controllers (more info needed!) have Xv support in Xfree 4.x </para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Matrox: G200 or newer (but not Parhelia) have Xv support in XFree 4.x. + For parhelia, use the binary only drivers available from matrox' website. + </para> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="colorkey"> <title>Some parts of my X Desktop get transparent when xine plays the video!</title> @@ -1340,7 +1346,7 @@ by xine for the video overlay. </para> </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="aspectratio"> <title>The aspect ratio of the video is wrong!</title> @@ -1348,7 +1354,7 @@ Try pressing "a" to change the aspect ratio. </para> </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="discardedskipped"> <title>What is the difference between discarded and skipped frames?</title> @@ -1384,7 +1390,7 @@ never see frames skipped (they would be all discarded). </para> </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="contrastbrightnesssaturation"> <title>My xine is runing in black and white! / I only get a gray video output!</title> @@ -1404,7 +1410,7 @@ </para> </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="videodriver"> <title>Which is the best video driver to use?</title> @@ -1443,7 +1449,7 @@ <chapter id="errors"> <title> Error Messages: What they mean and what you can do</title> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="audiodrivererr"> <title>Starting xine fails with complains about audio drivers/devices!</title> @@ -1466,7 +1472,7 @@ </programlisting> </para> </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="novideoportfound"> <title>"no video port found"</title> @@ -1484,7 +1490,7 @@ </programlisting> </para> </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="unabletoopendvddrive"> <title>"Unable to open dvd drive (/dev/dvd)" </title> @@ -1497,9 +1503,11 @@ </programlisting> ...should do the job. Also make sure you have read access on the device the symlink points to. + See the <link linkend="dvdplayback">dvd playback section</link> + for more information. </para> </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="demuxerror0000"> <title>"demux error! 00 00 00 (should be 0x000001)"</title> @@ -1518,7 +1526,7 @@ for the right region (see above). </para> </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="ossfailed"> <title>"audio driver 'oss' failed, using null driver instead"</title> @@ -1563,7 +1571,7 @@ however you will loose the ability to do four/five channel audio output. </para> </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="throwingawarimage"> <title>"video_out: throwing away image with pts xxx because it's too old"</title> @@ -1575,7 +1583,7 @@ DMA enabled. </para> </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="novideopluginavailable"> <title>"No video plugin available to decode 'xxxxxx'."</title> @@ -1590,7 +1598,7 @@ quicktime codecs (see above). </para> </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="demuxerfailedtostart"> <title>"w32codec: decoder failed to start. Is 'xxxxxx' installed?"</title> @@ -1598,7 +1606,7 @@ You probably don't have the win32 dll needed to decode this file. </para> </sect1> - <sect1> + <sect1 id="xinecrashed"> <title>xine just crashed on me - i didn't get any error message</title> @@ -1670,3 +1678,4 @@ </sect1> </chapter> +</book> |