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diff --git a/doc/faq/faq.txt b/doc/faq/faq.txt index 474abc32a..410f440d7 100644 --- a/doc/faq/faq.txt +++ b/doc/faq/faq.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ The xine engine FAQ -Copyright © 2001-2003 by the xine project team +Copyright © 2001-2003 the xine project team ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ Table of Contents it! Can I install xine in my home directory (without being root) ? - 3. Playback of various stream types @@ -160,7 +159,9 @@ If you simply want a media/dvd player, you'll need to install xine-lib first and then choose and install a player frontend like xine-ui or gxine. Other modules in CVS: xine-plugin a mozilla browser plugin for streaming media -playback using xine, xine-www the xine project website sources. +playback using xine (at the time of this writing unmaintained and somewhat +obsoleted by gxine's browser plugin), xine-www the xine project website +sources. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ The xine project does not provide pre-compiled binaries for legal reasons (some parts of xine may be covered by patents in some countries). 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. +providing xine RPMs on the xine homepage : http://xine.sf.net/index.php/about See the next chapter of this FAQ for instructions on how to build xine from source. @@ -358,8 +359,8 @@ Xv library on your system, e.g. ls /usr/X11R6/lib/libXv* should give you some /usr/X11R6/lib/libXv.so.1 -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: ld --whole-archive -shared -o libXv.so.1 libXv.a ln -s libXv.so.1 libXv.so ldconfig @@ -408,8 +409,6 @@ and do a ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Chapter 3. Playback of various stream types DVD Playback with xine @@ -660,6 +659,14 @@ optimizing options. A few things you should check (in order of importance): You can enable DMA mode with the following command: hdparm -d1 device_of_your_drive_that_supplies_video_data + In some cases where this fails it helps to specify the dma mode to use, for + example: + hdparm -d1 -X 66 device_of_your_drive_that_supplies_video_data + + In RedHat 8.0 an additional entry in /etc/modules.conf + options ide-cd dma=1 + + should help (reboot for this change to take effect). More information about this may be found here: http://oreilly.linux.com/pub /a/linux/2000/06/29/hdparm.html @@ -946,6 +953,9 @@ are some hints for individual gfx chips: * SiliconMotion: certain controllers (more info needed!) have Xv support in Xfree 4.x + * 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. + ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some parts of my X Desktop get transparent when xine plays the video! @@ -1075,7 +1085,7 @@ You probably don't have /dev/dvd (check that). If so, simply create a link /dev ln -s hdc dvd ...should do the job. Also make sure you have read access on the device the -symlink points to. +symlink points to. See the dvd playback section for more information. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |