From e479e683d54d77feb353bc611e35edfce2465ca5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guenter Bartsch Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 00:54:20 +0000 Subject: bugfixes and additions by manfred tremmel, cleanup, add section ids so link names no longer change with every release CVS patchset: 3836 CVS date: 2003/01/09 00:54:20 --- doc/faq/faq.sgml | 151 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------- 1 file changed, 80 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/faq/faq.sgml') 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 @@ General questions about xine and this document - + What is the xine engine? @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ - + What's the aim and scope of this text? @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ - + My question is not yet covered here - where can I ask for help? @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ - + What are those xine-lib, xine-ui, gxine, ... modules in cvs for? @@ -105,13 +105,15 @@ Other modules in CVS: xine-plugin a mozilla browser plugin - for streaming media playback using xine, xine-www the + for streaming media 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. - + Where and how do I get the latest development version? @@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ - + Where can I find pre-compiled binaries, e.g. RPMs? @@ -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 : + http://xine.sf.net/index.php/about @@ -163,7 +166,7 @@ Building and installing xine from source - + What do I need to compile everything properly? @@ -209,7 +212,7 @@ How do I compile xine? - + Simple build instructions for beginners @@ -248,7 +251,7 @@ - + Complete build instructions @@ -288,7 +291,7 @@ - + Making your own RPM packages (xine-lib, xine-ui) @@ -325,7 +328,7 @@ - + Can I provide additional CFLAGS for compilation? @@ -345,7 +348,7 @@ - + Are there binaries for my AMD K7 (Athlon (TM) ) available? Can I build them? @@ -370,7 +373,7 @@ Build problems: xine engine (xine-lib) - + The package doesn't compile at all! @@ -389,7 +392,7 @@ - + The Xv video-out plugin fails to compile! @@ -406,8 +409,8 @@ - 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 @@ -427,7 +430,7 @@ Build problems: frontend (gxine/xine-ui/...) - + I have installed xine-lib but the frontend complains about not finding it! @@ -449,7 +452,7 @@ - + Can I install xine in my home directory (without being root) ? @@ -479,19 +482,6 @@ - - - - - - - - - - - - - @@ -502,7 +492,7 @@ DVD Playback with xine - + How do I play back DVDs with xine? @@ -582,7 +572,7 @@ - + DVD playback works, but it takes a long time until playback starts This points to a region code problem. Some versions of libdvdcss can play @@ -605,7 +595,7 @@ - + I have problems setting up my RPC-2 drive for the right region! You can download a tool to set the region code of RPC-Drives here: @@ -622,7 +612,7 @@ - + Can I watch Video CDs (VCDs)? SVCDS ? CD-i? @@ -647,7 +637,7 @@ - + Can I watch Quicktime (.mov, .mp4) files using xine? @@ -679,7 +669,7 @@ Real Network files/streams - + Can I watch Real (.rm, .ram) files using xine ? @@ -704,7 +694,7 @@ - + What about (live) network streams (pnm://, rtsp:// style urls) ? @@ -724,7 +714,7 @@ - + Can I watch Windows Media (.asf/.wmv) files using xine? @@ -749,7 +739,7 @@ - + Can I watch Digital TV (Digital Video Broadcast) using xine ? @@ -761,7 +751,7 @@ - + How do I play streams from STDIN? @@ -773,7 +763,7 @@ - + How can I watch files with external AVI subtitles? @@ -793,7 +783,7 @@ Running xine - + I have a lot of dropped frames - what can I do? @@ -873,6 +863,16 @@ 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: @@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ - + I have problems when using xine on FreeBSD, Solaris, ... ! @@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ - + What is aalib? How do I use it in xine? @@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ - + What do all these <filename>~/.xine/config</filename> (<filename>~/.gxine/config</filename>) entries mean? @@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ Audio related questions - + What audio drivers does xine support? OSS? Alsa? Arts? Esd? @@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ - + When I'm watching a movie, the sound effects are much higher volume than the voices @@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ - + When I play this stream, xine shows video but there's no audio! @@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ a test stream available somewhere for developers to download and try. - + Can xine produce 4-/5-channel surround audio output? @@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ - + What about ac3 output via spdif to an external ac3 decoder? @@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ - + Changing the volume with the GUI control has no effect! What's up!? @@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ - + Audio is stuttering and i see a lot of "metronom: fixing sound card drift by -2115 pts" on the console output @@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ Video related questions - + I can hear the audio - but I don't see a picture! @@ -1227,7 +1227,7 @@ - + How can I make xine use the Xv extension and what drivers do I need? @@ -1323,10 +1323,16 @@ 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! @@ -1340,7 +1346,7 @@ by xine for the video overlay. - + The aspect ratio of the video is wrong! @@ -1348,7 +1354,7 @@ Try pressing "a" to change the aspect ratio. - + What is the difference between discarded and skipped frames? @@ -1384,7 +1390,7 @@ never see frames skipped (they would be all discarded). - + My xine is runing in black and white! / I only get a gray video output! @@ -1404,7 +1410,7 @@ - + Which is the best video driver to use? @@ -1443,7 +1449,7 @@ Error Messages: What they mean and what you can do - + Starting xine fails with complains about audio drivers/devices! @@ -1466,7 +1472,7 @@ - + "no video port found" @@ -1484,7 +1490,7 @@ - + "Unable to open dvd drive (/dev/dvd)" @@ -1497,9 +1503,11 @@ ...should do the job. Also make sure you have read access on the device the symlink points to. + See the dvd playback section + for more information. - + "demux error! 00 00 00 (should be 0x000001)" @@ -1518,7 +1526,7 @@ for the right region (see above). - + "audio driver 'oss' failed, using null driver instead" @@ -1563,7 +1571,7 @@ however you will loose the ability to do four/five channel audio output. - + "video_out: throwing away image with pts xxx because it's too old" @@ -1575,7 +1583,7 @@ DMA enabled. - + "No video plugin available to decode 'xxxxxx'." @@ -1590,7 +1598,7 @@ quicktime codecs (see above). - + "w32codec: decoder failed to start. Is 'xxxxxx' installed?" @@ -1598,7 +1606,7 @@ You probably don't have the win32 dll needed to decode this file. - + xine just crashed on me - i didn't get any error message @@ -1670,3 +1678,4 @@ + -- cgit v1.2.3