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<li><a href="#dvd_menus">DVD menus, where are they?</a></li>
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<li><a href="#output_drivers">Output drivers (directx, xv, x11, gl, alsa, oss...)
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what are they? Which one is the best?</a></li>
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<li><a href="#nvidia_problems">I have a NVidia card and gl/gl2 doesn't work,
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<li><a href="#screenshot">I try to make a screenshot but the option
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is disabled, why?</a></li>
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<li><a href="#audio_track">I try to change the audio track but it doesn't work,
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<li><a href="#preferences_delay">When I open the preferences dialog for first
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time it takes some secs to show, why?</a></li>
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<li><a href="#audio_equalizer">There's a video equalizer, but why isn't there
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an audio equalizer?</a></li>
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<li><a href="#tv">Are you going to add support for TV?</a></li>
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<li><a href="#mplayer_restart">A lot of menu options make the video to go blank
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for a moment. Why?</a></li>
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border for ALL videos, is it possible?</a></li>
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<li><a href="#monitors">(Windows) The video is displayed only in the 1st
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monitor but not in the 2nd, why?</a></li>
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<li><a href="#screensaver1">The screensaver doesn't turn off, why?</a></li>
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<li><a href="#volume_loud">The volume is too loud at the beginning of the
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videos, how can this be fixed?</a></li>
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<li><a href="#vista">(Windows) I'm using Windows Vista and every time
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<li><a name="dvd_menus"></a>
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<b>DVD menus, where are they?</b>
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Currently MPlayer doesn't support DVD menus...
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Well, in fact it does if compiled with dvdnav support. The last time I
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tested it, it didn't work quite well.
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Currently SMPlayer doesn't support DVD menus... but it's under development.
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Anyway, even there are no DVD menus, you can still select your desired
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title, chapter, audio track, subtitles... in the SMPlayer menus.
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Which one is the best?</b>
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MPlayer has several output drivers, for video and sound. SMPlayer allows
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you to select the one you want among all of them (<i>Preferences -> General</i>).
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you to select the one you want among all of them (<i>Preferences -> General
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For video it's recommended that you use xv (linux) or directx (windows).
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They use hardware acceleration and give the best performance.
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SMPlayer. Use them only if you know what you're doing.
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<li><a name="nvidia_problems"></a>
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<b>I have a NVidia card and gl/gl2 doesn't work, why?</b>
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It seems to be a problem with the NVidia cards or their drivers on
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Windows. gl/gl2 does work when using the real MPlayer window, but not
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when the video is embedded in another application. There's no known fix.
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The only thing you can do is either use directx instead of gl/gl2 or
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check the option to use the MPlayer window in <i>Preferences -> Advanced</i>.
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<b>Update: this problem has finally been fixed in MPlayer r25972.</b>
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<li><a name="screenshot"></a>
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<b>I try to make a screenshot but the option is disabled, why?</b>
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change audio. Why?</b>
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With some formats (ike mp4 or ogm), MPlayer can't change the audio track
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at runtime. By unchecking the option "Fast audio track switching" you'll
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be able to change the audio in those formats.
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at runtime. By unchecking the option "Fast audio track switching"
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(<i>Preferences -> Performance</i>) you'll be able to change the audio in
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<li><a name="shortcuts"></a>
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<b>How can I change the key shortcuts?</b>
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<i>Preferences -> Keyboard and mouse</i>. You'll be able to change most key shortcuts.
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<i>Preferences -> Keyboard and mouse</i>. You'll be able to change most key
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<li><a name="qt"></a>
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<b>I try to play a file but nothing happens. Why?</b>
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Probably MPlayer couldn't play the file. Open the mplayer log
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(<i>Options -> View logs -> MPlayer</i>), you'll probably find an error message in
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(<i>Options -> View logs -> MPlayer</i>), you'll probably find an error message
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On Windows is quite common that some MPlayer builds fail because they
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have been compiled with no support for some feature that SMPlayer tries
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<li><a name="audio_equalizer"></a>
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<b>There's a video equalizer, but why isn't there an audio equalizer?</b>
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The video equalizer was easy to do because MPlayer has slave commands to
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change brightness, contrast and so on at runtime. But I'm afraid it
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doesn't have similar commands for audio, so this can't be done.
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<li><a name="tv"></a>
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<b>Are you going to add support for TV?</b>
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<b>When I'm playing a playlist, when a file ends SMPlayer doesn't
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play the next file automatically, why?</b>
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Probably your MPlayer is translated into another language. SMPlayer
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looks for some English texts in the output of MPlayer. In this case it
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looks for "Exiting... (End of file)". As MPlayer displays the messages
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in another language SMPlayer fails and won't work properly.
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Unfortunately the language of MPlayer can't be changed without
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recompiling it. But recents versions of SMPlayer allow to change the
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messages that it should look for (<i>Preferences -> Advanced -> MPlayer
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Be sure you're using at least SMPlayer 0.6.5 and MPlayer SVN r28066.
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<li><a name="mplayer_recommended"></a>
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<b>What version of MPlayer is recommended?</b>
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SMPlayer can work with MPlayer 1.0rc1 (it hasn't been tested with
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older releases). Anyway that version is very old and it's not recommended at all.
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A lot of new things and improvements have been added since then.
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For instance changing audio in avi files or seeking in flv or ogm files
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don't work with that version.
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You should use at least MPlayer 1.0rc2, although some new interesting features
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have been added after its release. I recommend to use at least
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MPlayer SVN r25843 (from 2008-01-23).
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In the <a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html">MPlayer
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download page</a> you can get a svn tar.bz2 ready to compile. And
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compiling it is very easy (in linux, I mean...)
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I recommend to use at least MPlayer SVN r25843 (from 2008-01-23), although
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a recent version from SVN would be better.
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SMPlayer will try its best to work with older versions, but some options
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<li><a name="subtitles_border"></a>
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<b>I want the subtitles to be displayed on the black border for ALL
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videos, is it possible?</b>
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<b>expand=:::::4/3</b> in <i>Preferences -> Advanced -> Options for MPlayer</i>.
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<p>Other possibilities:
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<li>check <b>Add black borders on fullscreen</b> in
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<i>Preferences -> General -> Video</i></li>
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<li>Add <b>add_letterbox true</b> in actions list field in
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<i>Preferences -> Advanced</i></li>
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<li><a name="monitors"></a>
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<b>(Windows) The video is displayed only in the 1st monitor but not in the
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When you use <i>directx</i> as video driver (<i>Preferences -> General</i>)
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the video can only be displayed on one monitor. If you use instead
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<i>directx:noaccel</i>, <i>gl</i> or <i>gl2</i> the video will be displayed
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in any monitor (users of nvidia cards, please
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<a href="#nvidia_problems">read this</a>).
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Anyway if you prefer to use <i>directx</i> is still possible but you have
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to add the <i>-adapter</i> option in <i>Preferences -> Advanced -> Options
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for MPlayer</i> (<i>Options</i> field). <b>-adapter 1</b> will display the
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video on the 1st monitor, <b>-adapter 2</b> will display it on the 2nd
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monitor, and so on (I think).
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(<i>Preferences -> General -> Video</i>) the video can only be displayed on
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one monitor. If you use instead <i>gl</i>, <i>gl2</i> or <i>direct3d</i>
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the video will be displayed in any monitor.
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Anyway if you prefer to use <i>directx</i> you can choose the screen which
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will be display the video in the menu <i>Video -> Screen</i>.
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<li><a name="screensaver1"></a>
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<b>The screensaver doesn't turn off, why?</b>
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If you use a recent version of MPlayer you may need to add a line like this
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in your ~/.mplayer/config:
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<pre>heartbeat-cmd="gnome-screensaver-command -p &>/dev/null"</pre>
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<pre>heartbeat-cmd="dcop kdesktop KScreensaverIface enable false &>/dev/null && dcop kdesktop KScreensaverIface enable true &>/dev/null"</pre>
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<p>Please take a look at the MPlayer manpage for more info.
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<li><a name="volume_loud"></a>
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Check the option <i>Change volume just before playing</i> in
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<i>Preferences -> General -> Audio</i>.
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This option requires a MPlayer build which is patched to add a new option
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(<i>-volume</i>) for it. The build included in the package for Windows has
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this patch applied. The patch can be found
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<a href="http://smplayer.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/smplayer/mplayer-builds/patches/startupvol.diff?revision=467">here</a>.
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This option requires at least MPlayer SVN r27872.
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<li><a name="vista"></a>
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is disabled, why?</b>
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This happens when you're using <i>directx</i> as video driver
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(<i>Preferences -> General</i>). You can change it to <i>gl</i> or <i>gl2</i>
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(users of nvidia cards, please <a href="#nvidia_problems">read this</a>).
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(<i>Preferences -> General -> Video</i>). You can change it to <i>gl</i>,
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<i>gl2</i> or <i>direct3d</i>.
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<li><a name="config_file"></a>
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<b>Where is the configuration file?</b>
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SMPlayer uses two <i>ini</i> files: smplayer.ini and smplayer_files.ini.
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Both are stored by default in <i>$HOME/.smplayer</i> (Linux) or
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Both are stored by default in <i>$HOME/.config/smplayer</i> (Linux) or
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<i>C:\Documents and Settings\your_username\.smplayer</i> (Windows XP).
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for a line like this:
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* ini path: '/home/ricardo/.config/smplayer'
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<i>smplayer.ini</i> stores the SMPlayer configuration while
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<i>smplayer_files.ini</i> stores the settings of the files you have played.
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