Mplayer-plugin

2009-09-14T07:35:11Z

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==Description==
[[Image:Mplayer-plugin(setup).jpg|thumb|Setup]]
The '''MPlayer plugin''' uses [[MPlayer]] to play video files other than the recordings. E.g. the famous DivX format can be played using this plugin.

{{Box Info|
This plugin comes together with the [[mp3-plugin]] in one package. By default, both the MP3 and MPlayer plugin lib will be built from sources.
}}

==Hardware requirements==
* faster hardware (e.g. >1GHz for DivX other formats might be less [[CPU]] intensive).

==Software requirements==
* MPlayer
* several codecs
* Lame
* FFMPEG
* mplayer.sh

==Installation==
To install lame
cd $SOURCEDIR
tar xvzf lame-<VERSION>.tar.gz
cd lame-<VERSION>
./configure --prefix=/usr/local
make
make install

FFMPEG
cd $SOURCEDIR
tar xvzf ffmpeg-<VERSION>.tar.gz
ln -s ffmpeg-<VERSION> ffmpeg
cd ffmpeg
./configure --prefix=/usr/local \
--enable-shared
make
make install
ldconfig

For [[MPlayer]], see it's documentation and homepage.

See [[plugin installation]].

==Configuration==
See also [[mp3-plugin]].

MPlayer can work in one of two modes (changeable in the plugin setup)
* Slave (recommended)
** No further configuration is needed for this.
* Traditional
If "Traditional" is choosen '''/usr/local/bin/mplayer.sh.conf''' has to be altered
# Lirc RC File
LIRCRC="/etc/lircrc.conf"

and MPlayer must be compiled with [[LIRC]] support!

===Parameter===
{| border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0
|- bgcolor=#efdead
!Parameter (short)
!Parameter (long)
!Description
|-
| -m CMD || --mount=CMD || use CMD to mount/unmount/eject mp3 sources (default: mount.sh)
|-
| -M CMD || --mplayer=CMD || use CMD when calling MPlayer (default: mplayer.sh)
|}

==Problems==
===MPlayer fails to decode movies===
...with errors indicating ffdivx can't handle some fourcc coding or mpegpes can't scale properly: Make sure you use the mplayer.sh script from (5) and not the included example.

===MPlayer plays no videos when the first DVB card has no MPEG decoder===
* Try to alter ''dev/adapter0'' in '''libvo/vo_mpegpes.c''' of the MPlayer sources.
* With new mplayer versions it is possible to give the correct video card in '''mplayer.sh.conf''' by
VO="mpegpes:card=2"
* Because the drivers don't always load in the same order, you can make things automagically (in mplayer.sh.conf):
VO="mpegpes:card=$(($(find /dev/dvb | grep video0 | cut -c17)+1))"
AO="mpegpes:card=$(($(find /dev/dvb | grep audio0 | cut -c17)+1))"

===Video is displayed in black and white===
* It might be your TV doesn't support NTSC. Try to set the ''NTSC'' option in '''/usr/local/bin/mplayer.sh.conf''' to ''false''.
* Does not work for DVDs and (S)VCDs.

==Links==
{|
| [1]
| http://www.muempf.de/index.html
| Plugin homepage
|-
| [2]
| http://www.mplayerhq.hu
| MPlayer homepage
|-
| [3]
| http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net
| FFMPEG homepage
|-
| [4]
| http://lame.sourceforge.net
| Lame homepage
|-
| [5]
| http://batleth.sapienti-sat.org/projects/VDR
| Shell script (mplayer.sh)
|-
| [6]
| http://www.js-home.org/vdr/mplayer-multi/index.php
| mplayer-multi
|}

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