glfs/multimedia/videoutils/mplayer/mplayer-desc.xml

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<title>Contents</title>

<para>The MPlayer package contains <command>mplayer</command>,
<command>gmplayer</command> and <command>mencoder</command>.</para>

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<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>mplayer</title>
<para><command>mplayer</command> manages the input formats, the codecs and the output
formats to play video files, <acronym>DVD</acronym>s, (S)VCDs or network streams containing
audio and/or video informations on your system.</para>
<para>Examples:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>mplayer -fs blfs.avi
mplayer -vo fbdev -fb /dev/fb0 -dvd 1 -aid 128 -sub en -framedrop
mplayer -fs -vcd 1; # works both for VCDs and SVCDs
mplayer http://www.students.uni-marburg.de/~Klossa/hapkidofight_lo.mpg</command></userinput></screen>

<para>For further information, have a look at the very good
documentation included in the package in the subdirectory <filename
class="directory">DOCS/</filename>.
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<sect3><title>gmplayer</title>
<para><command>gmplayer</command> is MPlayer with a graphical user interface.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>mencoder</title>
<para><command>mencoder</command> is used to encode any MPlayer-playable movie to DivX4,
XviD or any codec in libavcodec with PCM/MP3/VBRMP3 audio.</para>

<para>Example:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>rm frameno.avi
mencoder -dvd 1 -aid 128 -ovc frameno -oac mp3lame \
-lameopts vbr=3 -o frameno.avi

# mencoder should output bitrates for average encodings
# now, choose one you like best! In the following lines,
# replace &lt;bitrate&gt; and &lt;name.avi&gt; with statements of your
# personal liking.

mencoder -dvd 1 -aid 128 -oac copy -ovc lavc \
-lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=1:vhq:vbitrate=&lt;bitrate&gt; -o &lt;name.avi&gt;
mencoder -dvd 1 -aid 128 -oac copy -ovc lavc \
-lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=2:vhq:vbitrate=&lt;bitrate&gt; -o &lt;name.avi&gt;
mencoder -forceidx &lt;name.avi&gt;</command></userinput></screen>
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