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@ -1164,12 +1164,13 @@ You can enable XAnim DLL support by defining WITH_XANIM.
<para>The command options for <command>mplayer</command> are
listed in the manual page. For even more detail there is HTML
documentation. In this section, we will give some of the
common use cases.</para>
documentation. In this section, we will describe only a few
common uses.</para>
<para>To play from file, such as
<filename>testfile.avi</filename> through one of the various
video interfaces set the <option>-vo</option>:
<para>To play a file, such as
<filename><replaceable>testfile.avi</replaceable></filename>,
through one of the various video interfaces set the
<option>-vo</option> option:
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>mplayer -vo xv testfile.avi</userinput></screen>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>mplayer -vo sdl testfile.avi</userinput></screen>
@ -1208,7 +1209,8 @@ fs=yes
zoom=yes</programlisting>
<para>Finally, <command>mplayer</command> can be used to rip a
DVD title into a <filename>.vob</filename> file. To dump out title 2 from a DVD:</para>
DVD title into a <filename>.vob</filename> file. To dump
out the second title from a DVD, type this:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile out.vob -dvd 2 /dev/dvd</userinput></screen>
@ -1224,13 +1226,12 @@ zoom=yes</programlisting>
</indexterm>
<para>If you opt to install <command>mencoder</command> when
you build, be forewarned that it is still quite
experimental.</para>
<para>To use <command>mencoder</command> it is a good idea to
you build <application>MPlayer</application>, be forewarned
that it is still an experimental component. Before using
<command>mencoder</command> it is a good idea to
familiarize yourself with the options from the HTML
documentation. There is a manual page, but it is not very
useful without the HTML. There are innumerable ways to
useful without the HTML documentation. There are innumerable ways to
improve quality, lower bitrate, and change formats, and some
of these tricks may make the difference between good
or bad performance. Here are a couple of examples to get
@ -1238,7 +1239,8 @@ zoom=yes</programlisting>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>mencoder input.avi -oac copy -ovc copy -o output.avi</userinput></screen>
<para>It is easy to find examples where the output is
<para>Improper combinations of command line options can yield
output files that are
unplayable even by <command>mplayer</command>. Thus, if you
just want to rip to a file, stick to the <option>-dumpfile</option>
in <command>mplayer</command>.</para>
@ -1270,7 +1272,7 @@ zoom=yes</programlisting>
plugins. It comes both as a package and as a port, <filename
role="package">multimedia/xine</filename>.</para>
<para>The good news is that the above is pretty much true. The <application>xine</application> player
<para>The <application>xine</application> player
is still very rough around the edges, but it is clearly off to a
good start. In practice, <application>xine</application> requires either a fast CPU with a
fast video card, or support for the XVideo extension. The GUI is
@ -1283,18 +1285,17 @@ zoom=yes</programlisting>
<para>Compared to <application>MPlayer</application>, <application>xine</application> does more for the user, but at the
same time, takes some of the more fine-grained control away from
the user. The <application>xine</application> video player also may perform much worse on the non-XVideo
interfaces and has very few good alternatives to it. The <application>xine</application>
FAQ highly recommends that you have a video card which supports
it.</para>
the user. The <application>xine</application> video player
performs best on XVideo interfaces.</para>
<para>The <application>xine</application> player can be started by itself:</para>
<para>By default, <application>xine</application> player will
start up in a graphical user interface. The menus can then be
used to open a specific file:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>xine</userinput></screen>
<para>The menus can then be used to open a file, or it can be
started to play a file immediately without the GUI
with the command:</para>
<para>Alternatively, it may be invoked to play a file immediately
without the GUI interface with the command:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>xine -g -p mymovie.avi</userinput></screen>
@ -1337,15 +1338,18 @@ zoom=yes</programlisting>
&prompt.user; <userinput>tcmplex -o output.mpg -i output.tmp.m1v -p output.tmp.mpa -m 1</userinput></screen>
<para>There is a manual page for <command>transcode</command>, but
for the various <command>tc*</command> utilities (such as
<command>tcmplex</command>) which are also installed, there is
only a curt <option>-h</option> output.</para>
there is little documentation for the various <command>tc*</command> utilities (such as
<command>tcmplex</command>) which are also installed.
However, the <option>-h</option> command line option can
always be given to get curt usage instructions for a
command.</para>
<para>In comparison, <command>transcode</command> runs
significantly slower than <command>mencoder</command>, but it
has a better chance of producing a more widely playable file. I
can play <command>transcode</command> MPEGs on older copies of
<application>Windows Media Player</application> and Apple's <application>Quicktime</application>, for example.</para>
has a better chance of producing a more widely playable file.
MPEGs created by <command>transcode</command> have been known to
play on older copies of
<application><trademark class="registered">Windows Media</trademark> Player</application> and Apple's <application><trademark class="registered">QuickTime</trademark></application>, for example.</para>
</sect3>
@ -1354,17 +1358,14 @@ zoom=yes</programlisting>
<sect2 id="video-further-reading">
<title>Further Reading</title>
<para>I have no doubt that within a year, much that is in this
chapter will be out of date. Video will probably be much less
problematic to get working well and a port will be in the
collection which turns a FreeBSD system into a DVD-playing, PVR,
and virtual A/V studio. Until that day arrives, those who
<para>The various video software packages for FreeBSD are
developing rapidly. It is quite possible that in the near
future many of the problems discussed here will have been
resolved. In the mean time, those who
want to get the very most out of FreeBSD's A/V capabilities will
have to cobble together knowledge from several FAQs and tutorials
and use a few different applications.</para>
<para>This section exists to give the reader some links to learn
more in case this chapter was just helpful enough.</para>
and use a few different applications. This section exists to
give the reader pointers to such additional information.</para>
<para>The
<ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/">MPlayer documentation</ulink>