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- cygmp
Unofficial MPlayer packages based on cygwin.
These packages are made from CVS copies of mplayer
with a custom patchset applied.
You may also want to visit the
official MPlayer website.
This is by far the most useful thing found on this website.
Most of the other projects here are just pointless crap
of interest to maybe one or two people in the universe.
(well, mmine is pretty sweet...)
And then, suddenly, bam! A nice installer package for
a nice, trim (spartan), media player that gives Windows
Media Player a run for it's money.
Who knew?
Primary features of MPlayer:
- dvd player
- independance from 3rd party codecs
(no need to download from divx.com to watch divx movies)
- supports the same wide variety of files as MPlayer under linux
- the same great performance you expect from MPlayer under linux
- will someday replace Windows Media Player, Real Player, and Quicktime
- console mencoder available for those brave enough to use it
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A Changelog is available here.
Missing Things: (you can help contribute?)
- vcd support
- browser plugins
- runtime audio track selection for mpeg files
- playing encrypted VOBs from hard disk
- joystick support
- vfw tv tuner support
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Questions: (exclamations)
Hey, I need to be notified about new packages!
Join the mailing list
to get updates on new packages.
The list is very low-traffic.
Hey, I (like / don't like) Thing 1!
Try the mailing list
to discuss what you want to see in the future
from these packages.
But first, you must
sign up.
The list is very low-traffic, so don't worry.
Hey, hurry up and show me to the downloads!
Fine, fine. Here:
Hey, I have trouble still!
Troubleshooting:
If your display is slow or MPlayer uses an insane amount of
cpu time, you might try uncommenting the line
"vf-add=noformat=yv12" in mplayer.ini to disable yv12 overlay.
Many video card drivers report yv12 overlay support.
Unfortunately, many drivers LIE TO YOU. My windows drivers
do this. The card has no support for the yv12 colorspace,
but instead the drivers do the conversion themselves.
And they do it very slowly. Disabling yv12 overlay lets
MPlayer do the conversion the fast way, saving you cpu time.
If your directx display still seems slower than it should be,
perhaps your overlay is being stolen by Windows Media Player's
preview in Explorer. Try disabling this embedded preview.
Many people have reported that this helps.
To fix major directx problems, try disabling acceleration
by uncommenting the line "vo=directx:noaccel". This should
not be neccessary for most people, though.
Having trouble figuring out mencoder? Too bad.
See MPlayer's homepage
for help. You have to run mencoder from a command prompt,
and you're on your own. Use at your own risk.
It's included by demand only.
Hey, I hate you!
Fair enough. You may be happier running another MPlayer
for windows project. You can see a complete list at
the projects section of MPlayer's website.
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