October 26th, 2008 by acmelab68
All of a sudden I couldn’t compile mplayer on my fedora8 box:
Linux moon 2.6.26.6-49.fc8 #1 SMP Fri Oct 17 15:59:36 EDT 2008 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
I’ve tried to compile revision #27827, but it gave me after the make command always this (see below), no matter what I’ve tried.
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collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
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and a really big bunch of undefined references.
I’ve installed ffmpeg and x264, and compiled mplayer like this:
./configure --disable-libavutil_a --disable-libavcodec_a --disable-libavformat_a
Then it worked. Since I’m not an expert, I don’t know what exactly I have done. However it’s working now.
October 25th, 2008 by acmelab68
I’ve created a new MMS icon for the final release.
Let’s see if Anders is going to like it. I do 
The black color in the background comes from the conversion of the png image. It should be white actually. Click on the image for the bigger [148kb] png image to see the correct colors.
October 15th, 2008 by acmelab68
Well, let’s start with the conclusion: setting XV_SYNC_TO_VBLANK has no effect, if a second monitor is attached.
But let’s start at the very beginning: What is tearing? Well, this is how Wikipedia defines it:
Screen tearing is a phenomenon in video where a previously rendered frame overlaps a newly rendered frame, creating a torn look as two parts of an object (such as a wall) don’t line up…
Continue reading ‘Tearing with nVidia drivers and mplayer with “-vo xv”’
October 2nd, 2008 by acmelab68
I’ve finished a new theme for My Media System 1.1.0.
Here it is: theme-tenebrous-0.2.1
Install it like this: Continue reading ‘Finished a new theme for 1.1.0′
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