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1SMPlayer _VERSION_ _BUILD_ README
2
3(W) Christian Hennecke, Oct 5, 2009
4last update March 22, 2012
5
6
70. CONTENTS OF THIS FILE
8========================
9
101. INTRODUCTION
11
122. REQUIREMENTS
13
143. INSTALLATION
15
164. LICENSE, COPYRIGHT, DISCLAIMER
17
185. CONTACT
19
206. CREDITS
21
227. SUPPORT AND DONATIONS
23
248. HISTORY
25
26
271. INTRODUCTION
28===============
29
30Welcome to SMPlayer _VERSION_ _BUILD_ for OS/2 and eComStation.
31
32SMPlayer is a GUI front-end for MPlayer, a command-line movie player that is
33available for many systems and supports a wide range of formats and codecs,
34either natively or via Win32 DLL codecs. For instance, you can watch VideoCD,
35SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, DivX 3/4/5, WMV, and even H.264 movies.
36
37SMPlayer intends to be a complete front-end for MPlayer, from basic features
38like playing videos, DVDs, and VCDs to more advanced features like support for
39MPlayer filters and more.
40
41One of the most interesting features of SMPlayer: it remembers the settings of
42all files you play. So you start to watch a movie but you have to leave...
43don't worry, when you open that movie again it will resume at the same point
44you left it, and with the same settings: audio track, subtitles, volume...
45
46Other additional interesting features:
47
48 * Configurable subtitles. You can choose font and size, and even colors for
49 the subtitles.
50 * Audio track switching. You can choose the audio track you want to listen.
51 Works with avi and mkv. And of course with DVDs.
52 * Seeking by mouse wheel. You can use your mouse wheel to go forward or
53 backward in the video.
54 * Video equalizer, allows you to adjust the brightness, contrast, hue,
55 saturation and gamma of the video image.
56 * Multiple speed playback. You can play at 2X, 4X... and even in slow motion.
57 * Filters. Several filters are available: deinterlace, postprocessing,
58 denoise... and even a karaoke filter (voice removal).
59 * Audio and subtitles delay adjustment. Allows you to sync audio and
60 subtitles.
61 * Advanced options, such as selecting a demuxer or video & audio codecs.
62 * Playlist. Allows you to enqueue several files to be played one after each
63 other. Autorepeat and shuffle supported too.
64 * Preferences dialog. You can easily configure every option of SMPlayer by
65 using a nice preferences dialog.
66 * Possibility to search automatically for subtitles in opensubtitles.org.
67 * Translations: currently SMPlayer is translated into more than 20 languages,
68 including Spanish, German, French, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Japanese....
69 * It's multiplatform. Binaries available for Windows, Linux, and now OS/2.
70 * SMPlayer is under the GPL license.
71
72
732. REQUIREMENTS
74===============
75
76The following requirements need to be installed.
77
78
792.1 kLIBC, GCC4Core, Qt4
80------------------------
81
82The installation of these products can be done either by RPM or ZIP files.
83
842.1.a RPM installation
85----------------------
86
87kLIBC
88-----
89
90 1. yum install libc
91
92GCC4Core
93--------
94
95 1. yum install libgcc
96 2. yum install gcc-stack-protector
97 3. yum install gcc-stdc++-shared-library
98 4. yum install gcc-supc++-shared-library
99
100Qt4 dll
101-------
102
103 1. yum install libqt4
104 2. Install the xsystray plugin as noted in the readme.os2 and also in
105 readme.xsystray
106
107
1082.1.b ZIP Installation
109----------------------
110
111kLIBC
112-----
113
114 1. Download kLIBC 0.6.4 or better (see http://svn.netlabs.org/libc for more
115 information)
116 2. Install the files to your libpath eg x:\ecs\dll
117
118GCC4Core
119--------
120
121 1. Download GCC4Core 1.2.1 or better from http://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc
122 2. Install the files to your libpath eg. x:\ecs\dll
123
124Qt4 dll
125-------
126
127 1. Download Qt4 4.7.3 or better (see http://svn.netlabs.org/qt4 for more
128 information)
129 2. Install the files according to the readme
130 3. Install the xsystray plugin as noted in the readme.os2 and also in
131 readme.xsystray
132
133
1342.2 MPlayer, Win32 codecs
135-------------------------
136
137The installation of these products is only available as ZIP files.
138
139MPlayer
140-------
141
142 http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php?key=mplayer&pushbutton=Search
143
144 WARNING: To use the combination of SMPlayer and MPlayer to its full extent,
145 at least version mplayer-dev-SVN-r27724-OS2-4.3.2.zip is required.
146 Earlier versions do not support scaling, i.e., you will always
147 see a video in its original size, regardless of the zoom setting
148 or fullscreen mode.
149
150Win32 codecs (optional)
151-----------------------
152
153 http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html#binary_codecs
154
155 MPlayer is able to use Win32 codec DLLs for codecs it does not support
156 natively.
157
158
1593. INSTALLATION
160===============
161
162To install SMPlayer, do the following:
163
164MPlayer
165-------
166
167 1. Download a recent version of MPlayer.
168 2. Create a new directory for MPlayer.
169 3. Extract the MPlayer package to the new directory.
170 4. Copy the .mplayer subdirectory -- if included -- to your HOME directory.
171 5. To be able to use subtitles, copy a TrueType font of your choice to the
172 %HOME%\.mplayer directory and rename it to subfont.ttf.
173
174Win32 codecs
175------------
176
177 1. Download the codec package from the MPlayer site.
178 2. Go to the directory where you installed MPlayer and create a "codecs"
179 subdirectory.
180 3. Extract the package to the "codecs" subdirectory.
181 4. Add a SET MPLAYER_CODECS_DIR statement to your CONFIG.SYS, and point it
182 to the "codecs" subdirectory you create above.
183
184SMPlayer
185--------
186
187 1. Create a directory for SMPlayer. This will be called x:\smplayer below.
188 2. Extract the SMPlayer package to the new directory.
189 3. Create a WPS object for smplayer.exe
190 4. Start SMPlayer by double-clicking on the WPS object.
191 5. Open the settings dialog via "Options > Settings."
192 6. In the left pane, choose "General."
193 7. On the "General" tab in the "Paths" group, press the "Browse" button and
194 locate the MPlayer executable mplayer.exe.
195 8. In the "Output Device Driver" group, choose "kva" for "Video" and "dart"
196 for "Audio."
197 9. In the left pane, choose "Drives."
198 10. Under "Drives," select your CD-ROM and DVD drives.
199 11. In the left pane, go to "Subtitles."
200 12. On the "Font" tab in the "Font" group, you can either directly choose a
201 font file to use or select one of the fonts installed in your system:
202 * To select a specific font file, select the "TTF Font" radio button, press
203 "Browse," and locate the font file of the TrueType font you would like to
204 use for subtitles.
205 * To select an installed font, select the "System Font" radio button, press
206 "Choose," and select a TrueType font you would like to use for subtitles.
207 CAUTION: mplayer.exe will crash if you select a non-TrueType font!
208 13. To get prettier fonts, go to the "SSA/ASS Library" tab and enable the
209 option "Use SSA/ASS library for subtitle rendering." Optionally adjust the
210 color and font attributes.
211 14. Press OK to exit the settings dialog.
212
213If you have a slow machine, also do the following:
214
215 1. In the left pane, choose "Performance."
216 2. In the "Cache" group, enable the "Use cache" option.
217 3. Enable the "Skip frames" option.
218
219If you have a sound card that does not support 48kHz sampling rate, also do the
220following:
221
222 1. In the left pane, choose "Advanced."
223 2. In the "Audio Filter" entry field, enter:
224
225 resample=44100:0:1
226
227
2284. LICENSE, COPYRIGHT, DISCLAIMER
229=================================
230
231SMPlayer is copyright (C) 2006 - 2012 RVM <rvm@escomposlinux.org>.
232
233The OS/2 port is copyright (c) 2008, 2012 Silvan Scherrer.
234
235This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
236it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as contained in
237the file COPYING in the installation directory.
238
239The original source code is available at:
240
241 http://smplayer.sourceforge.net
242
243This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
244but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
245MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
246
247For details, refer to the file COPYING.
248
249
2505. CONTACT
251==========
252
253If you find a bug, then add a ticket to the trac at
254http://svn.netlabs.org/qtapps
255
256Only bug reports with a reproducable bug are accepted. :-)
257
258
2596. CREDITS
260==========
261
262The port was done by:
263
264Silvan Scherrer aka _diver
265
266Thanks go to:
267
268 * Yuri Dario
269 * Doodle
270 * KO Myung-Hun
271 * Herwig Bauernfeind
272 * Christian Hennecke
273
274They either helped me when I had some nasty questions or did some testing for
275me.
276
277
2787. SUPPORT AND DONATIONS
279========================
280
281SMPlayer is based on volunteer work. If you would like to support further
282development, you can do so in one of the following ways:
283
284 * Donate to the Qt4 project: see http://qt.netlabs.org for more information
285
286 * Contribute to the project: Besides actual development, this also includes
287 maintaining the documentation and the project web site as well as help
288 for users.
289
290
2918. HISTORY
292==========
293
2942012-03-16
295 * updated to SMPlayer version 0.7.1
296
2972011-12-27
298 * updated to latest SMPlayer svn code
299
3002011-11-11
301 * updated to Qt 4.7.3
302 * fixed a possible hang when ending SMPlayer while playing a movie (patch by Rudi)
303
3042010-06-30
305 * fixed a nasty 1 second delay
306
3072010-04-29
308 * updated to Qt4 4.6.2
309 * added support for mplayer -ao kai (latest mplayer version)
310
3112010-01-29
312 * updated to latest Qt4 source
313 * enabled colorkey (thanks to KO Myung-Hun)
314
3152009-11-11
316 * fixed hang with broken media
317 * changed to Qt4 beta4
318
3192009-10-22
320 * removed requirement for MPlayer DLLs to be in PATH or SMPlayer directory
321 (fixed in Qt)
322 * removed requirement for C:\PSFONTS\helv.pfb (fixed in Qt)
323 * added Screensaver functionality for Doodle Screensaver
324
3252009-10-02
326 * beta1 of newest SMPlayer version with Qt4 support
327
3282009-01-22
329 * fixed a crash when playing audio files
330
3312008-11-24
332 * added french and german readme (done by Guillaume Gay and Christian Hennecke)
333 * added nice looking icons for exe and folder (done by David Graser)
334 * updated Qt DLL with newest version from SVN
335
3362008-11-04
337 * fixed a bug in Qt DLL which occured when playing from playlist
338 * renamed icon files to match wps behaviour
339
3402008-10-27
341 * with newest mplayer from hobbes the resizing problem is fixed
342 * fixed a bug introduced when adding more file extensions
343
3442008-10-20
345 * switched to custom-built Qt DLL sqt.dll (latest version from svn.netlabs.org/qt)
346 * added a couple more file extensions to the open file dialog
347
3482008-10-14
349 * initial release
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