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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Thu, 9 Mar 2006, David Moberg wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > > > The old mplayer does not do svgalib.  The new one does.
> >
> > > I forgot to update the documentation, so the manpages are
> > > for the previous version and do not cover the new features
> > > and modified syntax of the new version. I will upload a fresh
> > > copy with the correct manpages next time. Somehow, I did
> > > remember to update the vidix drivers.
> >
> > Did you get around to this yet?
>
> No, I'm currently trying to decide how I should distribute the
> patches for MPlayer. Right now, I have a few patches, and a
> utility to apply them. These allow you to install mencoder,
> dynamic mplayer binaries, &c. without having to download tens
> of MB of packages. The question is: should I just distribute
> what I have (with instructions for unpacking)? or should I make
> a friendly shell script to make things easier? I don't really think
> that I am competent enough with shell scripting to make a
> good script.. Do you have any suggestions?

I can deal with a .tar.gz file with a readme in it.

> Anyway, I'll try to upload the fixed manpages first and then
> worry about the patch package.
>
> > I am having some language problems with a DVD.
> > Barbara Streisand is saying 'o mon dieu'.
>
> The DVD must think that your mplayer is French. I have no
> idea why it would think that. It was compiled on an English
> (well, American) PC and I didn't enable any international
> options.. Odd.
>
> > mplayer -sub -slang sp  does not produce Spanish subtitles - should it?
>
> No, I think you need '-slang es' for Espa

I could not even get -slang en to show English subtitles while she spoke 
French so I could learn French.

Perhaps mplayer has its own defaults set somewhere by the authors?