Command: mplayer
MPLAYER is a movie player ported from Linux.
Syntax:
mplayer [options] [url|path/]filename
Options:
Basic options: (complete list in the man page)
-vo <drv> Select video output driver ('-vo help' for a list)
-ao <drv> Select audio output driver ('-ao help' for a list)
dvd://<titleno> Play DVD title from device instead of plain file
-alang/-slang Select DVD audio/subtitle language (by 2-char country
code)
-ss <position> Seek to given (seconds or hh:mm:ss) position
-nosound Do not play sound
-fs Fullscreen playback (or -vm, -zoo, details in the man
page)
-x <x> -y <y> Set display resolution (for use with -vm or -zoom)
-sub <file> Specify subtitle file to use (also see -subfps,
-subdelay)
-playlist <file> Specify playlist file
-vid x -aid y Select video (x) and audio (y) stream to play
-fps x -srate y Change video (x fps) and audio (y Hz) rate
-pp <quality> Enable postprocessing filter (details in the man
page)
-framedrop Enable frame dropping (for slow machine)
Basic keys: (complete list in the man page, also check input.conf)
<- or -> Seek backward/forward 10 seconds
down or up Seek backward/forward 1 minute
pgdown or pgup Seek backward/forward 10 minutes
< or > Step backward/forward in playlist
p or SPACE Pause movie (press any key to continue)
q or ESC Stop playing and quit program
+ or - Adjust audio delay by +/- 0.1 second
o Cycle OSD mode: none / seekbar / seekbar + timer
* or / Increase or decrease PCM volume
x or z Adjust subtitle delay by +/- 0.1 second
r or t Adjust subtitle position up/down, also see -vf expand
** SEE THE MAN PAGE FOR DETAILS, FURTHER (ADVANCED) OPTIONS AND KEYS **
Comments:
MPLAYER has an extensive documentation that is beyond the scope of
this help. For more information see:
https://gitlab.com/FreeDOS/sound/mplayer/-/tree/master/DOC/MPLAYER/
HTML/de?ref_type=heads OR go to:
https://gitlab.com/FreeDOS/sound/mplayer/-/tree/master?ref_type=heads
there is a symbol "Code", download source code, unzip it, go to
"\mplayer-master\DOC\MPLAYER\HTML\", choose your language and start
index.htm with a modern browser (reason: man files are not in 8.3
format) OR:
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1.html
Examples:
In virtualbox the sound should run without a sound card driver.
On bare metal and other vms you will have to install sound card
driver. In my tests mplayer needed at least 64 MB RAM to work
properly. Copying the files from DVD to HD accelerated the video.
mplayer example.vob -aid 128 (128 ff should be the languages)
In Linux you can change the language with "#" - but it freezes
in FREEDOS when you do so.
See also:
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Copyright © 2000-2007 MPlayer Team, help version 2023 W. Spiegl.
This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO.
See the file H2Cpying for copying conditions.