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<sect1 id="howto-troubleshooting">
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<title>Troubleshooting</title>
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<sect2 id="howto-troubleshooting-support">
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<title>Getting support</title>
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<para>There are several ways to get help with &kplayer;. If you want to ask a
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question, go to the <ulink url="irc://irc.freenode.net/#kplayer">#kplayer
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channel</ulink> on FreeNode <acronym>IRC</acronym> or post it on the <ulink
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url="http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=244388">user
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forum</ulink> where other users will be able to see it, as well as the developer
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who is of course subscribed to receive e-mail when a message is posted there.
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The <acronym>IRC</acronym> channel and the user forum are also good places to
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get help with a problem.</para>
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<para>Bugs should be reported through the <ulink
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url="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=532182&group_id=71710">bug
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tracking system</ulink>, following the instructions in the
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<link linkend="howto-bug-reporting">Bug reporting micro-HOWTO</link>. Also there
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are special sections at the
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<ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/kplayer/">&kplayer; project</ulink>
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on SourceForge for <ulink
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url="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=532183&group_id=71710">support
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requests</ulink>, <ulink
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url="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=532185&group_id=71710">feature
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requests</ulink> and <ulink
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url="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=71710&atid=532184">code
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patches</ulink>.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="howto-troubleshooting-problems">
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<title>Common problems</title>
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<sect3>
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<title>Most commands on the menu and on the toolbar are missing</title>
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<para>The <filename>kplayerui.rc</filename> file was misplaced during
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installation, and &kplayer; cannot find it. If you installed using a binary
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package, complain to the package maintainer. When compiling from source, be sure
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to follow the instructions in the <link linkend="howto-compilation">Compilation
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micro-HOWTO</link>, especially the part about <command>tde-config</command>.
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Before starting, run</para>
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<para><userinput><command>tde-config</command>
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<option>--prefix</option></userinput></para>
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<para>from the command line to make sure that it returns the &kde; prefix
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path.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>After a &kplayer; upgrade new features are missing</title>
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<para>You may have a file called <filename>kplayerui.rc</filename> in
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<filename>~/.kde/share/apps/kplayer</filename>. Removing it will get you the new
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menus, but it will also reset any keyboard shortcuts you may have changed in
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the <link linkend="configuration-shortcuts">Key Bindings dialog</link>.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>&kplayer; is not showing up on the <guisubmenu>Multimedia</guisubmenu>
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submenu of the &kmenu;</title>
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<para>The <filename>kplayer.desktop</filename> file needs to be installed in the
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correct place, under either <filename>share/applnk/Multimedia</filename> or
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<filename>share/applications/kde</filename> in the global &kde;
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directory.</para>
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<para>There also may be a file called <filename>tde-kplayer.desktop</filename>
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in <filename>~/.local/share/applications</filename>. Removing it will get the
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<guisubmenu>Multimedia</guisubmenu> menu updated automatically again when you
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install or uninstall &kplayer;, but it will also reset changes you made to
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&kplayer; associations with media types on the <guilabel>File
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Associations</guilabel> page in &konqueror; configuration dialog or in
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&kcontrolcenter;.</para>
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<para>The <guilabel>Contents</guilabel> tab in &khelpcenter; should also list
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&kplayer; in the <guilabel>Multimedia</guilabel> section under
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<guilabel>Application Manuals</guilabel>.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Could not start &mplayer;</title>
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<para>If you get this error when trying to play a file, you need to install
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&mplayer; before you can use &kplayer;. This error can also happen if the name
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of your &mplayer; executable is not <command>mplayer</command> or it is not in
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the current path. In that case go to the
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<link linkend="settings-advanced">Advanced</link> page in
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<guilabel>&kplayer; Settings</guilabel> and give the executable name or the
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full path in the <guilabel>Executable path</guilabel> field.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>configure: error: Can't find X includes</title>
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<para>That means that you are missing the X include files, which normally come
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with the X development package. So look for a package in your distribution that
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has files like X.h and XEvent.h. For example, on Debian it is called
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<literal>xlibs-dev</literal>.</para>
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<para>Similarly, if <command>configure</command> complains about missing TQt
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files, you need to find and install the TQt development package. If you look
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in the <filename>config.log</filename>, it will probably tell you the exact
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name of the file it couldn't find, somewhere near the bottom. The
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<filename>config.log</filename> file is quite verbose, so you would have to
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scroll a few pages up from the bottom to find the place where it reports the
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error.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Cannot play any files</title>
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<para>Look at the end of the message log to see what errors &mplayer; gives when
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trying to play the files. Hit
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>G</keycap></keycombo> if &kplayer; does
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not show the log automatically.</para>
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<para>Try playing the files with <command>mplayer</command> from the command
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line. If &mplayer; can play them, compare the options you used on the command
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line to the ones &kplayer; passed to &mplayer;. Set the required options in
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<link linkend="settings">&kplayer; Settings</link>. The most important ones are
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the <guilabel>Driver</guilabel> options on the
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<link linkend="settings-video">Video</link> and
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<link linkend="settings-audio">Audio</link> pages. On the
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<link linkend="settings-advanced">Advanced page</link>
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check the <guilabel>Executable path</guilabel> option to make sure &kplayer;
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will be able to find the &mplayer; executable, and if there are any options
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that are not found anywhere in the <guilabel>&kplayer; Settings</guilabel>
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dialog, put them in the <guilabel>Additional command line arguments</guilabel>
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field.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Cannot play a specific file</title>
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<para>Look at the end of the message log to see what errors &mplayer; gives when
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trying to play the file. Hit
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>G</keycap></keycombo> if &kplayer; does
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not show the log automatically.</para>
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<para>Try playing the file with <command>mplayer</command> from the command
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line. If &mplayer; can play it, but requires special option to play this
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particular file, put them in the <link linkend="properties">File
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Properties</link> for that file. Two options that sometimes help &mplayer; when
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it cannot detect the file type automatically are <option>-vc</option> and
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<option>-ac</option>, which correspond to the <guilabel>Codec</guilabel> options
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on the <link linkend="properties-video">Video</link> and
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<link linkend="properties-audio">Audio</link> pages in <guilabel>File
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Properties</guilabel>. If there are any options that are not found anywhere
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in the <guilabel>File Properties</guilabel> dialog, put them in the
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<guilabel>Additional command line arguments</guilabel> field.</para>
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<para>If it is a playlist file but it does not have one of the standard playlist
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file extensions, go to the
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<link linkend="properties-general">General page</link> in the <guilabel>File
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Properties</guilabel> and set the <guilabel>Playlist</guilabel> option to
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<guilabel>yes</guilabel>. In rare cases a file that is not a playlist may have a
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playlist extension. Then you will need to set the <guilabel>Playlist</guilabel>
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property to <guilabel>no</guilabel>. For more details see the
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<link linkend="howto-playlist-files">Playlist files</link> section in the
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Playlist micro-HOWTO.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Cannot play any video files</title>
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<para>If &kplayer; only plays audio files but not video files, there may be a
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problem with the video output. By default &kplayer; uses
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<link linkend="howto-installation-xvideo">XVideo extension</link> for video
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output. If the extension is not enabled or is being used by another program like
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<application>Kino</application>, &kplayer; may not be able to use a different
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video output. You can either enable the XVideo extension or tell &kplayer; to
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use another video output. See the
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<link linkend="howto-configuration">Configuration micro-HOWTO</link> for
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details.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Video plays fine, but there is no sound</title>
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<para>Look in the <link linkend="parts-message-log">Message Log</link> to see
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why &mplayer; cannot play audio. The most common problem is the audio device
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being locked by another program. In this case the chief suspect is
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<command>artsd</command>. Try running</para>
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<para><userinput><command>killall</command> artsd</userinput></para>
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<para>from the command line. If that helps then the permanent solution is to go
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to the &kcontrolcenter; and disable &arts;. &arts; and everything based on it is
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by far the worst part of &kde;. Fortunately it seems there are plans to finally
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get rid of it in &kde; 4.</para>
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<para>For more information on audio setup in &kplayer; see the
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<link linkend="howto-configuration-audio">Configuration
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micro-HOWTO</link>.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>&kplayer; cannot play a file that plays fine with &mplayer;</title>
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<para>When &kplayer; is in <guilabel>Running</guilabel> or
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<guilabel>Playing</guilabel> state, run</para>
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<para><userinput><command>ps</command> <option>auxww</option></userinput></para>
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<para>from the command line. Compare the command line options that &kplayer;
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uses to run &mplayer; to what you are using to play the file with &mplayer;.
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Then start adding missing options one by one until you get the same problem
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you are getting in &kplayer;. After you find out what option is causing the
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problem, you can open the <link linkend="settings">configuration dialog</link>
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in &kplayer; and remove or change that option. If you need to make the change
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just for that one file, go to the <link linkend="properties">File
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Properties</link> instead.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Problems when coming back from full screen mode</title>
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<para>If you are getting problems when you try to go back to normal window size
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from full screen mode, for example the window becomes too large or you are
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seeing endless flickering, you can try unselecting the <guilabel>Resize main
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window automatically</guilabel> option on the
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<link linkend="settings-general">General page</link> in <guilabel>&kplayer;
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Settings</guilabel>. Also read the thread about this problem at the <ulink
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url="http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1122221&forum_id=244388">&kplayer;
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user forum</ulink> and watch it for updates.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Radio station takes too long to start playing</title>
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<para>By default &kplayer; lets &mplayer; choose an optimal cache size. When
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playing low bitrate media like a radio station, it may take a long time to fill
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the cache if it is too big. If that happens, you can either choose a lower
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<guilabel>Cache size</guilabel> setting or give a lower minimum cache size on
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the <guilabel>Advanced</guilabel> page either globally in
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<link linkend="settings-advanced">&kplayer; Settings</link> or in the
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individual <link linkend="properties-advanced">File Properties</link>.
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Enter the minimum cache size into the <guilabel>Additional command line
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parameters</guilabel> field, for example <literal>-cache-min 5</literal>, or
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choose <guilabel>set size</guilabel> for the <guilabel>Cache</guilabel> option
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and enter a size in kilobytes. For more information on playing online media see
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the <link linkend="howto-streams">Streams micro-HOWTO</link>.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Large video files take too long to start playing</title>
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<para>You may have set the <guilabel>Cache size</guilabel> option too low in
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<link linkend="settings-advanced">&kplayer; Settings</link>. If you need to
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set it higher or lower for an individual file or stream, you can do so on the
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<link linkend="properties-advanced">Advanced page</link> in <guilabel>File
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Properties</guilabel>.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Only the video area is shown in &konqueror;</title>
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<para>If you open a web page with an embedded multimedia object in &konqueror;,
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only the video area is displayed, with no controls. Then you should
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<mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click the
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<link linkend="parts-video-area">video area</link> and choose the
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<guimenuitem>Start &kplayer;</guimenuitem> command. Playback will then stop, and
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the full &kplayer; will open up and start playing the file or
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<acronym>URL</acronym>.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3>
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<title>Contrast and brightness controls do not work</title>
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<para>You need to enable the <link linkend="howto-installation-xvideo">XVideo
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extension</link> in your X11 configuration and make sure the XVideo video output
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is selected on the <link linkend="settings-advanced"><guilabel>Video</guilabel>
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page</link> in <guilabel>&kplayer; Settings</guilabel>. However, if you cannot
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use the XVideo output, you can still make the video controls to work by putting
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the <literal>-vf eq2</literal> or <literal>-vf eq</literal> option into the
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<guilabel>Additional command line parameters</guilabel> field on the
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<link linkend="properties-advanced">Advanced page</link> in <guilabel>&kplayer;
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Settings</guilabel>.</para>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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