HOWTO: Remove stereo, echo sound effects @ BigSur
1) Check, whether coreaudio fails before OpenAL is used:
mplayer -msglevel all=6 track01.mp3
2) It may fail with following error:
AO: [coreaudio] Unable to initialize Output Unit component.
3) Install Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) MacPorts variant of MPlayer:
sudo port install mplayer +sdl
4) To view all variants of given port:
sudo port variants mplayer
5) To view installed version of given port (and its variants):
sudo port installed | grep mplayer
HOWTO: Play video with audio stream in separate file
mplayer <video_file>.avi -audiofile <audio_file>.mp3
HOWTO: Play MP3-files in mplayer
1) Create playlist and play music
find <music_dir> -iname '*.mp3' | mplayer -shuffle -playlist -
HOWTO: Play web stream in mplayer
mplayer -cache 1024 -playlist <http://www.webstream.com>
HOWTO: Specify encoding for Russian subtitles
mplayer -subcp enca:ru:utf8 film_fr.srt film_fr.mp4
HOWTO: Play an audio CD
mplayer -cdrom-device /dev/cdrom cdda:// -cache 5000 -ao alsa
1) Add default options to the configuration file (~/.mplayer/config):
# cd-rom name
cdrom="/dev/cdrom"
# cache setting
cache=5000
# audio driver
ao=alsa
2) Playback an audio CD
mplayer cdda://
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-mplayer-playing-audio-dvd-cd-using-bash-shell/
HOWTO: Use mplayer shortcuts
Keyboard control
<- and -> Seek backward/forward 10 seconds.
up and down Seek forward/backward 1 minute.
pgup and pgdown Seek forward/backward 10 minutes.
[ and ] Decrease/increase current playback speed by 10%.
{ and } Halve/double current playback speed.
backspace Reset playback speed to normal.
< and > Go backward/forward in the playlist.
ENTER Go forward in the playlist, even over the end.
HOME and END next/previous playtree entry in the parent list
INS and DEL (ASX playlist only) next/previous alternative source.
p / SPACE Pause (pressing again unpauses).
. Step forward. Pressing once will pause movie, every consecutive press will play one frame and then go into pause mode again
(any other key unpauses).
q / ESC Stop playing and quit.
+ and - Adjust audio delay by +/- 0.1 seconds.
/ and * Decrease/increase volume.
9 and 0 Decrease/increase volume.
( and ) Adjust audio balance in favour of left/right channel.
m Mute sound.
_ (MPEG-TS and libavformat only) Cycle through the available video tracks.
# (DVD, MPEG, Matroska, AVI and libavformat only) Cycle through the available audio tracks.
TAB (MPEG-TS only) Cycle through the available programs.
f Toggle fullscreen (also see -fs).
T Toggle stay-on-top (also see -ontop).
w and e Decrease/increase pan-and-scan range.
o Toggle OSD states: none / seek / seek + timer / seek + timer + total time.
d Toggle frame dropping states: none / skip display / skip decoding (see -framedrop and -hardframedrop).
v Toggle subtitle visibility.
j Cycle through the available subtitles.
y and g Step forward/backward in the subtitle list.
F Toggle displaying forced subtitles.
a Toggle subtitle alignment: top / middle / bottom.
x and z Adjust subtitle delay by +/- 0.1 seconds.
r and t Move subtitles up/down.
i (-edlout mode only) Set start or end of an EDL skip and write it out to the given file.
s (-vf screenshot only) Take a screenshot.
S (-vf screenshot only) Start/stop taking screenshots.
I Show filename on the OSD.
! and @ Seek to the beginning of the previous/next chapter.
D (-vo xvmc, -vf yadif, -vf kerndeint only) Activate/deactivate deinterlacer.
Hardware accelerated video output
1 and 2 Adjust contrast.
3 and 4 Adjust brightness.
5 and 6 Adjust hue.
7 and 8 Adjust saturation.
SDL Video Output Driver
c Cycle through available fullscreen modes.
n Restore original mode.
Multimedia Keyboard
PAUSE Pause.
STOP Stop playing and quit.
PREVIOUS, NEXT Seek backward/forward 1 minute.
GUI Support
ENTER Start playing.
ESC Stop playing.
l Load file.
t Load subtitle.
c Open skin browser.
p Open playlist.
r Open preferences.
TV, DVB Support
h and k Select previous/next channel.
n Change norm.
u Change channel list.
Navigate menus (if DVNAV is supported)
keypad 8 Select button up.
keypad 2 Select button down.
keypad 4 Select button left.
keypad 6 Select button right.
keypad 5 Return to main menu.
keypad 7 Return to nearest menu (the order of preference is: chapter->title->root).
keypad ENTER Confirm choice.
Teletext support (if compiled)
X Switch teletext on/off.
Q and W Go to next/prev teletext page.
Mouse control
button 3 and button 4 Seek backward/forward 1 minute.
button 5 and button 6 Decrease/increase volume.
Joystick Control
left and right Seek backward/forward 10 seconds.
up and down Seek forward/backward 1 minute.
button 1 Pause.
button 2 Toggle OSD states: none / seek / seek + timer / seek + timer + total time.
button 3 and button 4 Decrease/increase volume.
http://www.keyxl.com/aaa2fa5/302/MPlayer-keyboard-shortcuts.htm