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| 2745 | 15 <P><B><A NAME=2.2>2.2. Supported codecs</A></B></P> |
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| 17 | |
| 2745 | 18 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1>2.2.1. Video codecs</A></B></P> |
| 1612 | 19 |
| 1731 | 20 <P>See <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html</A> for the complete, |
| 1869 | 21 daily generated list!!!</P> |
| 1612 | 22 |
| 2745 | 23 <P>The most important ones above all:<BR> |
| 1682 | 24 <UL> |
| 2290 | 25 <LI>MPEG1 (VCD) and MPEG2 (DVD) video</LI> |
| 5114 | 26 <LI>DivX ;-), OpenDivX (DivX4), DivX 5.00, 3ivX and other MPEG4 variants</LI> |
| 2290 | 27 <LI>Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1) and 8 (WMV2) used in .wmv files</LI> |
| 5114 | 28 <LI>Cinepak and Intel Indeo codecs (3.1,3.2,4.1,5.0)</LI> |
| 29 <LI>MJPEG, AVID, VCR2, ASV2 and other hardware formats</LI> | |
| 30 <LI>VIVO 1.0, 2.0, I263 and other h263(+) variants</LI> | |
| 31 <LI>FLI/FLC</LI> | |
| 3806 | 32 <LI>RealVideo 1.0</LI> |
| 5114 | 33 <LI>Various old simple RLE-like formats</LI> |
| 1682 | 34 </UL></P> |
| 1612 | 35 |
| 2745 | 36 <P>If you have a Win32 codec not listed here, and not supported yet, just read the <A |
| 37 HREF="#2.2.3">codec importing</A> to get info about how to help us adding support | |
| 1731 | 38 for it!</P> |
| 1612 | 39 |
| 5018 | 40 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.1>2.2.1.1. DivX4/DivX5</A></B></P> |
| 1612 | 41 |
| 1682 | 42 <P>This section contains information about the DivX4 codec of |
| 43 <A HREF="http://www.projectmayo.com">ProjectMayo</A>. Their first available alpha version was the OpenDivX 4.0 | |
| 44 alpha 47 and 48. Support for this was/is included in <B>MPlayer</B>, and built by | |
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46 quality of MPEG1/2 movies. Now we use our own.</P> |
| 1612 | 47 |
| 1682 | 48 <P>The new generation of this codec can even decode movies made with the |
| 49 infamous DivX codec! And it's not everything, it's MUCH faster than the | |
| 5018 | 50 traditional Win32 DivX DLL's (note that libavcodec's decoder is EVEN FASTER, |
| 51 so the usage of this codec is <B>DISCOURAGED</B> - you need it only for | |
| 52 encoding). See below for configuration. The only disadvantage of this codec is | |
| 53 that it's currently closed-source. :(</P> | |
| 1612 | 54 |
| 1682 | 55 <P>The codec can be downloaded from the following URL:</P> |
| 56 | |
| 3583 | 57 <P> <A HREF="http://avifile.sourceforge.net">http://avifile.sourceforge.net</A></P> |
| 58 | |
| 59 <P>If it doesn't work, try :</P> | |
| 60 | |
| 61 <P> <A HREF="http://divx.com">http://divx.com</A></P> | |
| 1612 | 62 |
| 2684 | 63 <P>Unpack it, and run <CODE>./install.sh</CODE> as root.</P> |
| 1612 | 64 |
| 4177 | 65 <P>Note: do NOT forget to add <CODE>/usr/local/lib</CODE> to your |
| 66 <CODE>/etc/ld.so.conf</CODE> and running <CODE>ldconfig</CODE> !</P> | |
| 1612 | 67 |
| 5018 | 68 <P><B>MPlayer</B> autodetects if DivX4/DivX5 is (properly) installed, just |
| 69 compile as usual. If it doesn't detect it, you didn't install it exactly as | |
| 70 above, and/or has messed up config (see last question of 5.1 section).</P> | |
| 1682 | 71 |
| 4177 | 72 <P>Using it is a bit tricky. As it conflicts with the old OpenDivX (its API is |
| 5396 | 73 very similar to OpenDivX's), OpenDivX code is disabled, and this (DivX4) |
| 74 codec will be used to decode old OpenDivX movies.</P> | |
| 1682 | 75 |
| 76 <P>Generally we can pinpoint this issue to that you have two options to use | |
| 77 this codec:</P> | |
| 78 | |
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| 5018 | 81 <TD><FONT CLASS="text">using the codec as a new version of OpenDivX. |
| 1682 | 82 in this case it produces YV12 image in its own buffer, |
| 1987 | 83 and <B>MPlayer</B> (libvo) does colorspace conversion. (<B>RECOMMENDED!</B>)</TD><TR> |
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| 5018 | 85 <TD><FONT CLASS="text">using the codec's colorspace conversion. |
| 2095 | 86 in this mode, you can use YUY2/UYVY too.</TD></TR> |
| 1682 | 87 </TABLE></P> |
| 1612 | 88 |
| 1682 | 89 <P>The 'odivx' method is usually faster, due to the fact that it transfers |
| 90 image data in YV12 (planar YUV 4:2:0) format, thus requiring much less | |
| 91 bandwidth on the bus. For packed YUV modes (YUY2, UYVY) use the 'divx4' | |
| 92 method. For RGB modes you can choose freely, their speed is same, maybe | |
| 93 differ according to the current bpp.</P> | |
| 94 | |
| 5114 | 95 <P>NOTE: If your -vo driver supports direct rendering, then -vc divx4 may be |
| 96 faster, or even the fastest solution.</P> | |
| 97 | |
| 5230 | 98 <P>Note: <B>OLD</B> OpenDivX supports postprocessing too (use option |
| 99 <CODE>-oldpp</CODE> to enable using it), but range of values is strange: </P> | |
| 1612 | 100 |
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| 1682 | 108 </TABLE></P> |
| 1612 | 109 |
| 2745 | 110 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.2>2.2.1.2. ffmpeg's DivX/libavcodec</A></B></P> |
| 1682 | 111 |
| 5018 | 112 <P>Beginning with version 0.4.2 , |
| 113 <A HREF="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">ffmpeg</A> contains an | |
| 114 <B>opensource</B> DivX codec, which is compatible with the traditional DivX. | |
| 115 <B>MPlayer</B> supports this codec, and this makes it possible to <B>watch | |
| 116 DivX/DivX4/DivX5 movies on non-x86 platforms</B>, and gain much faster | |
| 117 <B>DivX/DivX4/DivX5</B> decoding speed than the Win32 codecs and the original | |
| 118 DivX4 library has!</P> | |
| 4022 | 119 |
| 120 <P>It also contains lots of nice codecs, such as RealVideo 1.0, MJPEG, h263, | |
| 121 h263+, etc.</P> | |
| 122 | |
| 123 <P>If you use MPlayer | |
| 124 | |
| 125 <UL> | |
| 126 <LI>from release : then you have libavcodec right in the package, just | |
| 127 build <B>MPlayer</B> as usual.</LI> | |
| 128 <LI>from CVS : you have to download it manually directly from <B>FFmpeg</B>'s | |
| 5114 | 129 CVS tree (ffmpeg 0.4.5 version will NOT work with mplayer!): |
| 1682 | 130 |
| 131 <P><CODE> | |
| 1987 | 132 cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg login<BR> |
| 1612 | 133 cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg co ffmpeg |
| 1682 | 134 </CODE></P> |
| 1612 | 135 |
| 1682 | 136 <P>Note: <I>if you copy with CVS subdirs, next time it's enough to do |
| 137 'cvs update'.</I></P> | |
| 138 <P>Now, move the newly downloaded ffmpeg source's <B>libavcodec</B> directory, | |
| 139 (with all it's subdirectories) to <B>MPlayer</B>'s tree, so it will look | |
| 140 like this:</P> | |
| 1612 | 141 |
| 1682 | 142 <P> <CODE>main/libavcodec</CODE></P> |
| 1612 | 143 |
| 1869 | 144 <P>Symlinking is NOT enough, you have to copy/move it!!!</P> |
| 1668 | 145 |
| 4022 | 146 </LI> |
| 147 </UL> | |
| 148 </P> | |
| 149 | |
| 3140 | 150 <P>Then compile. configure detects if it's alright, and can be compiled. The |
| 151 codec also <B>supports postprocessing!</B></P> | |
| 1612 | 152 |
| 5378 | 153 <P>With ffmpeg and my Matrox G400, I can view even the highest resolution DivX |
| 154 movies on my K6/2 500, without dropped frames.</P> | |
| 1612 | 155 |
| 156 | |
| 2745 | 157 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.3>2.2.1.3. XAnim codecs</A></B></P> |
| 2411 | 158 |
| 5187 | 159 <P>Foreword: |
| 160 Be advised that the XAnim binary codecs are packaged with a piece of text | |
| 161 claiming to be a legally binding software license which, among other | |
| 162 absurdities, forbids the user to use the codecs in conjunction with any | |
| 163 program other than XAnim. As the XAnim author has yet to bring legal | |
| 164 action against anyone for codec-related issues, the MPlayer developers | |
| 165 don't lose too much sleep over this and you probably shouldn't, either. | |
| 166 </P> | |
| 2411 | 167 |
| 168 <P>So yes, <B>MPlayer</B> can use XAnim's codecs for decoding. It's very | |
| 169 easy to enable them:</P> | |
| 170 | |
| 171 <P> | |
| 172 <UL> | |
| 173 <LI>download the codecs you wish to use from the | |
| 174 <A HREF="http://xanim.va.pubnix.com">XAnim site</A>. The <B>3ivx</B> codec | |
| 175 isn't there, so download it from the <A HREF="http://www.3ivx.com">3ivx site</A>.</LI> | |
| 176 | |
| 2664 | 177 <LI>use the <CODE>--with-xanimlibdir</CODE> option to tell configure where |
| 5114 | 178 it can find the xanim codecs. By default, it checks them at |
| 179 <CODE>/usr/local/lib/xanim/mods, /usr/lib/xanim/mods and /usr/lib/xanim</CODE>. | |
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181 the dir of the XAnim codecs.</LI> |
| 3163 | 182 |
| 5114 | 183 <LI>rename/symlink the filenames by cutting out the architecture stuff, so they will |
| 3163 | 184 have filenames like these : <CODE>vid_cvid.xa, vid_h263.xa, vid_iv50.xa</CODE> |
| 185 | |
| 2411 | 186 </UL> |
| 187 </P> | |
| 188 | |
| 189 <P>They are video codec family number 10, so you may want to use <CODE>-vfm 10</CODE> | |
| 190 option to tell <B>MPlayer</B> to use them if possible.</P> | |
| 191 | |
| 192 <P>Tested codecs are: <B>Indeo 3.2</B>, <B>4.1</B>, <B>5.0</B>, <B>CVID</B>, <B>3ivX</B>, <B>h263</B>.</P> | |
| 193 | |
| 2452 | 194 |
| 2745 | 195 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.4>2.2.1.4. VIVO video</A></B></P> |
| 196 | |
| 2855 | 197 <P><B>MPlayer</B> can play Vivo (1.0 and 2.0) videos. The most suitable codec |
| 3027 | 198 for 1.0 files is FFmpeg's H263 decoder, you can use it with the <CODE>-vc |
| 3566 | 199 ffh263</CODE> option (default) (you'll need the newest libavcodec !). For 2.0 files, use |
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| 3027 | 201 HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/samples/drivers32/ivvideo.dll">here</A>), |
| 2855 | 202 and install it under <CODE>/usr/lib/win32</CODE> or wherever you store the |
| 203 Win32 codecs. This latter codec doesn't support YV12 nor YUY2 only BGR modes, | |
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205 VIVO 2.0 files in the future.</P> |
| 2855 | 206 |
| 2745 | 207 |
| 208 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.5>2.2.1.5. MPEG 1/2 video</A></B></P> | |
| 209 | |
| 210 <P>MPEG1 and MPEG2 are decoded with the native library <B>libmpeg2</B>. | |
| 5114 | 211 Its source code is included in <B>MPlayer</B>, and of course it is multiplatform. |
| 212 We handle buggy MPEG 1/2 video files by catching sig11 (segmentation fault), | |
| 213 and quickly reinitializing the codec, and continue exactly from where the failure | |
| 214 did occur. | |
| 2745 | 215 No speed decrease is measurable.</P> |
| 216 | |
| 217 | |
| 2855 | 218 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.6>2.2.1.6. MS Video1</A></B></P> |
| 219 | |
| 220 <P>This is a very old and very bad codec of Microsoft. In the past it was | |
| 221 decoded with the <CODE>msvidc32.dll</CODE> Win32 codec, now we have our own | |
| 222 open-source implementation (by <A HREF="mailto:melanson@pcisys.net">Mike | |
| 223 Melanson</A>).</P> | |
| 224 | |
| 225 | |
| 3163 | 226 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.7>2.2.1.7. Cinepak CVID</A></B></P> |
| 227 | |
| 3647 | 228 <P><B>MPlayer</B> now has its own opensource, multiplatform Cinepak decoder. |
| 229 Supports YUV outputs, thus hardware scaling if video output driver allows. | |
| 230 Used by default.</P> | |
| 3163 | 231 |
| 232 | |
| 3806 | 233 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.8>2.2.1.8. RealVideo</A></B></P> |
| 234 | |
| 235 <P>Currently ONLY the RealVideo 1.0 (fourcc RV10) codec is supported, through | |
| 236 ffmpeg. Sadly, no new RealMedia files come with this one, only with the newer | |
| 237 RV20 and RV30 codecs which are closed-source. Their future support is | |
| 238 unlikely :(</P> | |
| 239 | |
| 240 | |
| 5022 | 241 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.9>2.2.1.9. XViD</A></B></P> |
| 242 | |
| 243 <P><B>XViD</B> is another development from good old OpenDivX (first | |
| 244 development was DivX4).</P> | |
| 245 | |
| 246 <P><B>Advantages</B> : | |
| 247 <UL> | |
| 248 <LI>opensource</LI> | |
| 249 <LI>its API is compatible with DivX4 so it's easy to add support for | |
| 250 it</LI> | |
| 251 <LI>2-pass encoding support</LI> | |
| 252 <LI>nice encoding quality, higher speed than DivX4 (you can optimize it for | |
| 253 your box while compiling)</LI> | |
| 254 </UL> | |
| 255 </P> | |
| 256 | |
| 257 <P><B>Disadvantages</B> : | |
| 258 <UL> | |
| 5114 | 259 <LI>currently it doesn't properly <B>decode</B> all DivX/DivX4 files (but who cares, we can play them using libavcodec)</LI> |
| 5022 | 260 <LI>you have to choose between DivX4 <B>OR</B> XViD support at |
| 261 compiletime</LI> | |
| 262 <LI>under development</LI> | |
| 263 </UL> | |
| 264 </P> | |
| 265 | |
| 266 <P><B>Installation</B> : it's currently available only in CVS. Here are the | |
| 267 downloading and installation instructions :<BR> | |
| 268 <CODE>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid | |
| 269 login</CODE><BR> | |
| 270 <CODE>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid co | |
| 271 xvidcore</CODE><BR> | |
| 272 <CODE>cd xvidcore/build/generic</CODE><BR> | |
| 273 <CODE>Edit Makefile.linux to fit your needs</CODE><BR> | |
| 274 <CODE>make -f Makefile.linux</CODE><BR> | |
| 5114 | 275 Get encore2.h and decore.h from Divx4linux package, and copy them to <CODE>/usr/local/include/</CODE><BR> |
| 5022 | 276 <CODE>recompile <B>MPlayer</B> with |
| 277 --with-xvidcore=/path/to/libcore.a</CODE><BR> | |
| 278 </P> | |
| 279 | |
| 280 | |
| 2745 | 281 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2>2.2.2. Audio codecs</A></B></P> |
| 282 | |
| 283 <P>The most important audio codecs above all :<BR> | |
| 284 <UL> | |
| 285 <LI>MPEG layer 2, and layer 3 (MP3) audio (<B>native</B> code, with MMX/SSE/3DNow! optimization)</LI> | |
| 286 <LI>MPEG layer 1 audio (<B>native</B> code, with libavcodec)</LI> | |
| 5114 | 287 <LI>AC3 Dolby audio (<B>native</B> code, with MMX/SSE/3DNow! optimization)</LI> |
| 2745 | 288 <LI>Ogg Vorbis audio codec (<B>native</B> lib)</LI> |
| 289 <LI>Voxware audio (using DirectShow DLL)</LI> | |
| 290 <LI>alaw, msgsm, pcm and other simple old audio formats</LI> | |
| 3566 | 291 <LI>VIVO audio (g723, Vivo Siren)</LI> |
| 3806 | 292 <LI>RealAudio: DNET (low bitrate AC3)</LI> |
| 2745 | 293 </UL></P> |
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| 4200 | 320 August 2001 should be suitable (I heard newest ALSA CVS supports this too).</P> |
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323 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.2>2.2.2.2. Hardware AC3 decoding</A></B></P> |
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| 325 <P>You'll need an AC3 capable soundcard, with digital out (SP/DIF). The | |
| 5114 | 326 card's driver must properly support the AFMT_AC3 format (like C-Media does). |
| 2745 | 327 Connect your AC3 decoder to the SP/DIF output, and use the '-ac hwac3' |
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| 5114 | 330 driver!</P> |
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| 2452 | 334 |
| 335 <P><A HREF="http://mad.sourceforge.net">libmad</A> is a multiplatform MPEG audio | |
| 336 decoding library. If you don't know why is it good, you probably don't need it.</P> | |
| 337 | |
| 5160 | 338 <P>It doesn't handle broken files well, and sometimes has problems with seeking.</P> |
| 5114 | 339 |
| 2452 | 340 <P>To enable support, compile with the <CODE>--enable-mad</CODE> configure |
| 341 option.</P> | |
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| 2855 | 345 |
| 2865 | 346 <P>The audio codec used in VIVO files depends on whether it's a VIVO/1.0 or |
| 347 VIVO/2.0 file. VIVO/1.0 files have <B>g.723</B> audio, and VIVO/2.0 files | |
| 3566 | 348 have <B>Vivo Siren</B>. Both is <U>supported</U>. You can grab the g.723/Siren |
| 349 Win32 DLL from | |
| 2855 | 350 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/samples/drivers32/vivog723.acm">here</A>, |
| 351 then copy it into the <CODE>/usr/lib/win32</CODE> directory, or respectively.</P> | |
| 352 | |
| 353 | |
| 3806 | 354 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.5>2.2.2.5. RealAudio</A></B></P> |
| 355 | |
| 356 <P>Currently the only supported one is the DNET codec. Actually it's a | |
| 357 low-bitrate version of the well-known AC3 codec. It can be found either in | |
| 358 old and new RealMedia movies.</P> | |
| 359 | |
| 360 | |
| 2745 | 361 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.3>2.2.3. Win32 codec importing howto</A></B></P> |
| 1682 | 362 |
| 2745 | 363 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.3.1>2.2.3.1. VFW codecs</A></B></P> |
| 1682 | 364 |
| 365 <P>VfW (Video for Windows) is the old Video API for Windows. Its codecs have | |
| 366 the .DLL or (rarely) .DRV extension. | |
| 367 If <B>MPlayer</B> fails with your AVI:</P> | |
| 368 | |
| 369 <P> <CODE>UNKNOWN video codec: HFYU (0x55594648)</CODE></P> | |
| 1612 | 370 |
| 1682 | 371 <P>It means your AVI is encoded with a codec which has the HFYU fourcc (HFYU = |
| 372 HuffYUV codec, DIV3 = DivX Low Motion, etc...). Now that we know this, we'll | |
| 373 have to find out which DLL Windows loads in order to play this file. In our | |
| 374 case, the system.ini contains this (with many others):</P> | |
| 1612 | 375 |
| 1682 | 376 <P> <CODE>VIDC.HFYU=huffyuv.dll</CODE></P> |
| 377 | |
| 378 <P>So we'll need the huffyuv.dll file. Note that the audio codecs are specified | |
| 379 with the MSACM prefix:</P> | |
| 380 | |
| 381 <P> <CODE>msacm.l3acm=L3codeca.acm</CODE></P> | |
| 1612 | 382 |
| 383 | |
| 1682 | 384 <P>This is the MP3 codec. |
| 385 So, now we have all the info needed (fourcc, codec file, sample AVI), submit | |
| 386 your codec support request in mail, and upload these files to the FTP:</P> | |
| 1612 | 387 |
| 1869 | 388 <P> <CODE>ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/</CODE></P> |
| 1612 | 389 |
| 390 | |
| 2745 | 391 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.3.2>2.2.3.2. DirectShow codecs</A></B></P> |
| 1612 | 392 |
| 1682 | 393 <P>DirectShow is the newer Video API, which is even worse than its predecessor. |
| 394 Things are harder with DirectShow, since | |
| 395 <UL> | |
| 396 <LI>system.ini doesn't contain the needed information, instead it's stored in | |
| 397 the registry :( | |
| 398 <LI>we'll need the GUID of the codec. | |
| 399 </UL></P> | |
| 1612 | 400 |
| 1682 | 401 <P>So let's search that goddamn registry.. |
| 402 <UL> | |
| 403 <LI>Start 'regedit' | |
| 404 <LI>press ctrl-f, disable the first two checkbox, and enable the third. Type | |
| 405 the fourcc of the codec. (for ex.: TM20) | |
| 406 <LI>you should see a field which contains the path and filename | |
| 407 (for ex. : C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\TM20DEC.AX) | |
| 408 <LI>now that we have the file, we'll need the GUID. Try searching again, but | |
| 409 now we'll search for the codec's name, not the fourcc. Its name can be acquired | |
| 410 when Media Player is playing that file, by checking File/Properties/Advanced. | |
| 411 If not, bad luck ;) Try guessing. | |
| 412 (for ex. search for : TrueMotion) | |
| 413 <LI>if found (in registry), there should be a FriendlyName field, and a CLSID | |
| 414 field. Write down that 16 byte of CLSID, this is the GUID required by us. | |
| 415 </UL></P> | |
| 416 | |
| 417 <P>NOTE: if searching fails, try to enable all the checkboxes.. you may have | |
| 418 false hits, but maybe you'll have the right, too...</P> | |
| 419 <P>NOTE: dump that M$ shit.</P> | |
| 1612 | 420 |
| 421 | |
| 1682 | 422 <P>So, now we have all the info needed (fourcc, GUID, codec file, sample AVI), |
| 423 submit your codec support request in mail, and upload these files to the FTP:<BR> | |
| 1869 | 424 ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/</P> |
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