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1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
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2 <!-- $Revision$ -->
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3 <sect1 id="codecs">
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4 <title>Supported codecs</title>
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6 <sect2 id="video-codecs">
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7 <title>Video codecs</title>
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8
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9 <para>
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10 See the <ulink url="../../codecs-status.html">codec status table</ulink>
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11 for the complete, daily generated list. Quite a few codecs are available for
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12 download from our homepage. Grab them from our
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13 <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/">codecs page</ulink>.
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14 </para>
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16 <para>
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17 The most important ones above all:
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18 </para>
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20 <itemizedlist>
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21 <listitem><simpara>
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22 <emphasis role="bold">MPEG-1</emphasis> (<emphasis role="bold">VCD</emphasis>) and
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23 <emphasis role="bold">MPEG-2</emphasis> (<emphasis role="bold">DVD</emphasis>) video
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24 </simpara></listitem>
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25 <listitem><simpara>
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26 native decoders for <emphasis role="bold">DivX ;-), OpenDivX (DivX4),
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27 DivX 5 (Pro), 3ivX, M$ MPEG-4</emphasis> v1, v2 and other MPEG-4 variants
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28 </simpara></listitem>
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29 <listitem><simpara>
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30 native decoder for <emphasis role="bold">Windows Media Video 7/8</emphasis>
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31 (<emphasis role="bold">WMV1/WMV2</emphasis>), and Win32 DLL decoder
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32 for <emphasis role="bold">Windows Media Video 9</emphasis>
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33 (<emphasis role="bold">WMV3</emphasis>), both used in <filename>.wmv</filename>
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34 files
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35 </simpara></listitem>
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36 <listitem><simpara>
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37 native <emphasis role="bold">Sorenson 1 (SVQ1)</emphasis> decoder
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38 </simpara></listitem>
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39 <listitem><simpara>
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40 native <emphasis role="bold">Sorenson 3 (SVQ3)</emphasis> decoder
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41 </simpara></listitem>
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42 <listitem><simpara>
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43 <emphasis role="bold">3ivx</emphasis> v1, v2 decoder
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44 </simpara></listitem>
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45 <listitem><simpara>
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46 Cinepak and <emphasis role="bold">Intel Indeo</emphasis> codecs (3.1,3.2,4.1,5.0)
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47 </simpara></listitem>
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48 <listitem><simpara>
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49 <emphasis role="bold">MJPEG</emphasis>, AVID, VCR2, ASV2 and other hardware
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50 formats
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51 </simpara></listitem>
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52 <listitem><simpara>
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53 VIVO 1.0, 2.0, I263 and other <emphasis role="bold">H.263(+)</emphasis> variants
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55 <listitem><simpara>
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56 FLI/FLC
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58 <listitem><simpara>
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59 <emphasis role="bold">RealVideo 1.0 &amp; 2.0</emphasis> from
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60 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>, and
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61 <emphasis role="bold">RealVideo 3.0 &amp; 4.0</emphasis> codecs using RealPlayer
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62 libraries
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63 </simpara></listitem>
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64 <listitem><simpara>
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65 native decoder for HuffYUV
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66 </simpara></listitem>
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67 <listitem><simpara>
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68 Various old simple RLE-like formats
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69 </simpara></listitem>
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70 </itemizedlist>
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72 <para>
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73 If you have a Win32 codec not listed here which is not supported yet,
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74 please read the <link linkend="codec-importing">codec importing HOWTO</link>
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75 and help us add support for it.
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76 </para>
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79 <sect3 id="divx4-5">
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80 <title>DivX4/DivX5</title>
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81
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82 <para>
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83 This section contains information about the DivX4 and DivX5 codecs of
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84 <ulink url="http://www.projectmayo.com">Project Mayo</ulink>.
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85 Their first available alpha version was OpenDivX 4.0 alpha 47 and 48.
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86 Support for this was included in <application>MPlayer</application> in the
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87 past, and built by default. We also used its postprocessing code to
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88 optionally enhance visual quality of MPEG-1/2 movies. Now we use our own,
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89 for all file types.
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90 </para>
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92 <para>
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93 The new generation of this codec is called DivX4 and can even decode
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94 movies made with the infamous DivX codec! In addition it is much faster
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95 than the native Win32 DivX DLLs but slower than
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96 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>.
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97 Hence its usage as a decoder is
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98 <emphasis role="bold">discouraged</emphasis>. However, it is useful for
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99 encoding. One disadvantage of this codec is that it is not available under an
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100 Open Source license.
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101 </para>
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102
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103 <para>
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104 DivX4 works in two modes:
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105 <variablelist>
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106 <varlistentry><term><option>-vc odivx</option></term>
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107 <listitem><simpara>
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108 Uses the codec in OpenDivX fashion. In this case it produces YV12 images
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109 in its own buffer, and <application>MPlayer</application> does colorspace
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110 conversion via libvo. (<emphasis role="bold">Fast, recommended!</emphasis>)
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111 </simpara></listitem>
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112 </varlistentry>
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113 <varlistentry><term><option>-vc divx4</option></term>
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114 <listitem><simpara>
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115 Uses the colorspace conversion of the codec. In this mode you can use
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116 YUY2/UYVY, too. (<emphasis role="bold">SLOW</emphasis>)
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117 </simpara></listitem>
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118 </varlistentry>
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119 </variablelist>
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120 </para>
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122 <para>
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123 The <option>-vc odivx</option> method is usually faster, due to the fact
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124 that it transfers image data in YV12 (planar YUV 4:2:0) format, thus
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125 requiring much less bandwidth on the bus. For packed YUV modes (YUY2, UYVY)
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126 use the <option>-vc divx4</option> method. For RGB modes the speed is the
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127 same, differing at best according to your current color depth.
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128 <note>
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129 <para>
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130 If your <option>-vo</option> driver supports direct rendering, then <option>-vc
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131 divx4</option> may be faster, or even the fastest solution.
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132 </para>
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134 <para>
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135 The DivX4/5 binary codec library can be downloaded from
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136 <ulink url="http://avifile.sf.net">avifile</ulink> or
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137 <ulink url="http://www.divx.com">divx.com</ulink>
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138 Unpack it, run <filename>./install.sh</filename> as root and do not forget adding
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139 <filename class="directory">/usr/local/lib</filename> to your
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140 <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> and running <command>ldconfig</command>.
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141 </para>
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143 <para>
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144 Get the CVS version of the OLD OpenDivX core library like this:
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145 </para>
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146
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147 <procedure>
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148 <step><para>
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149 <screen>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.projectmayo.com:/cvsroot login</screen>
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150 </para></step>
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152 <screen>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.projectmayo.com:/cvsroot co divxcore</screen>
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154 <step><para>
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155 This core library is split into a decore and encore library that have to be
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156 compiled separately. For the decore Library, simply type
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157 <screen>
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158 cd divxcore/decore/build/linux
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159 make
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160 cp libdivxdecore.so /usr/local/lib
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161 ln -s libdivxdecore.so /usr/local/lib/libdivxdecore.so.0
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162 cp ../../src/decore.h /usr/local/include
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163 </screen>
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164 </para></step>
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165 <step><para>
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166 Alas, for the encore library there is no Linux Makefile available, and the
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167 MMX optimized code only works on Windows. You can still compile it, though,
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168 by using this
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169 <ulink url="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/divx-mf/Makefile">Makefile</ulink>.
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170 <screen>
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171 cd ../../../encore/build
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172 mkdir linux
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173 cd linux
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174 cp path/Makefile .
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175 make
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176 cp libdivxencore.so /usr/local/lib
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177 ln -s libdivxencore.so /usr/local/lib/libdivxencore.so.0
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178 cp ../../src/encore.h /usr/local/include
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179 </screen>
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183 <para>
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184 <application>MPlayer</application> autodetects DivX4/DivX5 if it is
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185 properly installed, just compile as usual. If it does not detect it, you
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202 DivX.com DivX4/5 libraries!
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220 and <ulink url="http://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-doc.html#SEC20">audio</ulink> codecs.
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228 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> from
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229 the FFmpeg CVS tree as FFmpeg releases are very rare. The CVS is mostly stable
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230 and offers the most features. In order to achieve this do:
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235 <screen>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@mplayerhq.hu:/cvsroot/ffmpeg login</screen>
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238 <screen>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@mplayerhq.hu:/cvsroot/ffmpeg co -P ffmpeg/libavcodec</screen>
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243 It should look like this:
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244 <filename class="directory">main/libavcodec</filename>
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246 Symlinking is <emphasis role="bold">not</emphasis> enough, you have to
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247 copy/move it!
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250 If you prefer having <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>
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251 updated at the same time you update
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252 <application>MPlayer</application> CVS, put the following line into the
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254 <screen>D/libavcodec////</screen>
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255 </para></step>
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256 <step><para>
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258 compilation.
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265 <filename>libavcodec</filename> subdirectory, but it does
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266 <emphasis role="bold">not</emphasis> contain the source for
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267 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>!
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273 With FFmpeg and my Matrox G400, I can view even the highest resolution DivX
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280 <title>XAnim codecs</title>
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283 <para>
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284 Be advised that the XAnim binary codecs are packaged with a piece of text
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286 restrictions, forbids the user to use the codecs in conjunction with any
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287 program other than <application>XAnim</application>. However, the XAnim
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288 author has yet to bring legal action against anyone for codec-related issues.
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289 </para>
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293 <title>INSTALLATION AND USAGE</title>
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294 <para>
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295 <application>MPlayer</application> is capable of employing the XAnim codecs
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296 for decoding. Follow the instructions to enable them:
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301 <step><para>
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302 Download the codecs you wish to use from the
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303 <ulink url="http://xanim.va.pubnix.com">XAnim site</ulink>.
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304 The <emphasis role="bold">3ivx</emphasis> codec is not there, but at the
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305 <ulink url="http://www.3ivx.com">3ivx site</ulink>.
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308 <emphasis role="bold">OR</emphasis> download the codecs pack from our
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312 Use the <option>--with-xanimlibdir</option> option to tell
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324 will have filenames like these: <filename>vid_cvid.xa</filename>,
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325 <filename>vid_h263.xa</filename>, <filename>vid_iv50.xa</filename>
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329 <para>
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330 XAnim is video codec family <systemitem>xanim</systemitem>, so you may want
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331 to use the <option>-vfm xanim</option> option to tell <application>MPlayer</application>
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332 to use them if possible.
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336 Tested codecs include: <emphasis role="bold">Indeo 3.2, 4.1, 5.0, CVID, 3ivX,
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342 <sect3 id="vivo-video">
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343 <title>VIVO video</title>
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344 <para>
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345 <application>MPlayer</application> can play Vivo (1.0 and 2.0) videos. The
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347 with the <option>-vc ffh263</option> option. For 2.0 files, use the
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348 Win32 DLL through the <option>-vc vivo</option> option. If you do not supply
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349 command line options <application>MPlayer</application> selects the best codec
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350 automatically.
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355 <sect3 id="mpeg12">
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356 <title>MPEG-1/2 video</title>
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358 MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 are decoded by the multiplatform native <systemitem
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359 class="library">libmpeg2</systemitem> library, whose source code is
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360 included in <application>MPlayer</application>. We handle buggy MPEG-1/2
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361 video files by catching <systemitem>Signal 11</systemitem>
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362 (<systemitem>segmentation fault</systemitem>), and quickly
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363 reinitializing the codec, continuing exactly from where the failure
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364 occurred. This recovery technique has no measurable speed penalty.
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365 </para>
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369 <sect3 id="avicodecs">
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370 <title>MS Video1, Cinepak CVID, and other older codecs</title>
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372 <application>MPlayer</application> is able to play most of the older codecs
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373 used in AVI and MOV files.
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374 In the past they were decoded with binary Win32 codecs, but now we have
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375 <emphasis role="bold">native codecs</emphasis> for most of them using
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376 <link linkend="ffmpeg"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem></link>.
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377 </para>
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378 </sect3>
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379
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380
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381 <sect3 id="realvideo">
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382 <title>RealVideo</title>
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383
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384 <para>
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385 <application>MPlayer</application> supports decoding all versions of
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386 RealVideo:
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387
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388 <itemizedlist>
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389 <listitem><simpara>
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390 RealVideo 1.0, 2.0 (fourcc RV10, RV20) - en/decoding supported by
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391 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>
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392 </simpara></listitem>
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393 <listitem><simpara>
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394 RealVideo 3.0, 4.0 (fourcc RV30, RV40) - decoding supported by
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395 <emphasis role="bold">RealPlayer libraries</emphasis>
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396 </simpara></listitem>
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397 </itemizedlist>
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398 </para>
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399
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400 <para>
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401 Download Real codecs from
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402 <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/</ulink>
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403 and extract them to the
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404 <filename class="directory">/usr/local/lib/codecs</filename> directory.
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405 If you want to store them in a different location, pass the
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406 <option>--with-reallibdir</option> option to <command>configure</command>.
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407 </para>
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408
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409 <note><para>
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410 <application>RealPlayer</application> libraries currently
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411 <emphasis role="bold">only work with Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD and Cygwin on the x86,
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412 Alpha and PowerPC (Linux/Alpha and Linux/PowerPC have been tested) platforms and with Mac OS X</emphasis>.
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413 </para></note>
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414 </sect3>
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415
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416
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417 <sect3 id="xvid">
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418 <title>XviD</title>
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419
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420 <para>
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421 <ulink url="http://www.xvid.org">XviD</ulink> is a free software MPEG-4 ASP
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422 compliant video codec, which features two pass encoding and full MPEG-4 ASP
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423 support, making it a lot more efficient than the well-known DivX codec.
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424 It yields very good video quality and good performance due to CPU
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425 optimizations for most modern processors.
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426 </para>
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427 <para>
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428 It began as a forked development of the OpenDivX codec.
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429 This happened when ProjectMayo changed OpenDivX to closed source
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430 DivX4 (now DivX5), and the non-ProjectMayo people working on OpenDivX got angry,
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431 then started XviD. So both projects have the same origin.
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432 </para>
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433
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434 <procedure>
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435 <title>Installing <systemitem class="library">XviD</systemitem></title>
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436 <para>
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437 Like most open source software, it is available in two flavors:
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438 <ulink url="http://www.xvid.org/downloads.html">official releases</ulink>
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439 and the CVS version.
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440 The CVS version is usually stable enough to use, as most of the time it
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441 features fixes for bugs that exist in releases.
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442 Here is what to do to make <systemitem class="library">XviD</systemitem>
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443 CVS work with <application>MEncoder</application> (you need at least
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444 autoconf 2.50, automake and libtool):
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445 </para>
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446 <step><para>
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447 <screen>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid login</screen>
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448 </para></step>
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449 <step><para>
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450 <screen>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid co xvidcore</screen>
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451 </para></step>
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452 <step><para>
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453 <screen>cd xvidcore/build/generic</screen>
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454 </para></step>
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455 <step><para>
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456 <screen>./bootstrap.sh</screen>
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457 </para></step>
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458 <step><para>
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459 <screen>./configure</screen>
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460 You may have to add some options (examine the output of
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461 <command>./configure --help</command>).
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462 </para></step>
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463 <step><para>
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464 <screen>make &amp;&amp; make install</screen>
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465 </para></step>
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466 <step><para>
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467 If you specified <option>--enable-divxcompat</option>,
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468 copy <filename>../../src/divx4.h</filename> to
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469 <filename class="directory">/usr/local/include/</filename>.
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470 </para></step>
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471 <step><para>
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472 Recompile <application>MPlayer</application> with
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473 <option>--with-xvidlibdir=<replaceable>/path/to/</replaceable>libxvidcore.a</option>
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474 <option>--with-xvidincdir=<replaceable>/path/to/</replaceable>xvid.h</option>
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475 </para></step>
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476 </procedure>
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477 </sect3>
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478
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479
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480 <sect3 id="sorenson">
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481 <title>Sorenson</title>
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482
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483 <para>
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484 Sorenson is a video codec developed by Sorenson Media and licensed to Apple who
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485 distribute it with their <application>QuickTime Player</application>. We are
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486 currently able to decode all version of Sorenson video files with the following
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487 decoders:
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488 </para>
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489
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490 <itemizedlist>
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491 <listitem><simpara>
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492 Sorenson Video v1 (fourcc <emphasis>SVQ1</emphasis>) - decoding supported
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493 by <emphasis role="bold">native codec</emphasis>
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494 (<link linkend="ffmpeg"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem></link>)
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495 </simpara></listitem>
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496 <listitem><simpara>
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497 Sorenson Video v3 (fourcc <emphasis>SVQ3</emphasis>) - decoding supported by
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498 <emphasis role="bold">native codec</emphasis>
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499 (<link linkend="ffmpeg"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem></link>)
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500 </simpara></listitem>
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501 </itemizedlist>
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502
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503 <procedure>
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504 <title>COMPILING MPLAYER WITH QUICKTIME LIBRARIES SUPPORT</title>
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505 <note><para>Currently only 32-bit Intel platforms are supported.</para></note>
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506 <step><para>download <application>MPlayer</application> CVS</para></step>
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507 <step><para>download QuickTime DLL pack from
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508 <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/"/>
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509 </para></step>
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510 <step><para>extract QuickTime DLL pack to your Win32 codecs directory
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511 (default: <filename class="directory">/usr/local/lib/codecs/</filename>)
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512 </para></step>
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513 <step><para>compile <application>MPlayer</application></para></step>
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514 </procedure>
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515
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516 </sect3>
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517
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518 <sect3 id="codec-x264">
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519 <title>x264</title>
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520
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521 <sect4 id="codec-x264-whatis">
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522 <title>What is x264?</title>
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523 <para>
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524 <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem> is a library for
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525 creating H.264 video streams.
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526 It is not 100% complete, but currently it has at least some kind
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527 of support for most of the H.264 features which impact quality.
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528 There are also many advanced features in the H.264 specification
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529 which have nothing to do with video quality per se; many of these
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530 are not yet implemented in
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531 <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem>.
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532 </para>
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533
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534 <itemizedlist>
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535 <title>Encoder features</title>
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536 <listitem><para>CAVLC/CABAC</para></listitem>
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537 <listitem><para>Multi-references</para></listitem>
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538 <listitem><para>Intra: all macroblock types (16x16 and 4x4 with
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539 all predictions)</para></listitem>
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540 <listitem><para>Inter P: all partitions (from 16x16 down to
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541 4x4)</para></listitem>
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542 <listitem><para>Inter B: partitions from 16x16 down to 8x8
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543 (including SKIP/DIRECT)</para></listitem>
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544 <listitem><para>Ratecontrol: constant quantizer, constant bitrate,
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545 or multipass ABR</para></listitem>
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546 <listitem><para>Scene cut detection</para></listitem>
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547 <listitem><para>Adaptive B-frame placement</para></listitem>
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548 <listitem><para>B-frames as references / arbitrary frame
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549 order</para></listitem>
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550 </itemizedlist>
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551
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552 <itemizedlist>
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553 <title>Encoder limitations</title>
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554 <listitem><para>No real RD</para></listitem>
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555 </itemizedlist>
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556
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557
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558 </sect4>
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559
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560 <sect4 id="codec-h264-whatis">
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561 <title>What is H.264?</title>
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562 <para>
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563 H.264 is one name for a new digital video codec jointly developed
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564 by the ITU and MPEG.
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565 It can also be correctly referred to by the cumbersome names of
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566 "ISO/IEC 14496-10" or "MPEG-4 Part 10".
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567 More frequently, it is referred to as "MPEG-4 AVC" or just "AVC".
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568 </para>
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569 <para>
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570 Whatever you call it, H.264 may be worth trying because it can
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571 typically match the quality of MPEG-4 ASP with 5%-30% less
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572 bitrate.
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573 Actual results will depend on both the source material and the
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574 encoder.
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575 The gains from using H.264 do not come for free: Decoding H.264
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576 streams seems to have steep CPU and memory requirements.
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577 For instance, on a 1733 MHz Athlon, a DVD-resolution 1500kbps H.264
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578 video requires around 35% CPU to decode.
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579 By comparison, decoding a DVD-resolution 1500kbps MPEG-4 ASP stream
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580 requires around 10% CPU.
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581 This means that decoding high-definition streams is almost out of
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582 the question for most users.
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583 It also means that even a decent DVD rip may sometimes stutter on
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584 processors slower than 2.0 GHz or so.
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585 </para>
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586 <para>
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587 At least with <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem>,
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588 encoding requirements are not much worse than what you are used to
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589 with MPEG-4 ASP.
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590 For instance, on a 1733 MHz Athlon a typical DVD encode would run
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591 at 5-15fps.
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592 </para>
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593 <para>
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594 This document is not intended to explain the details of H.264,
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595 but if you are interested in a brief overview, you may want to read
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596 <ulink url="http://www.cdt.luth.se/~peppar/kurs/smd151/spie04-h264OverviewPaper.pdf">The H.264/AVC Advanced Video Coding Standard: Overview and Introduction to the Fidelity Range Extensions</ulink>.
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597 </para>
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598 </sect4>
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599
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600 <sect4 id="codec-x264-playback">
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601 <title>How can I play H.264 videos with <application>MPlayer</application>?</title>
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602 <para>
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603 <application>MPlayer</application> uses
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604 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>'s H.264
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605 decoder.
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606 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> has had at
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607 least minimally usable H.264 decoding since around July 2004,
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608 however major changes and improvements have been implemented since
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609 that time, both in terms of more functionalities supported and in
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610 terms of improved CPU usage.
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611 Just to be certain, it is always a good idea to use a recent CVS
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612 checkout.
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613 </para>
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614 <para>
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615 If you want a quick and easy way to know whether there have been
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616 recent changes to <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>'s
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617 H.264 decoding, you might keep an eye on
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618 <ulink url="http://mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ffmpeg/libavcodec/h264.c?cvsroot=FFMpeg">FFmpeg CVS repository's web interface</ulink>.
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619 </para>
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620 </sect4>
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621
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622 <sect4 id="codec-x264-encode">
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623 <title>How can I encode videos using <application>MEncoder</application> and <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem>?</title>
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624 <para>
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625 If you have the subversion client installed, the latest x264
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626 sources can be gotten with this command:
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627 <screen>
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628 svn co svn://svn.videolan.org/x264/trunk x264
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629 </screen>
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630 <application>MPlayer</application> sources are updated whenever
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631 an <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem> API change
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632 occurs, so it is always suggested to use CVS
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633 <application>MPlayer</application> as well.
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634 Perhaps this situation will change when and if an
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635 <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem> "release" occurs.
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636 Meanwhile, <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem> should
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637 be considered very unstable, in the sense that its programming
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638 interface is subject to change.
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639 </para>
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640 <para>
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641 <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem> is built and
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642 installed in the standard way:
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643 <screen>
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644 ./configure &amp;&amp; make &amp;&amp; sudo make install
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645 </screen>
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646 This installs libx264.a in /usr/local/lib and x264.h is placed in
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647 /usr/local/include.
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648
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649 With the <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem> library
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650 and header placed in the standard locations, building
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651 <application>MPlayer</application> with
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652 <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem> support is easy.
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653 Just run the standard:
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654 <screen>./configure &amp;&amp; make &amp;&amp; sudo make install</screen>
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655 The configure script will autodetect that you have satisfied the
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656 requirements for <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem>.
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657 </para>
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658 </sect4>
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659 </sect3>
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660 </sect2>
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661
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662 <!-- ********** -->
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663
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664 <sect2 id="audio-codecs">
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665 <title>Audio codecs</title>
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666
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667 <itemizedlist>
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668 <title>The most important audio codecs above all:</title>
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669 <listitem><simpara>
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670 MPEG layer 1/2/3 (MP1/2/3) audio (<emphasis role="bold">native</emphasis>
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671 code, with MMX/SSE/3DNow! optimization)
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672 </simpara></listitem>
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673 <listitem><simpara>
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674 Windows Media Audio 7 and 8 (AKA WMAv1 and WMAv2) (<emphasis role="bold">native</emphasis> code, with
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675 <link linkend="ffmpeg"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem></link>)
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676 </simpara></listitem>
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677 <listitem><simpara>
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678 Windows Media Audio 9 (WMAv3) (using DMO DLL)
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679 </simpara></listitem>
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680 <listitem><simpara>
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681 AC3 Dolby audio (<emphasis role="bold">native</emphasis> code, with
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682 MMX/SSE/3DNow! optimization)
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683 </simpara></listitem>
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684 <listitem><simpara>
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685 AC3 passing through sound card hardware
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686 </simpara></listitem>
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687 <listitem><simpara>
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688 AAC
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689 </simpara></listitem>
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690 <listitem><simpara>
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691 Ogg Vorbis audio codec (<emphasis role="bold">native</emphasis> library)
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692 </simpara></listitem>
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693 <listitem><simpara>
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694 RealAudio: DNET (low bitrate AC3), Cook, Sipro and ATRAC3
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695 </simpara></listitem>
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696 <listitem><simpara>
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697 QuickTime: Qualcomm and QDesign audio codecs
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698 </simpara></listitem>
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699 <listitem><simpara>
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700 VIVO audio (g723, Vivo Siren)
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701 </simpara></listitem>
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702 <listitem><simpara>
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703 Voxware audio (using DirectShow DLL)
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704 </simpara></listitem>
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705 <listitem><simpara>
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706 alaw and ulaw, various gsm, adpcm and pcm formats and other simple old
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707 audio codecs
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708 </simpara></listitem>
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709 </itemizedlist>
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710
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712 <sect3 id="swac3">
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713 <title>Software AC3 decoding</title>
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714
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715 <para>
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716 This is the default decoder used for files with AC3 audio.
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717 </para>
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718
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719 <para>
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720 The AC3 decoder can create audio output mixes for 2, 4, or 6 speakers.
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721 When configured for 6 speakers, this decoder provides separate output of
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722 all the AC3 channels to the sound driver, allowing for full "surround
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723 sound" experience without the external AC3 decoder required to use the
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724 hwac3 codec.
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725 </para>
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726
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727 <para>
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728 Use the <option>-channels</option> option to select the number of output
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729 channels. Use <option>-channels 2</option> for a stereo downmix. For a 4
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730 channel downmix (Left Front, Right Front, Left Surround and Right Surround
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731 outputs), use <option>-channels 4</option>. In this case, any center
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732 channel will be mixed equally to the front channels. <option>-channels
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733 6</option> will output all the AC3 channels as they are encoded - in the
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734 order Left, Right, Left Surround, Right Surround, Center and LFE.
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735 </para>
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736
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737 <para>
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738 The default number of output channels is 2.
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739 </para>
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740
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741 <para>
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742 To use more than 2 output channels, you will need to use OSS, and have a
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743 sound card that supports the appropriate number of output channels via the
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744 SNDCTL_DSP_CHANNELS ioctl. An example of a suitable driver is emu10k1
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745 (used by Soundblaster Live! cards) from August 2001 or newer (ALSA CVS is
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746 also supposed to work).
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747 </para>
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748 </sect3>
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749
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750
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751 <sect3 id="hwac3">
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752 <title>Hardware AC3 decoding</title>
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753 <para>
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754 You need an AC3 capable sound card, with digital out (S/PDIF). The card's
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755 driver must properly support the AFMT_AC3 format (C-Media does). Connect
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756 your AC3 decoder to the S/PDIF output, and use the <option>-ac
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757 hwac3</option> option. It is experimental but known to work with C-Media
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758 cards and Soundblaster Live! + ALSA (but not OSS) drivers and DXR3/Hollywood+
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759 MPEG decoder cards.
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760 </para>
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761 </sect3>
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762
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763
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764 <sect3 id="libmad">
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765 <title>libmad support</title>
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766
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767 <para>
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768 <ulink url="http://www.underbit.com/products/mad/">libmad</ulink> is a multiplatform,
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769 integer (internally 24bit PCM) only
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770 MPEG audio decoding library. It does not handle broken files well, and it
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771 sometimes has problems with seeking, but it may perform better on FPU-less
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772 (such as <link linkend="arm">ARM</link>) platform than mp3lib.
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773 </para>
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774
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775 <para>
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776 To enable support, compile with the <option>--enable-mad</option> configure
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777 option.
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778 </para>
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779 </sect3>
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780
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781
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782 <sect3 id="vivo-audio">
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783 <title>VIVO audio</title>
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784 <para>
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785 The audio codec used in VIVO files depends on whether it is a VIVO/1.0 or
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786 VIVO/2.0 file. VIVO/1.0 files have <emphasis role="bold">g.723</emphasis> audio,
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787 and VIVO/2.0 files have <emphasis role="bold">Vivo Siren</emphasis> audio. Both are
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788 supported.
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789 </para>
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790 </sect3>
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791
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792
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793 <sect3 id="realaudio">
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794 <title>RealAudio</title>
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795
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796 <para>
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797 <application>MPlayer</application> supports decoding nearly all versions of
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798 RealAudio:
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799 </para>
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800
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801 <itemizedlist>
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802 <listitem><simpara>
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803 RealAudio DNET - decoding supported by
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804 <systemitem class="library">liba52</systemitem>
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805 </simpara></listitem>
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806 <listitem><simpara>
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807 RealAudio Cook/Sipro/ATRAC3 - decoding supported by
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808 <emphasis role="bold">RealPlayer libraries</emphasis>
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809 </simpara></listitem>
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810 </itemizedlist>
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811
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812 <para>
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813 Instructions on how to install the RealPlayer libraries are in the
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814 <link linkend="realvideo">RealVideo</link> section.
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815 </para>
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816 </sect3>
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817
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818 <sect3 id="qdesign">
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819 <title>QDesign codecs</title>
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820 <para>
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821 QDesign audio streams (fourcc:<emphasis>QDMC, QDM2</emphasis>) are found
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822 in MOV/QT files. Both versions of this codec can be decoded with QuickTime
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823 libraries. For installation instructions please see the
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824 <link linkend="sorenson">Sorenson video codec</link> section.
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825 </para>
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826 </sect3>
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827
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828 <sect3 id="qualcomm">
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829 <title>Qualcomm codecs</title>
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830 <para>
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831 Qualcomm audio streams (fourcc:<emphasis>Qclp</emphasis>) is found
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832 in MOV/QT files. It can be decoded with QuickTime
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833 libraries. For installation instructions please see the
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834 <link linkend="sorenson">Sorenson video codec</link> section.
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835 </para>
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836 </sect3>
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837
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838 <sect3 id="aac">
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839 <title>AAC codec</title>
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840 <para>
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841 AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) is an audio codec sometimes found in MOV and MP4
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842 files. An open source decoder called FAAD is available from
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843 <ulink url="http://www.audiocoding.com"/>.
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8bccff70ebf8 The included libfaad is at version 2.1 beta.
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844 <application>MPlayer</application> includes a CVS snapshot of libfaad 2.1
8bccff70ebf8 The included libfaad is at version 2.1 beta.
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845 beta, so you do not need to get it separately.
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846 </para>
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847
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848 <para>
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849 If you use gcc 3.2 which fails to compile our internal FAAD or want to use
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850 the external library for some other reason, download the library from the
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851 <ulink url="http://www.audiocoding.com/modules/mydownloads/">download page</ulink>
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852 and pass <option>--enable-external-faad</option> to <filename>configure</filename>.
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853 You do not need all of faad2 to decode AAC files, libfaad is enough. Build
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854 it like this:
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855 <screen>
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856 cd faad2/
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857 sh bootstrap
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858 ./configure
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859 cd libfaad
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860 make
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861 make install
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862 </screen>
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863 Binaries are not available from audiocoding.com, but you can (apt-)get Debian
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864 packages from <ulink url="http://hpisi.nerim.net">Christian Marillat's homepage</ulink>,
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865 Mandrake/Mandriva RPMs from the <ulink url="http://plf.zarb.org">P.L.F</ulink> and RedHat RPMs
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866 from <ulink url="http://greysector.rangers.eu.org/">Grey Sector</ulink>.
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867 </para>
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868 </sect3>
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869
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870 </sect2>
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871
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872 <!-- ********** -->
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873
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874 <sect2 id="codec-importing">
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875 <title>Win32 codecs importing HOWTO</title>
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876
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877 <!-- TODO: a short paragraph of text would be nice here... -->
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878
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879 <sect3 id="vfw-codecs">
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880 <title>VFW codecs</title>
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881
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882 <para>
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883 VFW (Video for Windows) is the old Video API for Windows. Its codecs have
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884 the <filename>.DLL</filename> or (rarely) <filename>.DRV</filename>
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885 extension. If <application>MPlayer</application> fails at playing your AVI
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886 with this kind of message:
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887 <screen>UNKNOWN video codec: HFYU (0x55594648)</screen>
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888 </para>
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889
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890 <para>
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891 It means your AVI is encoded with a codec which has the HFYU fourcc (HFYU =
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892 HuffYUV codec, DIV3 = DivX Low Motion, etc.). Now that you know this, you
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893 have to find out which DLL Windows loads in order to play this file. In our
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894 case, the <filename>system.ini</filename> contains this information in a
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895 line that reads:
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896 <programlisting>VIDC.HFYU=huffyuv.dll</programlisting>
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897 </para>
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898
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899 <para>
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900 So you need the <filename>huffyuv.dll</filename> file. Note that the audio
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901 codecs are specified by the MSACM prefix:
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902 <programlisting>msacm.l3acm=L3codeca.acm</programlisting>
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903 </para>
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904
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905 <para>
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906 This is the MP3 codec. Now that you have all the necessary information
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907 (fourcc, codec file, sample AVI), submit your codec support request by
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908 mail, and upload these files to the FTP site:
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909 <systemitem role="url">
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910 ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/
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911 </systemitem>
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912 </para>
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913
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914 <note><para>On Windows NT/2000/XP search for this info in the registry,
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915 e.g. search for &quot;VIDC.HFYU&quot;. To find out how to do this, look at
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916 the old DirectShow method below.
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917 </para></note>
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918 </sect3>
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919
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920
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921 <sect3 id="dshow-codecs">
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922 <title>DirectShow codecs</title>
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923
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924 <para>
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925 DirectShow is the newer Video API, which is even worse than its predecessor.
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926 Things are harder with DirectShow, since
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927 <itemizedlist>
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928 <listitem><simpara>
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929 <filename>system.ini</filename> does not contain the needed information,
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930 instead it is stored in the registry and
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931 </simpara></listitem>
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932 <listitem><simpara>
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933 we need the GUID of the codec.
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934 </simpara></listitem>
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935 </itemizedlist>
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936 </para>
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937
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938 <procedure>
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939 <title>New Method:</title>
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940 <para>
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941 Using <application>Microsoft GraphEdit</application> (fast)
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942 </para>
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943 <step><para>
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944 Get <application>GraphEdit</application> from either DirectX SDK or
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945 <ulink url="http://doom9.net">doom9</ulink>
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946 </para></step>
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947 <step><para>
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948 Start <command>graphedit.exe</command>.
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949 </para></step>
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950 <step><para>
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951 From the menu select Graph -> Insert Filters.
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952 </para></step>
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953 <step><para>
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954 Expand item <systemitem>DirectShow Filters</systemitem>
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955 </para></step>
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956 <step><para>
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957 Select the right codec name and expand item.
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958 </para></step>
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959 <step><para>
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960 In the entry <systemitem>DisplayName</systemitem> look at the text in
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961 winged brackets after the backslash and write it down (five dash-delimited
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962 blocks, the GUID).
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963 </para></step>
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964 <step><para>
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965 The codec binary is the file specified in the <systemitem>Filename</systemitem>
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966 entry.
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967 </para></step>
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968 </procedure>
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969
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970 <note>
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971 <para>
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972 If there is no <systemitem>Filename</systemitem> and
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973 <systemitem>DisplayName</systemitem> contains something like
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974 <systemitem>device:dmo</systemitem>, then it is a DMO-Codec.
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975 </para>
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976 </note>
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977
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978 <procedure>
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979 <title>Old Method:</title>
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980 <para>
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981 Take a deep breath and start searching the registry...
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982 </para>
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983 <step><para>
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984 Start <command>regedit</command>.
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985 </para></step>
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986 <step><para>
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987 Press <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>+<keycap>F</keycap>, disable the first two
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988 checkboxes, and enable the third. Type in the fourcc of the codec (e.g.
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989 <userinput>TM20</userinput>).
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990 </para></step>
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991 <step><para>
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992 You should see a field which contains the path and the filename (e.g.
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993 <filename>C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\TM20DEC.AX</filename>).
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994 </para></step>
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995 <step><para>
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996 Now that you have the file, we need the GUID. Try searching again, but
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997 now search for the codec's name, not the fourcc. Its name can be acquired
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998 when Media Player is playing the file, by checking
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999 <guimenu>File</guimenu> -&gt; <guisubmenu>Properties</guisubmenu> -&gt;
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1000 <guimenuitem>Advanced</guimenuitem>.
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1001 If not, you are out of luck. Try guessing (e.g. search for TrueMotion).
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1002 </para></step>
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1003 <step><para>
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1004 If the GUID is found you should see a <guilabel>FriendlyName</guilabel>
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1005 and a <guilabel>CLSID</guilabel> field. Write down the 16 byte CLSID,
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1006 this is the GUID we need.
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1007 </para></step>
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1008 </procedure>
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1009
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1010 <note>
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1011 <para>
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1012 If searching fails, try enabling all the checkboxes. You may have
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1013 false hits, but you may get lucky...
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1014 </para>
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1015 </note>
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1016
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1017 <para>
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1018 Now that you have all the necessary information (fourcc, GUID, codec file,
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1019 sample AVI), submit your codec support request by mail, and upload these files
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1020 to the FTP site:
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1021 <systemitem
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1022 role="url">ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/
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1023 </systemitem>
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1024 </para>
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1025
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1026 <para>
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1027 If you want to add a codec yourself, read
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1028 <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/DOCS/tech/codecs.conf.txt">DOCS/tech/codecs.conf.txt</ulink>.
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1029 </para>
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1030
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1031 </sect3>
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1032 </sect2>
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1033 </sect1>