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2 Win32 codecs importing HOWTO |
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3 ============================ |
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5 This document describes how to extract the information necessary to hook |
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6 up Win32 binary codecs in MPlayer from a Windows system. Different methods |
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7 exist depending on which video API your codec uses and which Windows |
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8 version you have. |
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10 If you have gathered all the necessary information (fourcc, GUID, codec file, |
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11 sample file) as described below, notify the mplayer-dev-eng mailing list. |
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12 If you want to add a codec yourself, read DOCS/tech/codecs.conf.txt. |
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16 VFW codecs |
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17 ~~~~~~~~~~ |
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19 VFW (Video for Windows) is the old video API for Windows. Its codecs have |
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20 the '.dll' or (rarely) '.drv' extension. If MPlayer fails at playing your |
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21 AVI with this kind of message: |
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24 Cannot find codec matching selected -vo and video format 0x55594648. | |
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26 It means your AVI is encoded with a codec which has the HFYU fourcc (HFYU = |
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27 HuffYUV codec, DIV3 = DivX Low Motion, etc.). Now that you know this, you |
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28 have to find out which DLL Windows loads in order to play this file. In our |
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29 case, the 'system.ini' contains this information in a line that reads: |
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31 VIDC.HFYU=huffyuv.dll |
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33 So you need the 'huffyuv.dll' file. Note that the audio codecs are |
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34 specified by the MSACM prefix: |
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35 |
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36 msacm.l3acm=L3codeca.acm |
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38 This is the MP3 codec. |
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42 DirectShow codecs: |
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43 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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45 DirectShow is the newer video API, which is even worse than its predecessor. |
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46 Things are harder with DirectShow, since 'system.ini' does not contain the |
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47 needed information, instead it is stored in the registry and we need the |
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48 GUID of the codec. |
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51 New Method: |
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52 ----------- |
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54 Using Microsoft GraphEdit (fast) |
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56 - Get GraphEdit from the Microsoft SDK, DirectX SDK or doom9. |
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57 - Start 'graphedit.exe'. |
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58 - From the menu select "Graph -> Insert Filters". |
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59 - Expand item "DirectShow Filters". |
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60 - Select the right codec name and expand item. |
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61 - In the entry "DisplayName" look at the text in winged brackets after the |
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62 backslash and write it down (five dash-delimited blocks, the GUID). |
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63 - The codec binary is the file specified in the "Filename" entry. |
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65 If there is no "Filename" and "DisplayName" contains something like |
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66 'device:dmo', then it is a DMO-Codec. |
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69 Old Method: |
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70 ----------- |
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72 Take a deep breath and start searching the registry... |
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74 - Start 'regedit'. |
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75 - Press "Ctrl-F", disable the first two checkboxes, and enable the third. |
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76 Type in the fourcc of the codec (e.g. "TM20"). |
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77 - You should see a field which contains the path and the filename (e.g. |
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78 "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\TM20DEC.AX"). |
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79 - Now that you have the file, we need the GUID. Try searching again, but |
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80 now search for the codec's name, not the fourcc. Its name can be acquired |
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81 when Media Player is playing the file, by checking |
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82 "File -> Properties -> Advanced". |
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83 If not, you are out of luck. Try guessing (e.g. search for TrueMotion). |
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84 - If the GUID is found you should see a "FriendlyName" and a "CLSID" field. |
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85 Write down the 16 byte CLSID, this is the GUID we need. |
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87 If searching fails, try enabling all the checkboxes. You may have |
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88 false hits, but you may get lucky... |