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| 7047 | 13 <H2><A NAME="codecs">2.2 Supported codecs</A></H2> |
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| 7047 | 16 <H3><A NAME="video_codecs">2.2.1 Video codecs</A></H3> |
| 1612 | 17 |
| 6974 | 18 <P>See the <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html">codec status table</A> |
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19 for the complete, daily generated list.</P> |
| 1612 | 20 |
| 5534 | 21 <P>The most important ones above all:</P> |
| 1682 | 22 <UL> |
| 6960 | 23 <LI>MPEG1 (VCD) and MPEG2 (DVD) video</LI> |
| 24 <LI>native decoders for DivX ;-), OpenDivX, DivX4, DivX5, | |
| 25 M$ MPEG4 v1, v2 and other MPEG4 variants</LI> | |
| 26 <LI>native decoder for Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1), and Win32 DLL decoder for | |
| 27 Windows Media Video 8 (WMV2), both used in .wmv files</LI> | |
| 28 <LI><B>native Sorenson (SVQ1) decoder</B></LI> | |
| 29 <LI>3ivx decoder</LI> | |
| 7373 | 30 <LI>Cinepak and Intel Indeo codecs (3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.0)</LI> |
| 6960 | 31 <LI>MJPEG, AVID, VCR2, ASV2 and other hardware formats</LI> |
| 32 <LI>VIVO 1.0, 2.0, I263 and other h263(+) variants</LI> | |
| 33 <LI>FLI/FLC</LI> | |
| 7640 | 34 <LI>RealVideo 1.0 codec from libavcodec, and RealVideo 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0 |
| 35 codecs using RealPlayer libraries</LI> | |
| 6960 | 36 <LI>native decoder for HuffYUV</LI> |
| 6974 | 37 <LI>various old simple RLE-like formats</LI> |
| 5534 | 38 </UL> |
| 1612 | 39 |
| 6960 | 40 <P>If you have a Win32 codec not listed here which is not supported yet, please |
| 41 read the <A HREF="#importing">codec importing HOWTO</A> and help us add support | |
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42 for it.</P> |
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| 6974 | 44 |
| 7047 | 45 <H4><A NAME="divx">2.2.1.1 DivX4/DivX5</A></H4> |
| 1612 | 46 |
| 6960 | 47 <P>This section contains information about the DivX4 and DivX5 codecs of |
| 48 <A HREF="http://www.projectmayo.com">Project Mayo</A>. Their first available | |
| 49 alpha version was OpenDivX 4.0 alpha 47 and 48. Support for this was included | |
| 50 in <B>MPlayer</B> in the past, and built by default. We also used its | |
| 51 postprocessing code to optionally enhance visual quality of MPEG1/2 movies. | |
| 52 Now we use our own, for all file types.</P> | |
| 1612 | 53 |
| 6960 | 54 <P>The new generation of this codec is called DivX4 and can even decode |
| 55 movies made with the infamous DivX codec! In addition it is much faster than | |
| 56 the native Win32 DivX DLLs but slower than libavcodec. Hence its usage as a | |
| 57 decoder is <B>DISCOURAGED</B>. However, it is useful for encoding. One | |
| 58 disadvantage of this codec is that it is currently closed source.</P> | |
| 1612 | 59 |
| 5534 | 60 <P>The codec can be downloaded from one of the following URLs:</P> |
| 3583 | 61 |
| 5534 | 62 <P> <A HREF="http://avifile.sourceforge.net">http://avifile.sourceforge.net</A><BR> |
| 6960 | 63 <A HREF="http://divx.com">http://divx.com</A></P> |
| 1612 | 64 |
| 2684 | 65 <P>Unpack it, and run <CODE>./install.sh</CODE> as root.</P> |
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67 <P><B>Note:</B> Do <B>not</B> forget adding <CODE>/usr/local/lib</CODE> to your |
| 6960 | 68 <CODE>/etc/ld.so.conf</CODE> and running <CODE>ldconfig</CODE>!</P> |
| 1612 | 69 |
| 5534 | 70 <P><B>MPlayer</B> autodetects DivX4/DivX5 if it is properly installed, just |
| 6960 | 71 compile as usual. If it does not detect it, you did not install or configure |
| 72 it correctly.</P> | |
| 1682 | 73 |
| 6583 | 74 <P>DivX4Linux works in two modes:</P> |
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78 <DD>Uses the codec in OpenDivX fashion. In this case it |
| 6974 | 79 produces YV12 images in its own buffer, and <B>MPlayer</B> does colorspace |
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| 6960 | 87 <P>The <CODE>-vc odivx</CODE> method is usually faster, due to the fact that it |
| 88 transfers image data in YV12 (planar YUV 4:2:0) format, thus requiring much | |
| 89 less bandwidth on the bus. For packed YUV modes (YUY2, UYVY) use the | |
| 90 <CODE>-vc divx4</CODE> method. For RGB modes the speed is the same, differing | |
| 91 at best according to your current color depth.</P> | |
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94 <CODE>-vc divx4</CODE> may be faster or even the fastest solution.</P> |
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| 7047 | 97 <H4><A NAME="libavcodec">2.2.1.2 FFmpeg DivX/libavcodec</A></H4> |
| 1682 | 98 |
| 6960 | 99 <P><A HREF="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">FFmpeg</A> contains an |
| 6974 | 100 <B>open source</B> codec package, which is capable of decoding video streams |
| 6960 | 101 encoded with |
| 102 H263/MJPEG/RV10/DivX3/DivX4/DivX5/MP41/MP42/WMV1 | |
| 103 codecs. Not only some of them can be encoded with, but it also offers higher | |
| 104 speed than the Win32 codecs or the ProjectMayo DivX4/5 library!</P> | |
| 4022 | 105 |
| 6960 | 106 <P>It contains a lot of nice codecs, especially important are the MPEG4 |
| 107 variants: | |
| 108 DivX 3, DivX 4, DivX 5, Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1)</P> | |
| 4022 | 109 |
| 6960 | 110 <P>If you use an <B>MPlayer</B> release you have libavcodec right in the |
| 111 package, just build as usual. If you use <B>MPlayer</B> from CVS you have to | |
| 112 extract libavcodec from the FFmpeg CVS tree as FFmpeg 0.4.5 does <B>not</B> | |
| 113 work with <B>MPlayer</B>. In order to achieve this do:</P> | |
| 1612 | 114 |
| 5534 | 115 <OL> |
| 116 <LI><CODE>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg login</CODE></LI> | |
| 117 <LI><CODE>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg co ffmpeg</CODE></LI> | |
| 118 <LI>Move the <CODE>libavcodec</CODE> directory from the FFmpeg sources to the | |
| 119 root of the <B>MPlayer</B> CVS tree. It should look like this: | |
| 120 <P> <CODE>main/libavcodec</CODE></P> | |
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121 Symlinking is <B>not</B> enough, you have to copy or move it!</LI> |
| 5534 | 122 <LI>Compile. Configure should detect problems before compilation.</LI> |
| 123 </OL> | |
| 1668 | 124 |
| 7640 | 125 <P><B>Note:</B> <B>MPlayer</B> from CVS does contain a libavcodec |
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126 subdirectory, but it does <B>not</B> contain the source for libavcodec! |
| 6960 | 127 You must follow the steps above to obtain the source for this library.</P> |
| 5534 | 128 |
| 129 <P>With FFmpeg and my Matrox G400, I can view even the highest resolution DivX | |
| 130 movies without dropped frames on my K6/2 500.</P> | |
| 1612 | 131 |
| 132 | |
| 7047 | 133 <H4><A NAME="xanim">2.2.1.3 XAnim codecs</A></H4> |
| 2411 | 134 |
| 5534 | 135 <P>Foreword:<BR> |
| 6960 | 136 Be advised that the XAnim binary codecs are packaged with a piece of text |
| 137 claiming to be a legally binding software license which, besides other | |
| 138 restrictions, forbids the user to use the codecs in conjunction with any | |
| 139 program other than XAnim. However, the XAnim author has yet to bring legal | |
| 140 action against anyone for codec-related issues. | |
| 5187 | 141 </P> |
| 2411 | 142 |
| 5534 | 143 <P><B>MPlayer</B> is capable of employing the XAnim codecs for decoding. Follow |
| 6960 | 144 the instructions to enable them:</P> |
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| 5534 | 147 <LI>Download the codecs you wish to use from the |
| 6974 | 148 <A HREF="http://xanim.va.pubnix.com">XAnim site</A>. The <B>3ivx</B> codec |
| 149 is not there, but at the <A HREF="http://www.3ivx.com">3ivx site</A>.</LI> | |
| 5534 | 150 <LI>Use the <CODE>--with-xanimlibdir</CODE> option to tell configure where |
| 6974 | 151 to find the XAnim codecs. By default, it looks for them at |
| 152 <CODE>/usr/local/lib/xanim/mods, /usr/lib/xanim/mods and /usr/lib/xanim</CODE>. | |
| 153 Alternatively you can set the environment variable <I>XANIM_MOD_DIR</I> to | |
| 154 the directory of the XAnim codecs.</LI> | |
| 5534 | 155 <LI>Rename/symlink the files, cutting out the architecture stuff, so they will |
| 6974 | 156 have filenames like these: <CODE>vid_cvid.xa, vid_h263.xa, vid_iv50.xa</CODE>.</LI> |
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| 2411 | 158 |
| 5534 | 159 <P>XAnim is video codec family number 10, so you may want to use the <CODE>-vfm 10</CODE> |
| 6960 | 160 option to tell <B>MPlayer</B> to use them if possible.</P> |
| 2411 | 161 |
| 6974 | 162 <P>Tested codecs include: <B>Indeo 3.2</B>, <B>4.1</B>, <B>5.0</B>, <B>CVID</B>, |
| 163 <B>3ivX</B>, <B>h263</B>.</P> | |
| 2411 | 164 |
| 2452 | 165 |
| 7047 | 166 <H4><A NAME="vivo_video">2.2.1.4 VIVO video</A></H4> |
| 2745 | 167 |
| 2855 | 168 <P><B>MPlayer</B> can play Vivo (1.0 and 2.0) videos. The most suitable codec |
| 6960 | 169 for 1.0 files is FFmpeg's H263 decoder, you can use it with the <CODE>-vc |
| 7640 | 170 ffh263</CODE> option (default). For 2.0 files, use the |
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| 7640 | 173 Win32 codecs.</P> |
| 2855 | 174 |
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| 7047 | 176 <H4><A NAME="mpeg">2.2.1.5 MPEG 1/2 video</A></H4> |
| 2745 | 177 |
| 6960 | 178 <P>MPEG1 and MPEG2 are decoded by the multiplatform native <B>libmpeg2</B> |
| 179 library, whose source code is included in <B>MPlayer</B>. We handle buggy | |
| 180 MPEG 1/2 video files by catching sig11 (segmentation fault), and quickly | |
| 181 reinitializing the codec, continuing exactly from where the failure occurred. | |
| 182 This recovery technique has no measurable speed penalty.</P> | |
| 2745 | 183 |
| 184 | |
| 7047 | 185 <H4><A NAME="ms_video1">2.2.1.6 MS Video1</A></H4> |
| 2855 | 186 |
| 5534 | 187 <P>This is a very old and very bad codec from Microsoft. In the past it was |
| 6960 | 188 decoded with the <CODE>msvidc32.dll</CODE> Win32 codec, now we have our own |
| 189 open source implementation (by <A HREF="mailto:melanson@pcisys.net">Mike | |
| 190 Melanson</A>).</P> | |
| 2855 | 191 |
| 192 | |
| 7047 | 193 <H4><A NAME="cinepak">2.2.1.7 Cinepak CVID</A></H4> |
| 3163 | 194 |
| 5534 | 195 <P><B>MPlayer</B> uses its own open source, multiplatform Cinepak decoder by |
| 6960 | 196 default. It supports YUV outputs, so that hardware scaling is possible if the |
| 197 video output driver permits it.</P> | |
| 3163 | 198 |
| 199 | |
| 7047 | 200 <H4><A NAME="realvideo">2.2.1.8 RealVideo</A></H4> |
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206 <LI>RealVideo 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 (fourcc RV20, RV30, RV40) - decoding supported by <B>RealPlayer libraries</B></LI> |
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209 <P>It is recommended to download and install RealPlayer8 or RealONE, because |
| 7640 | 210 <B>MPlayer</B> can use their libraries to decode files with RealVideo 2.0 - |
| 211 4.0 video. The <B>MPlayer</B> configure script should detect the | |
| 6960 | 212 RealPlayer libraries in the standard locations of a full installation. If it |
| 213 does not, tell configure where to look with the | |
| 214 <CODE>--with-reallibdir</CODE> switch.</P> | |
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216 <P><B>Note:</B> RealPlayer libraries currently <B>only work with Linux, FreeBSD, |
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220 not allow this. You have to get them yourself.</P> |
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| 7047 | 223 <H4><A NAME="xvid">2.2.1.9 XViD</A></H4> |
| 5022 | 224 |
| 6596 | 225 <P><B>XViD</B> is a forked development of the OpenDivX codec. It happened when |
| 226 ProjectMayo changed OpenDivX to closed-source DivX4, and the non-ProjectMayo | |
| 227 people working on OpenDivX got angry, then started XViD. So both projects | |
| 228 have the same origin.</P> | |
| 5022 | 229 |
| 7047 | 230 <H4>Advantages:</H4> |
| 6974 | 231 |
| 232 <UL> | |
| 233 <LI>open source</LI> | |
| 234 <LI>its API is compatible with DivX4 so adding support for | |
| 235 it is easy</LI> | |
| 236 <LI>2-pass encoding support</LI> | |
| 237 <LI>nice encoding quality, higher speed than DivX4 (you can optimize it for | |
| 238 your box while compiling)</LI> | |
| 239 </UL> | |
| 5022 | 240 |
| 7047 | 241 <H4>Disadvantages:</H4> |
| 6974 | 242 |
| 243 <UL> | |
| 244 <LI>currently it does not properly <B>decode</B> all DivX/DivX4 files (no problem as libavcodec can play them)</LI> | |
| 245 <LI>you have to choose between DivX4 <B>OR</B> XViD support at | |
| 246 compiletime</LI> | |
| 247 <LI>under development</LI> | |
| 248 </UL> | |
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250 <P>XViD is currently available only from CVS. Here are the |
| 5534 | 251 download and installation instructions:</P> |
| 6974 | 252 |
| 253 <OL> | |
| 254 <LI><CODE>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid login</CODE></LI> | |
| 255 <LI><CODE>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid co xvidcore</CODE></LI> | |
| 256 <LI><CODE>cd xvidcore/build/generic</CODE></LI> | |
| 257 <LI>Edit <CODE>Makefile.linux</CODE> to fit your needs.</LI> | |
| 258 <LI><CODE>make -f Makefile.linux</CODE></LI> | |
| 259 <LI>Get <CODE>encore2.h</CODE> and <CODE>decore.h</CODE> from the DivX4Linux | |
| 260 package, and copy them to <CODE>/usr/local/include/</CODE>.</LI> | |
| 261 <LI>Recompile <B>MPlayer</B> with <CODE>--with-xvidcore=/path/to/libcore.a</CODE>.</LI> | |
| 262 </OL> | |
| 5022 | 263 |
| 264 | |
| 7047 | 265 <H4><A NAME="sorenson">2.2.1.10 Sorenson</A></H4> |
| 6583 | 266 |
| 267 <P><B>Sorenson</B> is a video codec developed by Apple. We are currently | |
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268 able to decode the first version (SVQ1) with a native decoder.</P> |
| 6583 | 269 |
| 7047 | 270 <H4>Advantages:</H4> |
| 6974 | 271 |
| 272 <UL> | |
| 273 <LI>Fast, even old Macintosh machines were able to decode it.</LI> | |
| 274 </UL> | |
| 6583 | 275 |
| 7047 | 276 <H4>Disadvantages:</H4> |
| 6974 | 277 |
| 278 <UL> | |
| 279 <LI>SVQ3 is still not reverse engineered.</LI> | |
| 280 </UL> | |
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| 6583 | 283 |
| 284 | |
| 7047 | 285 <H3><A NAME="audio_codecs">2.2.2 Audio codecs</A></H3> |
| 2745 | 286 |
| 5534 | 287 <P>The most important audio codecs above all:<BR></P> |
| 6974 | 288 |
| 2745 | 289 <UL> |
| 6960 | 290 <LI>MPEG layer 2, and layer 3 (MP3) audio (<B>native</B> code, with |
| 291 MMX/SSE/3DNow! optimization)</LI> | |
| 292 <LI>MPEG layer 1 audio (<B>native</B> code, with libavcodec)</LI> | |
| 293 <LI>AC3 Dolby audio (<B>native</B> code, with MMX/SSE/3DNow! | |
| 294 optimization)</LI> | |
| 7373 | 295 <LI>AC3 passing through soundcard hardware</LI> |
| 6960 | 296 <LI>Ogg Vorbis audio codec (<B>native</B> library)</LI> |
| 297 <LI>Voxware audio (using DirectShow DLL)</LI> | |
| 298 <LI>alaw, msgsm, pcm and other simple old audio formats</LI> | |
| 299 <LI>VIVO audio (g723, Vivo Siren)</LI> | |
| 7640 | 300 <LI>RealAudio: DNET (low bitrate AC3), Cook, Sipro</LI> |
| 5534 | 301 </UL> |
| 2745 | 302 |
| 303 | |
| 7047 | 304 <H4><A NAME="software_ac3">2.2.2.1 Software AC3 decoding</A></H4> |
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| 6960 | 308 <P>The AC3 decoder can create audio output mixes for 2, 4, or 6 speakers. When |
| 309 configured for 6 speakers, this decoder provides separate output of all the | |
| 310 AC3 channels to the sound driver, allowing for full "surround sound" | |
| 311 experience without the external AC3 decoder required to use the hwac3 | |
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| 6960 | 314 <P>Use the <CODE>-channels</CODE> option to select the number of output |
| 315 channels. Use <CODE>-channels 2</CODE> for a stereo downmix. For a 4 | |
| 316 channel downmix (Left Front, Right Front, Left Surround and Right Surround | |
| 317 outputs), use <CODE>-channels 4</CODE>. In this case, any center channel will | |
| 318 be mixed equally to the front channels. <CODE>-channels 6</CODE> will output | |
| 319 all the AC3 channels as they are encoded - in the order Left, Right, Left | |
| 320 Surround, Right Surround, Center and LFE.</P> | |
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| 6960 | 324 <P>To use more than 2 output channels, you will need to use OSS, and have a |
| 325 sound card that supports the appropriate number of output channels via the | |
| 326 SNDCTL_DSP_CHANNELS ioctl. An example of a suitable driver is emu10k1 (used | |
| 327 by Soundblaster Live! cards) from August 2001 or newer (ALSA CVS is also | |
| 328 supposed to work).</P> | |
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| 7047 | 331 <H4><A NAME="hardware_ac3">2.2.2.2 Hardware AC3 decoding</A></H4> |
| 2745 | 332 |
| 6960 | 333 <P>You need an AC3 capable sound card, with digital out (SP/DIF). The card's |
| 334 driver must properly support the AFMT_AC3 format (C-Media does). Connect | |
| 335 your AC3 decoder to the SP/DIF output, and use the <CODE>-ac hwac3</CODE> | |
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| 340 | |
| 7047 | 341 <H4><A NAME="libmad">2.2.2.3 libmad support</A></H4> |
| 2452 | 342 |
| 6960 | 343 <P><A HREF="http://mad.sourceforge.net">libmad</A> is a multiplatform MPEG |
| 344 audio decoding library. It does not handle broken files well, and it | |
| 345 sometimes has problems with seeking.</P> | |
| 5114 | 346 |
| 2452 | 347 <P>To enable support, compile with the <CODE>--enable-mad</CODE> configure |
| 6960 | 348 option.</P> |
| 2452 | 349 |
| 350 | |
| 7047 | 351 <H4><A NAME="vivo_audio">2.2.2.4 VIVO audio</A></H4> |
| 2855 | 352 |
| 5534 | 353 <P>The audio codec used in VIVO files depends on whether it is a VIVO/1.0 or |
| 6960 | 354 VIVO/2.0 file. VIVO/1.0 files have <B>g.723</B> audio, and VIVO/2.0 files |
| 355 have <B>Vivo Siren</B> audio. Both are supported. You can grab the | |
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| 7640 | 357 Win32 DLL from the <B>MPlayer</B> site, |
| 6960 | 358 then copy it into the <CODE>/usr/lib/win32</CODE> directory.</P> |
| 2855 | 359 |
| 360 | |
| 7047 | 361 <H4><A NAME="realaudio">2.2.2.5 RealAudio</A></H4> |
| 3806 | 362 |
| 6960 | 363 <B>MPlayer</B> supports decoding nearly all versions of RealAudio: |
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| 6594 | 366 <LI>RealAudio DNET - decoding supported by <B>liba52</B></LI> |
| 7131 | 367 <LI>RealAudio Cook/Sipro - decoding supported by <B>RealPlayer libraries</B></LI> |
| 7154 | 368 <LI>RealAudio atrc - decoding not yet supported</LI> |
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| 3806 | 374 |
| 7640 | 375 <H3><A NAME="importing">2.2.3 Win32 codec importing HOWTO</A></H3> |
| 1682 | 376 |
| 6974 | 377 |
| 7640 | 378 <H4><A NAME="importing_vfw">2.2.3.1 VFW codecs</A></H4> |
| 1682 | 379 |
| 5534 | 380 <P>VFW (Video for Windows) is the old Video API for Windows. Its codecs have |
| 6974 | 381 the .DLL or (rarely) .DRV extension. |
| 382 If <B>MPlayer</B> fails at playing your AVI with this kind of message:</P> | |
| 1682 | 383 |
| 384 <P> <CODE>UNKNOWN video codec: HFYU (0x55594648)</CODE></P> | |
| 1612 | 385 |
| 1682 | 386 <P>It means your AVI is encoded with a codec which has the HFYU fourcc (HFYU = |
| 6974 | 387 HuffYUV codec, DIV3 = DivX Low Motion, etc...). Now that you know this, you |
| 388 have to find out which DLL Windows loads in order to play this file. In our | |
| 389 case, the <CODE>system.ini</CODE> contains this information in a line that | |
| 390 reads:</P> | |
| 1612 | 391 |
| 1682 | 392 <P> <CODE>VIDC.HFYU=huffyuv.dll</CODE></P> |
| 393 | |
| 5534 | 394 <P>So you need the <CODE>huffyuv.dll</CODE> file. Note that the audio codecs are |
| 6974 | 395 specified by the MSACM prefix:</P> |
| 1682 | 396 |
| 397 <P> <CODE>msacm.l3acm=L3codeca.acm</CODE></P> | |
| 1612 | 398 |
| 399 | |
| 6974 | 400 <P>This is the MP3 codec. Now that you have all the necessary information |
| 401 (fourcc, codec file, sample AVI), submit your codec support request by mail, | |
| 402 and upload these files to the FTP site:</P> | |
| 1612 | 403 |
| 1869 | 404 <P> <CODE>ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/</CODE></P> |
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| 1612 | 408 |
| 7640 | 409 <H4><A NAME="importing_directshow">2.2.3.2 DirectShow codecs</A></H4> |
| 1612 | 410 |
| 1682 | 411 <P>DirectShow is the newer Video API, which is even worse than its predecessor. |
| 6974 | 412 Things are harder with DirectShow, since</P> |
| 413 | |
| 1682 | 414 <UL> |
| 6974 | 415 <LI><CODE>system.ini</CODE> does not contain the needed information, instead it |
| 7640 | 416 is stored in the registry and</LI> |
| 417 <LI>we need the GUID of the codec.</LI> | |
| 5534 | 418 </UL> |
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| 7640 | 423 <LI>Get GraphEdit from either DirectX SDK or <A HREF="http://doom9.org">Doom9</A></LI> |
| 424 <LI>Start <CODE>graphedit.exe</CODE></LI> | |
| 425 <LI>From the menue select Graph -> Insert Filters</LI> | |
| 426 <LI>Expand item <CODE>DirectShow Filters</CODE></LI> | |
| 427 <LI>Select the right codec name and expand item</LI> | |
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| 7640 | 429 after the backslash and write it down (five dash-delimited blocks, the GUID)</LI> |
| 430 <LI>The codec binary is the file specified in the <CODE>Filename</CODE> entry</LI> | |
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| 7640 | 435 currently not supported by <B>MPlayer</B>.</P> |
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| 7640 | 440 <LI>Start <CODE>regedit</CODE>.</LI> |
| 6974 | 441 <LI>Press <CODE>Ctrl-f</CODE>, disable the first two checkboxes, and enable |
| 7640 | 442 the third. Type in the fourcc of the codec (e.g. TM20).</LI> |
| 6974 | 443 <LI>You should see a field which contains the path and the filename |
| 7640 | 444 (e.g. <CODE>C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\TM20DEC.AX</CODE>).</LI> |
| 6974 | 445 <LI>Now that you have the file, we need the GUID. Try searching again, but |
| 446 now search for the codec's name, not the fourcc. Its name can be acquired | |
| 447 when Media Player is playing the file, by checking File -> Properties | |
| 448 -> Advanced. | |
| 7640 | 449 If not, you are out of luck. Try guessing (e.g. search for TrueMotion).</LI> |
| 6974 | 450 <LI>If the GUID is found you should see a FriendlyName and a CLSID |
| 7640 | 451 field. Write down the 16 byte CLSID, this is the GUID we need.</LI> |
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| 6974 | 455 false hits, but you may get lucky...</P> |
| 1612 | 456 |
| 5534 | 457 <P>Now that you have all the necessary information (fourcc, GUID, codec file, |
| 6974 | 458 sample AVI), submit your codec support request by mail, and upload these files |
| 459 to the FTP site:</P> | |
| 1612 | 460 |
| 5534 | 461 <P> <CODE>ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/</CODE></P> |
| 1612 | 462 |
| 463 </BODY> | |
| 464 </HTML> |