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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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5
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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="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/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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19
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20 <itemizedlist>
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21 <listitem><simpara>
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22 <emphasis role="bold">MPEG1</emphasis> (<emphasis role="bold">VCD</emphasis>) and
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23 <emphasis role="bold">MPEG2</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 5.01, 3ivX, M$ MPEG4</emphasis> v1, v2 and other MPEG4 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">h263(+)</emphasis> variants
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54 </simpara></listitem>
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55 <listitem><simpara>
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56 FLI/FLC
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57 </simpara></listitem>
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58 <listitem><simpara>
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59 <emphasis role="bold">RealVideo 1.0</emphasis> from libavcodec, and
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60 <emphasis role="bold">RealVideo 2.0, 3.0</emphasis> and
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61 <emphasis role="bold">4.0</emphasis> codecs using RealPlayer libraries
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62 </simpara></listitem>
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63 <listitem><simpara>
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64 native decoder for HuffYUV
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65 </simpara></listitem>
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66 <listitem><simpara>
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67 Various old simple RLE-like formats
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68 </simpara></listitem>
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69 </itemizedlist>
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71 <para>
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72 If you have a Win32 codec not listed here which is not supported yet,
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73 please read the <link linkend="win32-codecs">codec importing HOWTO</link>
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74 and help us add support for it.
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75 </para>
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78 <sect3 id="divx4-5">
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79 <title>DivX4/DivX5</title>
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80
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81 <para>
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82 This section contains information about the DivX4 and DivX5 codecs of
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83 <ulink url="http://www.projectmayo.com">Project Mayo</ulink>.
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84 Their first available alpha version was OpenDivX 4.0 alpha 47 and 48.
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85 Support for this was included in <application>MPlayer</application> in the
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86 past, and built by default. We also used its postprocessing code to
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87 optionally enhance visual quality of MPEG1/2 movies. Now we use our own,
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88 for all file types.
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89 </para>
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91 <para>
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92 The new generation of this codec is called DivX4 and can even decode
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93 movies made with the infamous DivX codec! In addition it is much faster
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94 than the native Win32 DivX DLLs but slower than <systemitem
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95 class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>. Hence its usage as a decoder is
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96 <emphasis role="bold">DISCOURAGED</emphasis>. However, it is useful for
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97 encoding. One disadvantage of this codec is that it is not available under an
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98 Open Source license.
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99 </para>
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100
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101 <para>
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102 DivX4 works in two modes:
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103 <variablelist>
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104 <varlistentry><term><option>-vc odivx</option></term>
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105 <listitem><simpara>
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106 Uses the codec in OpenDivX fashion. In this case it produces YV12 images
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107 in its own buffer, and <application>MPlayer</application> does colorspace
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108 conversion via libvo. (<emphasis role="bold">Fast, recommended!</emphasis>)
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109 </simpara></listitem>
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110 </varlistentry>
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111 <varlistentry><term><option>-vc divx4</option></term>
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112 <listitem><simpara>
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113 Uses the colorspace conversion of the codec. In this mode you can use
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114 YUY2/UYVY, too. (<emphasis role="bold">SLOW</emphasis>)
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115 </simpara></listitem>
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116 </varlistentry>
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117 </variablelist>
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118 </para>
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119
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120 <para>
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121 The <option>-vc odivx</option> method is usually faster, due to the fact
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122 that it transfers image data in YV12 (planar YUV 4:2:0) format, thus
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123 requiring much less bandwidth on the bus. For packed YUV modes (YUY2, UYVY)
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124 use the <option>-vc divx4</option> method. For RGB modes the speed is the
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125 same, differing at best according to your current color depth.
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126 <note>
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127 <para>
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128 If your <option>-vo</option> driver supports direct rendering, then <option>-vc
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129 divx4</option> may be faster, or even the fastest solution.
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130 </para>
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131
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132 <para>
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133 The Divx4/5 binary codec library can be downloaded from
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134 <ulink url="http://avifile.sourceforge.net">avifile</ulink> or
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135 <ulink url="http://www.divx.com">divx.com</ulink>
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136 Unpack it, run <filename>./install.sh</filename> as root and do not forget adding
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137 <filename class="directory">/usr/local/lib</filename> to your
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138 <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> and running <command>ldconfig</command>.
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139 </para>
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140
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141 <para>
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142 Get the CVS version of the OLD OpenDivx core library like this:
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143 </para>
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144
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145 <procedure>
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146 <step><para>
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147 <screen>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.projectmayo.com:/cvsroot login</screen>
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148 </para></step>
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149 <step><para>
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150 <screen>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.projectmayo.com:/cvsroot co divxcore</screen>
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151 </para></step>
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152 <step><para>
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153 This core library is split into a decore and encore library that have to be
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154 compiled separately. For the decore Library, simply type
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155 <screen>
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156 cd divxcore/decore/build/linux
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157 make
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158 cp libdivxdecore.so /usr/local/lib
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159 ln -s libdivxdecore.so /usr/local/lib/libdivxdecore.so.0
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160 cp ../../src/decore.h /usr/local/include
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161 </screen>
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162 </para></step>
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163 <step><para>
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164 Alas, for the encore library there is no Linux Makefile available, and the
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165 MMX optimized code only works on Windows. You can still compile it, though,
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166 by using this
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167 <ulink url="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/divx-mf/Makefile">Makefile</ulink>.
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168 <screen>
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169 cd ../../../encore/build
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170 mkdir linux
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171 cd linux
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172 cp path/Makefile .
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173 make
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174 cp libdivxencore.so /usr/local/lib
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175 ln -s libdivxencore.so /usr/local/lib/libdivxencore.so.0
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176 cp ../../src/encore.h /usr/local/include
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177 </screen>
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179 </procedure>
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180
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181 <para>
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182 <application>MPlayer</application> autodetects DivX4/DivX5 if it is
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183 properly installed, just compile as usual. If it does not detect it, you
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184 did not install or configure it correctly.
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185 </para>
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186
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187 </note>
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188 </para>
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198 of decoding streams encoded with H263/MJPEG/LJPEG/RV10/DivX3/DivX4/DivX5/MP41/
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199 MP42/WMV1/WMV2/HuffYUV/SVQ1/SVQ3/MPEG1/MPEG2/VCR1/VCR2/ASV1/ASV2/CLJR
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201 encoded with, but it also offers higher speed than the Win32 codecs or the
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202 DivX.com DivX4/5 library!
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214 codec. It's even faster than the original. Be sure to prefer this instead
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222 the FFmpeg CVS tree as FFmpeg releases <emphasis role="bold">don't</emphasis>
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228 <screen>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg login</screen>
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231 <screen>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg co ffmpeg</screen>
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237 <filename>main/libavcodec</filename>
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238 </para><para>
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240 copy/move it!
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241 </para></step>
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244 compilation.
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249 <para>
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251 <filename>libavcodec</filename> subdirectory, but it does
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252 <emphasis role="bold">not</emphasis> contain the source for libavcodec!
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253 You must follow the steps above to obtain the source for this library.
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254 </para>
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258 With FFmpeg and my Matrox G400, I can view even the highest resolution DivX
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260 </para>
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265 <title>XAnim codecs</title>
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268 <para>
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269 Be advised that the XAnim binary codecs are packaged with a piece of text
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271 restrictions, forbids the user to use the codecs in conjunction with any
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272 program other than <application>XAnim</application>. However, the XAnim
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273 author has yet to bring legal action against anyone for codec-related issues.
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274 </para>
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277 <formalpara>
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278 <title>INSTALLATION AND USAGE</title>
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279 <para>
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280 <application>MPlayer</application> is capable of employing the XAnim codecs
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281 for decoding. Follow the instructions to enable them:
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282 </para>
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285 <procedure>
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286 <step><para>
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287 Download the codecs you wish to use from the
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288 <ulink url="http://xanim.va.pubnix.com">XAnim site</ulink>.
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289 The <emphasis role="bold">3ivx</emphasis> codec is not there, but at the
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290 <ulink url="http://www.3ivx.com">3ivx site</ulink>.
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293 <emphasis role="bold">OR</emphasis> download the codecs pack from our
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294 <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/">codecs page</ulink>
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296 <step><para>
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297 Use the <option>--with-xanimlibdir</option> option to tell
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298 <filename>configure</filename> where
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299 to find the XAnim codecs. By default, it looks for them at
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300 <filename class="directory">/usr/local/lib/codecs</filename>,
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302 <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/xanim/mods</filename> and
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303 <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/xanim</filename>.
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306 </para></step>
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307 <step><para>
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308 Rename/symlink the files, cutting out the architecture stuff, so they
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309 will have filenames like these: <filename>vid_cvid.xa</filename>,
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310 <filename>vid_h263.xa</filename>, <filename>vid_iv50.xa</filename>
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311 </para></step>
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314 <para>
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315 XAnim is video codec family <systemitem>xanim</systemitem>, so you may want
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316 to use the <option>-vfm xanim</option> option to tell <application>MPlayer</application>
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317 to use them if possible.
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318 </para>
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320 <para>
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321 Tested codecs include: <emphasis role="bold">Indeo 3.2, 4.1, 5.0, CVID, 3ivX,
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322 h263.</emphasis>
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323 </para>
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327 <sect3 id="vivo-video">
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328 <title>VIVO video</title>
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329 <para>
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330 <application>MPlayer</application> can play Vivo (1.0 and 2.0) videos. The
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331 most suitable codec for 1.0 files is FFmpeg's H263 decoder, you can use it
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332 with the <option>-vc ffh263</option> option. For 2.0 files, use the
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333 Win32 DLL through the <option>-vc vivo</option> option. If you do not supply
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334 command line options <application>MPlayer</application> selects the best codec
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335 automatically.
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336 </para>
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340 <sect3 id="mpeg12">
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341 <title>MPEG 1/2 video</title>
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342 <para>
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343 MPEG1 and MPEG2 are decoded by the multiplatform native <systemitem
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344 class="library">libmpeg2</systemitem> library, whose source code is
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345 included in <application>MPlayer</application>. We handle buggy MPEG 1/2
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346 video files by catching <systemitem>Signal 11</systemitem>
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347 (<systemitem>segmentation fault</systemitem>), and quickly
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348 reinitializing the codec, continuing exactly from where the failure
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349 occurred. This recovery technique has no measurable speed penalty.
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350 </para>
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354 <sect3 id="msvideo1">
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355 <title>MS Video1</title>
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356 <para>
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357 This is a very old and very bad codec from Microsoft. In the past it was
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358 decoded with the <filename>msvidc32.dll</filename> Win32 codec, now we have
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359 our own open source implementation
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360 (by <ulink url="mailto:melanson@pcisys.net">Mike Melanson</ulink>).
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361 </para>
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365 <sect3 id="cinepak-cvid">
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366 <title>Cinepak CVID</title>
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367 <para>
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368 <application>MPlayer</application> uses its own open source, multiplatform
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369 Cinepak decoder (by <ulink url="mailto:timf@csse.monash.edu.au">Dr. Tim Ferguson</ulink>)
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370 by default. It supports YUV outputs, so that hardware
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371 scaling is possible if the video output driver permits it.
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372 </para>
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376 <sect3 id="realvideo">
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377 <title>RealVideo</title>
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379 <para>
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380 <application>MPlayer</application> supports decoding all versions of
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381 RealVideo:
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383 <itemizedlist>
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384 <listitem><simpara>
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385 RealVideo 1.0 (fourcc RV10) - en/decoding supported by
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386 <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>
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388 <listitem><simpara>
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389 RealVideo 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 (fourcc RV20, RV30, RV40) - decoding supported by
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390 <emphasis role="bold">RealPlayer libraries</emphasis>
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392 </itemizedlist>
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393 </para>
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395 <para>
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396 It is recommended to download and install <application>RealPlayer8</application>
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397 or <application>RealONE</application>, because <application>MPlayer</application>
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398 can use their libraries to decode files with RealVideo 2.0 - 4.0 video. The
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399 <application>MPlayer</application> <filename>configure</filename> script should
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400 detect the <application>RealPlayer</application> libraries in the standard
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401 locations of a full installation. If it does not, tell <filename>configure</filename>
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402 where to look with the <option>--with-reallibdir</option> option.
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403 </para>
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405 <para>
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406 As a second chance you can download the codecs from
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407 <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/</ulink>.
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408 After downloading the Real codecs package, extract it to the
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409 <filename class="directory">/usr/local/lib/codecs</filename> directory, or you can
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410 specify a unique path with the <option>--with-reallibdir</option> option.
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411 </para>
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414 <application>RealPlayer</application> libraries currently
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415 <emphasis role="bold">only work with Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD and Cygwin on the x86,
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416 Alpha and PowerPC (Linux/Alpha and Linux/PowerPC have been tested) platforms</emphasis>.
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417 </para></note>
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418 </sect3>
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420
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421 <sect3 id="xvid">
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422 <title>XviD</title>
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424 <para>
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425 <ulink url="http://www.xvid.org">XviD</ulink> is a forked development of the
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426 OpenDivX codec. It happened when ProjectMayo changed OpenDivX to closed source
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427 DivX4 (now DivX5), and the non-ProjectMayo people working on OpenDivX got angry,
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429
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430 <itemizedlist>
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431 <title>ADVANTAGES</title>
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432 <listitem><simpara>
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433 open source
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434 </simpara></listitem>
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435 <listitem><simpara>
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436 its API is compatible with DivX4 so adding support for it is easy
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437 </simpara></listitem>
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438 <listitem><simpara>
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439 2-pass encoding support
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440 </simpara></listitem>
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441 <listitem><simpara>
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442 nice encoding quality, higher speed than DivX4 (you can optimize it for
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443 your box while compiling)
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444 </simpara></listitem>
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445 </itemizedlist>
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446
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447 <itemizedlist>
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448 <title>DISADVANTAGES</title>
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449 <listitem><simpara>
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450 currently it does not properly <emphasis role="bold">decode</emphasis> all
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451 DivX/DivX4 files (no problem as <link linkend="ffmpeg">libavcodec</link>
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452 can play them)
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454 <listitem><simpara>
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455 under development
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456 </simpara></listitem>
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457 </itemizedlist>
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458 </para>
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459
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460 <procedure>
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461 <title>INSTALLING XVID CVS</title>
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462 <para>
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463 It is currently available only from CVS. Here are download and installation
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464 instructions (you need at least autoconf 2.50, automake and libtool):
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465 </para>
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466 <step><para>
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467 <screen>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid login</screen>
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468 </para></step>
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469 <step><para>
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470 <screen>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid co xvidcore</screen>
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472 <step><para>
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473 <screen>cd xvidcore/build/generic</screen>
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474 </para></step>
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475 <step><para>
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476 <screen>./bootstrap.sh</screen>
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477 </para></step>
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478 <step><para>
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479 <screen>./configure</screen>
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480 You may have to add some options (examine the output of
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481 <screen>./configure --help</screen>).
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482 </para></step>
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483 <step><para>
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484 <screen>make &amp;&amp; make install</screen>
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485 </para></step>
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486 <step><para>
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487 If you specified <option>--enable-divxcompat</option>,
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488 copy <filename>../../src/divx4.h</filename> to
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489 <filename class="directory">/usr/local/include/</filename>.
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490 </para></step>
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491 <step><para>
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492 Recompile <application>MPlayer</application> with
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493 <option>--with-xvidcore=<replaceable>/path/to/</replaceable>libxvidcore.a</option>.
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494 </para></step>
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495 </procedure>
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496 </sect3>
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499 <sect3 id="sorenson">
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500 <title>Sorenson</title>
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502 <para>
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503 Sorenson is a video codec developed by Sorenson Media and licensed to Apple who
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504 distribute it with their <application>QuickTime Player</application>. We are
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505 currently able to decode all version of Sorenson video files with the following
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506 decoders:
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507 </para>
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509 <itemizedlist>
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510 <listitem><simpara>
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511 Sorenson Video v1 (fourcc <emphasis>SVQ1</emphasis>) - decoding supported
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512 by <emphasis role="bold">native codec</emphasis>
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513 (<link linkend="ffmpeg">libavcodec</link>)
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514 </simpara></listitem>
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515 <listitem><simpara>
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516 Sorenson Video v3 (fourcc <emphasis>SVQ3</emphasis>) - decoding supported by
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517 <emphasis role="bold">native codec</emphasis>
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518 (<link linkend="ffmpeg">libavcodec</link>)
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519 </simpara></listitem>
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520 </itemizedlist>
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521
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522 <procedure>
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523 <title>COMPILING MPLAYER WITH QUICKTIME LIBRARIES SUPPORT</title>
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524 <note><para>currently only 32bit Intel platforms are supported.</para></note>
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525 <step><para>download MPlayer CVS</para></step>
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526 <step><para>download QuickTime DLL pack from
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527 <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/"/>
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528 </para></step>
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529 <step><para>extract QuickTime DLL pack to your Win32 codecs directory
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530 (default: <filename class="directory">/usr/local/lib/codecs/</filename>)
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531 </para></step>
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532 <step><para>compile MPlayer</para></step>
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533 </procedure>
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534
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535 </sect3>
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536 </sect2>
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537
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538 <!-- ********** -->
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539
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540 <sect2 id="audio-codecs">
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541 <title>Audio codecs</title>
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542
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543 <itemizedlist>
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544 <title>The most important audio codecs above all:</title>
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545 <listitem><simpara>
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546 MPEG layer 2 (MP2), and layer 3 (MP3) audio (<emphasis role="bold">native</emphasis>
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547 code, with MMX/SSE/3DNow! optimization)
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548 </simpara></listitem>
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549 <listitem><simpara>
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550 MPEG layer 1 audio (<emphasis role="bold">native</emphasis> code, with libavcodec)
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551 </simpara></listitem>
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552 <listitem><simpara>
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553 Windows Media Audio v1, v2 (<emphasis role="bold">native</emphasis> code, with
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554 libavcodec)
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555 </simpara></listitem>
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556 <listitem><simpara>
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557 Windows Media Audio 9 (WMAv3) (using DMO DLL)
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558 </simpara></listitem>
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559 <listitem><simpara>
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560 AC3 Dolby audio (<emphasis role="bold">native</emphasis> code, with
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561 MMX/SSE/3DNow! optimization)
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562 </simpara></listitem>
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563 <listitem><simpara>
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564 AC3 passing through soundcard hardware
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565 </simpara></listitem>
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566 <listitem><simpara>
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567 Ogg Vorbis audio codec (<emphasis role="bold">native</emphasis> library)
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568 </simpara></listitem>
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569 <listitem><simpara>
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570 RealAudio: DNET (low bitrate AC3), Cook, Sipro and ATRAC3
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571 </simpara></listitem>
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572 <listitem><simpara>
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573 QuickTime: Qualcomm and QDesign audio codecs
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574 </simpara></listitem>
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576 VIVO audio (g723, Vivo Siren)
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577 </simpara></listitem>
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578 <listitem><simpara>
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579 Voxware audio (using DirectShow DLL)
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580 </simpara></listitem>
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581 <listitem><simpara>
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582 alaw and ulaw, various gsm, adpcm and pcm formats and other simple old
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583 audio codecs
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584 </simpara></listitem>
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585 <listitem><simpara>
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586 AAC
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587 </simpara></listitem>
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588 </itemizedlist>
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589
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590
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591 <sect3 id="swac3">
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592 <title>Software AC3 decoding</title>
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593
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594 <para>
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595 This is the default decoder used for files with AC3 audio.
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596 </para>
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597
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598 <para>
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599 The AC3 decoder can create audio output mixes for 2, 4, or 6 speakers.
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600 When configured for 6 speakers, this decoder provides separate output of
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601 all the AC3 channels to the sound driver, allowing for full "surround
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602 sound" experience without the external AC3 decoder required to use the
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603 hwac3 codec.
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604 </para>
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605
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606 <para>
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607 Use the <option>-channels</option> option to select the number of output
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608 channels. Use <option>-channels 2</option> for a stereo downmix. For a 4
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609 channel downmix (Left Front, Right Front, Left Surround and Right Surround
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610 outputs), use <option>-channels 4</option>. In this case, any center
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611 channel will be mixed equally to the front channels. <option>-channels
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612 6</option> will output all the AC3 channels as they are encoded - in the
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613 order Left, Right, Left Surround, Right Surround, Center and LFE.
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614 </para>
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615
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616 <para>
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617 The default number of output channels is 2.
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618 </para>
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619
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620 <para>
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621 To use more than 2 output channels, you will need to use OSS, and have a
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622 sound card that supports the appropriate number of output channels via the
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623 SNDCTL_DSP_CHANNELS ioctl. An example of a suitable driver is emu10k1
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624 (used by Soundblaster Live! cards) from August 2001 or newer (ALSA CVS is
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625 also supposed to work).
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626 </para>
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627 </sect3>
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628
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629
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630 <sect3 id="hwac3">
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631 <title>Hardware AC3 decoding</title>
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632 <para>
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633 You need an AC3 capable sound card, with digital out (SP/DIF). The card's
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634 driver must properly support the AFMT_AC3 format (C-Media does). Connect
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635 your AC3 decoder to the SP/DIF output, and use the <option>-ac
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636 hwac3</option> option. It is experimental but known to work with C-Media
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637 cards and Soundblaster Live! + ALSA (but not OSS) drivers and DXR3/Hollywood+
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638 MPEG decoder cards.
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639 </para>
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640 </sect3>
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641
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642
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643 <sect3 id="libmad">
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644 <title>libmad support</title>
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645
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646 <para>
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647 <ulink url="http://mad.sourceforge.net">libmad</ulink> is a multiplatform
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648 MPEG audio decoding library. It does not handle broken files well, and it
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649 sometimes has problems with seeking.
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650 </para>
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651
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652 <para>
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653 To enable support, compile with the <option>--enable-mad</option> configure
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654 option.
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655 </para>
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656 </sect3>
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657
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658
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659 <sect3 id="vivo-audio">
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660 <title>VIVO audio</title>
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661 <para>
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662 The audio codec used in VIVO files depends on whether it is a VIVO/1.0 or
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663 VIVO/2.0 file. VIVO/1.0 files have <emphasis role="bold">g.723</emphasis> audio,
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664 and VIVO/2.0 files have <emphasis role="bold">Vivo Siren</emphasis> audio. Both are
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665 supported.
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666 </para>
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667 </sect3>
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668
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669
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670 <sect3 id="realaudio">
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671 <title>RealAudio</title>
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672
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673 <para>
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674 <application>MPlayer</application> supports decoding nearly all versions of
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675 RealAudio:
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676 </para>
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677
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678 <itemizedlist>
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679 <listitem><simpara>
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680 RealAudio DNET - decoding supported by
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681 <systemitem class="library">liba52</systemitem>
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682 </simpara></listitem>
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683 <listitem><simpara>
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684 RealAudio Cook/Sipro/ATRAC3 - decoding supported by
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685 <emphasis role="bold">RealPlayer libraries</emphasis>
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686 </simpara></listitem>
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687 </itemizedlist>
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688
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689 <para>
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690 On how to install RealPlayer libraries, see the
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691 <link linkend="realmedia">RealMedia file format</link> section.
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692 </para>
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693 </sect3>
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694
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695 <sect3 id="qdesign">
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696 <title>QDesign codecs</title>
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697 <para>
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698 QDesign audio streams (fourcc:<emphasis>QDMC, QDM2</emphasis>) are found
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699 in MOV/QT files. Both versions of this codec can be decoded with QuickTime
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700 libraries. For installation instructions please see the
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701 <link linkend="sorenson">Sorenson video codec</link> section.
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702 </para>
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703 </sect3>
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704
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705 <sect3 id="qualcomm">
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706 <title>Qualcomm codecs</title>
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707 <para>
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708 Qualcomm audio streams (fourcc:<emphasis>Qclp</emphasis>) is found
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709 in MOV/QT files. It can be decoded with QuickTime
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710 libraries. For installation instructions please see the
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711 <link linkend="sorenson">Sorenson video codec</link> section.
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712 </para>
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713 </sect3>
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714
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715 <sect3 id="aac">
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716 <title>AAC codec</title>
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717 <para>
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718 AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) is an audio codec sometimes found in MOV and MP4
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719 files. An open source decoder called FAAD is available from
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720 <ulink url="http://www.audiocoding.com"/>.
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721 MPlayer includes libfaad 2.0RC1, so you do not need to get it separately.
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722 </para>
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723 </sect3>
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724
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725 </sect2>
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726
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727 <!-- ********** -->
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728
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729 <sect2 id="win32-codecs">
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730 <title>Win32 codecs importing HOWTO</title>
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731
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732 <!-- TODO: a short paragraph of text would be nice here... -->
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733
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734 <sect3 id="vfw-codecs">
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735 <title>VFW codecs</title>
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736
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737 <para>
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738 VFW (Video for Windows) is the old Video API for Windows. Its codecs have
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739 the <filename>.DLL</filename> or (rarely) <filename>.DRV</filename>
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740 extension. If <application>MPlayer</application> fails at playing your AVI
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741 with this kind of message:
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742 <screen>UNKNOWN video codec: HFYU (0x55594648)</screen>
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743 </para>
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744
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745 <para>
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746 It means your AVI is encoded with a codec which has the HFYU fourcc (HFYU =
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747 HuffYUV codec, DIV3 = DivX Low Motion, etc.). Now that you know this, you
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748 have to find out which DLL Windows loads in order to play this file. In our
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749 case, the <filename>system.ini</filename> contains this information in a
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750 line that reads:
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751 <programlisting>VIDC.HFYU=huffyuv.dll</programlisting>
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752 </para>
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753
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754 <para>
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755 So you need the <filename>huffyuv.dll</filename> file. Note that the audio
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756 codecs are specified by the MSACM prefix:
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757 <programlisting>msacm.l3acm=L3codeca.acm</programlisting>
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758 </para>
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759
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760 <para>
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761 This is the MP3 codec. Now that you have all the necessary information
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762 (fourcc, codec file, sample AVI), submit your codec support request by
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763 mail, and upload these files to the FTP site:
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764 <systemitem role="url">
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765 ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/
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766 </systemitem>
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767 </para>
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768
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769 <note><para>On Windows NT/2000/XP search for this info in the registry,
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770 e.g. search for &quot;VIDC.HFYU&quot;. To find out how to do this, look at
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771 the old DirectShow method below.
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772 </para></note>
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773 </sect3>
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774
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775
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776 <sect3 id="dshow-codecs">
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777 <title>DirectShow codecs</title>
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778
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779 <para>
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780 DirectShow is the newer Video API, which is even worse than its predecessor.
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781 Things are harder with DirectShow, since
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782 <itemizedlist>
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783 <listitem><simpara>
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784 <filename>system.ini</filename> does not contain the needed information,
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785 instead it is stored in the registry and
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786 </simpara></listitem>
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787 <listitem><simpara>
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788 we need the GUID of the codec.
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789 </simpara></listitem>
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790 </itemizedlist>
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791 </para>
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792
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793 <procedure>
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794 <title>New Method:</title>
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795 <para>
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796 Using <application>Microsoft GraphEdit</application> (fast)
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797 </para>
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798 <step><para>
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799 Get <application>GraphEdit</application> from either DirectX SDK or
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800 <ulink url="http://doom9.org">doom9</ulink>
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801 </para></step>
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802 <step><para>
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803 Start <command>graphedit.exe</command>.
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804 </para></step>
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805 <step><para>
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806 From the menu select Graph -> Insert Filters.
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807 </para></step>
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808 <step><para>
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809 Expand item <systemitem>DirectShow Filters</systemitem>
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810 </para></step>
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811 <step><para>
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812 Select the right codec name and expand item.
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813 </para></step>
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814 <step><para>
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815 In the entry <systemitem>DisplayName</systemitem> look at the text in
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816 winged brackets after the backslash and write it down (five dash-delimited
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817 blocks, the GUID).
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818 </para></step>
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819 <step><para>
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820 The codec binary is the file specified in the <systemitem>Filename</systemitem>
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821 entry.
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822 </para></step>
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823 </procedure>
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824
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825 <note>
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826 <para>
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827 If there is no <systemitem>Filename</systemitem> and
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828 <systemitem>DisplayName</systemitem> contains something like
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829 <systemitem>device:dmo</systemitem>, then it is a DMO-Codec.
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830 </para>
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831 </note>
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832
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833 <procedure>
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834 <title>Old Method:</title>
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835 <para>
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836 Take a deep breath and start searching the registry...
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837 </para>
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838 <step><para>
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839 Start <command>regedit</command>.
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840 </para></step>
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841 <step><para>
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842 Press <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>+<keycap>F</keycap>, disable the first two
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843 checkboxes, and enable the third. Type in the fourcc of the codec (e.g.
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844 <userinput>TM20</userinput>).
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845 </para></step>
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846 <step><para>
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847 You should see a field which contains the path and the filename (e.g.
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848 <filename>C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\TM20DEC.AX</filename>).
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849 </para></step>
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850 <step><para>
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851 Now that you have the file, we need the GUID. Try searching again, but
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852 now search for the codec's name, not the fourcc. Its name can be acquired
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853 when Media Player is playing the file, by checking
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854 <guimenu>File</guimenu> -&gt; <guisubmenu>Properties</guisubmenu> -&gt;
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855 <guimenuitem>Advanced</guimenuitem>.
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856 If not, you are out of luck. Try guessing (e.g. search for TrueMotion).
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857 </para></step>
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858 <step><para>
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859 If the GUID is found you should see a <guilabel>FriendlyName</guilabel>
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860 and a <guilabel>CLSID</guilabel> field. Write down the 16 byte CLSID,
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861 this is the GUID we need.
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862 </para></step>
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863 </procedure>
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864
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865 <note>
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866 <para>
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867 If searching fails, try enabling all the checkboxes. You may have
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868 false hits, but you may get lucky...
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869 </para>
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870 </note>
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871
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872 <para>
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873 Now that you have all the necessary information (fourcc, GUID, codec file,
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874 sample AVI), submit your codec support request by mail, and upload these files
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875 to the FTP site:
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876 <systemitem
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877 role="url">ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/
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878 </systemitem>
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879 </para>
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880 </sect3>
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881 </sect2>
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882 </sect1>