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12 <P><B><A NAME=2.2>2.2. Supported codecs</A></B></P>
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15 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1>2.2.1. Video codecs</A></B></P>
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17 <P>See <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html</A> for the complete,
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18 daily generated list!!!</P>
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20 <P>The most important ones above all:</P>
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21 <UL>
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22 <LI>MPEG1 (VCD) and MPEG2 (DVD) video</LI>
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23 <LI>native decoders for DivX ;-), OpenDivX (DivX4), DivX 5.01, 3ivX, M$ MPEG4 v1, v2 and other MPEG4 variants</LI>
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24 <LI>native decoder for Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1), and Win32 DLL decoder for
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25 Windows Media Video 8 (WMV2), both used in .wmv files</LI>
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26 <LI><B>native Sorenson (SVQ1) decoder</B></LI>
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27 <LI>Cinepak and Intel Indeo codecs (3.1,3.2,4.1,5.0)</LI>
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28 <LI>MJPEG, AVID, VCR2, ASV2 and other hardware formats</LI>
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29 <LI>VIVO 1.0, 2.0, I263 and other h263(+) variants</LI>
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30 <LI>FLI/FLC</LI>
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31 <LI>RealVideo 1.0 from ffmpeg, and RealVideo 2.0, 3.0 using RealPlayer
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32 libraries</LI>
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33 <LI>native decoder for HuffYUV</LI>
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34 <LI>Various old simple RLE-like formats</LI>
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35 </UL>
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37 <P>If you have a Win32 codec not listed here which is not supported yet, please read the
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38 <A HREF="#2.2.3">codec importing HOWTO</A> and help us add support
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39 for it!</P>
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41 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.1>2.2.1.1. DivX4/DivX5</A></B></P>
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43 <P>This section contains information about the DivX4 codec of
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44 <A HREF="http://www.projectmayo.com">Project Mayo</A>. Their first available alpha version was OpenDivX 4.0
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45 alpha 47 and 48. Support for this was included in <B>MPlayer</B> in the past,
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46 and built by default. We also used its postprocessing code to optionally
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47 enhance visual quality of MPEG1/2 movies. Now we use our own, for all file
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48 types.</P>
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50 <P>The new generation of this codec is called DivX4Linux and can even decode
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51 movies made with the infamous DivX codec! In addition it is much faster than the
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52 native Win32 DivX DLLs but slower than libavcodec.
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53 Hence its usage as a decoder is <B>DISCOURAGED</B>. However, it is useful for
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54 encoding. One disadvantage of this codec is that it is currently closed source.</P>
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56 <P>The codec can be downloaded from one of the following URLs:</P>
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58 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="http://avifile.sourceforge.net">http://avifile.sourceforge.net</A><BR>
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59 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="http://divx.com">http://divx.com</A></P>
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61 <P>Unpack it, and run <CODE>./install.sh</CODE> as root.</P>
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63 <P>Note: Do NOT forget adding <CODE>/usr/local/lib</CODE> to your
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64 <CODE>/etc/ld.so.conf</CODE> and running <CODE>ldconfig</CODE>!</P>
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66 <P><B>MPlayer</B> autodetects DivX4/DivX5 if it is properly installed, just
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67 compile as usual. If it does not detect it, you did not install or configure
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68 it correctly.</P>
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70 <P>DivX4Linux works in two modes:</P>
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72 <TABLE BORDER=0>
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73 <TR><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-vc&nbsp;odivx</CODE></TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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74 <TD>Uses the codec in OpenDivX fashion. In this case it
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75 produces YV12 images in its own buffer, and <B>MPlayer</B> does colorspace
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76 conversion via libvo. (<B>FAST, RECOMMENDED!</B>)</TD></TR>
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77 <TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-vc&nbsp;divx4</CODE></TD><TD></TD>
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78 <TD>Uses the colorspace conversion of the codec.
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79 In this mode you can use YUY2/UYVY, too. (<B>SLOW</B>)</TD></TR>
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82 <P>The <CODE>-vc odivx</CODE> method is usually faster, due to the fact that it transfers
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83 image data in YV12 (planar YUV 4:2:0) format, thus requiring much less
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84 bandwidth on the bus. For packed YUV modes (YUY2, UYVY) use the <CODE>-vc divx4</CODE>
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85 method. For RGB modes the speed is the same, differing at best
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86 according to your current color depth.</P>
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88 <P>NOTE: If your -vo driver supports direct rendering, then <CODE>-vc divx4</CODE> may be
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89 faster, or even the fastest solution.</P>
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92 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.2>2.2.1.2. FFmpeg DivX/libavcodec</A></B></P>
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94 <P>Beginning with version 0.4.2,
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95 <A HREF="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">FFmpeg</A> contains an
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96 <B>open source</B> DivX codec, which is compatible with the traditional DivX.
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97 <B>MPlayer</B> supports this codec, making it possible to <B>watch
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98 DivX/DivX4/DivX5/MP41/MP42 movies on non-x86 platforms</B>. Furthermore it offers higher
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99 decoding speed than the Win32 codecs or the original
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100 DivX4 library!</P>
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101
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102 <P>It also contains a lot of nice codecs, such as RealVideo 1.0, WMV7,
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103 MJPEG, h263, h263+, etc.</P>
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105 <P>If you use an <B>MPlayer</B> release you have libavcodec right in the package,
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106 just build as usual. If you use <B>MPlayer</B> from CVS you have to extract
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107 libavcodec from the FFmpeg CVS tree as FFmpeg 0.4.5 does <B>not</B> work with
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108 <B>MPlayer</B>. In order to achieve this do:</P>
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110 <OL>
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111 <LI><CODE>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg login</CODE></LI>
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112 <LI><CODE>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg co ffmpeg</CODE></LI>
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113 <LI>Move the <CODE>libavcodec</CODE> directory from the FFmpeg sources to the
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114 root of the <B>MPlayer</B> CVS tree. It should look like this:
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115 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>main/libavcodec</CODE></P>
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116 Symlinking is <B>not</B> enough, you have to copy/move it!!!</LI>
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117 <LI>Compile. Configure should detect problems before compilation.</LI>
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118 </OL>
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120 <P><B>NOTE:</B> MPlayer from CVS does contain a libavcodec
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121 subdirectory, but it does NOT contain the source for libavcodec!
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122 You must follow the steps above to obtain the source for this library.</P>
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124 <P>With FFmpeg and my Matrox G400, I can view even the highest resolution DivX
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125 movies without dropped frames on my K6/2 500.</P>
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128 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.3>2.2.1.3. XAnim codecs</A></B></P>
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130 <P>Foreword:<BR>
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131 Be advised that the XAnim binary codecs are packaged with a piece of text
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132 claiming to be a legally binding software license which, besides other
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133 restrictions, forbids the user to use the codecs in conjunction with any
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134 program other than XAnim. However, the XAnim author has yet to bring legal
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135 action against anyone for codec-related issues.
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136 </P>
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138 <P><B>MPlayer</B> is capable of employing the XAnim codecs for decoding. Follow
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139 the instructions to enable them:</P>
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141 <UL>
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142 <LI>Download the codecs you wish to use from the
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143 <A HREF="http://xanim.va.pubnix.com">XAnim site</A>. The <B>3ivx</B> codec
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144 is not there, but at the <A HREF="http://www.3ivx.com">3ivx site</A>.</LI>
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146 <LI>Use the <CODE>--with-xanimlibdir</CODE> option to tell configure where
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147 to find the XAnim codecs. By default, it looks for them at
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148 <CODE>/usr/local/lib/xanim/mods, /usr/lib/xanim/mods and /usr/lib/xanim</CODE>.
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150 the directory of the XAnim codecs.</LI>
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151
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152 <LI>Rename/symlink the files, cutting out the architecture stuff, so they will
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153 have filenames like these: <CODE>vid_cvid.xa, vid_h263.xa, vid_iv50.xa</CODE>
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155 </UL>
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156
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157 <P>XAnim is video codec family number 10, so you may want to use the <CODE>-vfm 10</CODE>
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158 option to tell <B>MPlayer</B> to use them if possible.</P>
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159
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160 <P>Tested codecs include: <B>Indeo 3.2</B>, <B>4.1</B>, <B>5.0</B>, <B>CVID</B>, <B>3ivX</B>, <B>h263</B>.</P>
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163 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.4>2.2.1.4. VIVO video</A></B></P>
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165 <P><B>MPlayer</B> can play Vivo (1.0 and 2.0) videos. The most suitable codec
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166 for 1.0 files is FFmpeg's H263 decoder, you can use it with the <CODE>-vc
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167 ffh263</CODE> option (default) (requires up-to-date libavcodec). For 2.0 files, use
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168 the <CODE>ivvideo.dll</CODE> Win32 DLL file (from <A
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169 HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/samples/drivers32/ivvideo.dll">here</A>),
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170 and install it under <CODE>/usr/lib/win32</CODE> or wherever you store the
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171 Win32 codecs. This latter codec does not support YV12 nor YUY2 only BGR modes,
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172 restricting it to the X11 and OpenGL outputs. Hopefully ffh263 will support
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173 VIVO 2.0 files in the future.</P>
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176 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.5>2.2.1.5. MPEG 1/2 video</A></B></P>
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178 <P>MPEG1 and MPEG2 are decoded by the multiplatform native <B>libmpeg2</B> library,
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179 whose source code is included in <B>MPlayer</B>.
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180 We handle buggy MPEG 1/2 video files by catching sig11 (segmentation fault),
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181 and quickly reinitializing the codec, continuing exactly from where the failure
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182 occurred.
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183 This recovery technique has no measurable speed penalty.</P>
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186 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.6>2.2.1.6. MS Video1</A></B></P>
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188 <P>This is a very old and very bad codec from Microsoft. In the past it was
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189 decoded with the <CODE>msvidc32.dll</CODE> Win32 codec, now we have our own
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190 open source implementation (by <A HREF="mailto:melanson@pcisys.net">Mike
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191 Melanson</A>).</P>
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193
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194 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.7>2.2.1.7. Cinepak CVID</A></B></P>
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195
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196 <P><B>MPlayer</B> uses its own open source, multiplatform Cinepak decoder by
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197 default. It supports YUV outputs, so that hardware scaling is possible if the
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198 video output driver permits it.</P>
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200
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201 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.8>2.2.1.8. RealVideo</A></B></P>
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202
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203 <B>MPlayer</B> supports decoding all versions of RealVideo:
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204 <UL>
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205 <LI>RealVideo 1.0 (fourcc RV10) - en/decoding supported by <B>libavcodec</B></LI>
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206 <LI>RealVideo 2.0 (fourcc RV20) - decoding supported by <B>RealPlayer libraries</B></LI>
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207 <LI>RealVideo 3.0 (fourcc RV30) - decoding supported by <B>RealPlayer libraries</B></LI>
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208 </UL>
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209
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210 <P>On how to install RealPlayer libraries, see the
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211 <A HREF="formats.html#2.1.1.7">RealMedia file format</A> section.</P>
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213
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214 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.9>2.2.1.9. XViD</A></B></P>
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215
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216 <P><B>XViD</B> is another development from the OpenDivX group (their first
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217 development was DivX4).</P>
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218
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219 <P><B>Advantages:</B></P>
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220 <UL>
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221 <LI>open source</LI>
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222 <LI>its API is compatible with DivX4 so adding support for
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223 it is easy</LI>
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224 <LI>2-pass encoding support</LI>
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225 <LI>nice encoding quality, higher speed than DivX4 (you can optimize it for
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226 your box while compiling)</LI>
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227 </UL>
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228
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229 <P><B>Disadvantages:</B></P>
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230 <UL>
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231 <LI>currently it does not properly <B>decode</B> all DivX/DivX4 files (no problem as libavcodec can play them)</LI>
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232 <LI>you have to choose between DivX4 <B>OR</B> XViD support at
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233 compiletime</LI>
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234 <LI>under development</LI>
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235 </UL>
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236
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237 <P><B>Installation:</B> It is currently available only from CVS. Here are the
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238 download and installation instructions:</P>
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239 <OL>
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240 <LI><CODE>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid login</CODE></LI>
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241 <LI><CODE>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid co xvidcore</CODE></LI>
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242 <LI><CODE>cd xvidcore/build/generic</CODE></LI>
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243 <LI>Edit <CODE>Makefile.linux</CODE> to fit your needs.</LI>
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244 <LI><CODE>make -f Makefile.linux</CODE></LI>
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245 <LI>Get <CODE>encore2.h</CODE> and <CODE>decore.h</CODE> from the DivX4Linux
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246 package, and copy them to <CODE>/usr/local/include/</CODE>.</LI>
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247 <LI>Recompile <B>MPlayer</B> with <CODE>--with-xvidcore=/path/to/libcore.a</CODE>.</LI>
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248 </OL>
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251 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.10>2.2.1.10. Sorenson</A></B></P>
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252
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253 <P><B>Sorenson</B> is a video codec developed by Apple. We are currently
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254 able to decode the first version of it (SVQ1), with a native decoder.</P>
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255
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256 <P><B>Advantages:</B></P>
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257 <UL>
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258 <LI>old, slow Macintosh machines were able to decode it</LI>
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259 </UL>
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260
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261 <P><B>Disadvantages:</B></P>
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262 <UL>
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263 <LI>SVQ3 is still not reverse-engineered</LI>
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264 </UL>
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265
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266 <P><B>Installation:</B> it's compiled and usable per default.</P>
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268
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269 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2>2.2.2. Audio codecs</A></B></P>
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270
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271 <P>The most important audio codecs above all:<BR></P>
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272 <UL>
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273 <LI>MPEG layer 2, and layer 3 (MP3) audio (<B>native</B> code, with MMX/SSE/3DNow! optimization)</LI>
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274 <LI>MPEG layer 1 audio (<B>native</B> code, with libavcodec)</LI>
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275 <LI>AC3 Dolby audio (<B>native</B> code, with MMX/SSE/3DNow! optimization)</LI>
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276 <LI>Ogg Vorbis audio codec (<B>native</B> library)</LI>
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277 <LI>Voxware audio (using DirectShow DLL)</LI>
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278 <LI>alaw, msgsm, pcm and other simple old audio formats</LI>
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279 <LI>VIVO audio (g723, Vivo Siren)</LI>
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280 <LI>RealAudio: DNET (low bitrate AC3), Cook, Sipro</LI>
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281 </UL>
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283
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284 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.1>2.2.2.1. Software AC3 decoding</A></B></P>
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286 <P>This is the default decoder used for files with AC3 audio.</P>
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287
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288 <P>The AC3 decoder can create audio output mixes for 2, 4, or 6
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289 speakers. When configured for 6 speakers, this decoder provides
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290 separate output of all the AC3 channels to the sound driver,
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291 allowing for full "surround sound" experience without the external AC3
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292 decoder required to use the hwac3 codec.</P>
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293
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294 <P>Use the <CODE>-channels</CODE> option to select the number of output channels.
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295 Use <CODE>-channels 2</CODE> for a stereo downmix. For a 4 channel downmix (Left
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296 Front, Right Front, Left Surround and Right Surround outputs), use
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297 <CODE>-channels 4</CODE>. In this case, any center channel will be mixed
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298 equally to the front channels. <CODE>-channels 6</CODE> will output all the AC3
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299 channels as they are encoded - in the order Left, Right, Left Surround, Right
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300 Surround, Center and LFE.</P>
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302 <P>The default number of output channels is 2.</P>
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303
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304 <P>To use more than 2 output channels, you will need to use OSS, and have a sound
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305 card that supports the appropriate number of output channels via the
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306 SNDCTL_DSP_CHANNELS ioctl. An example of a suitable driver is emu10k1 (used by
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307 Soundblaster Live! cards) from August 2001 or newer (ALSA CVS is also supposed to
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308 work).</P>
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311 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.2>2.2.2.2. Hardware AC3 decoding</A></B></P>
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312
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313 <P>You need an AC3 capable sound card, with digital out (SP/DIF). The
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314 card's driver must properly support the AFMT_AC3 format (C-Media does).
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315 Connect your AC3 decoder to the SP/DIF output, and use the <CODE>-ac hwac3</CODE>
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316 option. It is experimental but known to work with C-Media cards and Soundblaster
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317 Live! + ALSA (but not OSS) drivers.</P>
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319
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320 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.3>2.2.2.3. libmad support</A></B></P>
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322 <P><A HREF="http://mad.sourceforge.net">libmad</A> is a multiplatform MPEG audio
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323 decoding library. It does not handle broken files well, and it sometimes has
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324 problems with seeking.</P>
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325
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326 <P>To enable support, compile with the <CODE>--enable-mad</CODE> configure
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327 option.</P>
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330 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.4>2.2.2.4. VIVO audio</A></B></P>
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331
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332 <P>The audio codec used in VIVO files depends on whether it is a VIVO/1.0 or
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333 VIVO/2.0 file. VIVO/1.0 files have <B>g.723</B> audio, and VIVO/2.0 files
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334 have <B>Vivo Siren</B> audio. Both are supported. You can grab the g.723/Siren
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335 Win32 DLL from
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336 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/samples/drivers32/vivog723.acm">here</A>,
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337 then copy it into the <CODE>/usr/lib/win32</CODE> directory.</P>
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339
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340 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.5>2.2.2.5. RealAudio</A></B></P>
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341
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342 <B>MPlayer</B> supports decoding all versions of RealAudio:
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343 <UL>
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344 <LI>RealAudio DNET - decoding supported by <B>libavcodec</B></LI>
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345 <LI>RealAudio Cook - decoding supported by <B>RealPlayer libraries</B></LI>
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346 <LI>RealAudio Sipro - decoding supported by <B>RealPlayer libraries</B></LI>
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347 </UL>
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349
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350 <P>On how to install RealPlayer libraries, see the
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351 <A HREF="formats.html#2.1.1.7">RealMedia file format</A> section.</P>
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353
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354 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.3>2.2.3. Win32 codec importing HOWTO</A></B></P>
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356 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.3.1>2.2.3.1. VFW codecs</A></B></P>
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357
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358 <P>VFW (Video for Windows) is the old Video API for Windows. Its codecs have
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359 the .DLL or (rarely) .DRV extension.
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360 If <B>MPlayer</B> fails at playing your AVI with this kind of message:</P>
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361
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362 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>UNKNOWN video codec: HFYU (0x55594648)</CODE></P>
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364 <P>It means your AVI is encoded with a codec which has the HFYU fourcc (HFYU =
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365 HuffYUV codec, DIV3 = DivX Low Motion, etc...). Now that you know this, you
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366 have to find out which DLL Windows loads in order to play this file. In our
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367 case, the <CODE>system.ini</CODE> contains this information in a line that reads:</P>
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369 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>VIDC.HFYU=huffyuv.dll</CODE></P>
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370
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371 <P>So you need the <CODE>huffyuv.dll</CODE> file. Note that the audio codecs are
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372 specified by the MSACM prefix:</P>
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374 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>msacm.l3acm=L3codeca.acm</CODE></P>
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377 <P>This is the MP3 codec.
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378 Now that you have all the necessary information (fourcc, codec file, sample AVI),
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379 submit your codec support request by mail, and upload these files to the FTP site:</P>
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381 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/</CODE></P>
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384 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.3.2>2.2.3.2. DirectShow codecs</A></B></P>
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386 <P>DirectShow is the newer Video API, which is even worse than its predecessor.
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387 Things are harder with DirectShow, since</P>
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388 <UL>
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389 <LI><CODE>system.ini</CODE> does not contain the needed information, instead it
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390 is stored in the registry and
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391 <LI>we need the GUID of the codec.
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392 </UL>
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394 <P>Take a deep breath and start searching the registry...</P>
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395 <UL>
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396 <LI>Start <CODE>regedit</CODE>.
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397 <LI>Press <CODE>Ctrl-f</CODE>, disable the first two checkboxes, and enable the
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398 third. Type in the fourcc of the codec (e.g. TM20).
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399 <LI>You should see a field which contains the path and the filename
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400 (e.g. <CODE>C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\TM20DEC.AX</CODE>).
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401 <LI>Now that you have the file, we need the GUID. Try searching again, but
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402 now search for the codec's name, not the fourcc. Its name can be acquired
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403 when Media Player is playing the file, by checking File-&gt;Properties-&gt;Advanced.
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404 If not, you are out of luck. Try guessing (e.g. search for TrueMotion).
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405 <LI>If the GUID is found you should see a FriendlyName and a CLSID
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406 field. Write down the 16 byte CLSID, this is the GUID we need.
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407 </UL>
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408
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409 <P>NOTE: If searching fails, try enabling all the checkboxes. You may have
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410 false hits, but you may get lucky...</P>
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412 <P>Now that you have all the necessary information (fourcc, GUID, codec file,
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413 sample AVI), submit your codec support request by mail, and upload these files
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414 to the FTP site:</P>
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416 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/</CODE></P>
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