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2 Status of codecs support:
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5 See http://mplayer.sourceforge.net/DOCS/codecs.html
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7 If your codecs isn't listed there then help us adding support for it:
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9 Extracting codecs from Win32
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12 1. VfW
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14 VfW (Video for Windows) is the old Video API for Windows. Its codecs have
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15 the .DLL or (rarely) .DRV extension.
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16 If MPlayer fails with your AVI:
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18 UNKNOWN video codec: HFYU (0x55594648)
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20 It means your AVI is encoded with a codec which has the HFYU fourcc (HFYU =
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21 HuffYUV codec, DIV3 = DivX Low Motion, etc...). Now that we know this, we'll
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22 have to find out which DLL Windows loads in order to play this file. In our
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23 case, the system.ini contains this (with many others):
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24 VIDC.HFYU=huffyuv.dll
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25 So we'll need the huffyuv.dll file. Note that the audio codecs are specified
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26 with the MSACM prefix :
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27 msacm.l3acm=L3codeca.acm
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28 This is the MP3 codec.
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30 So, now we have all the info needed (fourcc, codec file, sample AVI), submit
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31 your codec support request in mail, and upload these files to the FTP:
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32 ftp://thot.banki.hu/MPlayer/incoming/<codecname>/
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35 2. DirectShow
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36 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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37 DirectShow is the newer Video API, which is even worse than its predecessor.
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38 Things are harder with DirectShow, since
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39 - system.ini doesn't contain the needed information, instead it's stored in
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40 the registry :(
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41 - we'll need the GUID of the codec.
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43 So let's search that goddamn registry..
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44 - Start 'regedit'
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45 - press ctrl-f, disable the first two checkbox, and enable the third. Type
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46 the fourcc of the codec. (for ex.: TM20)
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47 - you should see a field which contains the path and filename
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48 (for ex. : C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\TM20DEC.AX)
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49 - now that we have the file, we'll need the GUID. Try searching again, but
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50 now we'll search for the codec's name, not the fourcc. Its name can be acquired
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51 when Media Player is playing that file, by checking File/Properties/Advanced.
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52 If not, bad luck ;) Try guessing.
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53 (for ex. search for : TrueMotion)
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54 - if found (in registry), there should be a FriendlyName field, and a CLSID
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55 field. Write down that 16 byte of CLSID, this is the GUID required by us.
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57 NOTE : if searching fails, try to enable all the checkboxes.. you may have
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58 false hits, but maybe you'll have the right, too...
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59 NOTE : dump that M$ shit.
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61 So, now we have all the info needed (fourcc, GUID, codec file, sample AVI),
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