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| 2745 | 12 <P><B><A NAME=2.2>2.2. Supported codecs</A></B></P> |
| 1612 | 13 |
| 14 | |
| 2745 | 15 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1>2.2.1. Video codecs</A></B></P> |
| 1612 | 16 |
| 1731 | 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, |
| 1869 | 18 daily generated list!!!</P> |
| 1612 | 19 |
| 5534 | 20 <P>The most important ones above all:</P> |
| 1682 | 21 <UL> |
| 2290 | 22 <LI>MPEG1 (VCD) and MPEG2 (DVD) video</LI> |
| 6583 | 23 <LI>native decoders for DivX ;-), OpenDivX (DivX4), DivX 5.01, 3ivX, M$ MPEG4 v1, v2 and other MPEG4 variants</LI> |
| 24 <LI>native decoder for Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1), and Win32 DLL decoder for | |
| 25 Windows Media Video 8 (WMV2), both used in .wmv files</LI> | |
| 26 <LI><B>native Sorenson (SVQ1) decoder</B></LI> | |
| 5114 | 27 <LI>Cinepak and Intel Indeo codecs (3.1,3.2,4.1,5.0)</LI> |
| 28 <LI>MJPEG, AVID, VCR2, ASV2 and other hardware formats</LI> | |
| 29 <LI>VIVO 1.0, 2.0, I263 and other h263(+) variants</LI> | |
| 30 <LI>FLI/FLC</LI> | |
| 6357 | 31 <LI>RealVideo 1.0 from ffmpeg, and RealVideo 2.0, 3.0 using RealPlayer |
| 32 libraries</LI> | |
| 6583 | 33 <LI>native decoder for HuffYUV</LI> |
| 5114 | 34 <LI>Various old simple RLE-like formats</LI> |
| 5534 | 35 </UL> |
| 1612 | 36 |
| 5534 | 37 <P>If you have a Win32 codec not listed here which is not supported yet, please read the |
| 38 <A HREF="#2.2.3">codec importing HOWTO</A> and help us add support | |
| 1731 | 39 for it!</P> |
| 1612 | 40 |
| 5018 | 41 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.1>2.2.1.1. DivX4/DivX5</A></B></P> |
| 1612 | 42 |
| 1682 | 43 <P>This section contains information about the DivX4 codec of |
| 5534 | 44 <A HREF="http://www.projectmayo.com">Project Mayo</A>. Their first available alpha version was OpenDivX 4.0 |
| 6583 | 45 alpha 47 and 48. Support for this was included in <B>MPlayer</B> in the past, |
| 46 and built by default. We also used its postprocessing code to optionally | |
| 47 enhance visual quality of MPEG1/2 movies. Now we use our own, for all file | |
| 48 types.</P> | |
| 1612 | 49 |
| 5534 | 50 <P>The new generation of this codec is called DivX4Linux and can even decode |
| 51 movies made with the infamous DivX codec! In addition it is much faster than the | |
| 52 native Win32 DivX DLLs but slower than libavcodec. | |
| 53 Hence its usage as a decoder is <B>DISCOURAGED</B>. However, it is useful for | |
| 54 encoding. One disadvantage of this codec is that it is currently closed source.</P> | |
| 1612 | 55 |
| 5534 | 56 <P>The codec can be downloaded from one of the following URLs:</P> |
| 3583 | 57 |
| 5534 | 58 <P> <A HREF="http://avifile.sourceforge.net">http://avifile.sourceforge.net</A><BR> |
| 59 <A HREF="http://divx.com">http://divx.com</A></P> | |
| 1612 | 60 |
| 2684 | 61 <P>Unpack it, and run <CODE>./install.sh</CODE> as root.</P> |
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63 <P><B>Note:</B> Do <B>not</B> forget adding <CODE>/usr/local/lib</CODE> to your |
| 5534 | 64 <CODE>/etc/ld.so.conf</CODE> and running <CODE>ldconfig</CODE>!</P> |
| 1612 | 65 |
| 5534 | 66 <P><B>MPlayer</B> autodetects DivX4/DivX5 if it is properly installed, just |
| 67 compile as usual. If it does not detect it, you did not install or configure | |
| 68 it correctly.</P> | |
| 1682 | 69 |
| 6583 | 70 <P>DivX4Linux works in two modes:</P> |
| 1682 | 71 |
| 5534 | 72 <TABLE BORDER=0> |
| 73 <TR><TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-vc odivx</CODE></TD><TD> </TD> | |
| 6393 | 74 <TD>Uses the codec in OpenDivX fashion. In this case it |
| 5534 | 75 produces YV12 images in its own buffer, and <B>MPlayer</B> does colorspace |
| 6583 | 76 conversion via libvo. (<B>FAST, RECOMMENDED!</B>)</TD></TR> |
| 5534 | 77 <TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-vc divx4</CODE></TD><TD></TD> |
| 6393 | 78 <TD>Uses the colorspace conversion of the codec. |
| 6583 | 79 In this mode you can use YUY2/UYVY, too. (<B>SLOW</B>)</TD></TR> |
| 5534 | 80 </TABLE> |
| 1612 | 81 |
| 5534 | 82 <P>The <CODE>-vc odivx</CODE> method is usually faster, due to the fact that it transfers |
| 1682 | 83 image data in YV12 (planar YUV 4:2:0) format, thus requiring much less |
| 5534 | 84 bandwidth on the bus. For packed YUV modes (YUY2, UYVY) use the <CODE>-vc divx4</CODE> |
| 85 method. For RGB modes the speed is the same, differing at best | |
| 86 according to your current color depth.</P> | |
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89 <CODE>-vc divx4</CODE> may be faster or even the fastest solution.</P> |
| 5114 | 90 |
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| 5534 | 92 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.2>2.2.1.2. FFmpeg DivX/libavcodec</A></B></P> |
| 1682 | 93 |
| 5534 | 94 <P>Beginning with version 0.4.2, |
| 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 traditional DivX. |
| 5534 | 97 <B>MPlayer</B> supports this codec, making it possible to <B>watch |
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99 offers higher decoding speed than the Win32 codecs or the original |
| 5534 | 100 DivX4 library!</P> |
| 4022 | 101 |
| 6583 | 102 <P>It also contains a lot of nice codecs, such as RealVideo 1.0, WMV7, |
| 103 MJPEG, h263, h263+, etc.</P> | |
| 4022 | 104 |
| 5534 | 105 <P>If you use an <B>MPlayer</B> release you have libavcodec right in the package, |
| 106 just build as usual. If you use <B>MPlayer</B> from CVS you have to extract | |
| 107 libavcodec from the FFmpeg CVS tree as FFmpeg 0.4.5 does <B>not</B> work with | |
| 108 <B>MPlayer</B>. In order to achieve this do:</P> | |
| 1612 | 109 |
| 5534 | 110 <OL> |
| 111 <LI><CODE>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg login</CODE></LI> | |
| 112 <LI><CODE>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg co ffmpeg</CODE></LI> | |
| 113 <LI>Move the <CODE>libavcodec</CODE> directory from the FFmpeg sources to the | |
| 114 root of the <B>MPlayer</B> CVS tree. It should look like this: | |
| 115 <P> <CODE>main/libavcodec</CODE></P> | |
| 116 Symlinking is <B>not</B> enough, you have to copy/move it!!!</LI> | |
| 117 <LI>Compile. Configure should detect problems before compilation.</LI> | |
| 118 </OL> | |
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| 6171 | 121 subdirectory, but it does NOT contain the source for libavcodec! |
| 122 You must follow the steps above to obtain the source for this library.</P> | |
| 5534 | 123 |
| 124 <P>With FFmpeg and my Matrox G400, I can view even the highest resolution DivX | |
| 125 movies without dropped frames on my K6/2 500.</P> | |
| 1612 | 126 |
| 127 | |
| 2745 | 128 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.3>2.2.1.3. XAnim codecs</A></B></P> |
| 2411 | 129 |
| 5534 | 130 <P>Foreword:<BR> |
| 5187 | 131 Be advised that the XAnim binary codecs are packaged with a piece of text |
| 5534 | 132 claiming to be a legally binding software license which, besides other |
| 133 restrictions, forbids the user to use the codecs in conjunction with any | |
| 134 program other than XAnim. However, the XAnim author has yet to bring legal | |
| 135 action against anyone for codec-related issues. | |
| 5187 | 136 </P> |
| 2411 | 137 |
| 5534 | 138 <P><B>MPlayer</B> is capable of employing the XAnim codecs for decoding. Follow |
| 139 the instructions to enable them:</P> | |
| 2411 | 140 |
| 141 <UL> | |
| 5534 | 142 <LI>Download the codecs you wish to use from the |
| 2411 | 143 <A HREF="http://xanim.va.pubnix.com">XAnim site</A>. The <B>3ivx</B> codec |
| 5534 | 144 is not there, but at the <A HREF="http://www.3ivx.com">3ivx site</A>.</LI> |
| 2411 | 145 |
| 5534 | 146 <LI>Use the <CODE>--with-xanimlibdir</CODE> option to tell configure where |
| 147 to find the XAnim codecs. By default, it looks for them at | |
| 5114 | 148 <CODE>/usr/local/lib/xanim/mods, /usr/lib/xanim/mods and /usr/lib/xanim</CODE>. |
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| 5534 | 150 the directory of the XAnim codecs.</LI> |
| 3163 | 151 |
| 5534 | 152 <LI>Rename/symlink the files, cutting out the architecture stuff, so they will |
| 153 have filenames like these: <CODE>vid_cvid.xa, vid_h263.xa, vid_iv50.xa</CODE> | |
| 3163 | 154 |
| 2411 | 155 </UL> |
| 156 | |
| 5534 | 157 <P>XAnim is video codec family number 10, so you may want to use the <CODE>-vfm 10</CODE> |
| 2411 | 158 option to tell <B>MPlayer</B> to use them if possible.</P> |
| 159 | |
| 5534 | 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> |
| 2411 | 161 |
| 2452 | 162 |
| 2745 | 163 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.4>2.2.1.4. VIVO video</A></B></P> |
| 164 | |
| 2855 | 165 <P><B>MPlayer</B> can play Vivo (1.0 and 2.0) videos. The most suitable codec |
| 3027 | 166 for 1.0 files is FFmpeg's H263 decoder, you can use it with the <CODE>-vc |
| 5534 | 167 ffh263</CODE> option (default) (requires up-to-date libavcodec). For 2.0 files, use |
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| 3027 | 169 HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/samples/drivers32/ivvideo.dll">here</A>), |
| 2855 | 170 and install it under <CODE>/usr/lib/win32</CODE> or wherever you store the |
| 5534 | 171 Win32 codecs. This latter codec does not support YV12 nor YUY2 only BGR modes, |
| 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> |
| 2855 | 174 |
| 2745 | 175 |
| 176 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.5>2.2.1.5. MPEG 1/2 video</A></B></P> | |
| 177 | |
| 5534 | 178 <P>MPEG1 and MPEG2 are decoded by the multiplatform native <B>libmpeg2</B> library, |
| 179 whose source code is included in <B>MPlayer</B>. | |
| 5114 | 180 We handle buggy MPEG 1/2 video files by catching sig11 (segmentation fault), |
| 5534 | 181 and quickly reinitializing the codec, continuing exactly from where the failure |
| 182 occurred. | |
| 183 This recovery technique has no measurable speed penalty.</P> | |
| 2745 | 184 |
| 185 | |
| 2855 | 186 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.6>2.2.1.6. MS Video1</A></B></P> |
| 187 | |
| 5534 | 188 <P>This is a very old and very bad codec from Microsoft. In the past it was |
| 2855 | 189 decoded with the <CODE>msvidc32.dll</CODE> Win32 codec, now we have our own |
| 5534 | 190 open source implementation (by <A HREF="mailto:melanson@pcisys.net">Mike |
| 2855 | 191 Melanson</A>).</P> |
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| 193 | |
| 3163 | 194 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.7>2.2.1.7. Cinepak CVID</A></B></P> |
| 195 | |
| 5534 | 196 <P><B>MPlayer</B> uses its own open source, multiplatform Cinepak decoder by |
| 197 default. It supports YUV outputs, so that hardware scaling is possible if the | |
| 198 video output driver permits it.</P> | |
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| 3806 | 201 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.8>2.2.1.8. RealVideo</A></B></P> |
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211 <B>MPlayer</B> can use their libraries to decode files with RealVideo 2.0 or |
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220 NetBSD and Cygwin on the x86 platform</B>!</P> |
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223 not allow this. You have to get them yourself.</P> |
| 3806 | 224 |
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| 5022 | 226 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.9>2.2.1.9. XViD</A></B></P> |
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| 6596 | 228 <P><B>XViD</B> is a forked development of the OpenDivX codec. It happened when |
| 229 ProjectMayo changed OpenDivX to closed-source DivX4, and the non-ProjectMayo | |
| 230 people working on OpenDivX got angry, then started XViD. So both projects | |
| 231 have the same origin.</P> | |
| 5022 | 232 |
| 5534 | 233 <P><B>Advantages:</B></P> |
| 5022 | 234 <UL> |
| 5534 | 235 <LI>open source</LI> |
| 236 <LI>its API is compatible with DivX4 so adding support for | |
| 237 it is easy</LI> | |
| 5022 | 238 <LI>2-pass encoding support</LI> |
| 239 <LI>nice encoding quality, higher speed than DivX4 (you can optimize it for | |
| 240 your box while compiling)</LI> | |
| 241 </UL> | |
| 242 | |
| 5534 | 243 <P><B>Disadvantages:</B></P> |
| 5022 | 244 <UL> |
| 5534 | 245 <LI>currently it does not properly <B>decode</B> all DivX/DivX4 files (no problem as libavcodec can play them)</LI> |
| 5022 | 246 <LI>you have to choose between DivX4 <B>OR</B> XViD support at |
| 247 compiletime</LI> | |
| 248 <LI>under development</LI> | |
| 249 </UL> | |
| 250 | |
| 5534 | 251 <P><B>Installation:</B> It is currently available only from CVS. Here are the |
| 252 download and installation instructions:</P> | |
| 253 <OL> | |
| 254 <LI><CODE>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid login</CODE></LI> | |
| 255 <LI><CODE>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid co xvidcore</CODE></LI> | |
| 256 <LI><CODE>cd xvidcore/build/generic</CODE></LI> | |
| 257 <LI>Edit <CODE>Makefile.linux</CODE> to fit your needs.</LI> | |
| 258 <LI><CODE>make -f Makefile.linux</CODE></LI> | |
| 259 <LI>Get <CODE>encore2.h</CODE> and <CODE>decore.h</CODE> from the DivX4Linux | |
| 260 package, and copy them to <CODE>/usr/local/include/</CODE>.</LI> | |
| 261 <LI>Recompile <B>MPlayer</B> with <CODE>--with-xvidcore=/path/to/libcore.a</CODE>.</LI> | |
| 262 </OL> | |
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| 6583 | 265 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.10>2.2.1.10. Sorenson</A></B></P> |
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| 267 <P><B>Sorenson</B> is a video codec developed by Apple. We are currently | |
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| 6583 | 269 |
| 270 <P><B>Advantages:</B></P> | |
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272 <LI>Fast, even old Macintosh machines were able to decode it.</LI> |
| 6583 | 273 </UL> |
| 274 | |
| 275 <P><B>Disadvantages:</B></P> | |
| 276 <UL> | |
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277 <LI>SVQ3 is still not reverse engineered.</LI> |
| 6583 | 278 </UL> |
| 279 | |
| 280 <P><B>Installation:</B> it's compiled and usable per default.</P> | |
| 281 | |
| 282 | |
| 2745 | 283 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2>2.2.2. Audio codecs</A></B></P> |
| 284 | |
| 5534 | 285 <P>The most important audio codecs above all:<BR></P> |
| 2745 | 286 <UL> |
| 287 <LI>MPEG layer 2, and layer 3 (MP3) audio (<B>native</B> code, with MMX/SSE/3DNow! optimization)</LI> | |
| 288 <LI>MPEG layer 1 audio (<B>native</B> code, with libavcodec)</LI> | |
| 5114 | 289 <LI>AC3 Dolby audio (<B>native</B> code, with MMX/SSE/3DNow! optimization)</LI> |
| 5534 | 290 <LI>Ogg Vorbis audio codec (<B>native</B> library)</LI> |
| 2745 | 291 <LI>Voxware audio (using DirectShow DLL)</LI> |
| 292 <LI>alaw, msgsm, pcm and other simple old audio formats</LI> | |
| 3566 | 293 <LI>VIVO audio (g723, Vivo Siren)</LI> |
| 6583 | 294 <LI>RealAudio: DNET (low bitrate AC3), Cook, Sipro</LI> |
| 5534 | 295 </UL> |
| 2745 | 296 |
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| 5534 | 304 separate output of all the AC3 channels to the sound driver, |
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| 5534 | 311 <CODE>-channels 4</CODE>. In this case, any center channel will be mixed |
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| 5534 | 314 Surround, Center and LFE.</P> |
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| 5534 | 318 <P>To use more than 2 output channels, you will need to use OSS, and have a sound |
| 319 card that supports the appropriate number of output channels via the | |
| 320 SNDCTL_DSP_CHANNELS ioctl. An example of a suitable driver is emu10k1 (used by | |
| 321 Soundblaster Live! cards) from August 2001 or newer (ALSA CVS is also supposed to | |
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| 5534 | 327 <P>You need an AC3 capable sound card, with digital out (SP/DIF). The |
| 328 card's driver must properly support the AFMT_AC3 format (C-Media does). | |
| 329 Connect your AC3 decoder to the SP/DIF output, and use the <CODE>-ac hwac3</CODE> | |
| 330 option. It is experimental but known to work with C-Media cards and Soundblaster | |
| 331 Live! + ALSA (but not OSS) drivers.</P> | |
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| 2452 | 335 |
| 336 <P><A HREF="http://mad.sourceforge.net">libmad</A> is a multiplatform MPEG audio | |
| 5534 | 337 decoding library. It does not handle broken files well, and it sometimes has |
| 338 problems with seeking.</P> | |
| 5114 | 339 |
| 2452 | 340 <P>To enable support, compile with the <CODE>--enable-mad</CODE> configure |
| 341 option.</P> | |
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| 2855 | 345 |
| 5534 | 346 <P>The audio codec used in VIVO files depends on whether it is a VIVO/1.0 or |
| 2865 | 347 VIVO/2.0 file. VIVO/1.0 files have <B>g.723</B> audio, and VIVO/2.0 files |
| 5534 | 348 have <B>Vivo Siren</B> audio. Both are supported. You can grab the g.723/Siren |
| 3566 | 349 Win32 DLL from |
| 2855 | 350 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/samples/drivers32/vivog723.acm">here</A>, |
| 5534 | 351 then copy it into the <CODE>/usr/lib/win32</CODE> directory.</P> |
| 2855 | 352 |
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| 3806 | 354 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.5>2.2.2.5. RealAudio</A></B></P> |
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| 6594 | 358 <LI>RealAudio DNET - decoding supported by <B>liba52</B></LI> |
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| 3806 | 363 |
| 6391 | 364 <P>On how to install RealPlayer libraries, see the |
| 365 <A HREF="formats.html#2.1.1.7">RealMedia file format</A> section.</P> | |
| 6357 | 366 |
| 3806 | 367 |
| 5534 | 368 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.3>2.2.3. Win32 codec importing HOWTO</A></B></P> |
| 1682 | 369 |
| 2745 | 370 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.3.1>2.2.3.1. VFW codecs</A></B></P> |
| 1682 | 371 |
| 5534 | 372 <P>VFW (Video for Windows) is the old Video API for Windows. Its codecs have |
| 1682 | 373 the .DLL or (rarely) .DRV extension. |
| 5534 | 374 If <B>MPlayer</B> fails at playing your AVI with this kind of message:</P> |
| 1682 | 375 |
| 376 <P> <CODE>UNKNOWN video codec: HFYU (0x55594648)</CODE></P> | |
| 1612 | 377 |
| 1682 | 378 <P>It means your AVI is encoded with a codec which has the HFYU fourcc (HFYU = |
| 5534 | 379 HuffYUV codec, DIV3 = DivX Low Motion, etc...). Now that you know this, you |
| 1682 | 380 have to find out which DLL Windows loads in order to play this file. In our |
| 5534 | 381 case, the <CODE>system.ini</CODE> contains this information in a line that reads:</P> |
| 1612 | 382 |
| 1682 | 383 <P> <CODE>VIDC.HFYU=huffyuv.dll</CODE></P> |
| 384 | |
| 5534 | 385 <P>So you need the <CODE>huffyuv.dll</CODE> file. Note that the audio codecs are |
| 386 specified by the MSACM prefix:</P> | |
| 1682 | 387 |
| 388 <P> <CODE>msacm.l3acm=L3codeca.acm</CODE></P> | |
| 1612 | 389 |
| 390 | |
| 1682 | 391 <P>This is the MP3 codec. |
| 5534 | 392 Now that you have all the necessary information (fourcc, codec file, sample AVI), |
| 393 submit your codec support request by mail, and upload these files to the FTP site:</P> | |
| 1612 | 394 |
| 1869 | 395 <P> <CODE>ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/</CODE></P> |
| 1612 | 396 |
| 397 | |
| 2745 | 398 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.3.2>2.2.3.2. DirectShow codecs</A></B></P> |
| 1612 | 399 |
| 1682 | 400 <P>DirectShow is the newer Video API, which is even worse than its predecessor. |
| 5534 | 401 Things are harder with DirectShow, since</P> |
| 1682 | 402 <UL> |
| 5534 | 403 <LI><CODE>system.ini</CODE> does not contain the needed information, instead it |
| 404 is stored in the registry and | |
| 405 <LI>we need the GUID of the codec. | |
| 406 </UL> | |
| 1612 | 407 |
| 5534 | 408 <P>Take a deep breath and start searching the registry...</P> |
| 1682 | 409 <UL> |
| 5534 | 410 <LI>Start <CODE>regedit</CODE>. |
| 411 <LI>Press <CODE>Ctrl-f</CODE>, disable the first two checkboxes, and enable the | |
| 412 third. Type in the fourcc of the codec (e.g. TM20). | |
| 413 <LI>You should see a field which contains the path and the filename | |
| 414 (e.g. <CODE>C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\TM20DEC.AX</CODE>). | |
| 415 <LI>Now that you have the file, we need the GUID. Try searching again, but | |
| 416 now search for the codec's name, not the fourcc. Its name can be acquired | |
| 417 when Media Player is playing the file, by checking File->Properties->Advanced. | |
| 418 If not, you are out of luck. Try guessing (e.g. search for TrueMotion). | |
| 419 <LI>If the GUID is found you should see a FriendlyName and a CLSID | |
| 420 field. Write down the 16 byte CLSID, this is the GUID we need. | |
| 421 </UL> | |
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| 5534 | 424 false hits, but you may get lucky...</P> |
| 1612 | 425 |
| 5534 | 426 <P>Now that you have all the necessary information (fourcc, GUID, codec file, |
| 427 sample AVI), submit your codec support request by mail, and upload these files | |
| 428 to the FTP site:</P> | |
| 1612 | 429 |
| 5534 | 430 <P> <CODE>ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/</CODE></P> |
| 1612 | 431 |
| 432 </BODY> | |
| 433 </HTML> |