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1712 | 2 <BODY BGCOLOR=WHITE> |
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4 <FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2> | |
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2745 | 6 <P><B><A NAME=2.2>2.2. Supported codecs</A></B></P> |
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8 | |
2745 | 9 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1>2.2.1. Video codecs</A></B></P> |
1612 | 10 |
1731 | 11 <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 | 12 daily generated list!!!</P> |
1612 | 13 |
2745 | 14 <P>The most important ones above all:<BR> |
1682 | 15 <UL> |
2290 | 16 <LI>MPEG1 (VCD) and MPEG2 (DVD) video</LI> |
2690 | 17 <LI>DivX ;-), OpenDivX (DivX4), 3ivx and other MPEG4 variants</LI> |
2290 | 18 <LI>Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1) and 8 (WMV2) used in .wmv files</LI> |
19 <LI>Intel Indeo codecs (3.1,3.2,4.1,5.0)</LI> | |
20 <LI>MJPEG, ASV2 and other hardware formats</LI> | |
2690 | 21 <LI>XAnim codecs</LI> |
2745 | 22 <LI>VIVO</LI> |
3566 | 23 <LI>FLI</LI> |
3806 | 24 <LI>RealVideo 1.0</LI> |
1682 | 25 </UL></P> |
1612 | 26 |
2745 | 27 <P>If you have a Win32 codec not listed here, and not supported yet, just read the <A |
28 HREF="#2.2.3">codec importing</A> to get info about how to help us adding support | |
1731 | 29 for it!</P> |
1612 | 30 |
2745 | 31 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.1>2.2.1.1. DivX4</A></B></P> |
1612 | 32 |
1682 | 33 <P>This section contains information about the DivX4 codec of |
34 <A HREF="http://www.projectmayo.com">ProjectMayo</A>. Their first available alpha version was the OpenDivX 4.0 | |
35 alpha 47 and 48. Support for this was/is included in <B>MPlayer</B>, and built by | |
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37 quality of MPEG1/2 movies. Now we use our own.</P> |
1612 | 38 |
1682 | 39 <P>The new generation of this codec can even decode movies made with the |
40 infamous DivX codec! And it's not everything, it's MUCH faster than the | |
4177 | 41 traditional Win32 DivX DLL's (note that libavcodec's decoder is EVEN FASTER :). |
42 See below for configuration. The only disadvantage of this codec is that it's | |
43 currently closed-source. :(</P> | |
1612 | 44 |
1682 | 45 <P>The codec can be downloaded from the following URL:</P> |
46 | |
3583 | 47 <P> <A HREF="http://avifile.sourceforge.net">http://avifile.sourceforge.net</A></P> |
48 | |
49 <P>If it doesn't work, try :</P> | |
50 | |
51 <P> <A HREF="http://divx.com">http://divx.com</A></P> | |
1612 | 52 |
2684 | 53 <P>Unpack it, and run <CODE>./install.sh</CODE> as root.</P> |
1612 | 54 |
4177 | 55 <P>Note: do NOT forget to add <CODE>/usr/local/lib</CODE> to your |
56 <CODE>/etc/ld.so.conf</CODE> and running <CODE>ldconfig</CODE> !</P> | |
1612 | 57 |
1682 | 58 <P><B>MPlayer</B> autodetects if DivX4 is (properly) installed, just compile |
59 as usual. If it doesn't detect it, you didn't install it exactly as above, | |
3668 | 60 and/or has messed up config (see last question of 5.1 section).</P> |
1682 | 61 |
4177 | 62 <P>Using it is a bit tricky. As it conflicts with the old OpenDivX (its API is |
1682 | 63 very similar to OpenDivX's), OpenDivX code is disabled, and the OpenDivX |
64 driver calls this library too.</P> | |
65 | |
66 <P>Generally we can pinpoint this issue to that you have two options to use | |
67 this codec:</P> | |
68 | |
69 <P><TABLE BORDER=0> | |
1987 | 70 <TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-vc odivx</TD><TD> </TD> |
71 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>using divx4 codec as a new version of OpenDivX. | |
1682 | 72 in this case it produces YV12 image in its own buffer, |
1987 | 73 and <B>MPlayer</B> (libvo) does colorspace conversion. (<B>RECOMMENDED!</B>)</TD><TR> |
74 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>-vc divx4</TD><TD></TD> | |
75 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>using divx4 codec's colorspace conversion. | |
2095 | 76 in this mode, you can use YUY2/UYVY too.</TD></TR> |
1682 | 77 </TABLE></P> |
1612 | 78 |
1682 | 79 <P>The 'odivx' method is usually faster, due to the fact that it transfers |
80 image data in YV12 (planar YUV 4:2:0) format, thus requiring much less | |
81 bandwidth on the bus. For packed YUV modes (YUY2, UYVY) use the 'divx4' | |
82 method. For RGB modes you can choose freely, their speed is same, maybe | |
83 differ according to the current bpp.</P> | |
84 | |
4177 | 85 <P>Note: it supports postprocessing too (use option <CODE>-oldpp</CODE> to |
86 enable using it), but range of values is strange: </P> | |
1612 | 87 |
1682 | 88 <P><TABLE BORDER=0> |
1987 | 89 <TD> </TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>0</TD><TD> </TD> |
90 <TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>no postproc</TD><TR> | |
91 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>10 .. 20</TD> | |
92 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>postprocessing, normal (like level 2 with divxds)</TD><TR> | |
93 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>30 .. 60</TD> | |
94 <TD></TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>hard prostprocessing, eats many CPU (like level 4 with divxds</TD><TR> | |
1682 | 95 </TABLE></P> |
1612 | 96 |
2745 | 97 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.2>2.2.1.2. ffmpeg's DivX/libavcodec</A></B></P> |
1682 | 98 |
99 <P>Beginning with version 0.4.2 , <A HREF="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">ffmpeg</A> contains an <B>opensource</B> DivX codec, | |
100 which is compatible with the traditional DivX. <B>MPlayer</B> supports this codec, | |
2290 | 101 and this makes it possible to <B>watch DivX/DivX4 movies on non-x86 platforms</B>, |
102 and gain much faster <B>DivX/DivX4</B> decoding speed than the Win32 codecs and | |
4022 | 103 the original DivX4 library has!</P> |
104 | |
105 <P>It also contains lots of nice codecs, such as RealVideo 1.0, MJPEG, h263, | |
106 h263+, etc.</P> | |
107 | |
108 <P>If you use MPlayer | |
109 | |
110 <UL> | |
111 <LI>from release : then you have libavcodec right in the package, just | |
112 build <B>MPlayer</B> as usual.</LI> | |
113 <LI>from CVS : you have to download it manually directly from <B>FFmpeg</B>'s | |
114 tree: | |
1682 | 115 |
116 <P><CODE> | |
1987 | 117 cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg login<BR> |
1612 | 118 cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg co ffmpeg |
1682 | 119 </CODE></P> |
1612 | 120 |
1682 | 121 <P>Note: <I>if you copy with CVS subdirs, next time it's enough to do |
122 'cvs update'.</I></P> | |
123 <P>Now, move the newly downloaded ffmpeg source's <B>libavcodec</B> directory, | |
124 (with all it's subdirectories) to <B>MPlayer</B>'s tree, so it will look | |
125 like this:</P> | |
1612 | 126 |
1682 | 127 <P> <CODE>main/libavcodec</CODE></P> |
1612 | 128 |
1869 | 129 <P>Symlinking is NOT enough, you have to copy/move it!!!</P> |
1668 | 130 |
4022 | 131 </LI> |
132 </UL> | |
133 </P> | |
134 | |
3140 | 135 <P>Then compile. configure detects if it's alright, and can be compiled. The |
136 codec also <B>supports postprocessing!</B></P> | |
1612 | 137 |
3694 | 138 <P>In order to use it, update your codecs.conf file, and do as the manpage, |
1682 | 139 or the example.conf says (the -vfm option).</P> |
1612 | 140 |
2290 | 141 <P>To achieve the <B>greatest speed</B> on my K6, I remove the |
142 <CODE>ffmpeg12</CODE> section from codecs.conf (this codec isn't optimized, and | |
143 libmpeg2 is twice as fast), and place <CODE>vfm=5</CODE> in my config file. | |
144 Then <B>MPlayer</B> always uses <B>ffdivx/ffodivx</B> to decode | |
145 <B>DivX/DivX4</B> files, and libmpeg2 for MPEG1/2 . With this and my Matrox G400, I can view even the | |
146 highest resolution DivX/DivX4 movies on my K6/2 500, without framedrop.</P> | |
1612 | 147 |
148 | |
2745 | 149 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.3>2.2.1.3. XAnim codecs</A></B></P> |
2411 | 150 |
151 <P>Foreword: using (some) XAnim codecs with other program than XAnim, is | |
152 <B><I>ILLEGAL</I></B>. It is <B>YOUR</B> responsibility to read its license, | |
153 and do accordingly. The authors of <B>MPlayer</B> can't be held responsible for | |
154 any unlawful act of the user.</P> | |
155 | |
156 <P>So yes, <B>MPlayer</B> can use XAnim's codecs for decoding. It's very | |
157 easy to enable them:</P> | |
158 | |
159 <P> | |
160 <UL> | |
161 <LI>download the codecs you wish to use from the | |
162 <A HREF="http://xanim.va.pubnix.com">XAnim site</A>. The <B>3ivx</B> codec | |
163 isn't there, so download it from the <A HREF="http://www.3ivx.com">3ivx site</A>.</LI> | |
164 | |
2664 | 165 <LI>use the <CODE>--with-xanimlibdir</CODE> option to tell configure where |
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168 the dir of the XAnim codecs.</LI> |
3163 | 169 |
170 <LI>rename the filenames by cutting out the architecture stuff, so they will | |
171 have filenames like these : <CODE>vid_cvid.xa, vid_h263.xa, vid_iv50.xa</CODE> | |
172 | |
2411 | 173 </UL> |
174 </P> | |
175 | |
176 <P>They are video codec family number 10, so you may want to use <CODE>-vfm 10</CODE> | |
177 option to tell <B>MPlayer</B> to use them if possible.</P> | |
178 | |
179 <P>Tested codecs are: <B>Indeo 3.2</B>, <B>4.1</B>, <B>5.0</B>, <B>CVID</B>, <B>3ivX</B>, <B>h263</B>.</P> | |
180 | |
2452 | 181 |
2745 | 182 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.4>2.2.1.4. VIVO video</A></B></P> |
183 | |
2855 | 184 <P><B>MPlayer</B> can play Vivo (1.0 and 2.0) videos. The most suitable codec |
3027 | 185 for 1.0 files is FFmpeg's H263 decoder, you can use it with the <CODE>-vc |
3566 | 186 ffh263</CODE> option (default) (you'll need the newest libavcodec !). For 2.0 files, use |
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187 the <CODE>ivvideo.dll</CODE> Win32 DLL file (from <A |
3027 | 188 HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/samples/drivers32/ivvideo.dll">here</A>), |
2855 | 189 and install it under <CODE>/usr/lib/win32</CODE> or wherever you store the |
190 Win32 codecs. This latter codec doesn't support YV12 nor YUY2 only BGR modes, | |
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192 VIVO 2.0 files in the future.</P> |
2855 | 193 |
2745 | 194 |
195 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.5>2.2.1.5. MPEG 1/2 video</A></B></P> | |
196 | |
197 <P>MPEG1 and MPEG2 are decoded with the native library <B>libmpeg2</B>. | |
198 Its source code is included in <B>MPlayer</B>, and of course is multiplatform. | |
199 We handle buggy MPEG1/2 video files by checking for what signature does | |
200 libmpeg2 return, and when it gives sig11 (segmentation fault), we quickly | |
201 reinitialize the codec, and continue exactly from where the failure did occur. | |
202 No speed decrease is measurable.</P> | |
203 | |
204 | |
2855 | 205 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.6>2.2.1.6. MS Video1</A></B></P> |
206 | |
207 <P>This is a very old and very bad codec of Microsoft. In the past it was | |
208 decoded with the <CODE>msvidc32.dll</CODE> Win32 codec, now we have our own | |
209 open-source implementation (by <A HREF="mailto:melanson@pcisys.net">Mike | |
210 Melanson</A>).</P> | |
211 | |
212 | |
3163 | 213 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.7>2.2.1.7. Cinepak CVID</A></B></P> |
214 | |
3647 | 215 <P><B>MPlayer</B> now has its own opensource, multiplatform Cinepak decoder. |
216 Supports YUV outputs, thus hardware scaling if video output driver allows. | |
217 Used by default.</P> | |
3163 | 218 |
219 | |
3806 | 220 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.8>2.2.1.8. RealVideo</A></B></P> |
221 | |
222 <P>Currently ONLY the RealVideo 1.0 (fourcc RV10) codec is supported, through | |
223 ffmpeg. Sadly, no new RealMedia files come with this one, only with the newer | |
224 RV20 and RV30 codecs which are closed-source. Their future support is | |
225 unlikely :(</P> | |
226 | |
227 | |
2745 | 228 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2>2.2.2. Audio codecs</A></B></P> |
229 | |
230 <P>The most important audio codecs above all :<BR> | |
231 <UL> | |
232 <LI>MPEG layer 2, and layer 3 (MP3) audio (<B>native</B> code, with MMX/SSE/3DNow! optimization)</LI> | |
233 <LI>MPEG layer 1 audio (<B>native</B> code, with libavcodec)</LI> | |
234 <LI>AC3 Dolby audio (<B>native</B> code, with SSE/3DNow! optimization)</LI> | |
235 <LI>Ogg Vorbis audio codec (<B>native</B> lib)</LI> | |
236 <LI>Voxware audio (using DirectShow DLL)</LI> | |
237 <LI>alaw, msgsm, pcm and other simple old audio formats</LI> | |
3566 | 238 <LI>VIVO audio (g723, Vivo Siren)</LI> |
3806 | 239 <LI>RealAudio: DNET (low bitrate AC3)</LI> |
2745 | 240 </UL></P> |
241 | |
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243 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.1>2.2.2.1. Software AC3 decoding</A></B></P> |
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245 <P>This is the default decoder used for files with AC3 audio.</P> |
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247 <P>The AC3 decoder can create output audio mixes for 2, 4, or 6 |
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248 speakers. When configured for 6 speakers, this decoder provides |
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249 separate output of all the AC3 channels to the soundcard driver, |
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250 allowing the full "surround sound" experience without the external AC3 |
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251 decoder required to use the hwac3 codec.</P> |
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253 <P>Use the <CODE>-channels</CODE> option to select the number of output channels. |
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254 Use <CODE>-channels 2</CODE> for a stereo downmix. For a 4 channel downmix (Left |
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255 Front, Right Front, Left Surround and Right Surround outputs), use |
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256 <CODE>-channels 4</CODE>. In this case, any Centre channel will be mixed |
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257 equally to the front channels. Lastly, "-channels 6" will output all the AC3 |
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258 channels as they are encoded - in the order Left, Right, Left Surround, Right |
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259 Surround, Centre and LFE.</P> |
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261 <P>The default number of output channels is 2.</P> |
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263 <P>To use more than 2 output channels, you'll need to be using OSS, |
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266 version of the emu10k1 driver (used with the SB Live cards) newer than |
4200 | 267 August 2001 should be suitable (I heard newest ALSA CVS supports this too).</P> |
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270 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.2>2.2.2.2. Hardware AC3 decoding</A></B></P> |
2745 | 271 |
272 <P>You'll need an AC3 capable soundcard, with digital out (SP/DIF). The | |
4339 | 273 card's driver must support the AFMT_AC3 format (like SB Live! or C-Media does). |
2745 | 274 Connect your AC3 decoder to the SP/DIF output, and use the '-ac hwac3' |
4339 | 275 option. It may or may not work (experimental). (probably will only work |
276 with C-Media cards currently, feel free to fix it with SB Live)</P> | |
2745 | 277 |
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279 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.3>2.2.2.3. libmad support</A></B></P> |
2452 | 280 |
281 <P><A HREF="http://mad.sourceforge.net">libmad</A> is a multiplatform MPEG audio | |
282 decoding library. If you don't know why is it good, you probably don't need it.</P> | |
283 | |
284 <P>To enable support, compile with the <CODE>--enable-mad</CODE> configure | |
285 option.</P> | |
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288 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.4>2.2.2.4. VIVO audio</A></B></P> |
2855 | 289 |
2865 | 290 <P>The audio codec used in VIVO files depends on whether it's a VIVO/1.0 or |
291 VIVO/2.0 file. VIVO/1.0 files have <B>g.723</B> audio, and VIVO/2.0 files | |
3566 | 292 have <B>Vivo Siren</B>. Both is <U>supported</U>. You can grab the g.723/Siren |
293 Win32 DLL from | |
2855 | 294 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/samples/drivers32/vivog723.acm">here</A>, |
295 then copy it into the <CODE>/usr/lib/win32</CODE> directory, or respectively.</P> | |
296 | |
297 | |
3806 | 298 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.5>2.2.2.5. RealAudio</A></B></P> |
299 | |
300 <P>Currently the only supported one is the DNET codec. Actually it's a | |
301 low-bitrate version of the well-known AC3 codec. It can be found either in | |
302 old and new RealMedia movies.</P> | |
303 | |
304 | |
2745 | 305 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.3>2.2.3. Win32 codec importing howto</A></B></P> |
1682 | 306 |
2745 | 307 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.3.1>2.2.3.1. VFW codecs</A></B></P> |
1682 | 308 |
309 <P>VfW (Video for Windows) is the old Video API for Windows. Its codecs have | |
310 the .DLL or (rarely) .DRV extension. | |
311 If <B>MPlayer</B> fails with your AVI:</P> | |
312 | |
313 <P> <CODE>UNKNOWN video codec: HFYU (0x55594648)</CODE></P> | |
1612 | 314 |
1682 | 315 <P>It means your AVI is encoded with a codec which has the HFYU fourcc (HFYU = |
316 HuffYUV codec, DIV3 = DivX Low Motion, etc...). Now that we know this, we'll | |
317 have to find out which DLL Windows loads in order to play this file. In our | |
318 case, the system.ini contains this (with many others):</P> | |
1612 | 319 |
1682 | 320 <P> <CODE>VIDC.HFYU=huffyuv.dll</CODE></P> |
321 | |
322 <P>So we'll need the huffyuv.dll file. Note that the audio codecs are specified | |
323 with the MSACM prefix:</P> | |
324 | |
325 <P> <CODE>msacm.l3acm=L3codeca.acm</CODE></P> | |
1612 | 326 |
327 | |
1682 | 328 <P>This is the MP3 codec. |
329 So, now we have all the info needed (fourcc, codec file, sample AVI), submit | |
330 your codec support request in mail, and upload these files to the FTP:</P> | |
1612 | 331 |
1869 | 332 <P> <CODE>ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/</CODE></P> |
1612 | 333 |
334 | |
2745 | 335 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.3.2>2.2.3.2. DirectShow codecs</A></B></P> |
1612 | 336 |
1682 | 337 <P>DirectShow is the newer Video API, which is even worse than its predecessor. |
338 Things are harder with DirectShow, since | |
339 <UL> | |
340 <LI>system.ini doesn't contain the needed information, instead it's stored in | |
341 the registry :( | |
342 <LI>we'll need the GUID of the codec. | |
343 </UL></P> | |
1612 | 344 |
1682 | 345 <P>So let's search that goddamn registry.. |
346 <UL> | |
347 <LI>Start 'regedit' | |
348 <LI>press ctrl-f, disable the first two checkbox, and enable the third. Type | |
349 the fourcc of the codec. (for ex.: TM20) | |
350 <LI>you should see a field which contains the path and filename | |
351 (for ex. : C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\TM20DEC.AX) | |
352 <LI>now that we have the file, we'll need the GUID. Try searching again, but | |
353 now we'll search for the codec's name, not the fourcc. Its name can be acquired | |
354 when Media Player is playing that file, by checking File/Properties/Advanced. | |
355 If not, bad luck ;) Try guessing. | |
356 (for ex. search for : TrueMotion) | |
357 <LI>if found (in registry), there should be a FriendlyName field, and a CLSID | |
358 field. Write down that 16 byte of CLSID, this is the GUID required by us. | |
359 </UL></P> | |
360 | |
361 <P>NOTE: if searching fails, try to enable all the checkboxes.. you may have | |
362 false hits, but maybe you'll have the right, too...</P> | |
363 <P>NOTE: dump that M$ shit.</P> | |
1612 | 364 |
365 | |
1682 | 366 <P>So, now we have all the info needed (fourcc, GUID, codec file, sample AVI), |
367 submit your codec support request in mail, and upload these files to the FTP:<BR> | |
1869 | 368 ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/</P> |
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