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Support for decoder specific config from mp4 header for AAC decoder.
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15 <P><B><A NAME=2.2>2.2. Supported codecs</A></B></P>
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18 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1>2.2.1. Video codecs</A></B></P>
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20 <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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21 daily generated list!!!</P>
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23 <P>The most important ones above all:<BR>
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24 <UL>
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25 <LI>MPEG1 (VCD) and MPEG2 (DVD) video</LI>
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26 <LI>DivX ;-), OpenDivX (DivX4), DivX 5.00, 3ivX and other MPEG4 variants</LI>
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27 <LI>Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1) and 8 (WMV2) used in .wmv files</LI>
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28 <LI>Cinepak and Intel Indeo codecs (3.1,3.2,4.1,5.0)</LI>
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29 <LI>MJPEG, AVID, VCR2, ASV2 and other hardware formats</LI>
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30 <LI>VIVO 1.0, 2.0, I263 and other h263(+) variants</LI>
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31 <LI>FLI/FLC</LI>
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32 <LI>RealVideo 1.0</LI>
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33 <LI>Various old simple RLE-like formats</LI>
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34 </UL></P>
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36 <P>If you have a Win32 codec not listed here, and not supported yet, just read the <A
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37 HREF="#2.2.3">codec importing</A> to get info about how to help us adding support
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38 for it!</P>
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40 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.1>2.2.1.1. DivX4/DivX5</A></B></P>
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42 <P>This section contains information about the DivX4 codec of
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43 <A HREF="http://www.projectmayo.com">ProjectMayo</A>. Their first available alpha version was the OpenDivX 4.0
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44 alpha 47 and 48. Support for this was/is included in <B>MPlayer</B>, and built by
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45 default. We used to use its postprocessing code to optionally enhance visual
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46 quality of MPEG1/2 movies. Now we use our own.</P>
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48 <P>The new generation of this codec can even decode movies made with the
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49 infamous DivX codec! And it's not everything, it's MUCH faster than the
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50 traditional Win32 DivX DLL's (note that libavcodec's decoder is EVEN FASTER,
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51 so the usage of this codec is <B>DISCOURAGED</B> - you need it only for
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52 encoding). See below for configuration. The only disadvantage of this codec is
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53 that it's currently closed-source. :(</P>
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55 <P>The codec can be downloaded from the following URL:</P>
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57 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="http://avifile.sourceforge.net">http://avifile.sourceforge.net</A></P>
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59 <P>If it doesn't work, try :</P>
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61 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="http://divx.com">http://divx.com</A></P>
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63 <P>Unpack it, and run <CODE>./install.sh</CODE> as root.</P>
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65 <P>Note: do NOT forget to add <CODE>/usr/local/lib</CODE> to your
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66 <CODE>/etc/ld.so.conf</CODE> and running <CODE>ldconfig</CODE> !</P>
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68 <P><B>MPlayer</B> autodetects if DivX4/DivX5 is (properly) installed, just
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69 compile as usual. If it doesn't detect it, you didn't install it exactly as
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70 above, and/or has messed up config (see last question of 5.1 section).</P>
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72 <P>Using it is a bit tricky. As it conflicts with the old OpenDivX (its API is
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73 very similar to OpenDivX's), OpenDivX code is disabled, and the OpenDivX
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74 driver calls this library too.</P>
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76 <P>Generally we can pinpoint this issue to that you have two options to use
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77 this codec:</P>
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79 <P><TABLE BORDER=0>
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80 <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">-vc&nbsp;odivx</TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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81 <TD><FONT CLASS="text">using the codec as a new version of OpenDivX.
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82 in this case it produces YV12 image in its own buffer,
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83 and <B>MPlayer</B> (libvo) does colorspace conversion. (<B>RECOMMENDED!</B>)</TD><TR>
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84 <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">-vc&nbsp;divx4</TD><TD></TD>
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85 <TD><FONT CLASS="text">using the codec's colorspace conversion.
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86 in this mode, you can use YUY2/UYVY too.</TD></TR>
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89 <P>The 'odivx' method is usually faster, due to the fact that it transfers
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90 image data in YV12 (planar YUV 4:2:0) format, thus requiring much less
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91 bandwidth on the bus. For packed YUV modes (YUY2, UYVY) use the 'divx4'
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92 method. For RGB modes you can choose freely, their speed is same, maybe
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93 differ according to the current bpp.</P>
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95 <P>NOTE: If your -vo driver supports direct rendering, then -vc divx4 may be
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96 faster, or even the fastest solution.</P>
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98 <P>Note: <B>OLD</B> OpenDivX supports postprocessing too (use option
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99 <CODE>-oldpp</CODE> to enable using it), but range of values is strange: </P>
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102 <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">0</TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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103 <TD><FONT CLASS="text">no postproc</TD><TR>
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104 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">10 .. 20</TD>
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105 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">postprocessing, normal (like level 2 with divxds)</TD><TR>
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106 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">30 .. 60</TD>
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107 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">hard prostprocessing, eats many CPU (like level 4 with divxds</TD><TR>
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110 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.2>2.2.1.2. ffmpeg's DivX/libavcodec</A></B></P>
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112 <P>Beginning with version 0.4.2 ,
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113 <A HREF="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">ffmpeg</A> contains an
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114 <B>opensource</B> DivX codec, which is compatible with the traditional DivX.
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115 <B>MPlayer</B> supports this codec, and this makes it possible to <B>watch
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116 DivX/DivX4/DivX5 movies on non-x86 platforms</B>, and gain much faster
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117 <B>DivX/DivX4/DivX5</B> decoding speed than the Win32 codecs and the original
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118 DivX4 library has!</P>
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120 <P>It also contains lots of nice codecs, such as RealVideo 1.0, MJPEG, h263,
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121 h263+, etc.</P>
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123 <P>If you use MPlayer
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125 <UL>
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126 <LI>from release : then you have libavcodec right in the package, just
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127 build <B>MPlayer</B> as usual.</LI>
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128 <LI>from CVS : you have to download it manually directly from <B>FFmpeg</B>'s
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129 CVS tree (ffmpeg 0.4.5 version will NOT work with mplayer!):
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131 <P><CODE>
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132 cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg login<BR>
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133 cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg co ffmpeg
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134 </CODE></P>
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136 <P>Note: <I>if you copy with CVS subdirs, next time it's enough to do
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137 'cvs update'.</I></P>
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138 <P>Now, move the newly downloaded ffmpeg source's <B>libavcodec</B> directory,
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139 (with all it's subdirectories) to <B>MPlayer</B>'s tree, so it will look
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142 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>main/libavcodec</CODE></P>
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144 <P>Symlinking is NOT enough, you have to copy/move it!!!</P>
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146 </LI>
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147 </UL>
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148 </P>
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150 <P>Then compile. configure detects if it's alright, and can be compiled. The
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151 codec also <B>supports postprocessing!</B></P>
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153 <P>In order to use it, update your codecs.conf file, and do as the manpage,
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154 or the example.conf says (the -vfm option).</P>
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156 <P>To achieve the <B>greatest speed</B> on my K6, I remove the
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157 <CODE>ffmpeg12</CODE> section from codecs.conf (this codec isn't optimized, and
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158 libmpeg2 is twice as fast), and place <CODE>vfm=5</CODE> in my config file.
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159 Then <B>MPlayer</B> always uses <B>ffdivx/ffodivx</B> to decode
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160 <B>DivX</B> files, and libmpeg2 for MPEG1/2 . With this and my
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161 Matrox G400, I can view even the highest resolution DivX movies on my
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162 K6/2 500, without framedrop.</P>
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165 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.3>2.2.1.3. XAnim codecs</A></B></P>
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167 <P>Foreword:
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168 Be advised that the XAnim binary codecs are packaged with a piece of text
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169 claiming to be a legally binding software license which, among other
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170 absurdities, forbids the user to use the codecs in conjunction with any
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171 program other than XAnim. As the XAnim author has yet to bring legal
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172 action against anyone for codec-related issues, the MPlayer developers
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173 don't lose too much sleep over this and you probably shouldn't, either.
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174 </P>
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176 <P>So yes, <B>MPlayer</B> can use XAnim's codecs for decoding. It's very
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177 easy to enable them:</P>
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178
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179 <P>
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180 <UL>
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181 <LI>download the codecs you wish to use from the
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182 <A HREF="http://xanim.va.pubnix.com">XAnim site</A>. The <B>3ivx</B> codec
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183 isn't there, so download it from the <A HREF="http://www.3ivx.com">3ivx site</A>.</LI>
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185 <LI>use the <CODE>--with-xanimlibdir</CODE> option to tell configure where
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186 it can find the xanim codecs. By default, it checks them at
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187 <CODE>/usr/local/lib/xanim/mods, /usr/lib/xanim/mods and /usr/lib/xanim</CODE>.
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188 Alternatively you can set the environment variable <I>XANIM_MOD_DIR</I> to
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190
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191 <LI>rename/symlink the filenames by cutting out the architecture stuff, so they will
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192 have filenames like these : <CODE>vid_cvid.xa, vid_h263.xa, vid_iv50.xa</CODE>
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193
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194 </UL>
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195 </P>
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196
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197 <P>They are video codec family number 10, so you may want to use <CODE>-vfm 10</CODE>
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198 option to tell <B>MPlayer</B> to use them if possible.</P>
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199
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200 <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>
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203 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.4>2.2.1.4. VIVO video</A></B></P>
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204
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205 <P><B>MPlayer</B> can play Vivo (1.0 and 2.0) videos. The most suitable codec
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206 for 1.0 files is FFmpeg's H263 decoder, you can use it with the <CODE>-vc
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207 ffh263</CODE> option (default) (you'll need the newest libavcodec !). For 2.0 files, use
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208 the <CODE>ivvideo.dll</CODE> Win32 DLL file (from <A
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209 HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/samples/drivers32/ivvideo.dll">here</A>),
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210 and install it under <CODE>/usr/lib/win32</CODE> or wherever you store the
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211 Win32 codecs. This latter codec doesn't support YV12 nor YUY2 only BGR modes,
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212 thus usable only with the X11 and OpenGL outputs. Hopefully ffh263 will support
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213 VIVO 2.0 files in the future.</P>
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215
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216 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.5>2.2.1.5. MPEG 1/2 video</A></B></P>
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217
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218 <P>MPEG1 and MPEG2 are decoded with the native library <B>libmpeg2</B>.
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219 Its source code is included in <B>MPlayer</B>, and of course it is multiplatform.
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220 We handle buggy MPEG 1/2 video files by catching sig11 (segmentation fault),
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221 and quickly reinitializing the codec, and continue exactly from where the failure
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222 did occur.
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223 No speed decrease is measurable.</P>
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224
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225
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226 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.6>2.2.1.6. MS Video1</A></B></P>
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227
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228 <P>This is a very old and very bad codec of Microsoft. In the past it was
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229 decoded with the <CODE>msvidc32.dll</CODE> Win32 codec, now we have our own
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230 open-source implementation (by <A HREF="mailto:melanson@pcisys.net">Mike
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231 Melanson</A>).</P>
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233
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234 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.7>2.2.1.7. Cinepak CVID</A></B></P>
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235
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236 <P><B>MPlayer</B> now has its own opensource, multiplatform Cinepak decoder.
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237 Supports YUV outputs, thus hardware scaling if video output driver allows.
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238 Used by default.</P>
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239
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240
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241 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.8>2.2.1.8. RealVideo</A></B></P>
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242
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243 <P>Currently ONLY the RealVideo 1.0 (fourcc RV10) codec is supported, through
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244 ffmpeg. Sadly, no new RealMedia files come with this one, only with the newer
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245 RV20 and RV30 codecs which are closed-source. Their future support is
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246 unlikely :(</P>
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248
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249 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.9>2.2.1.9. XViD</A></B></P>
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250
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251 <P><B>XViD</B> is another development from good old OpenDivX (first
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252 development was DivX4).</P>
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253
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254 <P><B>Advantages</B> :
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255 <UL>
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256 <LI>opensource</LI>
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257 <LI>its API is compatible with DivX4 so it's easy to add support for
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258 it</LI>
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259 <LI>2-pass encoding support</LI>
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260 <LI>nice encoding quality, higher speed than DivX4 (you can optimize it for
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261 your box while compiling)</LI>
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262 </UL>
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263 </P>
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264
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265 <P><B>Disadvantages</B> :
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266 <UL>
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267 <LI>currently it doesn't properly <B>decode</B> all DivX/DivX4 files (but who cares, we can play them using libavcodec)</LI>
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268 <LI>you have to choose between DivX4 <B>OR</B> XViD support at
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269 compiletime</LI>
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270 <LI>under development</LI>
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271 </UL>
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272 </P>
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273
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274 <P><B>Installation</B> : it's currently available only in CVS. Here are the
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275 downloading and installation instructions :<BR>
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276 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid
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277 login</CODE><BR>
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278 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid co
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279 xvidcore</CODE><BR>
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280 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>cd xvidcore/build/generic</CODE><BR>
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281 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>Edit Makefile.linux to fit your needs</CODE><BR>
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282 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>make -f Makefile.linux</CODE><BR>
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283 &nbsp;&nbsp;Get encore2.h and decore.h from Divx4linux package, and copy them to <CODE>/usr/local/include/</CODE><BR>
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284 &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>recompile <B>MPlayer</B> with
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285 --with-xvidcore=/path/to/libcore.a</CODE><BR>
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286 </P>
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288
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289 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2>2.2.2. Audio codecs</A></B></P>
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290
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291 <P>The most important audio codecs above all :<BR>
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292 <UL>
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293 <LI>MPEG layer 2, and layer 3 (MP3) audio (<B>native</B> code, with MMX/SSE/3DNow! optimization)</LI>
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294 <LI>MPEG layer 1 audio (<B>native</B> code, with libavcodec)</LI>
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295 <LI>AC3 Dolby audio (<B>native</B> code, with MMX/SSE/3DNow! optimization)</LI>
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296 <LI>Ogg Vorbis audio codec (<B>native</B> lib)</LI>
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297 <LI>Voxware audio (using DirectShow DLL)</LI>
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298 <LI>alaw, msgsm, pcm and other simple old audio formats</LI>
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299 <LI>VIVO audio (g723, Vivo Siren)</LI>
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300 <LI>RealAudio: DNET (low bitrate AC3)</LI>
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301 </UL></P>
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303
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304 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.1>2.2.2.1. Software AC3 decoding</A></B></P>
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306 <P>This is the default decoder used for files with AC3 audio.</P>
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308 <P>The AC3 decoder can create output audio mixes for 2, 4, or 6
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309 speakers. When configured for 6 speakers, this decoder provides
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310 separate output of all the AC3 channels to the soundcard driver,
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311 allowing the full "surround sound" experience without the external AC3
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312 decoder required to use the hwac3 codec.</P>
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314 <P>Use the <CODE>-channels</CODE> option to select the number of output channels.
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315 Use <CODE>-channels 2</CODE> for a stereo downmix. For a 4 channel downmix (Left
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316 Front, Right Front, Left Surround and Right Surround outputs), use
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317 <CODE>-channels 4</CODE>. In this case, any Centre channel will be mixed
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318 equally to the front channels. Lastly, "-channels 6" will output all the AC3
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319 channels as they are encoded - in the order Left, Right, Left Surround, Right
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320 Surround, Centre and LFE.</P>
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322 <P>The default number of output channels is 2.</P>
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324 <P>To use more than 2 output channels, you'll need to be using OSS,
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325 and to have a soundcard driver that supports the appropriate number of
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326 output channels via the SNDCTL_DSP_CHANNELS ioctl. For example, a
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327 version of the emu10k1 driver (used with the SB Live cards) newer than
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328 August 2001 should be suitable (I heard newest ALSA CVS supports this too).</P>
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331 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.2>2.2.2.2. Hardware AC3 decoding</A></B></P>
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332
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333 <P>You'll need an AC3 capable soundcard, with digital out (SP/DIF). The
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334 card's driver must properly support the AFMT_AC3 format (like C-Media does).
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335 Connect your AC3 decoder to the SP/DIF output, and use the '-ac hwac3'
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336 option. It may or may not work (experimental). It will work with C-Media
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337 cards, and with SB Live! + ALSA driver. It won't work with Live!'s OSS
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338 driver!</P>
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340
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341 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.3>2.2.2.3. libmad support</A></B></P>
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343 <P><A HREF="http://mad.sourceforge.net">libmad</A> is a multiplatform MPEG audio
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344 decoding library. If you don't know why is it good, you probably don't need it.</P>
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345
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346 <P>It doesn't handle broken files well, and sometimes has problems with seeking.</P>
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347
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348 <P>To enable support, compile with the <CODE>--enable-mad</CODE> configure
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349 option.</P>
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351
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352 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.4>2.2.2.4. VIVO audio</A></B></P>
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354 <P>The audio codec used in VIVO files depends on whether it's a VIVO/1.0 or
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355 VIVO/2.0 file. VIVO/1.0 files have <B>g.723</B> audio, and VIVO/2.0 files
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356 have <B>Vivo Siren</B>. Both is <U>supported</U>. You can grab the g.723/Siren
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357 Win32 DLL from
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358 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/samples/drivers32/vivog723.acm">here</A>,
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359 then copy it into the <CODE>/usr/lib/win32</CODE> directory, or respectively.</P>
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361
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362 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.5>2.2.2.5. RealAudio</A></B></P>
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363
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364 <P>Currently the only supported one is the DNET codec. Actually it's a
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365 low-bitrate version of the well-known AC3 codec. It can be found either in
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366 old and new RealMedia movies.</P>
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367
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368
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369 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.3>2.2.3. Win32 codec importing howto</A></B></P>
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370
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371 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.3.1>2.2.3.1. VFW codecs</A></B></P>
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372
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373 <P>VfW (Video for Windows) is the old Video API for Windows. Its codecs have
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374 the .DLL or (rarely) .DRV extension.
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375 If <B>MPlayer</B> fails with your AVI:</P>
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376
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377 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>UNKNOWN video codec: HFYU (0x55594648)</CODE></P>
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379 <P>It means your AVI is encoded with a codec which has the HFYU fourcc (HFYU =
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380 HuffYUV codec, DIV3 = DivX Low Motion, etc...). Now that we know this, we'll
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381 have to find out which DLL Windows loads in order to play this file. In our
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382 case, the system.ini contains this (with many others):</P>
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384 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>VIDC.HFYU=huffyuv.dll</CODE></P>
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386 <P>So we'll need the huffyuv.dll file. Note that the audio codecs are specified
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387 with the MSACM prefix:</P>
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389 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>msacm.l3acm=L3codeca.acm</CODE></P>
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392 <P>This is the MP3 codec.
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393 So, now we have all the info needed (fourcc, codec file, sample AVI), submit
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394 your codec support request in mail, and upload these files to the FTP:</P>
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396 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/</CODE></P>
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399 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.3.2>2.2.3.2. DirectShow codecs</A></B></P>
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401 <P>DirectShow is the newer Video API, which is even worse than its predecessor.
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402 Things are harder with DirectShow, since
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403 <UL>
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404 <LI>system.ini doesn't contain the needed information, instead it's stored in
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405 the registry :(
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406 <LI>we'll need the GUID of the codec.
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407 </UL></P>
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409 <P>So let's search that goddamn registry..
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410 <UL>
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411 <LI>Start 'regedit'
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412 <LI>press ctrl-f, disable the first two checkbox, and enable the third. Type
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413 the fourcc of the codec. (for ex.: TM20)
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414 <LI>you should see a field which contains the path and filename
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415 (for ex. : C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\TM20DEC.AX)
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416 <LI>now that we have the file, we'll need the GUID. Try searching again, but
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417 now we'll search for the codec's name, not the fourcc. Its name can be acquired
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418 when Media Player is playing that file, by checking File/Properties/Advanced.
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419 If not, bad luck ;) Try guessing.
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420 (for ex. search for : TrueMotion)
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421 <LI>if found (in registry), there should be a FriendlyName field, and a CLSID
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422 field. Write down that 16 byte of CLSID, this is the GUID required by us.
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423 </UL></P>
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424
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425 <P>NOTE: if searching fails, try to enable all the checkboxes.. you may have
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426 false hits, but maybe you'll have the right, too...</P>
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427 <P>NOTE: dump that M$ shit.</P>
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430 <P>So, now we have all the info needed (fourcc, GUID, codec file, sample AVI),
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431 submit your codec support request in mail, and upload these files to the FTP:<BR>
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432 ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/</P>
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434 </BODY>
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