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12 <P><B><A NAME=2.1>2.1. Supported formats</A></B></P> | |
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14 <P>It is important to clarify a common mistake. When people see a file with a |
5395 | 15 <B>.AVI</B> extension, they immediately conclude that it is not an MPEG file. |
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16 That is not true. At least not entirely. Contrary to popular belief such a file |
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17 <B>can</B> contain MPEG1 video.</P> |
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19 <P>You see, a <B>codec</B> is not the same as a <B>file format</B>.<BR> |
5395 | 20 Examples of video <B>codecs</B> are: MPEG1, MPEG2, DivX, Indeo5, 3ivx.<BR> |
21 Examples of file <B>formats</B> are: MPG, AVI, ASF.<BR> | |
2745 | 22 </P> |
23 | |
5395 | 24 <P>In theory, you can put an OpenDivX video and MP3 audio |
25 into an <B>MPG</B> format file. However, most players will not play it, since | |
26 they expect MPEG1 video and MP2 audio (unlike <B>AVI</B>, <B>MPG</B> does not have the | |
27 necessary fields to describe its video and audio streams). | |
28 Or you might put MPEG1 video into an AVI file. <A HREF="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">FFmpeg</A> | |
4177 | 29 and <A HREF="encoding.html">MEncoder</A> can create these files.</P> |
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31 | |
32 | |
33 <P><B><A NAME=2.1.1>2.1.1. Video formats</A></B></P> | |
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35 | |
2865 | 36 <P><B><A NAME=2.1.1.1>2.1.1.1. MPEG files</A></B></P> |
2745 | 37 |
5395 | 38 <P>MPEG files come in different guises:</P> |
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40 <UL> | |
41 <LI>MPG: This is the most <B>basic</B> form of the MPEG file formats. It contains | |
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42 MPEG1 video, and MP2 (MPEG-1 layer 2) or rarely MP1 audio.</LI> |
5395 | 43 <LI>DAT: This is the very same format as MPG with a different extension. It is used |
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44 on <B>Video CD</B>s. Due to the way VCDs are created and Linux is designed, |
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45 the DAT files cannot be played nor copied from VCDs as regular files. You have |
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46 to use the <CODE>-vcd</CODE> option to play the Video CD.</LI> |
5395 | 47 <LI>VOB: This is the MPEG file format on <B>DVD</B>s. It is the same as MPG, plus the |
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48 capability to contain subtitles or non-MPEG (AC3) audio. It contains encoded MPEG2 |
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49 video and usually AC3 audio, but DTS, MP2 and uncompressed LPCM are allowed, too.<BR> |
2865 | 50 <B>Read the <A HREF="cd-dvd.html#4.2">DVD section</A> !</B></LI> |
5395 | 51 </UL> |
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53 <P>Series of frames form independent groups in MPEG files. This means that you |
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54 can cut/join an MPEG file with standard file tools (like dd, cut), and it |
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55 remains completely functional.</P> |
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57 <P>One important feature of MPGs is that they have a field to describe |
2761 | 58 the aspect ratio of the video stream within. For example SVCDs have |
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59 480x480 resolution video, and in the header that field is set to 4:3, so that |
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60 it is played at 640x480. AVI files do not have this field, so they have to be |
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61 rescaled during encoding or played with the <CODE>-aspect</CODE> option.</P> |
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64 <P><B><A NAME=2.1.1.2>2.1.1.2. AVI files</A></B></P> | |
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66 <P>Designed by Micro$oft, <B>AVI (Audio Video Interleaved)</B> is a |
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67 widespread multipurpose format currently used mostly for DivX and DivX4 |
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68 video. It has many known drawbacks and shortcomings (for example in streaming). |
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69 It supports one video stream and 0 to 99 audio streams and can be as big as |
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70 2GB. There exists an extension allowing bigger files called <B>OpenDMS</B>. |
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71 M$ currently strongly discourages its use and encourages ASF/WMV. Not that |
2745 | 72 anybody cares.<BR> |
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74 <P>There is a hack that allows AVI files to contain an Ogg Vorbis audio |
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75 stream, but makes them incompatible with standard AVI. <B>MPlayer</B> |
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78 only encoder currently capable of creating these files, nandub, has this |
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81 <P><B>NOTE:</B> DV cameras create raw DV streams that DV grabbing utilities |
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83 separate audio and video streams that <B>MPlayer</B> can play or the raw DV |
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84 stream for which support is under development.</P> |
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5395 | 86 <P>There are two kinds of AVI files:</P> |
2865 | 87 <UL> |
5395 | 88 <LI><B>Interleaved:</B> Audio and video content is interleaved. This is the |
2865 | 89 standard usage. Recommended and mostly used. Some tools create interleaved |
90 AVIs with bad sync. <B>MPlayer</B> detects these as interleaved, and this | |
91 climaxes in loss of A/V sync, probably at seeking. These files should be | |
92 played as non-interleaved (with the <CODE>-ni</CODE> option).</LI> | |
5395 | 93 <LI><B>Non-interleaved:</B> First comes the whole video stream, then the whole |
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94 audio stream. It thus needs a lot of seeking, making playing from network or |
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95 CD-Rom difficult.</LI> |
2865 | 96 </UL> |
97 | |
5395 | 98 <P><B>MPlayer</B> supports two kinds of timings for AVI files:</P> |
2865 | 99 <UL> |
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100 <LI><B>bps-based</B>: It is based on the bitrate/samplerate of the video/audio stream. This |
5395 | 101 method is used by most players, including <A HREF="http://avifile.sourceforge.net">avifile</A> |
102 and windows media player. | |
2865 | 103 Files with broken headers, and files created with VBR audio but not |
104 VBR-compliant encoder will result in A/V desync with this method (mostly at | |
105 seeking).</LI> | |
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106 <LI><B>interleaving-based</B>: It does not use the bitrate value of the header, instead |
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107 it uses the relative position of interleaved audio and video chunks, making |
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108 badly encoded files with VBR audio playable.</LI> |
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111 <P>Any audio and video codec is allowed, but note that VBR audio is not well |
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112 supported by most players. The file format makes it possible to use VBR |
2865 | 113 audio, but most players expect CBR audio, thus they fail with VBR. VBR is |
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114 uncommon and Microsoft's AVI specs only describe CBR audio. I also noticed that |
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115 most AVI encoders/multiplexers create bad files when using VBR audio. There are only |
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116 two exceptions (known to me): NaNDub and <A HREF="encoding.html">MEncoder</A>.</P> |
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119 <P><B><A NAME=2.1.1.3>2.1.1.3. ASF/WMV files</A></B></P> | |
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2865 | 121 <P>ASF (active streaming format) comes from Microsoft. They developed two |
122 variants of ASF, v1.0 and v2.0. v1.0 is used by their media tools (windows | |
123 media player and windows media encoder) and is very secret. v2.0 is published | |
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124 and patented :). Of course they differ, there is no compatibility at all (it is |
2865 | 125 just another legal game). <B>MPlayer</B> supports only v1.0, as nobody has ever seen |
5395 | 126 v2.0 files :). Note that ASF files nowadays come with the extension .WMA or |
2865 | 127 .WMV.</P> |
2745 | 128 |
129 | |
2865 | 130 <P><B><A NAME=2.1.1.4>2.1.1.4. QuickTime/MOV files</A></B></P> |
131 | |
5395 | 132 <P>These formats were designed by Apple. They usually have a .QT or .MOV extension. Note |
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133 that since the MPEG4 group chose QuickTime as the recommended file format |
5395 | 134 for MPEG4, their MOV files come with a .MPG or .MP4 extension (Interestingly |
135 the video and audio streams in these files are real MPG and AAC files. With the | |
136 <CODE>-dumpvideo</CODE> and <CODE>-dumpaudio</CODE> options you can even extract them!).</P> | |
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138 <P><B>Codecs</B>: Any codec is allowed, both CBR and VBR. Note: most new QuickTime files use |
6583 | 139 <B>Sorenson</B> video and QDesign Music audio. See our |
140 <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.10">Sorenson</A> codec section. QDesign Music | |
141 audio currently can't be played.</P> | |
2865 | 142 |
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6168 | 144 <P><B><A NAME=2.1.1.5>2.1.1.5. VIVO files</A></B></P> |
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146 <P><B>MPlayer</B> happily demuxes VIVO file formats. The biggest disadvantage of |
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147 the format is that it has no index block, nor a fixed packet size or sync bytes |
2865 | 148 and most files lack even keyframes, so forget seeking!</P> |
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150 <P>The video codec of VIVO/1.0 files is standard <B>h.263</B>. The video codec |
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151 of VIVO/2.0 files is a modified, nonstandard <B>h.263v2</B>. The audio is the same, |
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152 it may be <B>g.723</B> (standard), or <B>Vivo Siren</B>.</P> |
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5395 | 154 <P>See the <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.4">VIVO video codec</A> |
155 and <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.2.4">VIVO audio codec</A> sections for installation | |
2855 | 156 instructions.</P> |
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3806 | 159 <P><B><A NAME=2.1.1.6>2.1.1.6. FLI files</A></B></P> |
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161 <P><B>FLI</B> is a very old file format used by Autodesk Animator, but it is |
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162 a common file format for short animations on the net. <B>MPlayer</B> demuxes |
3806 | 163 and decodes FLI movies and is even able to seek within them (useful when |
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164 looping with the <CODE>-loop</CODE> option). FLI files do not have keyframes, so the picture |
3806 | 165 will be messy for a short time after seeking.</P> |
166 | |
167 | |
168 <P><B><A NAME=2.1.1.7>2.1.1.7. RealMedia (RM) files</A></B></P> | |
169 | |
6357 | 170 <P>Yes, <B>MPlayer</B> can read (demux) RealMedia (.rm) files. Seeking works, |
171 but you have to explicitly specify the <CODE>-forceidx</CODE> option | |
172 (the format supports keyframes). Here are the lists of the supported | |
173 <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.8">RealVideo</A> | |
174 and <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.2.5">RealAudio</A> codecs.</P> | |
175 | |
176 <P>It's recommended to download and install RealPlayer8 or RealONE, because | |
177 <B>MPlayer</B> can use their libraries to decode files with RealVideo 2.0 or | |
6604 | 178 RealVideo 3.0 video!</P> |
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6604 | 180 <P>The <B>MPlayer</B> configure script should detect the RealPlayer libraries |
181 in all standard locations. If it does not, tell configure where to look with | |
182 the <CODE>--with-reallibdir</CODE> switch.</P> | |
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6604 | 184 <P>It is also possible to just take the RealPlayer libraries from somewhere and |
185 put them in a suitable directory like <CODE>/usr/lib/real</CODE> or | |
186 <CODE>$LIBDIR/real</CODE>.</P> | |
6357 | 187 |
6604 | 188 <P>NOTE: RealPlayer libraries currently <B>only work with Linux, FreeBSD, |
189 NetBSD and Cygwin on the x86 platform</B>!</P> | |
3806 | 190 |
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3816 | 192 <P><B><A NAME=2.1.1.8>2.1.1.8. NuppelVideo files</A></B></P> |
193 | |
194 <P><A HREF="http://mars.tuwien.ac.at/~roman/nuppelvideo">NuppelVideo</A> | |
5395 | 195 is a TV grabber tool (AFAIK:). <B>MPlayer</B> can read its .NUV |
3816 | 196 files (only NuppelVideo 5.0). Those files can contain uncompressed YV12, |
197 YV12+RTJpeg compressed, YV12 RTJpeg+lzo compressed, and YV12+lzo compressed | |
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198 frames. <B>MPlayer</B> decodes (and also <B>encodes</B> them with MEncoder to |
5958 | 199 DivX/etc!) them all. Seeking works.</P> |
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3818 | 202 <P><B><A NAME=2.1.1.9>2.1.1.9. yuv4mpeg files</A></B></P> |
203 | |
204 <P><A HREF="http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net">yuv4mpeg / yuv4mpeg2</A> is | |
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205 a file format used by the <A HREF="http://mjpeg.sf.net">mjpegtools programs</A>. |
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4339 | 211 <P><B><A NAME=2.1.1.10>2.1.1.10. FILM files</A></B></P> |
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213 <P>This format is used on old Sega Saturn CD-Rom games.</P> |
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4503 | 216 <P><B><A NAME=2.1.1.11>2.1.1.11. RoQ files</A></B></P> |
217 | |
4584 | 218 <P>RoQ files are multimedia files used in some ID games such as Quake III and |
219 Return to Castle Wolfenstein.</P> | |
4503 | 220 |
221 | |
5860 | 222 <P><B><A NAME=2.1.1.12>2.1.1.12. OGG files</A></B></P> |
223 | |
224 <P>This is a new fileformat from Xiphophorus, developed to contain Vorbis | |
225 audio. You'll need <CODE>libogg</CODE> and <CODE>libvorbis</CODE> installed | |
5959 | 226 before compiling <B>MPlayer</B> to be able to play it.</P> |
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228 | |
2745 | 229 <P><B><A NAME=2.1.2>2.1.2. Audio formats</A></B></P> |
230 | |
5378 | 231 <P><B>MPlayer</B> is a <B>Movie</B> and not a <B>Media</B> player, although |
232 it can play some audio file formats (they are listed in the sections below). | |
233 This is not a recommended usage of <B>MPlayer</B>, you better use | |
234 <A HREF="http://www.xmms.org">xmms</A>.</P> | |
235 | |
236 | |
237 <P><B><A NAME=2.1.2.1>2.1.2.1. MP3 files</A></B></P> | |
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239 <P>You may have problems playing certain MP3 files that <B>MPlayer</B> will |
5378 | 240 misdetect as MPEGs and play incorrectly or not at all. This cannot be fixed |
241 without dropping support for certain broken MPEG files and thus will remain | |
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246 <P><B><A NAME=2.1.2.2>2.1.2.2. WAV files</A></B></P> | |
247 | |
248 | |
249 <P><B><A NAME=2.1.2.3>2.1.2.3. OGG files (Vorbis)</A></B></P> | |
250 | |
5860 | 251 <P>Requires properly installed <CODE>libogg</CODE> and |
252 <CODE>libvorbis</CODE>.</P> | |
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254 | |
255 <P><B><A NAME=2.1.2.4>2.1.2.4. WMA/ASF files</A></B></P> | |
256 | |
257 | |
258 <P><B><A NAME=2.1.2.5>2.1.2.5. MP4 files</A></B></P> | |
259 | |
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