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13 <H2><A NAME="codecs">2.2 Supported codecs</A></H2>
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16 <H3><A NAME="video_codecs">2.2.1 Video codecs</A></H3>
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18 <P>See the <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html">codec status table</A>
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19 for the complete, daily generated list.</P>
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23 <LI>MPEG1 (VCD) and MPEG2 (DVD) video</LI>
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24 <LI>native decoders for DivX ;-), OpenDivX, DivX4, DivX5,
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25 M$ MPEG4 v1, v2 and other MPEG4 variants</LI>
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26 <LI>native decoder for Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1), and Win32 DLL decoder for
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28 <LI><B>native Sorenson 1 (SVQ1) decoder</B></LI>
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29 <LI><B>Win32/QT Sorenson 3 (SVQ3) decoder</B></LI>
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33 <LI>VIVO 1.0, 2.0, I263 and other h263(+) variants</LI>
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34 <LI>FLI/FLC</LI>
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35 <LI>RealVideo 1.0 codec from libavcodec, and RealVideo 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0
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36 codecs using RealPlayer libraries</LI>
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37 <LI>native decoder for HuffYUV</LI>
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38 <LI>various old simple RLE-like formats</LI>
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41 <P>If you have a Win32 codec not listed here which is not supported yet, please
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42 read the <A HREF="#importing">codec importing HOWTO</A> and help us add support
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46 <H4><A NAME="divx">2.2.1.1 DivX4/DivX5</A></H4>
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48 <P>This section contains information about the DivX4 and DivX5 codecs of
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49 <A HREF="http://www.projectmayo.com">Project Mayo</A>. Their first available
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50 alpha version was OpenDivX 4.0 alpha 47 and 48. Support for this was included
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51 in MPlayer in the past, and built by default. We also used its
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52 postprocessing code to optionally enhance visual quality of MPEG1/2 movies.
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53 Now we use our own, for all file types.</P>
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55 <P>The new generation of this codec is called DivX4 and can even decode
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56 movies made with the infamous DivX codec! In addition it is much faster than
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57 the native Win32 DivX DLLs but slower than libavcodec. Hence its usage as a
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58 decoder is <B>DISCOURAGED</B>. However, it is useful for encoding. One
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59 disadvantage of this codec is that it is currently closed source.</P>
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63 <P> <A HREF="http://avifile.sourceforge.net">http://avifile.sourceforge.net</A><BR>
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64 <A HREF="http://divx.com">http://divx.com</A></P>
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66 <P>Unpack it, and run <CODE>./install.sh</CODE> as root.</P>
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69 <CODE>/etc/ld.so.conf</CODE> and running <CODE>ldconfig</CODE>!</P>
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72 compile as usual. If it does not detect it, you did not install or configure
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73 it correctly.</P>
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75 <P>DivX4Linux works in two modes:</P>
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78 <DT><CODE>-vc odivx</CODE></DT>
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79 <DD>Uses the codec in OpenDivX fashion. In this case it
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80 produces YV12 images in its own buffer, and MPlayer does colorspace
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83 <DT><CODE>-vc divx4</CODE></DT>
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84 <DD>Uses the colorspace conversion of the codec.
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85 In this mode you can use YUY2/UYVY, too. (<B>SLOW</B>)</DD>
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89 transfers image data in YV12 (planar YUV 4:2:0) format, thus requiring much
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90 less bandwidth on the bus. For packed YUV modes (YUY2, UYVY) use the
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91 <CODE>-vc divx4</CODE> method. For RGB modes the speed is the same, differing
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92 at best according to your current color depth.</P>
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100 <P><A HREF="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">FFmpeg</A> contains an
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103 H263/MJPEG/RV10/DivX3/DivX4/DivX5/MP41/MP42/WMV1
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104 video, or WMA (Windows Media Audio) audio codecs. Not only some of
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105 them can be encoded with, but it also offers higher speed than the Win32
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110 DivX3, DivX4, DivX5, Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1). Also a very
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114 package, just build as usual. If you use MPlayer from CVS you have to
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115 extract libavcodec from the FFmpeg CVS tree as FFmpeg releases <B>don't</B>
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116 work with MPlayer. In order to achieve this do:</P>
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119 <LI><CODE>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg login</CODE></LI>
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120 <LI><CODE>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg co ffmpeg</CODE></LI>
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122 root of the MPlayer CVS tree. It should look like this:
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123 <P> <CODE>main/libavcodec</CODE></P>
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124 Symlinking is <B>not</B> enough, you have to copy or move it!</LI>
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130 You must follow the steps above to obtain the source for this library.</P>
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132 <P>With FFmpeg and my Matrox G400, I can view even the highest resolution DivX
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133 movies without dropped frames on my K6/2 500.</P>
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136 <H4><A NAME="xanim">2.2.1.3 XAnim codecs</A></H4>
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138 <P>Foreword:<BR>
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139 Be advised that the XAnim binary codecs are packaged with a piece of text
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140 claiming to be a legally binding software license which, besides other
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141 restrictions, forbids the user to use the codecs in conjunction with any
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142 program other than XAnim. However, the XAnim author has yet to bring legal
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151 <A HREF="http://xanim.va.pubnix.com">XAnim site</A>. The <B>3ivx</B> codec
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152 is not there, but at the <A HREF="http://www.3ivx.com">3ivx site</A>.</LI>
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154 to find the XAnim codecs. By default, it looks for them at
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155 <CODE>/usr/local/lib/xanim/mods, /usr/lib/xanim/mods and /usr/lib/xanim</CODE>.
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156 Alternatively you can set the environment variable <I>XANIM_MOD_DIR</I> to
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159 have filenames like these: <CODE>vid_cvid.xa, vid_h263.xa, vid_iv50.xa</CODE>.</LI>
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175 Win32 DLL file, and install it under <CODE>/usr/lib/win32</CODE> or wherever you store the
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184 reinitializing the codec, continuing exactly from where the failure occurred.
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185 This recovery technique has no measurable speed penalty.</P>
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217 <CODE>--with-reallibdir</CODE> switch.</P>
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230 non-ProjectMayo people working on OpenDivX got angry, then started XViD. So
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231 both projects have the same origin.</P>
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258 <LI><CODE>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid co xvidcore</CODE></LI>
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266 package, and copy them to <CODE>/usr/local/include/</CODE>.</LI>
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274 licensed to Apple who distribute it with their QuickTime Player. We are
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275 currently able to decode all versions of Sorenson video files with the
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281 Actually there are two (nearly equal) decoders for SVQ1: one is built in
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282 MPlayer, the other is in libavcodec. You can invoke each of them with the
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283 <CODE>-vc svq1</CODE> and <CODE>-vc ffsvq1</CODE> options respectively.
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284 Some files may work with one of them, and not with the other, so test
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286 <LI>Sorenson 3 (fourcc <I>SVQ3</I>) - decoding supported by <B>Win32
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290 <H4>Compiling MPlayer with QuickTime libraries support</H4>
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401 <P>QDesign audio streams (fourcc: <I>QDMC</I>, <I>QDM2</I>) are found in MOV/QT
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409 <P>Qualcomm audio stream (fourcc: <I>Qclp</I>) is found in MOV/QT files.
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410 It can be decoded with QuickTime libraries. For installation instructions
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