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7 <A NAME=2.1>2.1. Video Formats, Audio & Video Codecs</A>
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10 <A NAME=2.1.1>2.1.1. Supported input formats</A>
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12 <B>MPlayer</B> can read/play from the following devices/formats:
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13 - VCD (Video CD) directly from CD-ROM or from CDRwin's .bin image file
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14 - DVD, directly from your DVD disk, using optional libcss for decryption
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15 - MPEG 1/2 System Stream (PS/PES/VOB) and Elementary Stream (ES) file
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16 formats
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17 - RIFF AVI file format
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18 - ASF 1.0 file format
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19 - supports reading from file, stdin, DVD drive or network via HTTP
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21 Note: about quicktime (.mov/.qt) and realmedia (.ra/.rm) support read the FAQ!
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24 <A NAME=2.1.2>2.1.2. Supported audio & video codecs</A>
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26 See http://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/DOCS/codecs.html for the complete,
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27 daily updated list!!!
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28
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29 The most important video codecs:
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30 - MPEG1 (VCD) and MPEG2 (DVD) video
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31 - DivX, FFmpeg, OpenDivX and other MPEG4 variants
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32 - Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1) and Windows Media Video 8 used in .wmv files
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33 - Intel Indeo codecs (3.1,3.2,4.1,5.0)
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34 - MJPEG, ASV2 and other hardware formats
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35
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36 The most important audio codecs:
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37 - MPEG layer 2, and layer 3 (MP3) audio (native code, with 3dnow optimization)
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38 - AC3 dolby audio (native code, with 3dnow optimization)
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39 - AC3 passthrough to soundcard's decoder
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40 - Voxware audio
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41 - alaw, msgsm, pcm and other simple old audio formats
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42
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43 If you have a codec not listed here, and not supported yet, just
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44 read http://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/DOCS/codecs.html
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45 to get info about its status and about how to help us adding support for it!
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48 <A NAME=2.1.2.1>2.1.2.1. DivX4</A>
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50 This section contains information about the DivX4 codec of
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51 <A HREF="http://www.projectmayo.com">ProjectMayo</A>. Their first available alpha version was the OpenDivX 4.0
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52 alpha 47 and 48. Support for this was/is included in <B>MPlayer</B>, and built by
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53 default. We even used its postprocessing code to optionally enhance visual
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54 quality of MPEG1/2 movies.
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56 The new generation of this codec can even decode movies made with the
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57 infamous DivX codec! And it's not everything, it's MUCH faster than the
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58 traditional Win32 DivX DLL's. See below for configuration. The only
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59 disadvantage of this codec is that it's currently closed-source. :(
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61 The codec can be downloaded from the following URL:
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64 http://download2.projectmayo.com/dnload/divx4linux/divx4linux-20010718.zip
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67 No automatic installing available at this time, so install it manually,
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68 EXACTLY as described here. Unpack it, and copy files to their place:
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71 cp libdivxdecore.so.0.0.0 /usr/local/lib/
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72 ln -s /usr/local/lib/libdivxdecore.so.0.0.0 /usr/local/lib/libdivxdecore.so.0
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73 ln -s /usr/local/lib/libdivxdecore.so.0 /usr/local/lib/libdivxdecore.so
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74 ldconfig
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75 cp decore.h /usr/local/include/
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78 <B>MPlayer</B> autodetects if DivX4 is (properly) installed, just compile
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79 as usual. If it doesn't detect it, you didn't install it exactly as above,
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80 and/or has fucked up config (see last question of 5.1 section).
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82 Using it is a bit tricky. As it conflicts with the old OpenDivX (it's API is
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83 very similar to OpenDivX's), OpenDivX code is disabled, and the OpenDivX
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84 driver calls this library too.
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86 Generally we can pinpoint this issue to that you have two options to use
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87 this codec:
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90 -vc odivx : using divx4 codec as a new version of OpenDivX.
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91 in this case it produces YV12 image in its own buffer,
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92 and <B>MPlayer</B> (libvo) does colorspace conversion.
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94 -vc divx4 : using divx4 codec's colorspace conversion.
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95 in this mode, you can use YUY2/UYVY too.
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97 The 'odivx' method is usually faster, due to the fact that it transfers
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98 image data in YV12 (planar YUV 4:2:0) format, thus requiring much less
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99 bandwidth on the bus. For packed YUV modes (YUY2, UYVY) use the 'divx4'
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100 method. For RGB modes you can choose freely, their speed is same, maybe
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101 differ according to the current bpp.
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102
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103 Note: it supports postprocessing too, but range of values is strange:
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105 0 no postproc
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106 10 .. 20 postprocessing, normal
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107 (like level 2 with divxds)
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108 30 .. 60 hard postprocessing, eats many CPU.
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109 (like level 4 with divxds)
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112 <A NAME=2.1.2.2>2.1.2.2. ffmpeg's DivX/libavcodec</A>
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114 Beginning with version 0.4.2 , <A HREF="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">ffmpeg</A> contains an <B>opensource</B> DivX codec,
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115 which is compatible with the traditional DivX. <B>MPlayer</B> supports this codec,
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116 and this makes it possible to <B>watch DivX movies on non-x86 platforms!</B>
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117 It was removed from <B>MPlayer</B>'s cvs tree, you have to download it
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118 manually directly from <B>FFmpeg</B>'s tree :
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121 cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg login
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122 cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg co ffmpeg
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125 Note: if you copy with CVS subdirs, next time it's enough to do
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126 'cvs update'.
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127
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128 Now, move the newly downloaded ffmpeg source's <B>libavcodec</B> directory,
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129 (with all it's subdirectories) to <B>MPlayer</B>'s tree, so it will look
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130 like this :
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133 main/libavcodec
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136 Symlinking is NOT enough, you have to copy it.
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138 ./configure detects if it can be built. At the moment it doesn't support
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139 postprocessing, and is under optimization (it's faster than the DS/VfW DivX
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140 codec).
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142 In order to use it, refresh your codecs.conf file, and do as the manpage,
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143 or the example.conf says (the -vfm option).
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145 Note: libavcodec contains other codecs as well, but at the moment we mostly
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146 focus on ffdivx, and it's unlikely that this will change.
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149 <A NAME=2.1.2.3>2.1.2.3. Hardware AC3 decoding</A>
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151 You will need a soundcard with AC3 passthrough capability to digital out
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152 (SP/DIF). Also, the its driver has to support AFMT_AC3 (SB Live! for example)
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153 Connect the hardware AC3 decoder to your soundcard's SP/DIF, and use
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154 -ac hwac3 . It may work.
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157 <A NAME=2.1.4>2.1.4. Codec importing howto</A>
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160 <A NAME=2.1.4.1>2.1.4.1. VFW codecs</A>
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162 VfW (Video for Windows) is the old Video API for Windows. Its codecs have
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163 the .DLL or (rarely) .DRV extension.
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164 If <B>MPlayer</B> fails with your AVI:
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167 UNKNOWN video codec: HFYU (0x55594648)
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170 It means your AVI is encoded with a codec which has the HFYU fourcc (HFYU =
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171 HuffYUV codec, DIV3 = DivX Low Motion, etc...). Now that we know this, we'll
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172 have to find out which DLL Windows loads in order to play this file. In our
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173 case, the system.ini contains this (with many others):
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176 VIDC.HFYU=huffyuv.dll
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179 So we'll need the huffyuv.dll file. Note that the audio codecs are specified
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180 with the MSACM prefix :
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183 msacm.l3acm=L3codeca.acm
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186 This is the MP3 codec.
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187 So, now we have all the info needed (fourcc, codec file, sample AVI), submit
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188 your codec support request in mail, and upload these files to the FTP:
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189 ftp://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/
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192 <A NAME=2.1.4.2>2.1.4.2. DirectShow codecs</A>
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194 DirectShow is the newer Video API, which is even worse than its predecessor.
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195 Things are harder with DirectShow, since
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196 - system.ini doesn't contain the needed information, instead it's stored in
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197 the registry :(
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198 - we'll need the GUID of the codec.
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200 So let's search that goddamn registry..
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201 - Start 'regedit'
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202 - press ctrl-f, disable the first two checkbox, and enable the third. Type
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203 the fourcc of the codec. (for ex.: TM20)
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204 - you should see a field which contains the path and filename
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205 (for ex. : C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\TM20DEC.AX)
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206 - now that we have the file, we'll need the GUID. Try searching again, but
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207 now we'll search for the codec's name, not the fourcc. Its name can be acquired
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208 when Media Player is playing that file, by checking File/Properties/Advanced.
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209 If not, bad luck ;) Try guessing.
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210 (for ex. search for : TrueMotion)
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211 - if found (in registry), there should be a FriendlyName field, and a CLSID
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212 field. Write down that 16 byte of CLSID, this is the GUID required by us.
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215 NOTE : if searching fails, try to enable all the checkboxes.. you may have
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216 false hits, but maybe you'll have the right, too...
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217 NOTE : dump that M$ shit.
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220 So, now we have all the info needed (fourcc, GUID, codec file, sample AVI),
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221 submit your codec support request in mail, and upload these files to the FTP:
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222 ftp://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/
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