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4 <HEAD>
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5 <TITLE>Codecs - MPlayer - The Movie Player for Linux</TITLE>
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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
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19 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html">codec status table</A>
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20 for the complete, daily generated list. Quite a few codecs are available for
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21 download from our homepage. Grab them from our
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22 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/">codecs page</A>.</P>
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24 <P>The most important ones above all:</P>
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25 <UL>
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26 <LI><B>MPEG1</B> (<B>VCD</B>) and <B>MPEG2</B> (<B>DVD</B>) video</LI>
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27 <LI>native decoders for <B>DivX ;-)</B>, <B>OpenDivX</B>, <B>DivX4</B>, <B>
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28 DivX5</B>, <B>M$ MPEG4</B> v1, v2 and other MPEG4 variants</LI>
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29 <LI>native decoder for <B>Windows Media Video 7/8</B> (<B>WMV1/WMV2</B>), and
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30 Win32 DLL decoder for <B>Windows Media Video 9</B> (<B>WMV3</B>), both
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31 used in .wmv files</LI>
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32 <LI>native <B>Sorenson 1 (SVQ1)</B> decoder</LI>
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33 <LI>native <B>Sorenson 3 (SVQ3)</B> decoder</LI>
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34 <LI><B>3ivx</B> v1, v2 decoder</LI>
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35 <LI>Cinepak and <B>Intel Indeo</B> codecs (3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.0)</LI>
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36 <LI><B>MJPEG</B>, AVID, VCR2, ASV2 and other hardware formats</LI>
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37 <LI>VIVO 1.0, 2.0, I263 and other <B>h263</B>(+) variants</LI>
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38 <LI>FLI/FLC</LI>
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39 <LI><B>RealVideo 1.0</B> codec from libavcodec, and <B>RealVideo 2.0</B>,
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40 <B>3.0</B> and <B>4.0</B> codecs using RealPlayer libraries</LI>
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41 <LI>native decoder for HuffYUV</LI>
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42 <LI>various old simple RLE-like formats</LI>
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45 <P>If you have a Win32 codec not listed here which is not supported yet, please
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46 read the <A HREF="#importing">codec importing HOWTO</A> and help us add support
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47 for it.</P>
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50 <H4><A NAME="divx">2.2.1.1 DivX4/DivX5</A></H4>
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52 <P>This section contains information about the DivX4 and DivX5 codecs of
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53 <A HREF="http://www.projectmayo.com">Project Mayo</A>. Their first available
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54 alpha version was OpenDivX 4.0 alpha 47 and 48. Support for this was included
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55 in MPlayer in the past, and built by default. We also used its
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56 postprocessing code to optionally enhance visual quality of MPEG1/2 movies.
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57 Now we use our own, for all file types.</P>
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59 <P>The new generation of this codec is called DivX4 and can even decode
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60 movies made with the infamous DivX codec! In addition it is much faster than
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61 the native Win32 DivX DLLs but slower than <B>libavcodec</B>. Hence its usage
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62 as a decoder is <B>DISCOURAGED</B>. However, it is useful for encoding. One
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63 disadvantage of this codec is that it is not available under an Open Source
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64 license.</P>
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65
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66 <P>DivX4Linux works in two modes:</P>
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68 <DL>
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69 <DT><CODE>-vc odivx</CODE></DT>
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70 <DD>Uses the codec in OpenDivX fashion. In this case it
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71 produces YV12 images in its own buffer, and MPlayer does colorspace
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72 conversion via libvo. (<B>Fast, recommended!</B>)</DD>
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74 <DT><CODE>-vc divx4</CODE></DT>
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75 <DD>Uses the colorspace conversion of the codec.
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76 In this mode you can use YUY2/UYVY, too. (<B>SLOW</B>)</DD>
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79 <P>The <CODE>-vc odivx</CODE> method is usually faster, due to the fact that it
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81 less bandwidth on the bus. For packed YUV modes (YUY2, UYVY) use the
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82 <CODE>-vc divx4</CODE> method. For RGB modes the speed is the same, differing
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83 at best according to your current color depth.</P>
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85 <P><B>Note:</B> If your <CODE>-vo</CODE> driver supports direct rendering, then
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86 <CODE>-vc divx4</CODE> may be faster or even the fastest solution.</P>
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88 <P>The Divx4/5 binary codec library can be downloaded from
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89 <A HREF="http://avifile.sourceforge.net">avifile</A> or
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90 <A HREF="http://www.divx.com">divx.com</A>.
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91 Unpack it, run <CODE>./install.sh</CODE> as root and do not forget adding
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92 <CODE>/usr/local/lib</CODE> to your <CODE>/etc/ld.so.conf</CODE> and running
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93 <CODE>ldconfig</CODE>.</P>
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95 <P>Get the CVS version of the OLD OpenDivx core library like this:</P>
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97 <OL>
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98 <LI><CODE>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.projectmayo.com:/cvsroot login</CODE></LI>
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99 <LI><CODE>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.projectmayo.com:/cvsroot co divxcore</CODE></LI>
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100 <LI>This core library is split into a decore and encore library that have to
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101 be compiled separately. For the decore Library, simply type
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102 <PRE>
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103 cd divxcore/decore/build/linux
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104 make
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105 cp libdivxdecore.so /usr/local/lib
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106 ln -s libdivxdecore.so /usr/local/lib/libdivxdecore.so.0
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107 cp ../../src/decore.h /usr/local/include
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108 </PRE>
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109 </LI>
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110 <LI>Alas, for the encore library there is no Linux Makefile available, and the
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111 MMX optimized code only works on Windows. You can still compile it, though,
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112 by using this
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113 <A HREF="ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/divx-mf/Makefile">Makefile</A>.
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114 <PRE>
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115 cd ../../../encore/build
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116 mkdir linux
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117 cd linux
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118 cp path/Makefile .
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119 make
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120 cp libdivxencore.so /usr/local/lib
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121 ln -s libdivxencore.so /usr/local/lib/libdivxencore.so.0
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122 cp ../../src/encore.h /usr/local/include
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123 </PRE>
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124 </LI>
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125 </OL>
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126
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127 <P>MPlayer autodetects DivX4/DivX5 if it is properly installed, just
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128 compile as usual. If it does not detect it, you did not install or configure
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129 it correctly.</P>
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132 <H4><A NAME="libavcodec">2.2.1.2 FFmpeg/libavcodec</A></H4>
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134 <P><A HREF="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">FFmpeg</A> contains an
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136 encoded with
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137 H263/MJPEG/LJPEG/RV10/DivX3/DivX4/DivX5/MP41/MP42/WMV1/WMV2/HuffYUV/SVQ1/SVQ3/
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138 MPEG1/MPEG2/VCR1/VCR2/ASV1/ASV2/CLJR
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139 video, or WMA (Windows Media Audio) audio codecs. Not only some of
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140 them can be encoded with, but it also offers higher speed than the Win32
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143 <P>It contains a lot of nice codecs, especially important are the MPEG4
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144 variants:
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145 DivX3, DivX4, DivX5, Windows Media Video 7/8 (WMV1/WMV2). Also a very
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147
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148 <P>The most recent codec deserving credit is the <B>Sorenson 3</B> (SVQ3)
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149 codec. This is the first, completely opensource implementation of this
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150 codec. It's even faster than the original. Be sure to prefer this instead
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151 of the binary codec!</P>
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152
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153 <P>If you use an MPlayer release you have libavcodec right in the
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154 package, just build as usual. If you use MPlayer from CVS you have to
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155 extract libavcodec from the FFmpeg CVS tree as FFmpeg releases <B>don't</B>
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156 work with MPlayer. In order to achieve this do:</P>
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158 <OL>
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159 <LI><CODE>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg login</CODE></LI>
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160 <LI><CODE>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg co ffmpeg</CODE></LI>
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161 <LI>Move the <CODE>libavcodec</CODE> directory from the FFmpeg sources to the
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162 root of the MPlayer CVS tree. It should look like this:
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163 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>main/libavcodec</CODE></P>
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164 Symlinking is <B>not</B> enough, you have to copy or move it!</LI>
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165 <LI>Compile. Configure should detect problems before compilation.</LI>
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166 </OL>
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168 <P><B>Note:</B> MPlayer from CVS does contain a libavcodec
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169 subdirectory, but it does <B>not</B> contain the source for libavcodec!
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170 You must follow the steps above to obtain the source for this library.</P>
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172 <P>With FFmpeg and my Matrox G400, I can view even the highest resolution DivX
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173 movies without dropped frames on my K6/2 500.</P>
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176 <H4><A NAME="xanim">2.2.1.3 XAnim codecs</A></H4>
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177
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178 <H4>FOREWORD</H4>
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179 <P>
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180 Be advised that the XAnim binary codecs are packaged with a piece of text
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181 claiming to be a legally binding software license which, besides other
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182 restrictions, forbids the user to use the codecs in conjunction with any
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183 program other than XAnim. However, the XAnim author has yet to bring legal
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184 action against anyone for codec-related issues.
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185 </P>
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186
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187 <H4>INSTALLATION AND USAGE</H4>
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188 <P>MPlayer is capable of employing the XAnim codecs for decoding. Follow
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189 the instructions to enable them:</P>
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190
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191 <OL>
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192 <LI>Download the codecs you wish to use from the
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193 <A HREF="http://xanim.va.pubnix.com">XAnim site</A>. The <B>3ivx</B> codec
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194 is not there, but at the <A HREF="http://www.3ivx.com">3ivx site</A>.</LI>
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195 <LI><B>OR</B> download the codecs pack from our
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196 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/">codecs page</A>.
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197 </LI>
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198 <LI>Use the <CODE>--with-xanimlibdir</CODE> option to tell configure where
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199 to find the XAnim codecs. By default, it looks for them at
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200 <CODE>/usr/local/lib/codecs, /usr/local/lib/xanim/mods, /usr/lib/xanim/mods and /usr/lib/xanim</CODE>.
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201 Alternatively you can set the environment variable <I>XANIM_MOD_DIR</I> to
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202 the directory of the XAnim codecs.</LI>
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203 <LI>Rename/symlink the files, cutting out the architecture stuff, so they will
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204 have filenames like these: <CODE>vid_cvid.xa, vid_h263.xa, vid_iv50.xa</CODE>.</LI>
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205 </OL>
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206
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207 <P>XAnim is video codec family <CODE>xanim</CODE>, so you may want to use the <CODE>-vfm xanim</CODE>
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208 option to tell MPlayer to use them if possible.</P>
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209
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210 <P>Tested codecs include: <B>Indeo 3.2</B>, <B>4.1</B>, <B>5.0</B>, <B>CVID</B>,
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211 <B>3ivX</B>, <B>h263</B>.</P>
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214 <H4><A NAME="vivo_video">2.2.1.4 VIVO video</A></H4>
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215
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216 <P>MPlayer can play Vivo (1.0 and 2.0) videos. The most suitable codec
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217 for 1.0 files is FFmpeg's H263 decoder, you can use it with the <CODE>-vc
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218 ffh263</CODE> option. For 2.0 files, use the Win32 DLL through the
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219 <CODE>-vc vivo</CODE> option. If you do not supply command line options
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220 MPlayer selects the best codec automatically.</P>
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223 <H4><A NAME="mpeg">2.2.1.5 MPEG 1/2 video</A></H4>
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224
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225 <P>MPEG1 and MPEG2 are decoded by the multiplatform native <B>libmpeg2</B>
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226 library, whose source code is included in MPlayer. We handle buggy
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227 MPEG 1/2 video files by catching <CODE>Signal 11 (Segmentation fault)</CODE>,
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228 and quickly reinitializing the codec, continuing exactly from where the
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229 failure occurred. This recovery technique has no measurable speed penalty.</P>
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230
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231
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232 <H4><A NAME="ms_video1">2.2.1.6 MS Video1</A></H4>
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233
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234 <P>This is a very old and very bad codec from Microsoft. In the past it was
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235 decoded with the <CODE>msvidc32.dll</CODE> Win32 codec, now we have our own
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236 open source implementation (by <A HREF="mailto:melanson@pcisys.net">Mike
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237 Melanson</A>).</P>
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239
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240 <H4><A NAME="cinepak">2.2.1.7 Cinepak CVID</A></H4>
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241
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242 <P>MPlayer uses its own open source, multiplatform Cinepak decoder (by
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243 <A HREF="mailto:timf@csse.monash.edu.au">Dr. Tim Ferguson</A>), by default.
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244 It supports YUV outputs, so that hardware scaling is possible if the video
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245 output driver permits it.</P>
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247
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248 <H4><A NAME="realvideo">2.2.1.8 RealVideo</A></H4>
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249
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250 MPlayer supports decoding all versions of RealVideo:
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252 <UL>
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253 <LI>RealVideo 1.0 (fourcc RV10) - en/decoding supported by <B>libavcodec</B></LI>
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254 <LI>RealVideo 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 (fourcc RV20, RV30, RV40) - decoding supported by <B>RealPlayer libraries</B></LI>
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255 </UL>
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256
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257 <P>It is recommended to download and install RealPlayer8 or RealONE, because
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258 MPlayer can use their libraries to decode files with RealVideo 2.0 -
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259 4.0 video. The MPlayer configure script should detect the
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260 RealPlayer libraries in the standard locations of a full installation. If it
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261 does not, tell configure where to look with the
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262 <CODE>--with-reallibdir</CODE> option.</P>
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263
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264 <P>As a second chance you can download the codecs from
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265 <a href="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/</a>.
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266 After downloading the Real codecs package, extract it to the /usr/local/lib/codecs
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267 directory, or you can specify a unique path with the <CODE>--with-reallibdir</CODE> option.</P>
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268
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269 <P><B>Note:</B> RealPlayer libraries currently <B>only work with Linux, FreeBSD,
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270 NetBSD and Cygwin on the x86, Alpha and PowerPC (Linux/Alpha and Linux/PowerPC
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271 have been tested) platforms.</B></P>
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273
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274 <H4><A NAME="xvid">2.2.1.9 XviD</A></H4>
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276 <P><A HREF="http://www.xvid.org/"><B>XviD</B></A> is a forked development of
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277 the OpenDivX codec. It happened when ProjectMayo changed OpenDivX to closed
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278 source DivX4 (now DivX5), and the non-ProjectMayo people working on OpenDivX
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279 got angry, then started XviD. So both projects have the same origin.</P>
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280
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281 <H4>ADVANTAGES</H4>
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283 <UL>
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284 <LI>open source</LI>
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285 <LI>its API is compatible with DivX4 so adding support for it is easy</LI>
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286 <LI>2-pass encoding support</LI>
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287 <LI>nice encoding quality, higher speed than DivX4 (you can optimize it for
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288 your box while compiling)</LI>
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289 </UL>
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291 <H4>DISADVANTAGES</H4>
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293 <UL>
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294 <LI>currently it does not properly <B>decode</B> all DivX/DivX4 files (no
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295 problem as <A HREF="#libavcodec">libavcodec</A> can play them)</LI>
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296 <LI>under development</LI>
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297 </UL>
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298
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299 <H4>INSTALLING XVID CVS</H4>
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300
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301 <P>XviD is currently available only from CVS. Here are download and installation
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302 instructions (you need at least autoconf 2.50, automake and libtool):</P>
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303
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304 <OL>
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305 <LI><CODE>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid login</CODE></LI>
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306 <LI><CODE>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid co xvidcore</CODE></LI>
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307 <LI><CODE>cd xvidcore/build/generic</CODE></LI>
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308 <LI><CODE>./bootstrap.sh</CODE></LI>
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309 <LI><CODE>./configure</CODE><BR>
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310 You may have to add some options (examine the output of
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311 <CODE>./configure --help</CODE>).</LI>
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312 <LI><CODE>make &amp;&amp; make install</CODE></LI>
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313 <LI>If you specified <CODE>--enable-divxcompat</CODE>,
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314 copy the <CODE>divx4.h</CODE> header file from
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315 <CODE>xvidcore/src/</CODE> to <CODE>/usr/local/include/</CODE>.</LI>
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316 <LI>Recompile MPlayer with
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317 <CODE>--with-xvidcore=/path/to/libxvidcore.a</CODE>.</LI>
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318 </OL>
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320
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321 <H4><A NAME="sorenson">2.2.1.10 Sorenson</A></H4>
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322
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323 <P><B>Sorenson</B> is a video codec family developed by Sorenson Media and
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324 licensed to Apple who distribute it with their QuickTime Player. We are
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325 currently able to decode all versions of Sorenson video files with the
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326 following decoders:</P>
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327
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328 <UL>
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329 <LI>Sorenson Video v1 (fourcc <I>SVQ1</I>) - decoding supported by <B>native
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330 codec</B> (<A HREF="#libavcodec">libavcodec</A>)</LI>
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331 <LI>Sorenson Video v3 (fourcc <I>SVQ3</I>) - decoding supported by <B>native
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332 codec</B> (<A HREF="#libavcodec">libavcodec</A>)</LI>
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333 </UL>
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334
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335 <H4>COMPILING MPLAYER WITH QUICKTIME LIBRARIES SUPPORT</H4>
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336
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337 <P><B>NOTE:</B> currently only 32bit Intel platforms are supported.</P>
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338
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339 <OL>
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340 <LI>download MPlayer CVS</LI>
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341 <LI>download QuickTime DLL pack from
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342 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/</A></LI>
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343 <LI>extract QuickTime DLL pack to your Win32 codecs directory (default:
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344 <CODE>/usr/local/lib/codecs/</CODE>)</LI>
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345 <LI>compile MPlayer</LI>
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346 </OL>
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348
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349 <H3><A NAME="audio_codecs">2.2.2 Audio codecs</A></H3>
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350
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351 <P>The most important audio codecs above all:<BR></P>
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352
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353 <UL>
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354 <LI>MPEG layer 2 (MP2), and layer 3 (MP3) audio (<B>native</B> code, with
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355 MMX/SSE/3DNow! optimization)</LI>
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356 <LI>MPEG layer 1 audio (<B>native</B> code, with libavcodec)</LI>
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357 <LI>Windows Media Audio v1, v2 (<B>native</B> code, with libavcodec)</LI>
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358 <LI>Windows Media Audio 9 (WMAv3) (using DMO DLL)</LI>
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359 <LI>AC3 Dolby audio (<B>native</B> code, with MMX/SSE/3DNow!
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360 optimization)</LI>
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361 <LI>AC3 passing through soundcard hardware</LI>
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362 <LI>Ogg Vorbis audio codec (<B>native</B> library)</LI>
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363 <LI>RealAudio: DNET (low bitrate AC3), Cook, Sipro and ATRAC3</LI>
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364 <LI>QuickTime: Qualcomm and QDesign audio codecs</LI>
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365 <LI>VIVO audio (g723, Vivo Siren)</LI>
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366 <LI>Voxware audio (using DirectShow DLL)</LI>
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367 <LI>alaw and ulaw, various gsm, adpcm and pcm formats and other simple old
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368 audio codecs</LI>
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369 <LI>AAC</LI>
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370 </UL>
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372
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373 <H4><A NAME="software_ac3">2.2.2.1 Software AC3 decoding</A></H4>
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374
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375 <P>This is the default decoder used for files with AC3 audio.</P>
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376
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377 <P>The AC3 decoder can create audio output mixes for 2, 4, or 6 speakers. When
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378 configured for 6 speakers, this decoder provides separate output of all the
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379 AC3 channels to the sound driver, allowing for full "surround sound"
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380 experience without the external AC3 decoder required to use the hwac3
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381 codec.</P>
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382
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383 <P>Use the <CODE>-channels</CODE> option to select the number of output
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384 channels. Use <CODE>-channels 2</CODE> for a stereo downmix. For a 4
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385 channel downmix (Left Front, Right Front, Left Surround and Right Surround
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386 outputs), use <CODE>-channels 4</CODE>. In this case, any center channel will
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387 be mixed equally to the front channels. <CODE>-channels 6</CODE> will output
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388 all the AC3 channels as they are encoded - in the order Left, Right, Left
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389 Surround, Right Surround, Center and LFE.</P>
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391 <P>The default number of output channels is 2.</P>
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393 <P>To use more than 2 output channels, you will need to use OSS, and have a
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394 sound card that supports the appropriate number of output channels via the
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395 SNDCTL_DSP_CHANNELS ioctl. An example of a suitable driver is emu10k1 (used
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396 by Soundblaster Live! cards) from August 2001 or newer (ALSA CVS is also
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397 supposed to work).</P>
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399
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400 <H4><A NAME="hardware_ac3">2.2.2.2 Hardware AC3 decoding</A></H4>
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402 <P>You need an AC3 capable sound card, with digital out (SP/DIF). The card's
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403 driver must properly support the AFMT_AC3 format (C-Media does). Connect
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404 your AC3 decoder to the SP/DIF output, and use the <CODE>-ac hwac3</CODE>
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405 option. It is experimental but known to work with C-Media cards,
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406 Soundblaster Live! using ALSA (but not OSS) drivers and DXR3/Hollywood+ MPEG
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407 decoder cards.</P>
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410 <H4><A NAME="libmad">2.2.2.3 libmad support</A></H4>
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412 <P><A HREF="http://mad.sourceforge.net">libmad</A> is a multiplatform MPEG
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413 audio decoding library. It does not handle broken files well, and it
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414 sometimes has problems with seeking.</P>
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415
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416 <P>To enable support, compile with the <CODE>--enable-mad</CODE> configure
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417 option.</P>
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419
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420 <H4><A NAME="vivo_audio">2.2.2.4 VIVO audio</A></H4>
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421
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422 <P>The audio codec used in VIVO files depends on whether it is a VIVO/1.0 or
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423 VIVO/2.0 file. VIVO/1.0 files have <B>g.723</B> audio, and VIVO/2.0 files
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424 have <B>Vivo Siren</B> audio. Both are supported.</P>
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425
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426 <H4><A NAME="realaudio">2.2.2.5 RealAudio</A></H4>
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428 MPlayer supports decoding nearly all versions of RealAudio:
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430 <UL>
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431 <LI>RealAudio DNET - decoding supported by <B>liba52</B></LI>
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432 <LI>RealAudio Cook/Sipro/ATRAC3 - decoding supported by <B>RealPlayer
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433 libraries</B></LI>
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434 </UL>
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435
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436 <P>On how to install RealPlayer libraries, see the
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437 <A HREF="#realvideo">RealVideo</A> section.</P>
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440 <H4><A NAME="qdesign">2.2.2.6 QDesign codecs</A></H4>
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442 <P>QDesign audio streams (fourcc: <I>QDMC</I>, <I>QDM2</I>) are found in MOV/QT
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443 files. Both versions of this codec can be decoded with QuickTime libraries.
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444 For installation instructions please see the <A HREF="#sorenson">Sorenson
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445 video codec</A> section.</P>
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446
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447
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448 <H4><A NAME="qclp">2.2.2.7 Qualcomm codec</A></H4>
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449
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450 <P>Qualcomm audio stream (fourcc: <I>Qclp</I>) is found in MOV/QT files.
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451 It can be decoded with QuickTime libraries. For installation instructions
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452 please see the <A HREF="#sorenson">Sorenson video codec</A> section.</P>
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453
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454
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455 <H4><A NAME="aac">2.2.2.8 AAC codec</A></H4>
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456
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457 <P>AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) is an audio codec sometimes found in MOV and MP4
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458 files. An open source decoder called FAAD is available from
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459 <A HREF="http://www.audiocoding.com/">AudioCoding.com</A>.
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460 MPlayer includes libfaad 2.0RC1, so you do not need to get it separately.</P>
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461
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463
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464 <H3><A NAME="importing">2.2.3 Win32 codec importing HOWTO</A></H3>
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465
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466
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467 <H4><A NAME="importing_vfw">2.2.3.1 VFW codecs</A></H4>
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468
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469 <P>VFW (Video for Windows) is the old Video API for Windows. Its codecs have
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470 the .DLL or (rarely) .DRV extension.
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471 If MPlayer fails at playing your AVI with this kind of message:</P>
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472
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473 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>UNKNOWN video codec: HFYU (0x55594648)</CODE></P>
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474
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475 <P>It means your AVI is encoded with a codec which has the HFYU fourcc (HFYU =
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476 HuffYUV codec, DIV3 = DivX Low Motion, etc...). Now that you know this, you
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477 have to find out which DLL Windows loads in order to play this file. In our
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478 case, the <CODE>system.ini</CODE> contains this information in a line that
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479 reads:</P>
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480
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481 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>VIDC.HFYU=huffyuv.dll</CODE></P>
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482
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483 <P>So you need the <CODE>huffyuv.dll</CODE> file. Note that the audio codecs are
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484 specified by the MSACM prefix:</P>
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485
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486 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>msacm.l3acm=L3codeca.acm</CODE></P>
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488
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489 <P>This is the MP3 codec. Now that you have all the necessary information
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490 (fourcc, codec file, sample AVI), submit your codec support request by mail,
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491 and upload these files to the FTP site:</P>
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492
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493 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/</CODE></P>
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495 <P><B>Note:</B> On Windows NT/2000/XP search for this info in the registry, e.g. search for
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496 "VIDC.HFYU". To find out how to do this, look at the old DirectShow method below.</P>
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498 <H4><A NAME="importing_directshow">2.2.3.2 DirectShow codecs</A></H4>
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499
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500 <P>DirectShow is the newer Video API, which is even worse than its predecessor.
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501 Things are harder with DirectShow, since</P>
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502
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503 <UL>
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504 <LI><CODE>system.ini</CODE> does not contain the needed information, instead it
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505 is stored in the registry and</LI>
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506 <LI>we need the GUID of the codec.</LI>
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507 </UL>
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509 <P><B>New Method:</B> Using Microsoft GraphEdit (fast)</P>
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510
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511 <OL>
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512 <LI>Get GraphEdit from either DirectX SDK or
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513 <A HREF="http://doom9.org">Doom9</A>.</LI>
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514 <LI>Start <CODE>graphedit.exe</CODE>.</LI>
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515 <LI>From the menu select Graph -&gt; Insert Filters.</LI>
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516 <LI>Expand item <CODE>DirectShow Filters</CODE>.</LI>
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517 <LI>Select the right codec name and expand item.</LI>
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518 <LI>In the entry <CODE>DisplayName</CODE> look at the text in winged brackets
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519 after the backslash and write it down (five dash-delimited blocks, the
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520 GUID).</LI>
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521 <LI>The codec binary is the file specified in the <CODE>Filename</CODE>
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522 entry.</LI>
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523 </OL>
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524
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525 <P><B>Note:</B> If there is no <CODE>Filename</CODE> entry and <CODE>DisplayName</CODE>
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526 contains something like <CODE>device:dmo</CODE>, then it is a DMO-Codec.</P>
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527
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528 <P><B>Old Method:</B> Take a deep breath and start searching the registry...</P>
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529
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530 <OL>
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531 <LI>Start <CODE>regedit</CODE>.</LI>
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532 <LI>Press <CODE>Ctrl-f</CODE>, disable the first two checkboxes, and enable
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533 the third. Type in the fourcc of the codec (e.g. TM20).</LI>
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534 <LI>You should see a field which contains the path and the filename
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535 (e.g. <CODE>C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\TM20DEC.AX</CODE>).</LI>
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536 <LI>Now that you have the file, we need the GUID. Try searching again, but
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537 now search for the codec's name, not the fourcc. Its name can be acquired
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538 when Media Player is playing the file, by checking File -&gt; Properties
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539 -&gt; Advanced.
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540 If not, you are out of luck. Try guessing (e.g. search for TrueMotion).</LI>
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541 <LI>If the GUID is found you should see a FriendlyName and a CLSID
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542 field. Write down the 16 byte CLSID, this is the GUID we need.</LI>
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543 </OL>
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544
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545 <P><B>Note:</B> If searching fails, try enabling all the checkboxes. You may have
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546 false hits, but you may get lucky...</P>
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548 <P>Now that you have all the necessary information (fourcc, GUID, codec file,
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549 sample AVI), submit your codec support request by mail, and upload these files
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550 to the FTP site:</P>
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551
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552 <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/</CODE></P>
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554 </BODY>
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555 </HTML>