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| 2745 | 12 <P><B><A NAME=2.2>2.2. Supported codecs</A></B></P> |
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| 2745 | 15 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1>2.2.1. Video codecs</A></B></P> |
| 1612 | 16 |
| 1731 | 17 <P>See <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html</A> for the complete, |
| 1869 | 18 daily generated list!!!</P> |
| 1612 | 19 |
| 5534 | 20 <P>The most important ones above all:</P> |
| 1682 | 21 <UL> |
| 2290 | 22 <LI>MPEG1 (VCD) and MPEG2 (DVD) video</LI> |
| 5968 | 23 <LI>DivX ;-), OpenDivX (DivX4), DivX 5.01, 3ivX, M$ MPEG4 v2 and other MPEG4 variants</LI> |
| 2290 | 24 <LI>Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1) and 8 (WMV2) used in .wmv files</LI> |
| 5114 | 25 <LI>Cinepak and Intel Indeo codecs (3.1,3.2,4.1,5.0)</LI> |
| 26 <LI>MJPEG, AVID, VCR2, ASV2 and other hardware formats</LI> | |
| 27 <LI>VIVO 1.0, 2.0, I263 and other h263(+) variants</LI> | |
| 28 <LI>FLI/FLC</LI> | |
| 6357 | 29 <LI>RealVideo 1.0 from ffmpeg, and RealVideo 2.0, 3.0 using RealPlayer |
| 30 libraries</LI> | |
| 5114 | 31 <LI>Various old simple RLE-like formats</LI> |
| 5534 | 32 </UL> |
| 1612 | 33 |
| 5534 | 34 <P>If you have a Win32 codec not listed here which is not supported yet, please read the |
| 35 <A HREF="#2.2.3">codec importing HOWTO</A> and help us add support | |
| 1731 | 36 for it!</P> |
| 1612 | 37 |
| 5018 | 38 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.1>2.2.1.1. DivX4/DivX5</A></B></P> |
| 1612 | 39 |
| 1682 | 40 <P>This section contains information about the DivX4 codec of |
| 5534 | 41 <A HREF="http://www.projectmayo.com">Project Mayo</A>. Their first available alpha version was OpenDivX 4.0 |
| 1682 | 42 alpha 47 and 48. Support for this was/is included in <B>MPlayer</B>, and built by |
| 5534 | 43 default. Earlier, we used its postprocessing code to optionally enhance visual |
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44 quality of MPEG1/2 movies. Now we use our own.</P> |
| 1612 | 45 |
| 5534 | 46 <P>The new generation of this codec is called DivX4Linux and can even decode |
| 47 movies made with the infamous DivX codec! In addition it is much faster than the | |
| 48 native Win32 DivX DLLs but slower than libavcodec. | |
| 49 Hence its usage as a decoder is <B>DISCOURAGED</B>. However, it is useful for | |
| 50 encoding. One disadvantage of this codec is that it is currently closed source.</P> | |
| 1612 | 51 |
| 5534 | 52 <P>The codec can be downloaded from one of the following URLs:</P> |
| 3583 | 53 |
| 5534 | 54 <P> <A HREF="http://avifile.sourceforge.net">http://avifile.sourceforge.net</A><BR> |
| 55 <A HREF="http://divx.com">http://divx.com</A></P> | |
| 1612 | 56 |
| 2684 | 57 <P>Unpack it, and run <CODE>./install.sh</CODE> as root.</P> |
| 1612 | 58 |
| 5534 | 59 <P>Note: Do NOT forget adding <CODE>/usr/local/lib</CODE> to your |
| 60 <CODE>/etc/ld.so.conf</CODE> and running <CODE>ldconfig</CODE>!</P> | |
| 1612 | 61 |
| 5534 | 62 <P><B>MPlayer</B> autodetects DivX4/DivX5 if it is properly installed, just |
| 63 compile as usual. If it does not detect it, you did not install or configure | |
| 64 it correctly.</P> | |
| 1682 | 65 |
| 5534 | 66 <P>DivX4Linux conflicts with the old OpenDivX because their APIs are similar but |
| 67 incompatible. Therefore you can only have one of them compiled into <B>MPlayer</B> | |
| 68 at a time.</P> | |
| 1682 | 69 |
| 5534 | 70 <P>DivX4Linux offers an OpenDivX compatibility mode such that you may choose from |
| 71 the following options when using this codec:</P> | |
| 1682 | 72 |
| 5534 | 73 <TABLE BORDER=0> |
| 74 <TR><TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-vc odivx</CODE></TD><TD> </TD> | |
| 6393 | 75 <TD>Uses the codec in OpenDivX fashion. In this case it |
| 5534 | 76 produces YV12 images in its own buffer, and <B>MPlayer</B> does colorspace |
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| 5534 | 78 <TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-vc divx4</CODE></TD><TD></TD> |
| 6393 | 79 <TD>Uses the colorspace conversion of the codec. |
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80 In this mode you can use YUY2/UYVY, too.</TD></TR> |
| 5534 | 81 </TABLE> |
| 1612 | 82 |
| 5534 | 83 <P>The <CODE>-vc odivx</CODE> method is usually faster, due to the fact that it transfers |
| 1682 | 84 image data in YV12 (planar YUV 4:2:0) format, thus requiring much less |
| 5534 | 85 bandwidth on the bus. For packed YUV modes (YUY2, UYVY) use the <CODE>-vc divx4</CODE> |
| 86 method. For RGB modes the speed is the same, differing at best | |
| 87 according to your current color depth.</P> | |
| 1682 | 88 |
| 5534 | 89 <P>NOTE: If your -vo driver supports direct rendering, then <CODE>-vc divx4</CODE> may be |
| 5114 | 90 faster, or even the fastest solution.</P> |
| 91 | |
| 5534 | 92 <P>Note: <B>OLD</B> OpenDivX supports postprocessing via the |
| 93 <CODE>-oldpp</CODE> option, but the range of values is strange:</P> | |
| 1612 | 94 |
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| 5534 | 102 </TABLE> |
| 1612 | 103 |
| 5968 | 104 |
| 5534 | 105 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.2>2.2.1.2. FFmpeg DivX/libavcodec</A></B></P> |
| 1682 | 106 |
| 5534 | 107 <P>Beginning with version 0.4.2, |
| 108 <A HREF="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">FFmpeg</A> contains an | |
| 109 <B>open source</B> DivX codec, which is compatible with the traditional DivX. | |
| 110 <B>MPlayer</B> supports this codec, making it possible to <B>watch | |
| 6391 | 111 DivX/DivX4/DivX5/MP41/MP42 movies on non-x86 platforms</B>. Furthermore it offers higher |
| 5968 | 112 decoding speed than the Win32 codecs or the original |
| 5534 | 113 DivX4 library!</P> |
| 4022 | 114 |
| 5534 | 115 <P>It also contains a lot of nice codecs, such as RealVideo 1.0, MJPEG, h263, |
| 4022 | 116 h263+, etc.</P> |
| 117 | |
| 5534 | 118 <P>If you use an <B>MPlayer</B> release you have libavcodec right in the package, |
| 119 just build as usual. If you use <B>MPlayer</B> from CVS you have to extract | |
| 120 libavcodec from the FFmpeg CVS tree as FFmpeg 0.4.5 does <B>not</B> work with | |
| 121 <B>MPlayer</B>. In order to achieve this do:</P> | |
| 1612 | 122 |
| 5534 | 123 <OL> |
| 124 <LI><CODE>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg login</CODE></LI> | |
| 125 <LI><CODE>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg co ffmpeg</CODE></LI> | |
| 126 <LI>Move the <CODE>libavcodec</CODE> directory from the FFmpeg sources to the | |
| 127 root of the <B>MPlayer</B> CVS tree. It should look like this: | |
| 128 <P> <CODE>main/libavcodec</CODE></P> | |
| 129 Symlinking is <B>not</B> enough, you have to copy/move it!!!</LI> | |
| 130 <LI>Compile. Configure should detect problems before compilation.</LI> | |
| 131 </OL> | |
| 1668 | 132 |
| 6172 | 133 <P><B>NOTE:</B> MPlayer from CVS does contain a libavcodec |
| 6171 | 134 subdirectory, but it does NOT contain the source for libavcodec! |
| 135 You must follow the steps above to obtain the source for this library.</P> | |
| 5534 | 136 |
| 137 <P>The codec also <B>supports postprocessing!</B></P> | |
| 4022 | 138 |
| 5534 | 139 <P>With FFmpeg and my Matrox G400, I can view even the highest resolution DivX |
| 140 movies without dropped frames on my K6/2 500.</P> | |
| 1612 | 141 |
| 142 | |
| 2745 | 143 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.3>2.2.1.3. XAnim codecs</A></B></P> |
| 2411 | 144 |
| 5534 | 145 <P>Foreword:<BR> |
| 5187 | 146 Be advised that the XAnim binary codecs are packaged with a piece of text |
| 5534 | 147 claiming to be a legally binding software license which, besides other |
| 148 restrictions, forbids the user to use the codecs in conjunction with any | |
| 149 program other than XAnim. However, the XAnim author has yet to bring legal | |
| 150 action against anyone for codec-related issues. | |
| 5187 | 151 </P> |
| 2411 | 152 |
| 5534 | 153 <P><B>MPlayer</B> is capable of employing the XAnim codecs for decoding. Follow |
| 154 the instructions to enable them:</P> | |
| 2411 | 155 |
| 156 <UL> | |
| 5534 | 157 <LI>Download the codecs you wish to use from the |
| 2411 | 158 <A HREF="http://xanim.va.pubnix.com">XAnim site</A>. The <B>3ivx</B> codec |
| 5534 | 159 is not there, but at the <A HREF="http://www.3ivx.com">3ivx site</A>.</LI> |
| 2411 | 160 |
| 5534 | 161 <LI>Use the <CODE>--with-xanimlibdir</CODE> option to tell configure where |
| 162 to find the XAnim codecs. By default, it looks for them at | |
| 5114 | 163 <CODE>/usr/local/lib/xanim/mods, /usr/lib/xanim/mods and /usr/lib/xanim</CODE>. |
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| 5534 | 165 the directory of the XAnim codecs.</LI> |
| 3163 | 166 |
| 5534 | 167 <LI>Rename/symlink the files, cutting out the architecture stuff, so they will |
| 168 have filenames like these: <CODE>vid_cvid.xa, vid_h263.xa, vid_iv50.xa</CODE> | |
| 3163 | 169 |
| 2411 | 170 </UL> |
| 171 | |
| 5534 | 172 <P>XAnim is video codec family number 10, so you may want to use the <CODE>-vfm 10</CODE> |
| 2411 | 173 option to tell <B>MPlayer</B> to use them if possible.</P> |
| 174 | |
| 5534 | 175 <P>Tested codecs include: <B>Indeo 3.2</B>, <B>4.1</B>, <B>5.0</B>, <B>CVID</B>, <B>3ivX</B>, <B>h263</B>.</P> |
| 2411 | 176 |
| 2452 | 177 |
| 2745 | 178 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.4>2.2.1.4. VIVO video</A></B></P> |
| 179 | |
| 2855 | 180 <P><B>MPlayer</B> can play Vivo (1.0 and 2.0) videos. The most suitable codec |
| 3027 | 181 for 1.0 files is FFmpeg's H263 decoder, you can use it with the <CODE>-vc |
| 5534 | 182 ffh263</CODE> option (default) (requires up-to-date libavcodec). For 2.0 files, use |
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| 3027 | 184 HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/samples/drivers32/ivvideo.dll">here</A>), |
| 2855 | 185 and install it under <CODE>/usr/lib/win32</CODE> or wherever you store the |
| 5534 | 186 Win32 codecs. This latter codec does not support YV12 nor YUY2 only BGR modes, |
| 187 restricting it to the X11 and OpenGL outputs. Hopefully ffh263 will support | |
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188 VIVO 2.0 files in the future.</P> |
| 2855 | 189 |
| 2745 | 190 |
| 191 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.5>2.2.1.5. MPEG 1/2 video</A></B></P> | |
| 192 | |
| 5534 | 193 <P>MPEG1 and MPEG2 are decoded by the multiplatform native <B>libmpeg2</B> library, |
| 194 whose source code is included in <B>MPlayer</B>. | |
| 5114 | 195 We handle buggy MPEG 1/2 video files by catching sig11 (segmentation fault), |
| 5534 | 196 and quickly reinitializing the codec, continuing exactly from where the failure |
| 197 occurred. | |
| 198 This recovery technique has no measurable speed penalty.</P> | |
| 2745 | 199 |
| 200 | |
| 2855 | 201 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.6>2.2.1.6. MS Video1</A></B></P> |
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| 5534 | 203 <P>This is a very old and very bad codec from Microsoft. In the past it was |
| 2855 | 204 decoded with the <CODE>msvidc32.dll</CODE> Win32 codec, now we have our own |
| 5534 | 205 open source implementation (by <A HREF="mailto:melanson@pcisys.net">Mike |
| 2855 | 206 Melanson</A>).</P> |
| 207 | |
| 208 | |
| 3163 | 209 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.7>2.2.1.7. Cinepak CVID</A></B></P> |
| 210 | |
| 5534 | 211 <P><B>MPlayer</B> uses its own open source, multiplatform Cinepak decoder by |
| 212 default. It supports YUV outputs, so that hardware scaling is possible if the | |
| 213 video output driver permits it.</P> | |
| 3163 | 214 |
| 215 | |
| 3806 | 216 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.8>2.2.1.8. RealVideo</A></B></P> |
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| 6357 | 224 |
| 225 <P>On how to install RealPlayer libraries, see the | |
| 226 <A HREF="formats.html#2.1.1.7">RealMedia file format</A> section.</P> | |
| 3806 | 227 |
| 228 | |
| 5022 | 229 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.9>2.2.1.9. XViD</A></B></P> |
| 230 | |
| 5534 | 231 <P><B>XViD</B> is another development from the OpenDivX group (their first |
| 5022 | 232 development was DivX4).</P> |
| 233 | |
| 5534 | 234 <P><B>Advantages:</B></P> |
| 5022 | 235 <UL> |
| 5534 | 236 <LI>open source</LI> |
| 237 <LI>its API is compatible with DivX4 so adding support for | |
| 238 it is easy</LI> | |
| 5022 | 239 <LI>2-pass encoding support</LI> |
| 240 <LI>nice encoding quality, higher speed than DivX4 (you can optimize it for | |
| 241 your box while compiling)</LI> | |
| 242 </UL> | |
| 243 | |
| 5534 | 244 <P><B>Disadvantages:</B></P> |
| 5022 | 245 <UL> |
| 5534 | 246 <LI>currently it does not properly <B>decode</B> all DivX/DivX4 files (no problem as libavcodec can play them)</LI> |
| 5022 | 247 <LI>you have to choose between DivX4 <B>OR</B> XViD support at |
| 248 compiletime</LI> | |
| 249 <LI>under development</LI> | |
| 250 </UL> | |
| 251 | |
| 5534 | 252 <P><B>Installation:</B> It is currently available only from CVS. Here are the |
| 253 download and installation instructions:</P> | |
| 254 <OL> | |
| 255 <LI><CODE>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid login</CODE></LI> | |
| 256 <LI><CODE>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid co xvidcore</CODE></LI> | |
| 257 <LI><CODE>cd xvidcore/build/generic</CODE></LI> | |
| 258 <LI>Edit <CODE>Makefile.linux</CODE> to fit your needs.</LI> | |
| 259 <LI><CODE>make -f Makefile.linux</CODE></LI> | |
| 260 <LI>Get <CODE>encore2.h</CODE> and <CODE>decore.h</CODE> from the DivX4Linux | |
| 261 package, and copy them to <CODE>/usr/local/include/</CODE>.</LI> | |
| 262 <LI>Recompile <B>MPlayer</B> with <CODE>--with-xvidcore=/path/to/libcore.a</CODE>.</LI> | |
| 263 </OL> | |
| 5022 | 264 |
| 265 | |
| 2745 | 266 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2>2.2.2. Audio codecs</A></B></P> |
| 267 | |
| 5534 | 268 <P>The most important audio codecs above all:<BR></P> |
| 2745 | 269 <UL> |
| 270 <LI>MPEG layer 2, and layer 3 (MP3) audio (<B>native</B> code, with MMX/SSE/3DNow! optimization)</LI> | |
| 271 <LI>MPEG layer 1 audio (<B>native</B> code, with libavcodec)</LI> | |
| 5114 | 272 <LI>AC3 Dolby audio (<B>native</B> code, with MMX/SSE/3DNow! optimization)</LI> |
| 5534 | 273 <LI>Ogg Vorbis audio codec (<B>native</B> library)</LI> |
| 2745 | 274 <LI>Voxware audio (using DirectShow DLL)</LI> |
| 275 <LI>alaw, msgsm, pcm and other simple old audio formats</LI> | |
| 3566 | 276 <LI>VIVO audio (g723, Vivo Siren)</LI> |
| 3806 | 277 <LI>RealAudio: DNET (low bitrate AC3)</LI> |
| 5534 | 278 </UL> |
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| 5534 | 287 separate output of all the AC3 channels to the sound driver, |
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| 5534 | 294 <CODE>-channels 4</CODE>. In this case, any center channel will be mixed |
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| 5534 | 297 Surround, Center and LFE.</P> |
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| 5534 | 301 <P>To use more than 2 output channels, you will need to use OSS, and have a sound |
| 302 card that supports the appropriate number of output channels via the | |
| 303 SNDCTL_DSP_CHANNELS ioctl. An example of a suitable driver is emu10k1 (used by | |
| 304 Soundblaster Live! cards) from August 2001 or newer (ALSA CVS is also supposed to | |
| 305 work).</P> | |
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308 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.2>2.2.2.2. Hardware AC3 decoding</A></B></P> |
| 2745 | 309 |
| 5534 | 310 <P>You need an AC3 capable sound card, with digital out (SP/DIF). The |
| 311 card's driver must properly support the AFMT_AC3 format (C-Media does). | |
| 312 Connect your AC3 decoder to the SP/DIF output, and use the <CODE>-ac hwac3</CODE> | |
| 313 option. It is experimental but known to work with C-Media cards and Soundblaster | |
| 314 Live! + ALSA (but not OSS) drivers.</P> | |
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| 2452 | 318 |
| 319 <P><A HREF="http://mad.sourceforge.net">libmad</A> is a multiplatform MPEG audio | |
| 5534 | 320 decoding library. It does not handle broken files well, and it sometimes has |
| 321 problems with seeking.</P> | |
| 5114 | 322 |
| 2452 | 323 <P>To enable support, compile with the <CODE>--enable-mad</CODE> configure |
| 324 option.</P> | |
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| 2855 | 328 |
| 5534 | 329 <P>The audio codec used in VIVO files depends on whether it is a VIVO/1.0 or |
| 2865 | 330 VIVO/2.0 file. VIVO/1.0 files have <B>g.723</B> audio, and VIVO/2.0 files |
| 5534 | 331 have <B>Vivo Siren</B> audio. Both are supported. You can grab the g.723/Siren |
| 3566 | 332 Win32 DLL from |
| 2855 | 333 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/samples/drivers32/vivog723.acm">here</A>, |
| 5534 | 334 then copy it into the <CODE>/usr/lib/win32</CODE> directory.</P> |
| 2855 | 335 |
| 336 | |
| 3806 | 337 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.5>2.2.2.5. RealAudio</A></B></P> |
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| 3806 | 346 |
| 6391 | 347 <P>On how to install RealPlayer libraries, see the |
| 348 <A HREF="formats.html#2.1.1.7">RealMedia file format</A> section.</P> | |
| 6357 | 349 |
| 3806 | 350 |
| 5534 | 351 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.3>2.2.3. Win32 codec importing HOWTO</A></B></P> |
| 1682 | 352 |
| 2745 | 353 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.3.1>2.2.3.1. VFW codecs</A></B></P> |
| 1682 | 354 |
| 5534 | 355 <P>VFW (Video for Windows) is the old Video API for Windows. Its codecs have |
| 1682 | 356 the .DLL or (rarely) .DRV extension. |
| 5534 | 357 If <B>MPlayer</B> fails at playing your AVI with this kind of message:</P> |
| 1682 | 358 |
| 359 <P> <CODE>UNKNOWN video codec: HFYU (0x55594648)</CODE></P> | |
| 1612 | 360 |
| 1682 | 361 <P>It means your AVI is encoded with a codec which has the HFYU fourcc (HFYU = |
| 5534 | 362 HuffYUV codec, DIV3 = DivX Low Motion, etc...). Now that you know this, you |
| 1682 | 363 have to find out which DLL Windows loads in order to play this file. In our |
| 5534 | 364 case, the <CODE>system.ini</CODE> contains this information in a line that reads:</P> |
| 1612 | 365 |
| 1682 | 366 <P> <CODE>VIDC.HFYU=huffyuv.dll</CODE></P> |
| 367 | |
| 5534 | 368 <P>So you need the <CODE>huffyuv.dll</CODE> file. Note that the audio codecs are |
| 369 specified by the MSACM prefix:</P> | |
| 1682 | 370 |
| 371 <P> <CODE>msacm.l3acm=L3codeca.acm</CODE></P> | |
| 1612 | 372 |
| 373 | |
| 1682 | 374 <P>This is the MP3 codec. |
| 5534 | 375 Now that you have all the necessary information (fourcc, codec file, sample AVI), |
| 376 submit your codec support request by mail, and upload these files to the FTP site:</P> | |
| 1612 | 377 |
| 1869 | 378 <P> <CODE>ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/</CODE></P> |
| 1612 | 379 |
| 380 | |
| 2745 | 381 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.3.2>2.2.3.2. DirectShow codecs</A></B></P> |
| 1612 | 382 |
| 1682 | 383 <P>DirectShow is the newer Video API, which is even worse than its predecessor. |
| 5534 | 384 Things are harder with DirectShow, since</P> |
| 1682 | 385 <UL> |
| 5534 | 386 <LI><CODE>system.ini</CODE> does not contain the needed information, instead it |
| 387 is stored in the registry and | |
| 388 <LI>we need the GUID of the codec. | |
| 389 </UL> | |
| 1612 | 390 |
| 5534 | 391 <P>Take a deep breath and start searching the registry...</P> |
| 1682 | 392 <UL> |
| 5534 | 393 <LI>Start <CODE>regedit</CODE>. |
| 394 <LI>Press <CODE>Ctrl-f</CODE>, disable the first two checkboxes, and enable the | |
| 395 third. Type in the fourcc of the codec (e.g. TM20). | |
| 396 <LI>You should see a field which contains the path and the filename | |
| 397 (e.g. <CODE>C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\TM20DEC.AX</CODE>). | |
| 398 <LI>Now that you have the file, we need the GUID. Try searching again, but | |
| 399 now search for the codec's name, not the fourcc. Its name can be acquired | |
| 400 when Media Player is playing the file, by checking File->Properties->Advanced. | |
| 401 If not, you are out of luck. Try guessing (e.g. search for TrueMotion). | |
| 402 <LI>If the GUID is found you should see a FriendlyName and a CLSID | |
| 403 field. Write down the 16 byte CLSID, this is the GUID we need. | |
| 404 </UL> | |
| 1682 | 405 |
| 5534 | 406 <P>NOTE: If searching fails, try enabling all the checkboxes. You may have |
| 407 false hits, but you may get lucky...</P> | |
| 1612 | 408 |
| 5534 | 409 <P>Now that you have all the necessary information (fourcc, GUID, codec file, |
| 410 sample AVI), submit your codec support request by mail, and upload these files | |
| 411 to the FTP site:</P> | |
| 1612 | 412 |
| 5534 | 413 <P> <CODE>ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/</CODE></P> |
| 1612 | 414 |
| 415 </BODY> | |
| 416 </HTML> |