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new 'RealMedia' 'Realvideo' 'RealAudio' sections also added FLI format section

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<LI>Intel Indeo codecs (3.1,3.2,4.1,5.0)</LI>
<LI>MJPEG, ASV2 and other hardware formats</LI>
<LI>XAnim codecs</LI>
<LI>VIVO</LI>
<LI>FLI</LI>
</UL></P>

<P>If you have a Win32 codec not listed here, and not supported yet, just read the <A
HREF="#2.2.3">codec importing</A> to get info about how to help us adding support
for it!</P>

<P><B>MPlayer</B> now has its own opensource, multiplatform Cinepak decoder.
Supports YUV outputs, thus hardware scaling if video output driver allows.
Used by default.</P>


<P><B><A NAME=2.2.2>2.2.2.  Audio codecs</A></B></P>

<P>The most important audio codecs above all :<BR>
<UL>
<LI>MPEG layer 2, and layer 3 (MP3) audio (<B>native</B> code, with MMX/SSE/3DNow! optimization)</LI>

<LI>AC3 Dolby audio (<B>native</B> code, with SSE/3DNow! optimization)</LI>
<LI>Ogg Vorbis audio codec (<B>native</B> lib)</LI>
<LI>Voxware audio (using DirectShow DLL)</LI>
<LI>alaw, msgsm, pcm and other simple old audio formats</LI>
<LI>VIVO audio (g723, Vivo Siren)</LI>
</UL></P>


<P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.1>2.2.2.1.  Software AC3 decoding</A></B></P>

VIVO/2.0 file. VIVO/1.0 files have <B>g.723</B> audio, and VIVO/2.0 files
have <B>Vivo Siren</B>. Both is <U>supported</U>. You can grab the g.723/Siren
Win32 DLL from
<A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/samples/drivers32/vivog723.acm">here</A>,
then copy it into the <CODE>/usr/lib/win32</CODE> directory, or respectively.</P>


<P><B><A NAME=2.2.3>2.2.3. Win32 codec importing howto</A></B></P>

<P><B><A NAME=2.2.3.1>2.2.3.1. VFW codecs</A></B></P>

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<LI>Intel Indeo codecs (3.1,3.2,4.1,5.0)</LI>
<LI>MJPEG, ASV2 and other hardware formats</LI>
<LI>XAnim codecs</LI>
<LI>VIVO</LI>
<LI>FLI</LI>
<LI>RealVideo 1.0</LI>
</UL></P>

<P>If you have a Win32 codec not listed here, and not supported yet, just read the <A
HREF="#2.2.3">codec importing</A> to get info about how to help us adding support
for it!</P>

<P><B>MPlayer</B> now has its own opensource, multiplatform Cinepak decoder.
Supports YUV outputs, thus hardware scaling if video output driver allows.
Used by default.</P>


<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.8>2.2.1.8.  RealVideo</A></B></P>

<P>Currently ONLY the RealVideo 1.0 (fourcc RV10) codec is supported, through
ffmpeg. Sadly, no new RealMedia files come with this one, only with the newer
RV20 and RV30 codecs which are closed-source. Their future support is
unlikely :(</P>


<P><B><A NAME=2.2.2>2.2.2.  Audio codecs</A></B></P>

<P>The most important audio codecs above all :<BR>
<UL>
<LI>MPEG layer 2, and layer 3 (MP3) audio (<B>native</B> code, with MMX/SSE/3DNow! optimization)</LI>

<LI>AC3 Dolby audio (<B>native</B> code, with SSE/3DNow! optimization)</LI>
<LI>Ogg Vorbis audio codec (<B>native</B> lib)</LI>
<LI>Voxware audio (using DirectShow DLL)</LI>
<LI>alaw, msgsm, pcm and other simple old audio formats</LI>
<LI>VIVO audio (g723, Vivo Siren)</LI>
<LI>RealAudio: DNET (low bitrate AC3)</LI>
</UL></P>


<P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.1>2.2.2.1.  Software AC3 decoding</A></B></P>

VIVO/2.0 file. VIVO/1.0 files have <B>g.723</B> audio, and VIVO/2.0 files
have <B>Vivo Siren</B>. Both is <U>supported</U>. You can grab the g.723/Siren
Win32 DLL from
<A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/samples/drivers32/vivog723.acm">here</A>,
then copy it into the <CODE>/usr/lib/win32</CODE> directory, or respectively.</P>


<P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.5>2.2.2.5.  RealAudio</A></B></P>

<P>Currently the only supported one is the DNET codec. Actually it's a
low-bitrate version of the well-known AC3 codec. It can be found either in
old and new RealMedia movies.</P>


<P><B><A NAME=2.2.3>2.2.3. Win32 codec importing howto</A></B></P>

<P><B><A NAME=2.2.3.1>2.2.3.1. VFW codecs</A></B></P>