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<P><B><A NAME=2.1.2>2.1.2. Audio formats</A></B></P>

<P><B>MPlayer</B> used to be a <B>Movie</B> and not a <B>Media</B> player.
This is slowly changing and MP3, OGG VORBIS, WMA, MP4 and WAV are currently
supported. Nevertheless the main focus is still video, so you may prefer to
use alternatives like <A HREF="http://www.xmms.org">xmms</A> or 
<A HREF="http://www.mpg123.de">mpg123</A> instead.</P>

<P>You may have problems playing certain MP3 files that <B>MPlayer</B> will
misdetect as mpegs and play incorrectly or not at all. This cannot be fixed
without dropping support for certain broken mpeg files and thus will remain
like this for the foreseeable future. The <CODE>-demuxer</CODE> flag described
in the manpage may help you in these cases.</P>

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<P><B><A NAME=2.1.2>2.1.2. Audio formats</A></B></P>

<P><B>MPlayer</B> is a <B>Movie</B> and not a <B>Media</B> player, although
  it can play some audio file formats (they are listed in the sections below).
  This is not a recommended usage of <B>MPlayer</B>, you better use
  <A HREF="http://www.xmms.org">xmms</A>.</P>


<P><B><A NAME=2.1.2.1>2.1.2.1. MP3 files</A></B></P>

<P>You may have problems playing certain MP3 files that <B>MPlayer</B> will
misdetect as MPEGs and play incorrectly or not at all. This cannot be fixed
without dropping support for certain broken MPEG files and thus will remain
like this for the foreseeable future. The <CODE>-demuxer</CODE> flag described
in the manpage may help you in these cases.</P>


<P><B><A NAME=2.1.2.2>2.1.2.2. WAV files</A></B></P>


<P><B><A NAME=2.1.2.3>2.1.2.3. OGG files (Vorbis)</A></B></P>

<P>Requires properly installed <CODE>libvorbis</CODE>.</P>


<P><B><A NAME=2.1.2.4>2.1.2.4. WMA/ASF files</A></B></P>


<P><B><A NAME=2.1.2.5>2.1.2.5. MP4 files</A></B></P>

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