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daily generated list!!!</P>

<P>The most important ones above all:<BR>
<UL>
<LI>MPEG1 (VCD) and MPEG2 (DVD) video</LI>
<LI>DivX ;-), OpenDivX (DivX4), 3ivx and other MPEG4 variants</LI>
<LI>Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1) and 8 (WMV2) used in .wmv files</LI>
<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>

image data in YV12 (planar YUV 4:2:0) format, thus requiring much less
bandwidth on the bus. For packed YUV modes (YUY2, UYVY) use the 'divx4'
method. For RGB modes you can choose freely, their speed is same, maybe
differ according to the current bpp.</P>

<P>Note: it supports postprocessing too (use option <CODE>-oldpp</CODE> to
enable using it), but range of values is strange: </P>

<P><TABLE BORDER=0>
<TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">0</TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD><FONT CLASS="text">no postproc</TD><TR>

<UL>
  <LI>from release : then you have libavcodec right in the package, just
    build <B>MPlayer</B> as usual.</LI>
  <LI>from CVS : you have to download it manually directly from <B>FFmpeg</B>'s
    tree:

<P><CODE>
  cvs -d:pserver:[e-mail]:/cvsroot/ffmpeg login<BR>
  cvs -d:pserver:[e-mail]:/cvsroot/ffmpeg co ffmpeg
</CODE></P>

  <LI>download the codecs you wish to use from the
  <A HREF="http://xanim.va.pubnix.com">XAnim site</A>. The <B>3ivx</B> codec
  isn't there, so download it from the <A HREF="http://www.3ivx.com">3ivx site</A>.</LI>

  <LI>use the <CODE>--with-xanimlibdir</CODE> option to tell configure where
  it can find the xanim codecs if you didn't install them to the default
  location : <CODE>/usr/lib/xanim</CODE> .
  Alternatively you can set the environment variable <I>XANIM_MOD_DIR</I> to
  the dir of the XAnim codecs.</LI>

  <LI>rename the filenames by cutting out the architecture stuff, so they will
  have filenames like these : <CODE>vid_cvid.xa, vid_h263.xa, vid_iv50.xa</CODE>

</UL>
</P>

<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.5>2.2.1.5.  MPEG 1/2 video</A></B></P>

<P>MPEG1 and MPEG2 are decoded with the native library <B>libmpeg2</B>.
Its source code is included in <B>MPlayer</B>, and of course is multiplatform.
We handle buggy MPEG1/2 video files by checking for what signature does
libmpeg2 return, and when it gives sig11 (segmentation fault), we quickly
reinitialize the codec, and continue exactly from where the failure did occur.
No speed decrease is measurable.</P>


<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.6>2.2.1.6.  MS Video1</A></B></P>

  </UL>
</P>

<P><B>Disadvantages</B> :
  <UL>
    <LI>currently it doesn't properly decode all DivX/DivX4 files</LI>
    <LI>you have to choose between DivX4 <B>OR</B> XViD support at
      compiletime</LI>
    <LI>under development</LI>
  </UL>
</P>

  &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[e-mail]:/xvid co
    xvidcore</CODE><BR>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>cd xvidcore/build/generic</CODE><BR>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>Edit Makefile.linux to fit your needs</CODE><BR>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>make -f Makefile.linux</CODE><BR>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>recompile <B>MPlayer</B> with
    --with-xvidcore=/path/to/libcore.a</CODE><BR>
</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>MPEG layer 1 audio (<B>native</B> code, with libavcodec)</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>

<P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.2>2.2.2.2.  Hardware AC3 decoding</A></B></P>

<P>You'll need an AC3 capable soundcard, with digital out (SP/DIF). The
card's driver must support the AFMT_AC3 format (like SB Live! or C-Media does).
Connect your AC3 decoder to the SP/DIF output, and use the '-ac hwac3'
option. It may or may not work (experimental). It will work with C-Media
cards, and with SB Live! + ALSA driver. It won't work with Live!'s OSS
driver.</P>


<P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.3>2.2.2.3.  libmad support</A></B></P>

<P><A HREF="http://mad.sourceforge.net">libmad</A> is a multiplatform MPEG audio
decoding library. If you don't know why is it good, you probably don't need it.</P>

<P>To enable support, compile with the <CODE>--enable-mad</CODE> configure
option.</P>

5114:1f668483b7ff

daily generated list!!!</P>

<P>The most important ones above all:<BR>
<UL>
<LI>MPEG1 (VCD) and MPEG2 (DVD) video</LI>
<LI>DivX ;-), OpenDivX (DivX4), DivX 5.00, 3ivX and other MPEG4 variants</LI>
<LI>Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1) and 8 (WMV2) used in .wmv files</LI>
<LI>Cinepak and Intel Indeo codecs (3.1,3.2,4.1,5.0)</LI>
<LI>MJPEG, AVID, VCR2, ASV2 and other hardware formats</LI>
<LI>VIVO 1.0, 2.0, I263 and other h263(+) variants</LI>
<LI>FLI/FLC</LI>
<LI>RealVideo 1.0</LI>
<LI>Various old simple RLE-like formats</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>

image data in YV12 (planar YUV 4:2:0) format, thus requiring much less
bandwidth on the bus. For packed YUV modes (YUY2, UYVY) use the 'divx4'
method. For RGB modes you can choose freely, their speed is same, maybe
differ according to the current bpp.</P>

<P>NOTE: If your -vo driver supports direct rendering, then -vc divx4 may be
faster, or even the fastest solution.</P>

<P>Note: it supports postprocessing too (use option <CODE>-pp</CODE> to
enable using it), but range of values is strange: </P>

<P><TABLE BORDER=0>
<TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">0</TD><TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD><FONT CLASS="text">no postproc</TD><TR>

<UL>
  <LI>from release : then you have libavcodec right in the package, just
    build <B>MPlayer</B> as usual.</LI>
  <LI>from CVS : you have to download it manually directly from <B>FFmpeg</B>'s
    CVS tree (ffmpeg 0.4.5 version will NOT work with mplayer!):

<P><CODE>
  cvs -d:pserver:[e-mail]:/cvsroot/ffmpeg login<BR>
  cvs -d:pserver:[e-mail]:/cvsroot/ffmpeg co ffmpeg
</CODE></P>

  <LI>download the codecs you wish to use from the
  <A HREF="http://xanim.va.pubnix.com">XAnim site</A>. The <B>3ivx</B> codec
  isn't there, so download it from the <A HREF="http://www.3ivx.com">3ivx site</A>.</LI>

  <LI>use the <CODE>--with-xanimlibdir</CODE> option to tell configure where
  it can find the xanim codecs. By default, it checks them at
  <CODE>/usr/local/lib/xanim/mods, /usr/lib/xanim/mods and /usr/lib/xanim</CODE>.
  Alternatively you can set the environment variable <I>XANIM_MOD_DIR</I> to
  the dir of the XAnim codecs.</LI>

  <LI>rename/symlink the filenames by cutting out the architecture stuff, so they will
  have filenames like these : <CODE>vid_cvid.xa, vid_h263.xa, vid_iv50.xa</CODE>

</UL>
</P>

<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.5>2.2.1.5.  MPEG 1/2 video</A></B></P>

<P>MPEG1 and MPEG2 are decoded with the native library <B>libmpeg2</B>.
Its source code is included in <B>MPlayer</B>, and of course it is multiplatform.
We handle buggy MPEG 1/2 video files by catching sig11 (segmentation fault),
and quickly reinitializing the codec, and continue exactly from where the failure
did occur.
No speed decrease is measurable.</P>


<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.6>2.2.1.6.  MS Video1</A></B></P>

  </UL>
</P>

<P><B>Disadvantages</B> :
  <UL>
    <LI>currently it doesn't properly <B>decode</B> all DivX/DivX4 files (but who cares, we can play them using libavcodec)</LI>
    <LI>you have to choose between DivX4 <B>OR</B> XViD support at
      compiletime</LI>
    <LI>under development</LI>
  </UL>
</P>

  &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[e-mail]:/xvid co
    xvidcore</CODE><BR>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>cd xvidcore/build/generic</CODE><BR>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>Edit Makefile.linux to fit your needs</CODE><BR>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>make -f Makefile.linux</CODE><BR>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;Get encore2.h and decore.h from Divx4linux package, and copy them to <CODE>/usr/local/include/</CODE><BR>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>recompile <B>MPlayer</B> with
    --with-xvidcore=/path/to/libcore.a</CODE><BR>
</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>MPEG layer 1 audio (<B>native</B> code, with libavcodec)</LI>
<LI>AC3 Dolby audio (<B>native</B> code, with MMX/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>

<P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.2>2.2.2.2.  Hardware AC3 decoding</A></B></P>

<P>You'll need an AC3 capable soundcard, with digital out (SP/DIF). The
card's driver must properly support the AFMT_AC3 format (like C-Media does).
Connect your AC3 decoder to the SP/DIF output, and use the '-ac hwac3'
option. It may or may not work (experimental). It will work with C-Media
cards, and with SB Live! + ALSA driver. It won't work with Live!'s OSS
driver!</P>


<P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.3>2.2.2.3.  libmad support</A></B></P>

<P><A HREF="http://mad.sourceforge.net">libmad</A> is a multiplatform MPEG audio
decoding library. If you don't know why is it good, you probably don't need it.</P>

<P>It doesn't handle broken files well, and sometimes has problems with seeking</P>

<P>To enable support, compile with the <CODE>--enable-mad</CODE> configure
option.</P>