comparison DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml @ 11822:359eaf957bf1

Add <systemitem class="library"> tags to libavcodec and a few others.

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  </simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>
  FLI/FLC
  </simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>
  <emphasis role="bold">RealVideo 1.0 &amp; 2.0</emphasis> from libavcodec, and
  <emphasis role="bold">RealVideo 3.0 &amp; 4.0</emphasis> codecs using RealPlayer
  libraries
  </simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>
  native decoder for HuffYUV

</para>

<para>
The new generation of this codec is called DivX4 and can even decode
movies made with the infamous DivX codec! In addition it is much faster
than the native Win32 DivX DLLs but slower than <systemitem
class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>.  Hence its usage as a decoder is
<emphasis role="bold">DISCOURAGED</emphasis>. However, it is useful for
encoding. One disadvantage of this codec is that it is not available under an
Open Source license.
</para>

<para>

Supported <ulink url="http://www.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-doc.html#SEC19">video</ulink>
and <ulink url="http://www.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-doc.html#SEC20">audio</ulink> codecs.
</para>

<para>
If you use an <application>MPlayer</application> release you have libavcodec
right in the package, just build  as usual. If you use
<application>MPlayer</application> from CVS you have to extract libavcodec from
the FFmpeg CVS tree as FFmpeg releases are very rare. The CVS is mostly stable
and offers the most features. In order to achieve this do:
</para>

<procedure>

  </para><para>
  Symlinking is <emphasis role="bold">not</emphasis> enough, you have to
  copy/move it!
  </para></step>
<step><para>
  If you prefer having libavcodec updated at the same time you update
  <application>MPlayer</application> CVS, put the following line into the
  <filename>main/CVS/Entries</filename> file:
  <screen>D/libavcodec////</screen>
  </para></step>
<step><para>

<note>
<para>
<application>MPlayer</application> from CVS does contain a
<filename>libavcodec</filename> subdirectory, but it does
<emphasis role="bold">not</emphasis> contain the source for libavcodec!
You must follow the steps above to obtain the source for this library.
</para>
</note>

<para>

<itemizedlist>
<title>DISADVANTAGES</title>
<listitem><simpara>
  currently it does not properly <emphasis role="bold">decode</emphasis> all
  DivX/DivX4 files (no problem as <link linkend="ffmpeg">libavcodec</link>
  can play them)
  </simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>
  under development
  </simpara></listitem>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><simpara>
  Sorenson Video v1 (fourcc <emphasis>SVQ1</emphasis>) - decoding supported
  by <emphasis role="bold">native codec</emphasis>
  (<link linkend="ffmpeg">libavcodec</link>)
  </simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>
  Sorenson Video v3 (fourcc <emphasis>SVQ3</emphasis>) - decoding supported by
  <emphasis role="bold">native codec</emphasis>
  (<link linkend="ffmpeg">libavcodec</link>)
  </simpara></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<procedure>
<title>COMPILING MPLAYER WITH QUICKTIME LIBRARIES SUPPORT</title>

  MPEG layer 1/2/3 (MP1/2/3) audio (<emphasis role="bold">native</emphasis>
  code, with MMX/SSE/3DNow! optimization)
  </simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>
  Windows Media Audio 7 and 8 (aka WMAv1 and WMAv2) (<emphasis role="bold">native</emphasis> code, with
  <link linkend="ffmpeg">libavcodec</link>)
  </simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>
  Windows Media Audio 9 (WMAv3) (using DMO DLL)
  </simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>

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  </simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>
  FLI/FLC
  </simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>
  <emphasis role="bold">RealVideo 1.0 &amp; 2.0</emphasis> from
  <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>, and
  <emphasis role="bold">RealVideo 3.0 &amp; 4.0</emphasis> codecs using RealPlayer
  libraries
  </simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>
  native decoder for HuffYUV

</para>

<para>
The new generation of this codec is called DivX4 and can even decode
movies made with the infamous DivX codec! In addition it is much faster
than the native Win32 DivX DLLs but slower than
<systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>.
Hence its usage as a decoder is
<emphasis role="bold">discouraged</emphasis>. However, it is useful for
encoding. One disadvantage of this codec is that it is not available under an
Open Source license.
</para>

<para>

Supported <ulink url="http://www.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-doc.html#SEC19">video</ulink>
and <ulink url="http://www.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-doc.html#SEC20">audio</ulink> codecs.
</para>

<para>
If you use an <application>MPlayer</application> release you have
<systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>
right in the package, just build  as usual. If you use
<application>MPlayer</application> from CVS you have to extract
<systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> from
the FFmpeg CVS tree as FFmpeg releases are very rare. The CVS is mostly stable
and offers the most features. In order to achieve this do:
</para>

<procedure>

  </para><para>
  Symlinking is <emphasis role="bold">not</emphasis> enough, you have to
  copy/move it!
  </para></step>
<step><para>
  If you prefer having <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>
  updated at the same time you update
  <application>MPlayer</application> CVS, put the following line into the
  <filename>main/CVS/Entries</filename> file:
  <screen>D/libavcodec////</screen>
  </para></step>
<step><para>

<note>
<para>
<application>MPlayer</application> from CVS does contain a
<filename>libavcodec</filename> subdirectory, but it does
<emphasis role="bold">not</emphasis> contain the source for
<systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>!
You must follow the steps above to obtain the source for this library.
</para>
</note>

<para>

<itemizedlist>
<title>DISADVANTAGES</title>
<listitem><simpara>
  currently it does not properly <emphasis role="bold">decode</emphasis> all
  DivX/DivX4 files (no problem as
  <link linkend="ffmpeg"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem></link>
  can play them)
  </simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>
  under development
  </simpara></listitem>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><simpara>
  Sorenson Video v1 (fourcc <emphasis>SVQ1</emphasis>) - decoding supported
  by <emphasis role="bold">native codec</emphasis>
  (<link linkend="ffmpeg"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem></link>)
  </simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>
  Sorenson Video v3 (fourcc <emphasis>SVQ3</emphasis>) - decoding supported by
  <emphasis role="bold">native codec</emphasis>
  (<link linkend="ffmpeg"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem></link>)
  </simpara></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<procedure>
<title>COMPILING MPLAYER WITH QUICKTIME LIBRARIES SUPPORT</title>

  MPEG layer 1/2/3 (MP1/2/3) audio (<emphasis role="bold">native</emphasis>
  code, with MMX/SSE/3DNow! optimization)
  </simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>
  Windows Media Audio 7 and 8 (aka WMAv1 and WMAv2) (<emphasis role="bold">native</emphasis> code, with
  <link linkend="ffmpeg"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem></link>)
  </simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>
  Windows Media Audio 9 (WMAv3) (using DMO DLL)
  </simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>