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

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<sect2>
<title>Codecs</title>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
  <emphasis role="bold">libavcodec</emphasis>: This codec package is capable
  of decoding H263/MJPEG/RV10/DivX3/DivX4/DivX5/MP41/MP42/WMV1/WMV2/SVQ1/SVQ3 encoded video
  streams and WMA (Windows Media Audio) v1/v2 audio streams, on multiple
  platforms. It is also known to be the fastest for this task. See
  <link linkend="ffmpeg">FFmpeg</link> section for details. Features:
  <itemizedlist>

    needed if you want to play <emphasis role="bold">WMV9/WMA9 movies</emphasis>.
   </simpara></listitem>
  <listitem><simpara>
    Not needed for old ASF's with MP41 or MP42 video (though VoxWare audio is
    frequent for these files - it's done by the Win32 codec), or WMV7. Also not
    needed for WMA (Windows Media Audio), libavcodec has opensource decoder for that.
    </simpara></listitem>
  </itemizedlist>
  </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
  <emphasis role="bold">QuickTime codecs</emphasis>: on x86 platforms these

  <link linkend="sorenson">Sorenson video codec</link> section.
  </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
  <emphasis role="bold">DivX4/DivX5</emphasis>: information about this codec is
  available in the <link linkend="divx4-5">DivX4/DivX5</link> section. You possibly
  don't want this codec as <emphasis role="bold">libavcodec</emphasis> (see
  above) is much faster and has better quality than this, for both decoding
  and encoding. Features:
  <itemizedlist>
  <listitem><simpara>
    1 pass or 2 pass encoding with
    <link linkend="mencoder"><application>MEncoder</application></link>
    </simpara></listitem>
  <listitem><simpara>
    can play old <emphasis role="bold">DivX3</emphasis> movies much faster than
    the Win32 DLL but slower than <emphasis role="bold">libavcodec</emphasis>!
    </simpara></listitem>
  <listitem><simpara>
    it's closed-source, and only a x86 version is available.
    </simpara></listitem>
  </itemizedlist>

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<sect2>
<title>Codecs</title>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
  <emphasis role="bold"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem></emphasis>:
  This codec package is capable
  of decoding H263/MJPEG/RV10/DivX3/DivX4/DivX5/MP41/MP42/WMV1/WMV2/SVQ1/SVQ3 encoded video
  streams and WMA (Windows Media Audio) v1/v2 audio streams, on multiple
  platforms. It is also known to be the fastest for this task. See
  <link linkend="ffmpeg">FFmpeg</link> section for details. Features:
  <itemizedlist>

    needed if you want to play <emphasis role="bold">WMV9/WMA9 movies</emphasis>.
   </simpara></listitem>
  <listitem><simpara>
    Not needed for old ASF's with MP41 or MP42 video (though VoxWare audio is
    frequent for these files - it's done by the Win32 codec), or WMV7. Also not
    needed for WMA (Windows Media Audio),
    <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> has open source decoder
    for that.
    </simpara></listitem>
  </itemizedlist>
  </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
  <emphasis role="bold">QuickTime codecs</emphasis>: on x86 platforms these

  <link linkend="sorenson">Sorenson video codec</link> section.
  </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
  <emphasis role="bold">DivX4/DivX5</emphasis>: information about this codec is
  available in the <link linkend="divx4-5">DivX4/DivX5</link> section. You possibly
  don't want this codec as
  <emphasis role="bold"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem></emphasis>
  (see above) is much faster and has better quality than this, for both decoding
  and encoding. Features:
  <itemizedlist>
  <listitem><simpara>
    1 pass or 2 pass encoding with
    <link linkend="mencoder"><application>MEncoder</application></link>
    </simpara></listitem>
  <listitem><simpara>
    can play old <emphasis role="bold">DivX3</emphasis> movies much faster than
    the Win32 DLL but slower than
    <emphasis role="bold"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem></emphasis>!
    </simpara></listitem>
  <listitem><simpara>
    it's closed-source, and only a x86 version is available.
    </simpara></listitem>
  </itemizedlist>