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<P>The PVA specifications can be downloaded from the following address:
  <A HREF="http://www.technotrend.de/download/av_format_v1.pdf">http://www.technotrend.de/download/av_format_v1.pdf</A></P>


<H3><A NAME="audio_formats">2.1.2 Audio formats</A></H3>

<P>MPlayer 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 MPlayer, you better use

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<P>The PVA specifications can be downloaded from the following address:
  <A HREF="http://www.technotrend.de/download/av_format_v1.pdf">http://www.technotrend.de/download/av_format_v1.pdf</A></P>


<H4><A NAME="gif">2.1.1.15 GIF files</A></H4>

<P>The <B>GIF</B> format is a common format for web graphics.  There are two
  versions of the GIF spec, GIF87a and GIF89a.  The main difference is that
  GIF89a allows for animation.  MPlayer supports both formats through use
  of libungif or another libgif-compatible library.  Non-animated GIFs will
  be displayed as single frame videos.  (Use the <CODE>-loop</CODE> and
  <CODE>-fixed-vo</CODE> options to display these longer.)</P>

<P>MPlayer currently does not support seeking in GIF files.  GIF files do
  not necessarily have a fixed frame size, nor a fixed framerate.  Rather,
  each frame is of independant size and is supposed to be positioned in a
  certain place on a field of fixed-size.  The framerate is controlled by
  an optional block before each frame that specifies a next frame's delay
  in centiseconds.</P>

<P>Standard GIF files contain 24-bit RGB frames with at most an 8-bit
  indexed pallete.  These frames are usually LZW-compressed, although
  some GIF encoders produce uncompressed frames to avoid patent issues
  with LZW compression.</P>
  
<P>Though many common Linux distributions come with libungif, you can
  download a copy from the following address:
  <A HREF="http://prtr-13.ucsc.edu/~badger/software/libungif/index.shtml">http://prtr-13.ucsc.edu/~badger/software/libungif/index.shtml</A></P>

<P>The GIF specification can be downloaded from the following address:
  <A HREF="http://www.w3.org/Graphics/GIF/spec-gif89a.txt">http://www.w3.org/Graphics/GIF/spec-gif89a.txt</A></P>

<H3><A NAME="audio_formats">2.1.2 Audio formats</A></H3>

<P>MPlayer 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 MPlayer, you better use