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  </simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>
  native <emphasis role="bold">Sorenson 1 (SVQ1)</emphasis> decoder
  </simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>
  Win32/QT <emphasis role="bold">Sorenson 3 (SVQ3)</emphasis> decoder
  </simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>
  <emphasis role="bold">3ivx</emphasis> v1, v2 decoder
  </simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>

<title>FFmpeg DivX/libavcodec</title>

<para>
<ulink url="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">FFmpeg</ulink> contains an
<emphasis role="bold">open source</emphasis> codec package, which is capable
of decoding streams encoded with H263/MJPEG/RV10/DivX3/DivX4/DivX5/MP41/MP42/WMV1/WMV2/HuffYUV
video, or WMA (Windows Media Audio) audio codecs. Not only some of them can be
encoded with, but it also offers higher speed than the Win32 codecs or the
DivX.com DivX4/5 library!
</para>

<para>
It contains a lot of nice codecs, especially important are the MPEG4 variants:
DivX3, DivX4, DivX5, Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1). Also a very interesting one
is the WMA decoder.
</para>

<para>
If you use an <application>MPlayer</application> release you have libavcodec
right in the package, just build  as usual. If you use

<para>
Sorenson is a video codec developed by Sorenson Media and licensed to Apple who
distribute it with their <application>QuickTime Player</application>. We are
currently able to decode all version of Sorenson video files with the following
decoders.
</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><simpara>
  Sorenson 1 (fourcc <emphasis>SVQ1</emphasis>) - decoding supported by
  <emphasis role="bold">native codecs</emphasis>. Actually there are two
  (nearly equal) decoders for SVQ1: one is built in <application>MPlayer</application>,
  the other in libavcodec. You can invoke each of them with the <option>-vc svq1</option>
  and <option>-vc ffsvq1</option> options respectively. Some files may work
  with one of them, and not with the other, so test both decoders. The decoder
  was written (reverse engineered) by the <ulink url="http://www.xinehq.de">xine</ulink>
  authors.
  </simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>
  Sorenson 3 (fourcc <emphasis>SVQ3</emphasis>) - decoding supported by
  <emphasis role="bold">Win32 QuickTime libraries</emphasis>
  </simpara></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

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

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  </simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>
  native <emphasis role="bold">Sorenson 1 (SVQ1)</emphasis> decoder
  </simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>
  native <emphasis role="bold">Sorenson 3 (SVQ3)</emphasis> decoder
  </simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>
  <emphasis role="bold">3ivx</emphasis> v1, v2 decoder
  </simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>

<title>FFmpeg DivX/libavcodec</title>

<para>
<ulink url="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">FFmpeg</ulink> contains an
<emphasis role="bold">open source</emphasis> codec package, which is capable
of decoding streams encoded with H263/MJPEG/RV10/DivX3/DivX4/DivX5/MP41/MP42/WMV1/WMV2/HuffYUV/SVQ1/SVQ3
video, or WMA (Windows Media Audio) audio codecs. Not only some of them can be
encoded with, but it also offers higher speed than the Win32 codecs or the
DivX.com DivX4/5 library!
</para>

<para>
It contains a lot of nice codecs, especially important are the MPEG4 variants:
DivX3, DivX4, DivX5, Windows Media Video 7/8 (WMV1/WMV2). Also a very interesting one
is the WMA decoder.
</para>

<para>
The most recent codec deserving credit is the <emphasis role="bold">Sorenson 3</emphasis>
(SVQ3) codec. This is the first, completely opensource implementation of this
codec. It's even faster than the original. Be sure to prefer this instead
of the binary codec!
</para>

<para>
If you use an <application>MPlayer</application> release you have libavcodec
right in the package, just build  as usual. If you use

<para>
Sorenson is a video codec developed by Sorenson Media and licensed to Apple who
distribute it with their <application>QuickTime Player</application>. We are
currently able to decode all version of Sorenson video files with the following
decoders:
</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem><simpara>
  Sorenson 1 (fourcc <emphasis>SVQ1</emphasis>) - decoding supported by
  <emphasis role="bold">native codecs</emphasis>. Actually there are two
  (nearly equal) decoders for SVQ1: one is built in <application>MPlayer</application>,
  the other in libavcodec. You can invoke each of them with the <option>-vc svq1</option>
  and <option>-vc ffsvq1</option> options respectively. Some files may work
  with one of them, and not with the other, so test both decoders.
  </simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>
  Sorenson 3 (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>