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<application> attack

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players will not play it, since they expect MPEG1 video and MP2 audio (unlike
<emphasis role="bold">AVI</emphasis>, <emphasis role="bold">MPG</emphasis>
does not have the necessary fields to describe its video and audio streams).
Or you might put MPEG1 video into an AVI file.
<ulink url="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/">FFmpeg</ulink> and
<link linkend="mencoder">MEncoder</link> can create these files.
</para>


<sect2 id="video-formats">
<title>Video formats</title>

Any audio and video codec is allowed, but note that VBR audio is not well
supported by most players. The file format makes it possible to use VBR
audio, but most players expect CBR audio, thus they fail with VBR. VBR is
uncommon and Microsoft's AVI specs only describe CBR audio. I also noticed
that most AVI encoders/multiplexers create bad files when using VBR audio.
There are only two known exceptions:
<application>NanDub</application> and <link linkend="mencoder">MEncoder</link>.
</para>
</sect3>


<sect3 id="asf-wmv">

<sect3 id="gif">
<title>GIF files</title>
<para>
The <emphasis role="bold">GIF</emphasis> 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 <systemitem class="library">libungif</systemitem> or
another libgif-compatible library. Non-animated GIFs will be displayed as
single frame videos. (Use the <option>-loop</option> and <option>-fixed-vo</option>
options to display these longer.)
</para>

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players will not play it, since they expect MPEG1 video and MP2 audio (unlike
<emphasis role="bold">AVI</emphasis>, <emphasis role="bold">MPG</emphasis>
does not have the necessary fields to describe its video and audio streams).
Or you might put MPEG1 video into an AVI file.
<ulink url="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/">FFmpeg</ulink> and
<link linkend="mencoder"><application>MEncoder</application></link> can create these files.
</para>


<sect2 id="video-formats">
<title>Video formats</title>

Any audio and video codec is allowed, but note that VBR audio is not well
supported by most players. The file format makes it possible to use VBR
audio, but most players expect CBR audio, thus they fail with VBR. VBR is
uncommon and Microsoft's AVI specs only describe CBR audio. I also noticed
that most AVI encoders/multiplexers create bad files when using VBR audio.
There are only two known exceptions: <application>NanDub</application> and
<link linkend="mencoder"><application>MEncoder</application></link>.
</para>
</sect3>


<sect3 id="asf-wmv">

<sect3 id="gif">
<title>GIF files</title>
<para>
The <emphasis role="bold">GIF</emphasis> 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. <application>MPlayer</application>
supports both formats through use of <systemitem class="library">libungif</systemitem> or
another libgif-compatible library. Non-animated GIFs will be displayed as
single frame videos. (Use the <option>-loop</option> and <option>-fixed-vo</option>
options to display these longer.)
</para>