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diff DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml @ 11822:359eaf957bf1
Add <systemitem class="library"> tags to libavcodec and a few others.
author | diego |
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date | Wed, 21 Jan 2004 19:25:18 +0000 |
parents | f15a92de64fd |
children | 204cb6d58da6 |
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--- a/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml Wed Jan 21 17:35:10 2004 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml Wed Jan 21 19:25:18 2004 +0000 @@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ FLI/FLC </simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara> - <emphasis role="bold">RealVideo 1.0 & 2.0</emphasis> from libavcodec, and + <emphasis role="bold">RealVideo 1.0 & 2.0</emphasis> from + <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>, and <emphasis role="bold">RealVideo 3.0 & 4.0</emphasis> codecs using RealPlayer libraries </simpara></listitem> @@ -91,9 +92,10 @@ <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 +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> @@ -219,9 +221,11 @@ </para> <para> -If you use an <application>MPlayer</application> release you have libavcodec +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 libavcodec from +<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> @@ -243,7 +247,8 @@ copy/move it! </para></step> <step><para> - If you prefer having libavcodec updated at the same time you update + 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> @@ -258,7 +263,8 @@ <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! +<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> @@ -457,7 +463,8 @@ <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> + DivX/DivX4 files (no problem as + <link linkend="ffmpeg"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem></link> can play them) </simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara> @@ -519,12 +526,12 @@ <listitem><simpara> Sorenson Video v1 (fourcc <emphasis>SVQ1</emphasis>) - decoding supported by <emphasis role="bold">native codec</emphasis> - (<link linkend="ffmpeg">libavcodec</link>) + (<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">libavcodec</link>) + (<link linkend="ffmpeg"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem></link>) </simpara></listitem> </itemizedlist> @@ -557,7 +564,7 @@ </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>) + <link linkend="ffmpeg"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem></link>) </simpara></listitem> <listitem><simpara> Windows Media Audio 9 (WMAv3) (using DMO DLL)