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Cosmetics: Converted 2 spaces to one in section titles, changed some ugly linebreaks and put "." after sentences in codecs.html.
author diego
date Thu, 10 Oct 2002 01:42:27 +0000
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--- a/DOCS/codecs.html	Thu Oct 10 01:34:30 2002 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/codecs.html	Thu Oct 10 01:42:27 2002 +0000
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 <BODY>
 
 
-<H2><A NAME="codecs">2.2  Supported codecs</A></H2>
+<H2><A NAME="codecs">2.2 Supported codecs</A></H2>
 
 
 <H3><A NAME="video_codecs">2.2.1 Video codecs</A></H3>
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
   movies without dropped frames on my K6/2 500.</P>
 
 
-<H4><A NAME="xanim">2.2.1.3  XAnim codecs</A></H4>
+<H4><A NAME="xanim">2.2.1.3 XAnim codecs</A></H4>
 
 <P>Foreword:<BR>
   Be advised that the XAnim binary codecs are packaged with a piece of text
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
   <B>3ivX</B>, <B>h263</B>.</P>
 
 
-<H4><A NAME="vivo_video">2.2.1.4  VIVO video</A></H4>
+<H4><A NAME="vivo_video">2.2.1.4 VIVO video</A></H4>
 
 <P><B>MPlayer</B> can play Vivo (1.0 and 2.0) videos. The most suitable codec
   for 1.0 files is FFmpeg's H263 decoder, you can use it with the <CODE>-vc
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
   Win32 codecs.</P>
 
 
-<H4><A NAME="mpeg">2.2.1.5  MPEG 1/2 video</A></H4>
+<H4><A NAME="mpeg">2.2.1.5 MPEG 1/2 video</A></H4>
 
 <P>MPEG1 and MPEG2 are decoded by the multiplatform native <B>libmpeg2</B>
   library, whose source code is included in <B>MPlayer</B>. We handle buggy
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
   This recovery technique has no measurable speed penalty.</P>
 
 
-<H4><A NAME="ms_video1">2.2.1.6  MS Video1</A></H4>
+<H4><A NAME="ms_video1">2.2.1.6 MS Video1</A></H4>
 
 <P>This is a very old and very bad codec from Microsoft. In the past it was
   decoded with the <CODE>msvidc32.dll</CODE> Win32 codec, now we have our own
@@ -190,14 +190,14 @@
   Melanson</A>).</P>
 
 
-<H4><A NAME="cinepak">2.2.1.7  Cinepak CVID</A></H4>
+<H4><A NAME="cinepak">2.2.1.7 Cinepak CVID</A></H4>
 
 <P><B>MPlayer</B> uses its own open source, multiplatform Cinepak decoder by
   default. It supports YUV outputs, so that hardware scaling is possible if the
   video output driver permits it.</P>
 
 
-<H4><A NAME="realvideo">2.2.1.8  RealVideo</A></H4>
+<H4><A NAME="realvideo">2.2.1.8 RealVideo</A></H4>
 
 <B>MPlayer</B> supports decoding all versions of RealVideo:
 
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
   not allow this. You have to get them yourself.</P>
 
 
-<H4><A NAME="xvid">2.2.1.9  XViD</A></H4>
+<H4><A NAME="xvid">2.2.1.9 XViD</A></H4>
 
 <P><B>XViD</B> is a forked development of the OpenDivX codec. It happened when
   ProjectMayo changed OpenDivX to closed-source DivX4, and the non-ProjectMayo
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
 </OL>
 
 
-<H4><A NAME="sorenson">2.2.1.10  Sorenson</A></H4>
+<H4><A NAME="sorenson">2.2.1.10 Sorenson</A></H4>
 
 <P><B>Sorenson</B> is a video codec developed by Apple. We are currently
   able to decode the first version (SVQ1) with a native decoder.</P>
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
 <P>The Sorenson decoder is compiled and usable per default.</P>
 
 
-<H3><A NAME="audio_codecs">2.2.2  Audio codecs</A></H3>
+<H3><A NAME="audio_codecs">2.2.2 Audio codecs</A></H3>
 
 <P>The most important audio codecs above all:<BR></P>
 
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
 </UL>
 
 
-<H4><A NAME="software_ac3">2.2.2.1  Software AC3 decoding</A></H4>
+<H4><A NAME="software_ac3">2.2.2.1 Software AC3 decoding</A></H4>
 
 <P>This is the default decoder used for files with AC3 audio.</P>
 
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@
   supposed to work).</P>
 
 
-<H4><A NAME="hardware_ac3">2.2.2.2  Hardware AC3 decoding</A></H4>
+<H4><A NAME="hardware_ac3">2.2.2.2 Hardware AC3 decoding</A></H4>
 
 <P>You need an AC3 capable sound card, with digital out (SP/DIF). The card's
   driver must properly support the AFMT_AC3 format (C-Media does). Connect
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
   decoder cards.</P>
 
 
-<H4><A NAME="libmad">2.2.2.3  libmad support</A></H4>
+<H4><A NAME="libmad">2.2.2.3 libmad support</A></H4>
 
 <P><A HREF="http://mad.sourceforge.net">libmad</A> is a multiplatform MPEG
   audio decoding library. It does not handle broken files well, and it
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
   option.</P>
 
 
-<H4><A NAME="vivo_audio">2.2.2.4  VIVO audio</A></H4>
+<H4><A NAME="vivo_audio">2.2.2.4 VIVO audio</A></H4>
 
 <P>The audio codec used in VIVO files depends on whether it is a VIVO/1.0 or
   VIVO/2.0 file. VIVO/1.0 files have <B>g.723</B> audio, and VIVO/2.0 files
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
   then copy it into the <CODE>/usr/lib/win32</CODE> directory.</P>
 
 
-<H4><A NAME="realaudio">2.2.2.5  RealAudio</A></H4>
+<H4><A NAME="realaudio">2.2.2.5 RealAudio</A></H4>
 
 <B>MPlayer</B> supports decoding nearly all versions of RealAudio:
 
@@ -372,10 +372,10 @@
   <A HREF="formats.html#real">RealMedia file format</A> section.</P>
 
 
-<H3><A NAME="importing">2.2.3  Win32 codec importing HOWTO</A></H3>
+<H3><A NAME="importing">2.2.3 Win32 codec importing HOWTO</A></H3>
 
 
-<H4><A NAME="importing_vfw">2.2.3.1  VFW codecs</A></H4>
+<H4><A NAME="importing_vfw">2.2.3.1 VFW codecs</A></H4>
 
 <P>VFW (Video for Windows) is the old Video API for Windows. Its codecs have
   the .DLL or (rarely) .DRV extension.
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@
 <P><B>Note:</B> On Windows NT/2000/XP search for this info in the registry, e.g. search for
   "VIDC.HFYU". To find out how to do this, look at the old DirectShow method below.</P>
 
-<H4><A NAME="importing_directshow">2.2.3.2  DirectShow codecs</A></H4>
+<H4><A NAME="importing_directshow">2.2.3.2 DirectShow codecs</A></H4>
 
 <P>DirectShow is the newer Video API, which is even worse than its predecessor.
   Things are harder with DirectShow, since</P>
@@ -420,14 +420,17 @@
 <P><B>New Method:</B> Using Microsoft GraphEdit (fast)</P>
 
 <OL>
-  <LI>Get GraphEdit from either DirectX SDK or <A HREF="http://doom9.org">Doom9</A></LI>
-  <LI>Start <CODE>graphedit.exe</CODE></LI>
-  <LI>From the menue select Graph -&gt; Insert Filters</LI>
-  <LI>Expand item <CODE>DirectShow Filters</CODE></LI>
-  <LI>Select the right codec name and expand item</LI>
+  <LI>Get GraphEdit from either DirectX SDK or
+    <A HREF="http://doom9.org">Doom9</A>.</LI>
+  <LI>Start <CODE>graphedit.exe</CODE>.</LI>
+  <LI>From the menu select Graph -&gt; Insert Filters.</LI>
+  <LI>Expand item <CODE>DirectShow Filters</CODE>.</LI>
+  <LI>Select the right codec name and expand item.</LI>
   <LI>In the entry <CODE>DisplayName</CODE> look at the text in winged brackets
-    after the backslash and write it down (five dash-delimited blocks, the GUID)</LI>
-  <LI>The codec binary is the file specified in the <CODE>Filename</CODE> entry</LI>
+    after the backslash and write it down (five dash-delimited blocks, the
+    GUID).</LI>
+  <LI>The codec binary is the file specified in the <CODE>Filename</CODE>
+    entry.</LI>
 </OL>
 
 <P><B>Note:</B> If there is no <CODE>Filename</CODE> entry and <CODE>DisplayName</CODE>