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RealVideo libraries support

--- a/DOCS/codecs.html	Sun Jun 09 14:48:16 2002 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/codecs.html	Sun Jun 09 15:21:57 2002 +0000
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
 <LI>MJPEG, AVID, VCR2, ASV2 and other hardware formats</LI>
 <LI>VIVO 1.0, 2.0, I263 and other h263(+) variants</LI>
 <LI>FLI/FLC</LI>
-<LI>RealVideo 1.0</LI>
+<LI>RealVideo 1.0 from ffmpeg, and RealVideo 2.0, 3.0 using RealPlayer
+  libraries</LI>
 <LI>Various old simple RLE-like formats</LI>
 </UL>
 
@@ -217,9 +218,16 @@
 
 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.8>2.2.1.8.  RealVideo</A></B></P>
 
-<P>Currently <B>only</B> the RealVideo 1.0 (fourcc RV10) codec is supported through
-FFmpeg. Sadly, new RealMedia files come with the newer and closed source RV20 and
-RV30 codecs instead. Their future support is unlikely :(</P>
+<P><B>MPlayer</B> supports decoding all versions of RealVideo:
+  <UL>
+    <LI>RealVideo 1.0 (fourcc RV10) - en/decoding supported by <B>libavcodec</B></LI>
+    <LI>RealVideo 2.0 (fourcc RV20) - decoding supported by <B>RealPlayer libraries</B></LI>
+    <LI>RealVideo 3.0 (fourcc RV20) - decoding supported by <B>RealPlayer libraries</B></LI>
+  </UL>
+</P>
+
+<P>On how to install RealPlayer libraries, see the
+  <A HREF="formats.html#2.1.1.7">RealMedia file format</A> section.</P>
 
 
 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.9>2.2.1.9.  XViD</A></B></P>
@@ -336,6 +344,8 @@
 low-bitrate version of the well known AC3 codec. It can be found in both
 old and new RealMedia movies.</P>
 
+<P>RealAudio libraries from RealPlayer can't be used right now.</P>
+
 
 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.3>2.2.3. Win32 codec importing HOWTO</A></B></P>