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<B>MPlayer</B> ---> MPlayer
| author | diego |
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| date | Sun, 20 Oct 2002 12:20:39 +0000 |
| parents | 5d4b0446a557 |
| children | 125515a0c8ed |
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--- a/DOCS/codecs.html Sun Oct 20 11:34:06 2002 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/codecs.html Sun Oct 20 12:20:39 2002 +0000 @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ <P>This section contains information about the DivX4 and DivX5 codecs of <A HREF="http://www.projectmayo.com">Project Mayo</A>. Their first available alpha version was OpenDivX 4.0 alpha 47 and 48. Support for this was included - in <B>MPlayer</B> in the past, and built by default. We also used its + in MPlayer in the past, and built by default. We also used its postprocessing code to optionally enhance visual quality of MPEG1/2 movies. Now we use our own, for all file types.</P> @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ <P><B>Note:</B> Do <B>not</B> forget adding <CODE>/usr/local/lib</CODE> to your <CODE>/etc/ld.so.conf</CODE> and running <CODE>ldconfig</CODE>!</P> -<P><B>MPlayer</B> autodetects DivX4/DivX5 if it is properly installed, just +<P>MPlayer autodetects DivX4/DivX5 if it is properly installed, just compile as usual. If it does not detect it, you did not install or configure it correctly.</P> @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ <DL> <DT><CODE>-vc odivx</CODE></DT> <DD>Uses the codec in OpenDivX fashion. In this case it - produces YV12 images in its own buffer, and <B>MPlayer</B> does colorspace + produces YV12 images in its own buffer, and MPlayer does colorspace conversion via libvo. (<B>Fast, recommended!</B>)</DD> <DT><CODE>-vc divx4</CODE></DT> @@ -107,22 +107,22 @@ variants: DivX 3, DivX 4, DivX 5, Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1)</P> -<P>If you use an <B>MPlayer</B> release you have libavcodec right in the - package, just build as usual. If you use <B>MPlayer</B> from CVS you have to +<P>If you use an MPlayer release you have libavcodec right in the + package, just build as usual. If you use MPlayer from CVS you have to extract libavcodec from the FFmpeg CVS tree as FFmpeg 0.4.5 does <B>not</B> - work with <B>MPlayer</B>. In order to achieve this do:</P> + work with MPlayer. In order to achieve this do:</P> <OL> <LI><CODE>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg login</CODE></LI> <LI><CODE>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg co ffmpeg</CODE></LI> <LI>Move the <CODE>libavcodec</CODE> directory from the FFmpeg sources to the - root of the <B>MPlayer</B> CVS tree. It should look like this: + root of the MPlayer CVS tree. It should look like this: <P> <CODE>main/libavcodec</CODE></P> Symlinking is <B>not</B> enough, you have to copy or move it!</LI> <LI>Compile. Configure should detect problems before compilation.</LI> </OL> -<P><B>Note:</B> <B>MPlayer</B> from CVS does contain a libavcodec +<P><B>Note:</B> MPlayer from CVS does contain a libavcodec subdirectory, but it does <B>not</B> contain the source for libavcodec! You must follow the steps above to obtain the source for this library.</P> @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ action against anyone for codec-related issues. </P> -<P><B>MPlayer</B> is capable of employing the XAnim codecs for decoding. Follow +<P>MPlayer is capable of employing the XAnim codecs for decoding. Follow the instructions to enable them:</P> <OL> @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ </OL> <P>XAnim is video codec family number 10, so you may want to use the <CODE>-vfm 10</CODE> - option to tell <B>MPlayer</B> to use them if possible.</P> + option to tell MPlayer to use them if possible.</P> <P>Tested codecs include: <B>Indeo 3.2</B>, <B>4.1</B>, <B>5.0</B>, <B>CVID</B>, <B>3ivX</B>, <B>h263</B>.</P> @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ <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 +<P>MPlayer 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 ffh263</CODE> option (default). For 2.0 files, use the <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/samples/drivers32/ivvideo.dll">ivvideo.dll</A> @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ <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 + library, whose source code is included in MPlayer. We handle buggy MPEG 1/2 video files by catching sig11 (segmentation fault), and quickly reinitializing the codec, continuing exactly from where the failure occurred. This recovery technique has no measurable speed penalty.</P> @@ -192,14 +192,14 @@ <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 +<P>MPlayer 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> -<B>MPlayer</B> supports decoding all versions of RealVideo: +MPlayer supports decoding all versions of RealVideo: <UL> <LI>RealVideo 1.0 (fourcc RV10) - en/decoding supported by <B>libavcodec</B></LI> @@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ </UL> <P>It is recommended to download and install RealPlayer8 or RealONE, because - <B>MPlayer</B> can use their libraries to decode files with RealVideo 2.0 - - 4.0 video. The <B>MPlayer</B> configure script should detect the + MPlayer can use their libraries to decode files with RealVideo 2.0 - + 4.0 video. The MPlayer configure script should detect the RealPlayer libraries in the standard locations of a full installation. If it does not, tell configure where to look with the <CODE>--with-reallibdir</CODE> switch.</P> @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ <LI><CODE>make -f Makefile.linux</CODE></LI> <LI>Get <CODE>encore2.h</CODE> and <CODE>decore.h</CODE> from the DivX4Linux package, and copy them to <CODE>/usr/local/include/</CODE>.</LI> - <LI>Recompile <B>MPlayer</B> with <CODE>--with-xvidcore=/path/to/libcore.a</CODE>.</LI> + <LI>Recompile MPlayer with <CODE>--with-xvidcore=/path/to/libcore.a</CODE>.</LI> </OL> @@ -354,13 +354,13 @@ VIVO/2.0 file. VIVO/1.0 files have <B>g.723</B> audio, and VIVO/2.0 files have <B>Vivo Siren</B> audio. Both are supported. You can grab the <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/samples/drivers32/vivog723.acm">g.723/Siren</A> - Win32 DLL from the <B>MPlayer</B> site, + Win32 DLL from the MPlayer site, then copy it into the <CODE>/usr/lib/win32</CODE> directory.</P> <H4><A NAME="realaudio">2.2.2.5 RealAudio</A></H4> -<B>MPlayer</B> supports decoding nearly all versions of RealAudio: +MPlayer supports decoding nearly all versions of RealAudio: <UL> <LI>RealAudio DNET - decoding supported by <B>liba52</B></LI> @@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ <P>VFW (Video for Windows) is the old Video API for Windows. Its codecs have the .DLL or (rarely) .DRV extension. - If <B>MPlayer</B> fails at playing your AVI with this kind of message:</P> + If MPlayer fails at playing your AVI with this kind of message:</P> <P> <CODE>UNKNOWN video codec: HFYU (0x55594648)</CODE></P> @@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ <P><B>Note:</B> If there is no <CODE>Filename</CODE> entry and <CODE>DisplayName</CODE> contains something like <CODE>device:dmo</CODE>, then it is a DMO-Codec, which are - currently not supported by <B>MPlayer</B>.</P> + currently not supported by MPlayer.</P> <P><B>Old Method:</B> Take a deep breath and start searching the registry...</P>