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| date | Thu, 23 Aug 2001 17:08:46 +0000 |
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--- a/DOCS/codecs.html Thu Aug 23 16:44:52 2001 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/codecs.html Thu Aug 23 17:08:46 2001 +0000 @@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ <PRE> - <A NAME=2.1>2.1. Video Formats, Audio & Video Codecs + <A NAME=2.1>2.1. Video Formats, Audio & Video Codecs</A> - <A NAME=2.1.1>2.1.1. Supported input formats + <A NAME=2.1.1>2.1.1. Supported input formats</A> <B>MPlayer</B> can read/play from the following devices/formats: - VCD (Video CD) directly from CD-ROM or from CDRwin's .bin image file @@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ Note: about quicktime (.mov/.qt) and realmedia (.ra/.rm) support read the FAQ! - <A NAME=2.1.2>2.1.2. Supported audio & video codecs + <A NAME=2.1.2>2.1.2. Supported audio & video codecs</A> - See http://mplayer.sourceforge.net/DOCS/codecs.html for the complete, + See http://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/DOCS/codecs.html for the complete, daily updated list!!! The most important video codecs: @@ -36,15 +36,16 @@ The most important audio codecs: - MPEG layer 2, and layer 3 (MP3) audio (native code, with 3dnow optimization) - AC3 dolby audio (native code, with 3dnow optimization) + - AC3 passthrough to soundcard's decoder - Voxware audio - alaw, msgsm, pcm and other simple old audio formats If you have a codec not listed here, and not supported yet, just - read http://mplayer.sourceforge.net/DOCS/codecs.html + read http://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/DOCS/codecs.html to get info about its status and about how to help us adding support for it! - <A NAME=2.1.2.1>2.1.2.1. DivX4 + <A NAME=2.1.2.1>2.1.2.1. DivX4</A> This section contains information about the DivX4 codec of <A HREF="http://www.projectmayo.com">ProjectMayo</A>. Their first available alpha version was the OpenDivX 4.0 @@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ (like level 4 with divxds) - <A NAME=2.1.2.2>2.1.2.2. ffmpeg's DivX/libavcodec + <A NAME=2.1.2.2>2.1.2.2. ffmpeg's DivX/libavcodec</A> Beginning with version 0.4.2 , <A HREF="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">ffmpeg</A> contains an <B>opensource</B> DivX codec, which is compatible with the traditional DivX. <B>MPlayer</B> supports this codec, @@ -145,10 +146,18 @@ focus on ffdivx, and it's unlikely that this will change. - <A NAME=2.1.4>2.1.4. Codec importing howto + <A NAME=2.1.2.3>2.1.2.3. Hardware AC3 decoding</A> + + You will need a soundcard with AC3 passthrough capability to digital out + (SP/DIF). Also, the its driver has to support AFMT_AC3 (SB Live! for example) + Connect the hardware AC3 decoder to your soundcard's SP/DIF, and use + -ac hwac3 . It may work. - <A NAME=2.1.4.1>2.1.4.1. VFW codecs + <A NAME=2.1.4>2.1.4. Codec importing howto</A> + + + <A NAME=2.1.4.1>2.1.4.1. VFW codecs</A> VfW (Video for Windows) is the old Video API for Windows. Its codecs have the .DLL or (rarely) .DRV extension. @@ -180,7 +189,7 @@ ftp://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/ - <A NAME=2.1.4.2>2.1.4.2. DirectShow codecs + <A NAME=2.1.4.2>2.1.4.2. DirectShow codecs</A> DirectShow is the newer Video API, which is even worse than its predecessor. Things are harder with DirectShow, since