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many small updates
author | gabucino |
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date | Tue, 15 Jan 2002 17:04:01 +0000 |
parents | a1e321bd80bd |
children | e5f53a91c2eb |
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--- a/DOCS/codecs.html Tue Jan 15 17:03:19 2002 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/codecs.html Tue Jan 15 17:04:01 2002 +0000 @@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ <P>The new generation of this codec can even decode movies made with the infamous DivX codec! And it's not everything, it's MUCH faster than the -traditional Win32 DivX DLL's. See below for configuration. The only -disadvantage of this codec is that it's currently closed-source. :(</P> +traditional Win32 DivX DLL's (note that libavcodec's decoder is EVEN FASTER :). +See below for configuration. The only disadvantage of this codec is that it's +currently closed-source. :(</P> <P>The codec can be downloaded from the following URL:</P> @@ -51,13 +52,14 @@ <P>Unpack it, and run <CODE>./install.sh</CODE> as root.</P> -<P>Note: do NOT forget to add /usr/local/lib to your /etc/ld.so.conf !</P> +<P>Note: do NOT forget to add <CODE>/usr/local/lib</CODE> to your +<CODE>/etc/ld.so.conf</CODE> and running <CODE>ldconfig</CODE> !</P> <P><B>MPlayer</B> autodetects if DivX4 is (properly) installed, just compile as usual. If it doesn't detect it, you didn't install it exactly as above, and/or has messed up config (see last question of 5.1 section).</P> -<P>Using it is a bit tricky. As it conflicts with the old OpenDivX (it's API is +<P>Using it is a bit tricky. As it conflicts with the old OpenDivX (its API is very similar to OpenDivX's), OpenDivX code is disabled, and the OpenDivX driver calls this library too.</P> @@ -80,7 +82,8 @@ method. For RGB modes you can choose freely, their speed is same, maybe differ according to the current bpp.</P> -<P>Note: it supports postprocessing too, but range of values is strange: (TODO UPDATE)</P> +<P>Note: it supports postprocessing too (use option <CODE>-oldpp</CODE> to +enable using it), but range of values is strange: </P> <P><TABLE BORDER=0> <TD> </TD><TD><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>0</TD><TD> </TD>