***************************************** AUTHORS *****************************************NOTE: NEVER send bug reports, help and feature requests directly to theauthors, but you're free to write mails about donating!For donation request visit http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/donations.html!___________________The MPlayer project~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~�rp�d Gere�ffy (A'rpi/ESP-team) [mail to <mplayer-users@mplayerhq.hu>] * mplayer, mencoder core, A-V sync * libmpdemux, demultiplexer for mpeg, asf, avi, various fixes in others * mp3lib, based on mpglib sources [MP3 audio decoder] * getch2 [keyboard handler] * some changes in libmpeg2 code (progressive frames, bitrate & fps support) * libvo improvements: adding OpenGL support, bugfix in mga driver... * triple buffering & YUY2 support (for DivX/MPEG4) into mga_vid driver * OSD & SUB display code * FFmpeg/libavcodec integration * DivX4Linux (Project Mayo) support (see documentation) * New DVD-Support using libdvdread * MPEG PES output & DVB card support * libmpcodecs design, porting video decoders, filtersZolt�n Ponekker (Pontscho/fresh!mindworkz) <pontscho@makacs.poliod.hu> * the original configure script and Makefiles for easy compile * GUI system * 3DNow! support into mp3lib and fastmemcpy.h * various X11 driver changes, fixes (keyboard handling, fullscreen, bpp detect, etc) * libvo: adding xmga driver * audio mixer (volume) supportG�bor L�n�rt (LGB) <lgb@lgb.hu> * configure script improvements * Makefile improvements * preliminary DVD support (libcss) * various X11 cleanups and fixes * HTMLization of documentationG�bor B�rczi (Gabucino) <gabucino@mplayerhq.hu> * documentation writer & maintainer * Hungarian translation of documentation, homepage, and help output * second homepage design&gfx * homepage maintainer * testing, codecs quality & speed comparisons * IRC channels operator (#MPlayer is user channel) * experimental MINIX port :) (what's funny about it?) * MPsub subtitle format designSzabolcs Berecz (Szabi) <szabi@inf.elte.hu> * codecs.conf file parser * config file and command line parser * mga_vid fixes, module option etc. * fbdev support in libvo * type #7 subtitle supportL�szl� Megyer (Lez, Laaz) <lez@sch.bme.hu> * SUB reader * screensaver+DPMS disable for libvoGyula L�szl� (Chass, T�gla) <chass-@freemail.hu> * first fonts (mp_font1.zip) * third homepage design&gfx * fourth (current) homepage design&gfxZolt�n M�rk Vici�n (Se7en) <se7en@sch.bme.hu> * SVGAlib support in libvoAlex Beregszaszi (al3x) <alex@fsn.hu> * ALSA output driver in libao2 * vo_ggi output driver in libvo (www.ggi-project.org) * XAnim codecs support * VIVO files, codecs support * TV grabbing support * Quicktime hackings * libavcodec support in MEncoder * RM file format demuxer * mencoder framecopy * yuv4mpeg1 support * NuppelVideo demuxer changes * subconfig * VIDIX and libdha hackings * Matrox driver port to Vidix * XVidix video output driver * and other various stuff (in libvo, libmad syncing, dec_audio/video and loader) * libmpcodecs / libmpdemux hacking * co-patch-maintainer * dynamic a/v plugins (external shared ad/vd/.. objects) * millions of bug fixesAndreas Ackermann (Acki) <asackerm@stud.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> * LIRC support (see documentation) * DGA support in libvoFelix B�nemann (Atmos) <atmosfear@users.sourceforge.net> * SDL driver maintainer * Additional YUV formats fixes * New font (mp_font2.zip) * PNG file output support in libvo * flipping support (for Indeo 3/4, etc) * SDL audio driver in libao2 * RAW PCM/WAVE file writer for libao2 * Ogg Vorbis audio support * Various aspect ratio code, prescaling support * Win32 (Cygwin) port * DivX5Linux support * AAC decoding support via libfaad2 * Darwin (MacOS X) portTeLeNiEkO <telenieko@telenieko.com> * Spanish translation of documentation (outdated)Michael Graffam <mgraffam@idsi.net> * XF86VidMode support to vo_x11 and vo_dga * Video mode switching code to vo_dgaJens Hoffmann <hoffmajs@gmx.de> * Additional YUV formats support * found the big BITMAPINFOHEADER problem -> solved ASV2 pixelizationNick Kurshev <nickols_k@mail.ru> * memcpy optimizations for AMD K7 and Intel Pentium III (fastmemcpy.h) * CD-ROM tune info * further 3DNow! optimizations into mp3lib and libac3 and FFmpeg * Russian translation of documentation (outdated) * radeon_vid, rage128_vid, radeonfb * libvo driver: vo_vesa * VIDIX and libdha design, programming, rage128/radeon vidix driversGerman Gomez Garcia <german@piraos.com> * SPDIF AC3 output for SBLive!Dariusz Pietrzak (Eyck) <eyck@ghost.anime.pl> * Debian packaging support (see debian/* and the documentation) * support for vplayer subtitle format * preliminary support for .RT subtitle formatMarcus Comstedt <marcus@idonex.se> * initial Solaris8-x86 support * configure fixesJ�rgen Keil <jk@tools.de> * patched MPlayer to work on Solaris 8 x86 * various fixes (win32, configure, etc) * SUN audio driver in libao2 * mediaLib support in libavcodec * esd driver in libao2Vladimir Kushnir <vkushnir@Alfacom.net> * patched MPlayer to work on FreeBSD x86Bertrand Baudet <bertrand_baudet@yahoo.com> * network streaming support author, maintainer * CDDB supportDerek J Witt <djw@flinthills.com> * MMS network streaming patchesAlban Bedel <albeu@free.fr> * MMS network streaming patches * Playtree and per-entry config * Playlist parsers * New input layer, slave mode improvements * Audio only support * MP3, WAV and Ogg demuxers, Ogg-in-AVI fixes * Support for audio from external file * DXR2 driver * vo_aa improvements * CDDA support * OSD menu * New modular config/commandline parser codeArtur Zaprzala <zybi@fanthom.irc.pl> * Complete font generator prog + OSD font (TOOLS/subfont-c)Mihail Milushev <lanzz@lanzz.org> * GIMP font generator plugin (TOOLS/subfont-gimp)Adam Tla/lka <atlka@pg.gda.pl> * osd/sub review, fixes, optimization, utf8 support * various fixesFolke Ashberg <folke@ashberg.de> * native AAlib driver (-vo aa)Ivan Kalvachev <iive@yahoo.com> * interlaced MPEG2 support (libmpeg2) * libvo2 draft * configfile parser fixesPierre Lombard (pl) <p_l@gmx.fr> * new configure script * general code maintaining, fixes, patch committingMichael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at> * new, GPL postprocessing code (with deinterlacing etc...) * software scaling with MMX/MMX2/3DNow support (swscale.c) * various rgb/yuv bpp converters * new, better IDCT code for libavcodec, speedup of divx decoders * runtime CPU detection * SSE optimization of liba52 * various encoder/decoder fixes, improvements in libavcodec, DR support * various video filters, like il, swapuv, boxblurSven Goethel <sgoethel@jausoft.com> * libvo driver: vo_gl2Joy Winter <joy@pingfm.org> * ao_alsa9 fixes, AC3 passthrough supportEric Anholt <eanholt@gladstone.uoregon.edu> * CPU detection codeJiri Svoboda <Jiri.Svoboda@seznam.cz> * AQT type subtitles support * CRTC2 YUV support in mga_vid * DirectFB video output driverOliver Schoenbrunner <oliver.schoenbrunner@jku.at> * SGI audio driver * MIPS supportJeroen Dobbelaere <jeroen.dobbelaere@acunia.com> * the original libmad supportDavid Holm <dholm@telia.com> * DXR3 supportPanagiotis Issaris <takis@lumumba.luc.ac.be> * -playlist option * NuppelVideo support * various fixesMike Melanson <melanson@pcisys.net> * MS Video1 codec open-source implementation * FLI demuxer, decoder * Unified ADPCM Decoder (supports IMA/DVI, MS ADPCM, several others) * FILM (.cpk) file demuxer * RoQ file demuxer, Audio/Video decoder * QT SMC decoder * QT RLE decoder * MS RLE decoder re-implementationTobias Diedrich <ranma@gmx.at> * NAS audio output driver * DXR2 driverKilian A. Foth <foth@informatik.uni-hamburg.de> * -slave modeTim Ferguson <timf@mail.csse.monash.edu.au> * Open source Cinepak decoder * Open source CYUV decoderSam Lin <itrs@softwell.com.tw> * -wid (plugger) patchJohannes Feigl <johannes.feigl@aon.at> * original German docs translation * some improvements in configure, small patches * found somebody (Thilo Wunderlich) who sent a DVB card * msg translations (help_mp-XX.h) maintainerKim Minh Kaplan <kmkaplan@selfoffice.com> * DVD and VobSub subtitles display support * DVD subtitles rip to VobSubBrian Kuschak <bkuschak@yahoo.com> * RTP streaming support (reading)Stephen Davies <steve@daviesfam.org> * support for large video files (>2^32 bytes in size) * surround sound aop pluginRik Snel <rsnel@cube.dyndns.org> * zr video output driverAnders Johansson <ajh@atri.curtin.edu.au> * old audio plugin system, some effect plugins * new libaf interface design, implementation, pluginsRoberto Togni <rtogni@freemail.it> * Open source QT RPZA decoder * Open source HuffYUV decoder * Open source MSZH/ZLIB decoder * Open source QT 8BPS decoder * mp_help-it.h updates * Realaudio (ra) demuxer, 14_4 and 28_8 codec support * Misc bugfixes and enhancementsWojtek Kaniewski <wojtekka@bydg.pdi.net> * Mouse wheel support * got the freetype+RAW font support work togetherFredrik Kuivinen <freku045@student.liu.se> * OSD/subtitles outside movie - for SDL * video filter layer draft, first implementation * virtualdub filter support (not yet finished/committed)Florian Schneider <flo-mplayer-dev@gmx.net> * RealVideo codec libraries interface, .rm demuxer fixesJindrich Makovicka <makovick@KMLinux.fjfi.cvut.cz> * various bugfixes * rewrote v4l video capturing, implemented audio capturing layer * freetype2 font rendering supportD Richard Felker III <dalias@aerifal.cx> * various bugfixes * soft eq and halfpack video filtersDominik Mierzejewski <dominik@rangers.eu.org> * compiler warning fixes * official RPM packagesDiego Biurrun <diego@biurrun.de> * documentation reviewer and co-maintainer * console output translation (help_mp-XX.h) maintainer * README * random trivial fixes * testing, bug reports * homepage improvements * head of the Ministry for English CompositionSascha Sommer <saschasommer@freenet.de> * directx VO driver * windows waveout AO driver * quicktime audio+video decoding, video encoding (using win32 DLLs) support * MinGW portSidik Isani <lksi@cfht.hawaii.edu> * get_delay() smoothing code (-autosync) * RTC initialization fixes * various small fixesFredrik Noring <noring@nocrew.org> * -vo DGA fixesKees Cook <mplayer@outflux.net> * dvdnav hacks * rawdv demuxer fixesHampa Hug <hhug@student.ethz.ch> * LUT-based soft eq video filter (-vf eq2) * .ogm demuxer endianess fixesUwe Reder <Uwe.Reder@3SOFT.de> * various x11/vm/fs fixes * sub/osd control fixesAndriy N. Gritsenko <andrej@lucky.net> * skip-deinterlace video filter * MUXER layer, and new MPEG-PS muxerJoey Parrish <joey@nicewarrior.org> * various fixes * -vo gif89a author * gif demuxer authorJuergen Hammelmann <juergen.hammelmann@gmx.de> * TOOLS/menvcd authorMartin Gansser <mgansser@ngi.de> * porting to hpuxMatteo Giani <matgiani@ctonet.it> * PVA demuxerRudolf Marek <MAREKR2@cs.felk.cvut.cz> * gtf code for -vo vesaTilman Sauerbeck <tsauerbeck@users.sourceforge.net> * TGA decoder (rle/uncomp), -mf tga supportColin Leroy <colin@colino.net> * gui endianness fixes * volume control with -ao sdl * mencoder -ovc lavc endianness fixes * -ao pcm endianness fixes * libdha on powerpc linux * mach64 vidix driver endianness fixesMark Zealey <mark@zealos.org> * -vo tdfxfb driver * -geometry window positioning codeGregory Kovriga <gkovriga@techunix.technion.ac.il> * GUI drag&drop support * GUI DVD fixes * various small bugfixes in ASX/URL parserR�mi Guyomarch <rguyom@pobox.com> * various fixes * 'unsharp' video filter * xvid encoding supportSalvatore Falco <sfalco@studenti.ing.uniroma1.it> * jacosub parsing & dump support * overlapping subtitles & sub sorting support * SAMI subtitles dump supportVille Syrj�l� <syrjala@sci.fi> * -vo dfbmga driver (G400 DVDMax-like feature using dfb 0.9.14)Bj�rn Sandell <biorn@dce.chalmers.se> * various *BSD fixeslucho <lucho@haemimont.bg> * hw-accelerated video eq support into x11, gl2 (using DirectColor cmap)Per Wigren <wigren@home.se> * bmovl - Bitmap Overlay video filterNicolas Le Gaillart <n@tourmentine.com> * French documentation translation * documentation updates and fixes * 2nd half of the documentation HTML --> XML conversionLu Ran <hephooey@fastmail.fm> * Chinese documentation translation * Various VOBSUB-related patches * improved seeking in realmedia formatAndr�s Mohari <mayday@varoshaza.nagyatad.hu> * skin documentation * various docs updates and fixes * 1st half of the documentation HTML --> XML conversionD�nes Balatoni <pnis@coder.hu> * xmms inputplugin support * various minor feature additions & fixes mostly to make mplayer work better on my pdaOskar Liljeblad <oskar@osk.mine.nu> * various OSD related patchesBernd Ernesti <mplayer@lists.veego.de> * NetBSD support patchesEviv Bulgroz <ebulgroz@yahoo.com> * Presets support for mp3lame encoding * AVI demuxer time/bitrate calculation fixes * various bugfixesMatan Ziv-Av <matan@svgalib.org> * vo_svga fixes, improvements * svgalib kernel helper support for VIDIX/libdhaPuk Madick <pingy@swirvemail.com> * KDE/gnome2 fullscreen fix * configparser fixesTomas Hurka <tom@hukatronic.cz> * Darwin DVD support (mpdvdkit2) * various fixesMoritz Bunkus <moritz@bunkus.org> * various OGM hacks/fixes * author of ogm-tools * Matroska demuxerFilip Kalinski <filon@pld.org.pl> * X11 fulscreen switching fixes/cleanupChristian Ohm <chr.ohm@gmx.net> * various small bugfixesAlexander Gottwald <Alexander.Gottwald@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de> * various small bugfixesAndreas Hess <jaska@gmx.net> * upgrading libdvdcss in libmpdvdkit2 * various small bugfixesSalvador Eduardo Tropea <salvador@inti.gov.ar> * subtitle parsing/displaying related patchesMarcus Blomenkamp <Marcus.Blomenkamp@epost.de> * VIDIX patches (rage128, radeon 7000) * OSS AC3 passthru. fixAlan Young <ayoung@teleport.com> * fixed support of RealMedia & Xanim binary plugins on AlphaAttila Kinali <attila@kinali.ch> * various small fixes in the x11 code * xinerama support * documentation * patch application monkeyAndoni Zubimendi <andoni@lpsat.net>. * Spanish documentation translationJuan Martin <nauj27@teleline.es> * Spanish man page translation * Spanish documentation translationDmitry Baryshkov <mitya@school.ioffe.ru> * Russian documentation translation * FLAC decoding support * XML build systemrgselk <rgselknospam@yahoo.com> * Real rtsp Range supportNOTE: If you think you are missing here, feel free to send a patch.=====____________Main testers~~~~~~~~~~~~Tibor Bal�zs (Tibcu)P�ter Sasi (SaPe)Christoph H. Lampert (Gruel)Attila Kinali (KotH)Bohdan Horst (Nexus)________________The codecs, libs~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Aaron Holtzman <aholtzma@engr.uvic.ca> * ac3dec (and libac3) author [old AC3 audio decoder] * the original mga_vid driver [Matrox G200/G400 YUV Back-end Scaler] * mpeg2dec [Fast MPEG1/MPEG2 video decoder, currently used in player]Michel Lespinasse <walken@zoy.org> * did large libmpeg2 changes for better speed and mpeg conformance * liba52 author [current AC3 audio decoder]Eugene Kuznetsov <divx@euro.ru> * avifile author [AVI player library for linux, using Win32 VfW/ACM codecs] * technical help about AVI and ASF formats, and how to get YUV using VfW... * divx4linux technical supportZdenek Kabelac <kabi@informatics.muni.cz> * current avifile maintainer * some technical help about the win32 stuff, .asf formats and timersFabrice Bellard <fabrice.bellard@free.fr> * FFmpeg/libavcodec author, maintainer (open source mpeg, mjpeg, divx, wma, dv etc audio/video en/decoder)Project Mayo <http://www.projectmayo.com> * the OpenDivX codec authorsMichael Hipp * mpglib author [isn't used directly but some parts in mp3lib]Mark Podlipec * xa_gsm.c author [MS-GSM audio codec] [from a GSM library by Jutta Degener and Carsten Bormann]Jake Janovetz * remez.c author [Used to calculate audio filter coefficients]Vivien Chappelier, Damien Vincent * libFAME authors [fast mpeg-1 encoder, used by -vo mpegpes/-vo dxr3]_____________________________________________________Their code is not used in the current player version,but I've got some ideas or other technical help from:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Avery Lee <phaeron@virtualdub.org> * VirtualDub author, help understanding AVI with VBR audio and other AVI issuesJohn F. McGowan <http://www.jmcgowan.com> * AVI FAQ author/collector. [site with many useful docs on codecs and avi format]Dirk Farin <farin@ti.uni-mannheim.de> * dvdview author [MPEG1/MPEG2 video decoder, used in v0.5-v0.8]Adam Williams <broadcast@earthling.net> * libmpeg3 (and xmovie) author [MPEG1/MPEG2 video decoder, used in v0.1-v0.4]