# HG changeset patch # User gpoirier # Date 1127168976 0 # Node ID 5c8e764daa256fdb83e795d03d9a915ab5e0ed7a # Parent cf10f859d829d926411bffacf908b4a6db119663 Document lavc audio codecs diff -r cf10f859d829 -r 5c8e764daa25 DOCS/xml/en/encoding-guide.xml --- a/DOCS/xml/en/encoding-guide.xml Mon Sep 19 21:42:00 2005 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/encoding-guide.xml Mon Sep 19 22:29:36 2005 +0000 @@ -2221,7 +2221,7 @@ -Codec nameDescription +Video codec nameDescription mjpeg @@ -2290,6 +2290,47 @@ The first column contains the codec names that should be passed after the vcodec config, like: + + + + + +Audio codec nameDescription + + + + mp2 + MPEG Layer 2 + + + ac3 + AC3, aka Dolby Digital + + + adpcm_ima_wav + IMA Adaptive PCM (4bits per sample, 4:1 compression) + + + sonic + Experimental lossy/lossless codec + + + + + +The first column contains the codec names that should be passed after the +acodec config, like: + + + + Contrary to libavcodec's video + codecs, its audio codecs do not make a wise usage of the bits they are + been given as they lack some minimal psychoacoustic model (if at all) + which most other codec implementations feature. + However, note that all these audio codecs are very fast and work + out-of-the-box everywhere MEncoder has been + compiled with libavcodec (which + is the case most of time), and do not depend on external libraries.