# HG changeset patch # User alex # Date 1044370719 0 # Node ID aac86d4eba845c1bbea96e0626168403f013998b # Parent e20e3c0cd9dadb897fc578bdefca2057ef003a09 some typos, uniformizing like in the video.html and lot of additions/fixes diff -r e20e3c0cd9da -r aac86d4eba84 DOCS/codecs.html --- a/DOCS/codecs.html Tue Feb 04 09:08:52 2003 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/codecs.html Tue Feb 04 14:58:39 2003 +0000 @@ -23,20 +23,21 @@
The most important ones above all:
The Divx4/5 binary codec library can be downloaded from
avifile or
- divx.com.
Unpack it, run ./install.sh
as root and do not forget adding
/usr/local/lib
to your /etc/ld.so.conf
and running
ldconfig
.
Foreword:
+
Be advised that the XAnim binary codecs are packaged with a piece of text claiming to be a legally binding software license which, besides other restrictions, forbids the user to use the codecs in conjunction with any @@ -176,6 +178,7 @@ action against anyone for codec-related issues.
+MPlayer is capable of employing the XAnim codecs for decoding. Follow the instructions to enable them:
@@ -183,6 +186,9 @@--with-xanimlibdir
option to tell configure where
to find the XAnim codecs. By default, it looks for them at
/usr/local/lib/xanim/mods, /usr/lib/xanim/mods and /usr/lib/xanim
.
@@ -205,17 +211,17 @@
for 1.0 files is FFmpeg's H263 decoder, you can use it with the -vc
ffh263
option (default). For 2.0 files, use the
ivvideo.dll
- Win32 DLL file, and install it under /usr/lib/win32
or wherever you store the
- Win32 codecs.
+ Win32 DLL file (included in the latest DLL packages), and install it under
+ /usr/lib/win32
or wherever you store the Win32 codecs.
MPEG1 and MPEG2 are decoded by the multiplatform native libmpeg2 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.
+ MPEG 1/2 video files by catchingSignal 11 (Segmentation fault)
,
+ and quickly reinitializing the codec, continuing exactly from where the
+ failure occurred. This recovery technique has no measurable speed penalty.
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.
+MPlayer uses its own open source, multiplatform Cinepak decoder (by + Dr. Tim Ferguson), by default. + It supports YUV outputs, so that hardware scaling is possible if the video + output driver permits it.
XViD is a forked development of the OpenDivX codec. It happened when - ProjectMayo changed OpenDivX to closed source DivX4 (now DivX5), and the - non-ProjectMayo people working on OpenDivX got angry, then started XViD. So - both projects have the same origin.
+XViD is a forked development of + the OpenDivX codec. It happened when ProjectMayo changed OpenDivX to closed + source DivX4 (now DivX5), and the non-ProjectMayo people working on OpenDivX + got angry, then started XViD. So both projects have the same origin.
-XViD is currently available only from CVS. Here are the download and installation instructions:
@@ -318,7 +326,7 @@ QuickTime librariesNOTE: currently only 32bit Intel platforms are supported.