# HG changeset patch
# User gabucino
# Date 992990969 0
# Node ID adc81cb80adf1613afe761f9896b74644886ad5d
# Parent  204b0a4c6aa8997bb772cf7705248069aa0be1aa
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diff -r 204b0a4c6aa8 -r adc81cb80adf DOCS/MPlayer-FAQ
--- a/DOCS/MPlayer-FAQ	Tue Jun 19 22:38:47 2001 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/MPlayer-FAQ	Tue Jun 19 22:49:29 2001 +0000
@@ -245,3 +245,13 @@
    compile it. Important: this is NOT an MPlayer-specific problem, numerous
    other projects (DRI, avifile, etc..) have problems with this shit too.
    ** DO NOT USE gcc 2.96 !!! **
+
+Q: Is there a hint on how to watch QuickTime and RealMedia movies in mplayer?
+A: There's no way to do it. Therefore these formats deserve to die in flames.
+   Theoretically you can reverse engineer Real codecs built for Linux (they
+   are available as .so files), but in practice that's really difficult, even
+   if you know how the compiler used by Real is making assembler code.
+   As for QuickTime, it's possible to play some old movies and this
+   capability will be added to mplayer soon, but newer clips are all Sorenson
+   encoded, and that codec is built-in deep in the QT executable, there's
+   no way to use it.