changeset 11089:0649acf1f1e3

reworked the libavcodec section

--- a/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml	Sun Oct 12 20:37:22 2003 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml	Sun Oct 12 21:16:58 2003 +0000
@@ -195,11 +195,9 @@
 <para>
 <ulink url="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">FFmpeg</ulink> contains an
 <emphasis role="bold">open source</emphasis> codec package, which is capable
-of decoding streams encoded with H263/MJPEG/LJPEG/RV10/DivX3/DivX4/DivX5/MP41/
-MP42/WMV1/WMV2/HuffYUV/SVQ1/SVQ3/MPEG1/MPEG2/VCR1/VCR2/ASV1/ASV2/CLJR
-video, or WMA (Windows Media Audio) audio codecs. Not only some of them can be
-encoded with, but it also offers higher speed than the Win32 codecs or the
-DivX.com DivX4/5 library!
+of decoding streams with various audio and video codecs. It also offers an
+impressing encoding facility and higher speed than the Win32 codecs or the
+DivX.com DivX4/5 libraries!
 </para>
 
 <para>
@@ -210,17 +208,22 @@
 
 <para>
 The most recent codec deserving credit is the <emphasis role="bold">Sorenson 3</emphasis>
-(SVQ3) codec. This is the first, completely opensource implementation of this
-codec. It's even faster than the original. Be sure to prefer this instead
-of the binary codec!
+(SVQ3) codec. This is the first, completely opensource implementation. It's even
+faster than the original. Be sure to prefer this instead of the binary codec!
+</para>
+
+<para>
+For a complete list of supported codecs please visit the FFmpeg homepage.
+Supported <ulink url="http://www.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-doc.html#SEC19">video</ulink>
+and <ulink url="http://www.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-doc.html#SEC20">audio</ulink> codecs.
 </para>
 
 <para>
 If you use an <application>MPlayer</application> release you have libavcodec
 right in the package, just build  as usual. If you use
 <application>MPlayer</application> from CVS you have to extract libavcodec from
-the FFmpeg CVS tree as FFmpeg releases <emphasis role="bold">don't</emphasis>
-work with <application>MPlayer</application>. In order to achieve this do:
+the FFmpeg CVS tree as FFmpeg releases are very rare. The CVS is mostly stable
+and offers the most features. In order to achieve this do:
 </para>
 
 <procedure>
@@ -234,12 +237,18 @@
   Move the <filename>libavcodec</filename> directory from the FFmpeg
   sources to the root of the <application>MPlayer</application> CVS tree.
   It should look like this:
-  <filename>main/libavcodec</filename>
+  <filename class="directory">main/libavcodec</filename>
   </para><para>
   Symlinking is <emphasis role="bold">not</emphasis> enough, you have to
   copy/move it!
   </para></step>
 <step><para>
+  If you prefer having libavcodec updated at the same time you update
+  <application>MPlayer</application> CVS, put the following line into the
+  <filename>main/CVS/Entires</filename> file:
+  <screen>D/libavcodec////</screen>
+  </para></step>
+<step><para>
   Compile. <filename>configure</filename> should detect problems before
   compilation.
   </para></step>