Mercurial > mplayer.hg
changeset 5114:1f668483b7ff
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| author | arpi |
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| date | Fri, 15 Mar 2002 22:29:22 +0000 |
| parents | 878c339126e4 |
| children | fec33a85f17d |
| files | DOCS/codecs.html |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/DOCS/codecs.html Fri Mar 15 22:27:09 2002 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/codecs.html Fri Mar 15 22:29:22 2002 +0000 @@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ <P>The most important ones above all:<BR> <UL> <LI>MPEG1 (VCD) and MPEG2 (DVD) video</LI> -<LI>DivX ;-), OpenDivX (DivX4), 3ivx and other MPEG4 variants</LI> +<LI>DivX ;-), OpenDivX (DivX4), DivX 5.00, 3ivX and other MPEG4 variants</LI> <LI>Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1) and 8 (WMV2) used in .wmv files</LI> -<LI>Intel Indeo codecs (3.1,3.2,4.1,5.0)</LI> -<LI>MJPEG, ASV2 and other hardware formats</LI> -<LI>XAnim codecs</LI> -<LI>VIVO</LI> -<LI>FLI</LI> +<LI>Cinepak and Intel Indeo codecs (3.1,3.2,4.1,5.0)</LI> +<LI>MJPEG, AVID, VCR2, ASV2 and other hardware formats</LI> +<LI>VIVO 1.0, 2.0, I263 and other h263(+) variants</LI> +<LI>FLI/FLC</LI> <LI>RealVideo 1.0</LI> +<LI>Various old simple RLE-like formats</LI> </UL></P> <P>If you have a Win32 codec not listed here, and not supported yet, just read the <A @@ -92,7 +92,10 @@ method. For RGB modes you can choose freely, their speed is same, maybe differ according to the current bpp.</P> -<P>Note: it supports postprocessing too (use option <CODE>-oldpp</CODE> to +<P>NOTE: If your -vo driver supports direct rendering, then -vc divx4 may be +faster, or even the fastest solution.</P> + +<P>Note: it supports postprocessing too (use option <CODE>-pp</CODE> to enable using it), but range of values is strange: </P> <P><TABLE BORDER=0> @@ -123,7 +126,7 @@ <LI>from release : then you have libavcodec right in the package, just build <B>MPlayer</B> as usual.</LI> <LI>from CVS : you have to download it manually directly from <B>FFmpeg</B>'s - tree: + CVS tree (ffmpeg 0.4.5 version will NOT work with mplayer!): <P><CODE> cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg login<BR> @@ -176,12 +179,12 @@ isn't there, so download it from the <A HREF="http://www.3ivx.com">3ivx site</A>.</LI> <LI>use the <CODE>--with-xanimlibdir</CODE> option to tell configure where - it can find the xanim codecs if you didn't install them to the default - location : <CODE>/usr/lib/xanim</CODE> . + it can find the xanim codecs. By default, it checks them at + <CODE>/usr/local/lib/xanim/mods, /usr/lib/xanim/mods and /usr/lib/xanim</CODE>. Alternatively you can set the environment variable <I>XANIM_MOD_DIR</I> to the dir of the XAnim codecs.</LI> - <LI>rename the filenames by cutting out the architecture stuff, so they will + <LI>rename/symlink the filenames by cutting out the architecture stuff, so they will have filenames like these : <CODE>vid_cvid.xa, vid_h263.xa, vid_iv50.xa</CODE> </UL> @@ -209,10 +212,10 @@ <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.5>2.2.1.5. MPEG 1/2 video</A></B></P> <P>MPEG1 and MPEG2 are decoded with the native library <B>libmpeg2</B>. -Its source code is included in <B>MPlayer</B>, and of course is multiplatform. -We handle buggy MPEG1/2 video files by checking for what signature does -libmpeg2 return, and when it gives sig11 (segmentation fault), we quickly -reinitialize the codec, and continue exactly from where the failure did occur. +Its source code is included in <B>MPlayer</B>, and of course it is multiplatform. +We handle buggy MPEG 1/2 video files by catching sig11 (segmentation fault), +and quickly reinitializing the codec, and continue exactly from where the failure +did occur. No speed decrease is measurable.</P> @@ -257,7 +260,7 @@ <P><B>Disadvantages</B> : <UL> - <LI>currently it doesn't properly decode all DivX/DivX4 files</LI> + <LI>currently it doesn't properly <B>decode</B> all DivX/DivX4 files (but who cares, we can play them using libavcodec)</LI> <LI>you have to choose between DivX4 <B>OR</B> XViD support at compiletime</LI> <LI>under development</LI> @@ -273,6 +276,7 @@ <CODE>cd xvidcore/build/generic</CODE><BR> <CODE>Edit Makefile.linux to fit your needs</CODE><BR> <CODE>make -f Makefile.linux</CODE><BR> + Get encore2.h and decore.h from Divx4linux package, and copy them to <CODE>/usr/local/include/</CODE><BR> <CODE>recompile <B>MPlayer</B> with --with-xvidcore=/path/to/libcore.a</CODE><BR> </P> @@ -284,7 +288,7 @@ <UL> <LI>MPEG layer 2, and layer 3 (MP3) audio (<B>native</B> code, with MMX/SSE/3DNow! optimization)</LI> <LI>MPEG layer 1 audio (<B>native</B> code, with libavcodec)</LI> -<LI>AC3 Dolby audio (<B>native</B> code, with SSE/3DNow! optimization)</LI> +<LI>AC3 Dolby audio (<B>native</B> code, with MMX/SSE/3DNow! optimization)</LI> <LI>Ogg Vorbis audio codec (<B>native</B> lib)</LI> <LI>Voxware audio (using DirectShow DLL)</LI> <LI>alaw, msgsm, pcm and other simple old audio formats</LI> @@ -323,11 +327,11 @@ <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.2>2.2.2.2. Hardware AC3 decoding</A></B></P> <P>You'll need an AC3 capable soundcard, with digital out (SP/DIF). The -card's driver must support the AFMT_AC3 format (like SB Live! or C-Media does). +card's driver must properly support the AFMT_AC3 format (like C-Media does). Connect your AC3 decoder to the SP/DIF output, and use the '-ac hwac3' option. It may or may not work (experimental). It will work with C-Media cards, and with SB Live! + ALSA driver. It won't work with Live!'s OSS -driver.</P> +driver!</P> <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.3>2.2.2.3. libmad support</A></B></P> @@ -335,6 +339,8 @@ <P><A HREF="http://mad.sourceforge.net">libmad</A> is a multiplatform MPEG audio decoding library. If you don't know why is it good, you probably don't need it.</P> +<P>It doesn't handle broken files well, and sometimes has problems with seeking</P> + <P>To enable support, compile with the <CODE>--enable-mad</CODE> configure option.</P>