Mercurial > mplayer.hg
changeset 6357:748bb00cb05b
RealVideo libraries support
| author | gabucino |
|---|---|
| date | Sun, 09 Jun 2002 15:21:57 +0000 |
| parents | b54d7fd6471a |
| children | 36f4de4e8be5 |
| files | DOCS/codecs.html DOCS/documentation.html DOCS/formats.html |
| diffstat | 3 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/DOCS/codecs.html Sun Jun 09 14:48:16 2002 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/codecs.html Sun Jun 09 15:21:57 2002 +0000 @@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ <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>RealVideo 1.0 from ffmpeg, and RealVideo 2.0, 3.0 using RealPlayer + libraries</LI> <LI>Various old simple RLE-like formats</LI> </UL> @@ -217,9 +218,16 @@ <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.8>2.2.1.8. RealVideo</A></B></P> -<P>Currently <B>only</B> the RealVideo 1.0 (fourcc RV10) codec is supported through -FFmpeg. Sadly, new RealMedia files come with the newer and closed source RV20 and -RV30 codecs instead. Their future support is unlikely :(</P> +<P><B>MPlayer</B> supports decoding all versions of RealVideo: + <UL> + <LI>RealVideo 1.0 (fourcc RV10) - en/decoding supported by <B>libavcodec</B></LI> + <LI>RealVideo 2.0 (fourcc RV20) - decoding supported by <B>RealPlayer libraries</B></LI> + <LI>RealVideo 3.0 (fourcc RV20) - decoding supported by <B>RealPlayer libraries</B></LI> + </UL> +</P> + +<P>On how to install RealPlayer libraries, see the + <A HREF="formats.html#2.1.1.7">RealMedia file format</A> section.</P> <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.9>2.2.1.9. XViD</A></B></P> @@ -336,6 +344,8 @@ low-bitrate version of the well known AC3 codec. It can be found in both old and new RealMedia movies.</P> +<P>RealAudio libraries from RealPlayer can't be used right now.</P> + <P><B><A NAME=2.2.3>2.2.3. Win32 codec importing HOWTO</A></B></P>
--- a/DOCS/documentation.html Sun Jun 09 14:48:16 2002 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/documentation.html Sun Jun 09 15:21:57 2002 +0000 @@ -481,6 +481,11 @@ <A HREF="http://ogg.org/ogg/vorbis/download/vorbis_nightly_cvs.tgz">source</A> (this is a nightly updated tarball of vorbis CVS).</LI> +<LI><B>MPlayer</B> can use the libraries of RealPlayer 8 or RealONE to play + <B>RealVideo 2.0 and 3.0</B> files. See + <A HREF="formats.html#2.1.1.7">RealMedia file format</A> section for + installation instructions and more information!</LI> + </UL> <P><B><I>VIDEOCARDS</I></B></P> @@ -2080,6 +2085,11 @@ <LI>OSD/subtitles outside movie - for SDL</LI> </UL></LI> +<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:flo-mplayer-dev@gmx.net">Florian Schneider</A></B> +<UL> + <LI>RealVideo libraries loader</LI> +</UL></LI> + </UL></P> <P>Main testers:</P>
--- a/DOCS/formats.html Sun Jun 09 14:48:16 2002 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/formats.html Sun Jun 09 15:21:57 2002 +0000 @@ -170,10 +170,24 @@ <P><B><A NAME=2.1.1.7>2.1.1.7. RealMedia (RM) files</A></B></P> -<P>Yes, <B>MPlayer</B> can read (demux) RealMedia (.rm) files. Seeking works -(the format supports keyframes). Here are the lists of the supported -<A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.8">RealVideo</A> -and <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.2.5">RealAudio</A> codecs. +<P>Yes, <B>MPlayer</B> can read (demux) RealMedia (.rm) files. Seeking works, + but you have to explicitly specify the <CODE>-forceidx</CODE> option + (the format supports keyframes). Here are the lists of the supported + <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.8">RealVideo</A> + and <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.2.5">RealAudio</A> codecs.</P> + +<P>It's recommended to download and install RealPlayer8 or RealONE, because + <B>MPlayer</B> can use their libraries to decode files with RealVideo 2.0 or + RealVideo 3.0 video! All you have to do is:</P> +<P> + <CODE>ln -s /usr/local/RealPlayer8/Codecs $PREFIX/real</CODE> +</P> + +<P>NOTE: RealPlayer's installation path may differ from the above, please check + it.</P> + +<P>NOTE: RealPlayer libraries currently <B>can only be used on x86 platform, + and Linux or FreeBSD</B>!</P> <P><B><A NAME=2.1.1.8>2.1.1.8. NuppelVideo files</A></B></P>