Mercurial > mplayer.hg
changeset 7305:d6b3e5dac5e8
Update with new method of finding DShow codecs and a small hint about VFW on WinNT.
| author | atmos4 |
|---|---|
| date | Sat, 07 Sep 2002 11:19:53 +0000 |
| parents | 7da2c2a68547 |
| children | 39d0b847931b |
| files | DOCS/codecs.html |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/DOCS/codecs.html Sat Sep 07 08:15:57 2002 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/codecs.html Sat Sep 07 11:19:53 2002 +0000 @@ -405,6 +405,8 @@ <P> <CODE>ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/</CODE></P> +<P><B>Note:</B> On Windows NT/2000/XP search for this info in the registry, e.g. search for + "VIDC.HFYU". To find out how to do this, look at the old DirectShow method below.</P> <H4><A NAME="importing_directshow">2.2.3.2 DirectShow codecs</A></H4> @@ -417,7 +419,24 @@ <LI>we need the GUID of the codec. </UL> -<P>Take a deep breath and start searching the registry...</P> +<P><B>New Method:</B> Using Microsoft GraphEdit (fast)</P> + +<OL> + <LI>Get GraphEdit from either DirecX SDK or <A HREF="http://doom9.org">Doom9</A> + <LI>Start <CODE>graphedit.exe</CODE> + <LI>From the menue select Graph -> Insert Filters + <LI>Expand item <CODE>DirectShow Filters</CODE> + <LI>Select the right codec name and expand item + <LI>In the entry <CODE>DisplayName</CODE> look at the text in winged brackets + after the backslash and write it down (five dash-delimited blocks, the GUID) + <LI>The codec binary is the file specified in the <CODE>Filename</CODE> entry +</OL> + +<P><B>Note:</B> If there is no <CODE>Filename</CODE> entry and <CODE>DisplayName</CODE> + contains something like <CODE>device:dmo</CODE>, then it is a DMO-Codec, which are + currently not supported by MPlayer.</P> + +<P><B>Old Method:</B> Take a deep breath and start searching the registry...</P> <OL> <LI>Start <CODE>regedit</CODE>.