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| 2745 | 15 <P><B><A NAME=2.2>2.2. Supported codecs</A></B></P> |
| 1612 | 16 |
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| 2745 | 18 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1>2.2.1. Video codecs</A></B></P> |
| 1612 | 19 |
| 1731 | 20 <P>See <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/codecs-status.html</A> for the complete, |
| 1869 | 21 daily generated list!!!</P> |
| 1612 | 22 |
| 5534 | 23 <P>The most important ones above all:</P> |
| 1682 | 24 <UL> |
| 2290 | 25 <LI>MPEG1 (VCD) and MPEG2 (DVD) video</LI> |
| 5968 | 26 <LI>DivX ;-), OpenDivX (DivX4), DivX 5.01, 3ivX, M$ MPEG4 v2 and other MPEG4 variants</LI> |
| 2290 | 27 <LI>Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1) and 8 (WMV2) used in .wmv files</LI> |
| 5114 | 28 <LI>Cinepak and Intel Indeo codecs (3.1,3.2,4.1,5.0)</LI> |
| 29 <LI>MJPEG, AVID, VCR2, ASV2 and other hardware formats</LI> | |
| 30 <LI>VIVO 1.0, 2.0, I263 and other h263(+) variants</LI> | |
| 31 <LI>FLI/FLC</LI> | |
| 3806 | 32 <LI>RealVideo 1.0</LI> |
| 5114 | 33 <LI>Various old simple RLE-like formats</LI> |
| 5534 | 34 </UL> |
| 1612 | 35 |
| 5534 | 36 <P>If you have a Win32 codec not listed here which is not supported yet, please read the |
| 37 <A HREF="#2.2.3">codec importing HOWTO</A> and help us add support | |
| 1731 | 38 for it!</P> |
| 1612 | 39 |
| 5018 | 40 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.1>2.2.1.1. DivX4/DivX5</A></B></P> |
| 1612 | 41 |
| 1682 | 42 <P>This section contains information about the DivX4 codec of |
| 5534 | 43 <A HREF="http://www.projectmayo.com">Project Mayo</A>. Their first available alpha version was OpenDivX 4.0 |
| 1682 | 44 alpha 47 and 48. Support for this was/is included in <B>MPlayer</B>, and built by |
| 5534 | 45 default. Earlier, we used its postprocessing code to optionally enhance visual |
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46 quality of MPEG1/2 movies. Now we use our own.</P> |
| 1612 | 47 |
| 5534 | 48 <P>The new generation of this codec is called DivX4Linux and can even decode |
| 49 movies made with the infamous DivX codec! In addition it is much faster than the | |
| 50 native Win32 DivX DLLs but slower than libavcodec. | |
| 51 Hence its usage as a decoder is <B>DISCOURAGED</B>. However, it is useful for | |
| 52 encoding. One disadvantage of this codec is that it is currently closed source.</P> | |
| 1612 | 53 |
| 5534 | 54 <P>The codec can be downloaded from one of the following URLs:</P> |
| 3583 | 55 |
| 5534 | 56 <P> <A HREF="http://avifile.sourceforge.net">http://avifile.sourceforge.net</A><BR> |
| 57 <A HREF="http://divx.com">http://divx.com</A></P> | |
| 1612 | 58 |
| 2684 | 59 <P>Unpack it, and run <CODE>./install.sh</CODE> as root.</P> |
| 1612 | 60 |
| 5534 | 61 <P>Note: Do NOT forget adding <CODE>/usr/local/lib</CODE> to your |
| 62 <CODE>/etc/ld.so.conf</CODE> and running <CODE>ldconfig</CODE>!</P> | |
| 1612 | 63 |
| 5534 | 64 <P><B>MPlayer</B> autodetects DivX4/DivX5 if it is properly installed, just |
| 65 compile as usual. If it does not detect it, you did not install or configure | |
| 66 it correctly.</P> | |
| 1682 | 67 |
| 5534 | 68 <P>DivX4Linux conflicts with the old OpenDivX because their APIs are similar but |
| 69 incompatible. Therefore you can only have one of them compiled into <B>MPlayer</B> | |
| 70 at a time.</P> | |
| 1682 | 71 |
| 5534 | 72 <P>DivX4Linux offers an OpenDivX compatibility mode such that you may choose from |
| 73 the following options when using this codec:</P> | |
| 1682 | 74 |
| 5534 | 75 <TABLE BORDER=0> |
| 76 <TR><TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-vc odivx</CODE></TD><TD> </TD> | |
| 77 <TD><FONT CLASS="text">Uses the codec in OpenDivX fashion. In this case it | |
| 78 produces YV12 images in its own buffer, and <B>MPlayer</B> does colorspace | |
| 79 conversion via libvo. (<B>RECOMMENDED!</B>)</FONT></TD></TR> | |
| 80 <TR><TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><CODE>-vc divx4</CODE></TD><TD></TD> | |
| 81 <TD><FONT CLASS="text">Uses the colorspace conversion of the codec. | |
| 82 In this mode you can use YUY2/UYVY, too.</FONT></TD></TR> | |
| 83 </TABLE> | |
| 1612 | 84 |
| 5534 | 85 <P>The <CODE>-vc odivx</CODE> method is usually faster, due to the fact that it transfers |
| 1682 | 86 image data in YV12 (planar YUV 4:2:0) format, thus requiring much less |
| 5534 | 87 bandwidth on the bus. For packed YUV modes (YUY2, UYVY) use the <CODE>-vc divx4</CODE> |
| 88 method. For RGB modes the speed is the same, differing at best | |
| 89 according to your current color depth.</P> | |
| 1682 | 90 |
| 5534 | 91 <P>NOTE: If your -vo driver supports direct rendering, then <CODE>-vc divx4</CODE> may be |
| 5114 | 92 faster, or even the fastest solution.</P> |
| 93 | |
| 5534 | 94 <P>Note: <B>OLD</B> OpenDivX supports postprocessing via the |
| 95 <CODE>-oldpp</CODE> option, but the range of values is strange:</P> | |
| 1612 | 96 |
| 5534 | 97 <TABLE BORDER=0> |
| 98 <TR><TD> </TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">0</FONT></TD><TD> </TD> | |
| 99 <TD><FONT CLASS="text">no postprocessing</FONT></TD></TR> | |
| 100 <TR><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">10 .. 20</FONT></TD> | |
| 101 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">normal postprocessing (like level 2 with divxds)</FONT></TD></TR> | |
| 102 <TR><TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">30 .. 60</FONT></TD> | |
| 103 <TD></TD><TD><FONT CLASS="text">hard postprocessing, CPU intensive (like level 4 with divxds)</FONT></TD></TR> | |
| 104 </TABLE> | |
| 1612 | 105 |
| 5968 | 106 |
| 5534 | 107 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.2>2.2.1.2. FFmpeg DivX/libavcodec</A></B></P> |
| 1682 | 108 |
| 5534 | 109 <P>Beginning with version 0.4.2, |
| 110 <A HREF="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">FFmpeg</A> contains an | |
| 111 <B>open source</B> DivX codec, which is compatible with the traditional DivX. | |
| 112 <B>MPlayer</B> supports this codec, making it possible to <B>watch | |
| 5968 | 113 DivX/DivX4/DivX5/MP42 movies on non-x86 platforms</B>. Furthermore it offers higher |
| 114 decoding speed than the Win32 codecs or the original | |
| 5534 | 115 DivX4 library!</P> |
| 4022 | 116 |
| 5534 | 117 <P>It also contains a lot of nice codecs, such as RealVideo 1.0, MJPEG, h263, |
| 4022 | 118 h263+, etc.</P> |
| 119 | |
| 5534 | 120 <P>If you use an <B>MPlayer</B> release you have libavcodec right in the package, |
| 121 just build as usual. If you use <B>MPlayer</B> from CVS you have to extract | |
| 122 libavcodec from the FFmpeg CVS tree as FFmpeg 0.4.5 does <B>not</B> work with | |
| 123 <B>MPlayer</B>. In order to achieve this do:</P> | |
| 1612 | 124 |
| 5534 | 125 <OL> |
| 126 <LI><CODE>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg login</CODE></LI> | |
| 127 <LI><CODE>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ffmpeg.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ffmpeg co ffmpeg</CODE></LI> | |
| 128 <LI>Move the <CODE>libavcodec</CODE> directory from the FFmpeg sources to the | |
| 129 root of the <B>MPlayer</B> CVS tree. It should look like this: | |
| 130 <P> <CODE>main/libavcodec</CODE></P> | |
| 131 Symlinking is <B>not</B> enough, you have to copy/move it!!!</LI> | |
| 132 <LI>Compile. Configure should detect problems before compilation.</LI> | |
| 133 </OL> | |
| 1668 | 134 |
| 6171 | 135 <P><STRONG>NOTE:</STRONG> MPlayer from CVS does contain a libavcodec |
| 136 subdirectory, but it does NOT contain the source for libavcodec! | |
| 137 You must follow the steps above to obtain the source for this library.</P> | |
| 5534 | 138 |
| 139 <P>The codec also <B>supports postprocessing!</B></P> | |
| 4022 | 140 |
| 5534 | 141 <P>With FFmpeg and my Matrox G400, I can view even the highest resolution DivX |
| 142 movies without dropped frames on my K6/2 500.</P> | |
| 1612 | 143 |
| 144 | |
| 2745 | 145 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.3>2.2.1.3. XAnim codecs</A></B></P> |
| 2411 | 146 |
| 5534 | 147 <P>Foreword:<BR> |
| 5187 | 148 Be advised that the XAnim binary codecs are packaged with a piece of text |
| 5534 | 149 claiming to be a legally binding software license which, besides other |
| 150 restrictions, forbids the user to use the codecs in conjunction with any | |
| 151 program other than XAnim. However, the XAnim author has yet to bring legal | |
| 152 action against anyone for codec-related issues. | |
| 5187 | 153 </P> |
| 2411 | 154 |
| 5534 | 155 <P><B>MPlayer</B> is capable of employing the XAnim codecs for decoding. Follow |
| 156 the instructions to enable them:</P> | |
| 2411 | 157 |
| 158 <UL> | |
| 5534 | 159 <LI>Download the codecs you wish to use from the |
| 2411 | 160 <A HREF="http://xanim.va.pubnix.com">XAnim site</A>. The <B>3ivx</B> codec |
| 5534 | 161 is not there, but at the <A HREF="http://www.3ivx.com">3ivx site</A>.</LI> |
| 2411 | 162 |
| 5534 | 163 <LI>Use the <CODE>--with-xanimlibdir</CODE> option to tell configure where |
| 164 to find the XAnim codecs. By default, it looks for them at | |
| 5114 | 165 <CODE>/usr/local/lib/xanim/mods, /usr/lib/xanim/mods and /usr/lib/xanim</CODE>. |
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| 5534 | 167 the directory of the XAnim codecs.</LI> |
| 3163 | 168 |
| 5534 | 169 <LI>Rename/symlink the files, cutting out the architecture stuff, so they will |
| 170 have filenames like these: <CODE>vid_cvid.xa, vid_h263.xa, vid_iv50.xa</CODE> | |
| 3163 | 171 |
| 2411 | 172 </UL> |
| 173 | |
| 5534 | 174 <P>XAnim is video codec family number 10, so you may want to use the <CODE>-vfm 10</CODE> |
| 2411 | 175 option to tell <B>MPlayer</B> to use them if possible.</P> |
| 176 | |
| 5534 | 177 <P>Tested codecs include: <B>Indeo 3.2</B>, <B>4.1</B>, <B>5.0</B>, <B>CVID</B>, <B>3ivX</B>, <B>h263</B>.</P> |
| 2411 | 178 |
| 2452 | 179 |
| 2745 | 180 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.4>2.2.1.4. VIVO video</A></B></P> |
| 181 | |
| 2855 | 182 <P><B>MPlayer</B> can play Vivo (1.0 and 2.0) videos. The most suitable codec |
| 3027 | 183 for 1.0 files is FFmpeg's H263 decoder, you can use it with the <CODE>-vc |
| 5534 | 184 ffh263</CODE> option (default) (requires up-to-date libavcodec). For 2.0 files, use |
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| 3027 | 186 HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/samples/drivers32/ivvideo.dll">here</A>), |
| 2855 | 187 and install it under <CODE>/usr/lib/win32</CODE> or wherever you store the |
| 5534 | 188 Win32 codecs. This latter codec does not support YV12 nor YUY2 only BGR modes, |
| 189 restricting it to the X11 and OpenGL outputs. Hopefully ffh263 will support | |
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190 VIVO 2.0 files in the future.</P> |
| 2855 | 191 |
| 2745 | 192 |
| 193 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.5>2.2.1.5. MPEG 1/2 video</A></B></P> | |
| 194 | |
| 5534 | 195 <P>MPEG1 and MPEG2 are decoded by the multiplatform native <B>libmpeg2</B> library, |
| 196 whose source code is included in <B>MPlayer</B>. | |
| 5114 | 197 We handle buggy MPEG 1/2 video files by catching sig11 (segmentation fault), |
| 5534 | 198 and quickly reinitializing the codec, continuing exactly from where the failure |
| 199 occurred. | |
| 200 This recovery technique has no measurable speed penalty.</P> | |
| 2745 | 201 |
| 202 | |
| 2855 | 203 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.6>2.2.1.6. MS Video1</A></B></P> |
| 204 | |
| 5534 | 205 <P>This is a very old and very bad codec from Microsoft. In the past it was |
| 2855 | 206 decoded with the <CODE>msvidc32.dll</CODE> Win32 codec, now we have our own |
| 5534 | 207 open source implementation (by <A HREF="mailto:melanson@pcisys.net">Mike |
| 2855 | 208 Melanson</A>).</P> |
| 209 | |
| 210 | |
| 3163 | 211 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.7>2.2.1.7. Cinepak CVID</A></B></P> |
| 212 | |
| 5534 | 213 <P><B>MPlayer</B> uses its own open source, multiplatform Cinepak decoder by |
| 214 default. It supports YUV outputs, so that hardware scaling is possible if the | |
| 215 video output driver permits it.</P> | |
| 3163 | 216 |
| 217 | |
| 3806 | 218 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.8>2.2.1.8. RealVideo</A></B></P> |
| 219 | |
| 5534 | 220 <P>Currently <B>only</B> the RealVideo 1.0 (fourcc RV10) codec is supported through |
| 221 FFmpeg. Sadly, new RealMedia files come with the newer and closed source RV20 and | |
| 222 RV30 codecs instead. Their future support is unlikely :(</P> | |
| 3806 | 223 |
| 224 | |
| 5022 | 225 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.9>2.2.1.9. XViD</A></B></P> |
| 226 | |
| 5534 | 227 <P><B>XViD</B> is another development from the OpenDivX group (their first |
| 5022 | 228 development was DivX4).</P> |
| 229 | |
| 5534 | 230 <P><B>Advantages:</B></P> |
| 5022 | 231 <UL> |
| 5534 | 232 <LI>open source</LI> |
| 233 <LI>its API is compatible with DivX4 so adding support for | |
| 234 it is easy</LI> | |
| 5022 | 235 <LI>2-pass encoding support</LI> |
| 236 <LI>nice encoding quality, higher speed than DivX4 (you can optimize it for | |
| 237 your box while compiling)</LI> | |
| 238 </UL> | |
| 239 | |
| 5534 | 240 <P><B>Disadvantages:</B></P> |
| 5022 | 241 <UL> |
| 5534 | 242 <LI>currently it does not properly <B>decode</B> all DivX/DivX4 files (no problem as libavcodec can play them)</LI> |
| 5022 | 243 <LI>you have to choose between DivX4 <B>OR</B> XViD support at |
| 244 compiletime</LI> | |
| 245 <LI>under development</LI> | |
| 246 </UL> | |
| 247 | |
| 5534 | 248 <P><B>Installation:</B> It is currently available only from CVS. Here are the |
| 249 download and installation instructions:</P> | |
| 250 <OL> | |
| 251 <LI><CODE>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid login</CODE></LI> | |
| 252 <LI><CODE>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid co xvidcore</CODE></LI> | |
| 253 <LI><CODE>cd xvidcore/build/generic</CODE></LI> | |
| 254 <LI>Edit <CODE>Makefile.linux</CODE> to fit your needs.</LI> | |
| 255 <LI><CODE>make -f Makefile.linux</CODE></LI> | |
| 256 <LI>Get <CODE>encore2.h</CODE> and <CODE>decore.h</CODE> from the DivX4Linux | |
| 257 package, and copy them to <CODE>/usr/local/include/</CODE>.</LI> | |
| 258 <LI>Recompile <B>MPlayer</B> with <CODE>--with-xvidcore=/path/to/libcore.a</CODE>.</LI> | |
| 259 </OL> | |
| 5022 | 260 |
| 261 | |
| 2745 | 262 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2>2.2.2. Audio codecs</A></B></P> |
| 263 | |
| 5534 | 264 <P>The most important audio codecs above all:<BR></P> |
| 2745 | 265 <UL> |
| 266 <LI>MPEG layer 2, and layer 3 (MP3) audio (<B>native</B> code, with MMX/SSE/3DNow! optimization)</LI> | |
| 267 <LI>MPEG layer 1 audio (<B>native</B> code, with libavcodec)</LI> | |
| 5114 | 268 <LI>AC3 Dolby audio (<B>native</B> code, with MMX/SSE/3DNow! optimization)</LI> |
| 5534 | 269 <LI>Ogg Vorbis audio codec (<B>native</B> library)</LI> |
| 2745 | 270 <LI>Voxware audio (using DirectShow DLL)</LI> |
| 271 <LI>alaw, msgsm, pcm and other simple old audio formats</LI> | |
| 3566 | 272 <LI>VIVO audio (g723, Vivo Siren)</LI> |
| 3806 | 273 <LI>RealAudio: DNET (low bitrate AC3)</LI> |
| 5534 | 274 </UL> |
| 2745 | 275 |
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| 5534 | 283 separate output of all the AC3 channels to the sound driver, |
| 284 allowing for full "surround sound" experience without the external AC3 | |
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| 5534 | 290 <CODE>-channels 4</CODE>. In this case, any center channel will be mixed |
| 291 equally to the front channels. <CODE>-channels 6</CODE> will output all the AC3 | |
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| 5534 | 293 Surround, Center and LFE.</P> |
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| 5534 | 297 <P>To use more than 2 output channels, you will need to use OSS, and have a sound |
| 298 card that supports the appropriate number of output channels via the | |
| 299 SNDCTL_DSP_CHANNELS ioctl. An example of a suitable driver is emu10k1 (used by | |
| 300 Soundblaster Live! cards) from August 2001 or newer (ALSA CVS is also supposed to | |
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304 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.2>2.2.2.2. Hardware AC3 decoding</A></B></P> |
| 2745 | 305 |
| 5534 | 306 <P>You need an AC3 capable sound card, with digital out (SP/DIF). The |
| 307 card's driver must properly support the AFMT_AC3 format (C-Media does). | |
| 308 Connect your AC3 decoder to the SP/DIF output, and use the <CODE>-ac hwac3</CODE> | |
| 309 option. It is experimental but known to work with C-Media cards and Soundblaster | |
| 310 Live! + ALSA (but not OSS) drivers.</P> | |
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313 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.3>2.2.2.3. libmad support</A></B></P> |
| 2452 | 314 |
| 315 <P><A HREF="http://mad.sourceforge.net">libmad</A> is a multiplatform MPEG audio | |
| 5534 | 316 decoding library. It does not handle broken files well, and it sometimes has |
| 317 problems with seeking.</P> | |
| 5114 | 318 |
| 2452 | 319 <P>To enable support, compile with the <CODE>--enable-mad</CODE> configure |
| 320 option.</P> | |
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323 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.4>2.2.2.4. VIVO audio</A></B></P> |
| 2855 | 324 |
| 5534 | 325 <P>The audio codec used in VIVO files depends on whether it is a VIVO/1.0 or |
| 2865 | 326 VIVO/2.0 file. VIVO/1.0 files have <B>g.723</B> audio, and VIVO/2.0 files |
| 5534 | 327 have <B>Vivo Siren</B> audio. Both are supported. You can grab the g.723/Siren |
| 3566 | 328 Win32 DLL from |
| 2855 | 329 <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/samples/drivers32/vivog723.acm">here</A>, |
| 5534 | 330 then copy it into the <CODE>/usr/lib/win32</CODE> directory.</P> |
| 2855 | 331 |
| 332 | |
| 3806 | 333 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.5>2.2.2.5. RealAudio</A></B></P> |
| 334 | |
| 5534 | 335 <P>Currently the only supported one is the DNET codec. Actually it is a |
| 336 low-bitrate version of the well known AC3 codec. It can be found in both | |
| 3806 | 337 old and new RealMedia movies.</P> |
| 338 | |
| 339 | |
| 5534 | 340 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.3>2.2.3. Win32 codec importing HOWTO</A></B></P> |
| 1682 | 341 |
| 2745 | 342 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.3.1>2.2.3.1. VFW codecs</A></B></P> |
| 1682 | 343 |
| 5534 | 344 <P>VFW (Video for Windows) is the old Video API for Windows. Its codecs have |
| 1682 | 345 the .DLL or (rarely) .DRV extension. |
| 5534 | 346 If <B>MPlayer</B> fails at playing your AVI with this kind of message:</P> |
| 1682 | 347 |
| 348 <P> <CODE>UNKNOWN video codec: HFYU (0x55594648)</CODE></P> | |
| 1612 | 349 |
| 1682 | 350 <P>It means your AVI is encoded with a codec which has the HFYU fourcc (HFYU = |
| 5534 | 351 HuffYUV codec, DIV3 = DivX Low Motion, etc...). Now that you know this, you |
| 1682 | 352 have to find out which DLL Windows loads in order to play this file. In our |
| 5534 | 353 case, the <CODE>system.ini</CODE> contains this information in a line that reads:</P> |
| 1612 | 354 |
| 1682 | 355 <P> <CODE>VIDC.HFYU=huffyuv.dll</CODE></P> |
| 356 | |
| 5534 | 357 <P>So you need the <CODE>huffyuv.dll</CODE> file. Note that the audio codecs are |
| 358 specified by the MSACM prefix:</P> | |
| 1682 | 359 |
| 360 <P> <CODE>msacm.l3acm=L3codeca.acm</CODE></P> | |
| 1612 | 361 |
| 362 | |
| 1682 | 363 <P>This is the MP3 codec. |
| 5534 | 364 Now that you have all the necessary information (fourcc, codec file, sample AVI), |
| 365 submit your codec support request by mail, and upload these files to the FTP site:</P> | |
| 1612 | 366 |
| 1869 | 367 <P> <CODE>ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/</CODE></P> |
| 1612 | 368 |
| 369 | |
| 2745 | 370 <P><B><A NAME=2.2.3.2>2.2.3.2. DirectShow codecs</A></B></P> |
| 1612 | 371 |
| 1682 | 372 <P>DirectShow is the newer Video API, which is even worse than its predecessor. |
| 5534 | 373 Things are harder with DirectShow, since</P> |
| 1682 | 374 <UL> |
| 5534 | 375 <LI><CODE>system.ini</CODE> does not contain the needed information, instead it |
| 376 is stored in the registry and | |
| 377 <LI>we need the GUID of the codec. | |
| 378 </UL> | |
| 1612 | 379 |
| 5534 | 380 <P>Take a deep breath and start searching the registry...</P> |
| 1682 | 381 <UL> |
| 5534 | 382 <LI>Start <CODE>regedit</CODE>. |
| 383 <LI>Press <CODE>Ctrl-f</CODE>, disable the first two checkboxes, and enable the | |
| 384 third. Type in the fourcc of the codec (e.g. TM20). | |
| 385 <LI>You should see a field which contains the path and the filename | |
| 386 (e.g. <CODE>C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\TM20DEC.AX</CODE>). | |
| 387 <LI>Now that you have the file, we need the GUID. Try searching again, but | |
| 388 now search for the codec's name, not the fourcc. Its name can be acquired | |
| 389 when Media Player is playing the file, by checking File->Properties->Advanced. | |
| 390 If not, you are out of luck. Try guessing (e.g. search for TrueMotion). | |
| 391 <LI>If the GUID is found you should see a FriendlyName and a CLSID | |
| 392 field. Write down the 16 byte CLSID, this is the GUID we need. | |
| 393 </UL> | |
| 1682 | 394 |
| 5534 | 395 <P>NOTE: If searching fails, try enabling all the checkboxes. You may have |
| 396 false hits, but you may get lucky...</P> | |
| 1612 | 397 |
| 5534 | 398 <P>Now that you have all the necessary information (fourcc, GUID, codec file, |
| 399 sample AVI), submit your codec support request by mail, and upload these files | |
| 400 to the FTP site:</P> | |
| 1612 | 401 |
| 5534 | 402 <P> <CODE>ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/</CODE></P> |
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