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<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! does).
Connect your AC3 decoder to the SP/DIF output, and use the '-ac hwac3'
option. It may or may not work (experimental). (probably won't...)</P>


<P><B><A NAME=2.1.4>2.1.4. Codec importing howto</A></B></P>

<P><B><A NAME=2.1.4.1>2.1.4.1. VFW codecs</A></B></P>

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<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! does).
Connect your AC3 decoder to the SP/DIF output, and use the '-ac hwac3'
option. It may or may not work (experimental). (probably won't...)</P>


<P><B><A NAME=2.1.2.4>2.1.2.4.  XAnim codecs</A></B></P>

<P>Foreword: using (some) XAnim codecs with other program than XAnim, is
<B><I>ILLEGAL</I></B>. It is <B>YOUR</B> responsibility to read its license,
and do accordingly. The authors of <B>MPlayer</B> can't be held responsible for
any unlawful act of the user.</P>

<P>So yes, <B>MPlayer</B> can use XAnim's codecs for decoding. It's very
easy to enable them:</P>

<P>
<UL>
  <LI>download the codecs you wish to use from the
  <A HREF="http://xanim.va.pubnix.com">XAnim site</A>. The <B>3ivx</B> codec
  isn't there, so download it from the <A HREF="http://www.3ivx.com">3ivx site</A>.</LI>

  <LI>copy the codecs, or make symlinks for them to <CODE>/usr/lib/xanim/mods</CODE> .
  Accordingly :<BR> <CODE>ln -s vid_cvid_2.1_linuxELFx86c6.xa vid_cvid.xa</CODE>
  for all of them.<BR> You can define another search path in xacodec.c:
  <CODE>#define XACODEC_PATH "/usr/lib/xanim/mods"</CODE>.</LI>
</UL>
</P>

<P>They are video codec family number 10, so you may want to use <CODE>-vfm 10</CODE>
option to tell <B>MPlayer</B> to use them if possible.</P>

<P>Tested codecs are: <B>Indeo 3.2</B>, <B>4.1</B>, <B>5.0</B>, <B>CVID</B>, <B>3ivX</B>, <B>h263</B>.</P>

<P><B><A NAME=2.1.4>2.1.4. Codec importing howto</A></B></P>

<P><B><A NAME=2.1.4.1>2.1.4.1. VFW codecs</A></B></P>