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<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=2.2.1.4>2.2.1.4.  VIVO video</A></B></P>

<P>TODO</P>


<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>.

libmpeg2 return, and when it gives sig11 (segmentation fault), we quickly
reinitialize the codec, and continue exactly from where the failure did occur.
No speed decrease is measurable.</P>


<P><B><A NAME=2.2.2>2.2.2.  Audio codecs</A></B></P>

<P>The most important audio codecs above all :<BR>
<UL>
<LI>MPEG layer 2, and layer 3 (MP3) audio (<B>native</B> code, with MMX/SSE/3DNow! optimization)</LI>

<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>To enable support, compile with the <CODE>--enable-mad</CODE> configure
option.</P>


<P><B><A NAME=2.2.3>2.2.3. Win32 codec importing howto</A></B></P>

<P><B><A NAME=2.2.3.1>2.2.3.1. VFW codecs</A></B></P>

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<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=2.2.1.4>2.2.1.4.  VIVO video</A></B></P>

<P><B>MPlayer</B> can play Vivo (1.0 and 2.0) videos. The most suitable codec
for this task is XAnim's H263 decoder codec (it supports fast YV12 output), you
can call it with the <CODE>-vc h263xa</CODE> option. Of course you have to
compile XAnim codecs support it, for details see the <A HREF=#2.2.1.3>XAnim
video codecs</A>. If this doesn't work, get the <CODE>ivvideo.dll</CODE> DLL
file (from <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/samples/drivers32/ivvideo.dll">here</A>),
and install it under <CODE>/usr/lib/win32</CODE> or wherever you store the
Win32 codecs. This latter codec doesn't support YV12 nor YUY2 only BGR modes,
thus usable only with the X11 and OpenGL outputs. Discouraged.</P>

<P>Be sure to read the <A HREF=#2.2.2.3>VIVO audio codec</A> section too!</P>


<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>.

libmpeg2 return, and when it gives sig11 (segmentation fault), we quickly
reinitialize the codec, and continue exactly from where the failure did occur.
No speed decrease is measurable.</P>


<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.6>2.2.1.6.  MS Video1</A></B></P>

<P>This is a very old and very bad codec of Microsoft. In the past it was
decoded with the <CODE>msvidc32.dll</CODE> Win32 codec, now we have our own
open-source implementation (by <A HREF="mailto:[e-mail]">Mike
Melanson</A>).</P>


<P><B><A NAME=2.2.2>2.2.2.  Audio codecs</A></B></P>

<P>The most important audio codecs above all :<BR>
<UL>
<LI>MPEG layer 2, and layer 3 (MP3) audio (<B>native</B> code, with MMX/SSE/3DNow! optimization)</LI>

<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>To enable support, compile with the <CODE>--enable-mad</CODE> configure
option.</P>


<P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.3>2.2.2.3.  VIVO audio</A></B></P>

<P>AKA VivoSiren. Currently this isn't supported, but when it will, it will use
the <CODE>vivog723.acm</CODE> file. Download from
<A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/samples/drivers32/vivog723.acm">here</A>,
then copy it into the <CODE>/usr/lib/win32</CODE> directory, or respectively.</P>


<P><B><A NAME=2.2.3>2.2.3. Win32 codec importing howto</A></B></P>

<P><B><A NAME=2.2.3.1>2.2.3.1. VFW codecs</A></B></P>