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Sorenson/Real updates, QuickTime HOWTO.
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diff --git a/DOCS/codecs.html b/DOCS/codecs.html index 0926ab0536..eff5037bce 100644 --- a/DOCS/codecs.html +++ b/DOCS/codecs.html @@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ M$ MPEG4 v1, v2 and other MPEG4 variants</LI> <LI>native decoder for Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1), and Win32 DLL decoder for Windows Media Video 8 (WMV2), both used in .wmv files</LI> - <LI><B>native Sorenson (SVQ1) decoder</B></LI> + <LI>native Sorenson (SVQ1) decoder</LI> + <LI>Sorenson (SVQ3) decoder</LI> <LI>3ivx decoder</LI> <LI>Cinepak and Intel Indeo codecs (3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.0)</LI> <LI>MJPEG, AVID, VCR2, ASV2 and other hardware formats</LI> @@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ <P>It contains a lot of nice codecs, especially important are the MPEG4 variants: - DivX 3, DivX 4, DivX 5, Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1). Also a very + DivX3, DivX4, DivX5, Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1). Also a very interesting one is the WMA decoder.</P> <P>If you use an MPlayer release you have libavcodec right in the @@ -225,9 +226,9 @@ MPlayer supports decoding all versions of RealVideo: <H4><A NAME="xvid">2.2.1.9 XViD</A></H4> <P><B>XViD</B> is a forked development of the OpenDivX codec. It happened when - ProjectMayo changed OpenDivX to closed-source DivX4, and the non-ProjectMayo - people working on OpenDivX got angry, then started XViD. So both projects - have the same origin.</P> + ProjectMayo changed OpenDivX to closed source DivX4 (now DivX5), and the + non-ProjectMayo people working on OpenDivX got angry, then started XViD. So + both projects have the same origin.</P> <H4>Advantages:</H4> @@ -269,22 +270,18 @@ MPlayer supports decoding all versions of RealVideo: <H4><A NAME="sorenson">2.2.1.10 Sorenson</A></H4> -<P><B>Sorenson</B> is a video codec developed by Apple. We are currently - able to decode the first version (SVQ1) with a native decoder.</P> +<P><B>Sorenson</B> is a video codec used primarily in Apple QuickTime. We are + currently able to decode the first version (SVQ1) with a native decoder and + SVQ3 through an external DLL.</P> -<H4>Advantages:</H4> - -<UL> - <LI>Fast, even old Macintosh machines were able to decode it.</LI> -</UL> - -<H4>Disadvantages:</H4> - -<UL> - <LI>SVQ3 is still not reverse engineered.</LI> -</UL> +<P>The Sorenson SVQ1 decoder is compiled and usable per default.</P> -<P>The Sorenson decoder is compiled and usable per default.</P> +<P>To get Sorenson SVQ3 playback, download the QuickTime 5 (extra stability) or + QuickTime 6 (extra speed) DLLs from + <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/~alex/codecs/">the codecs page</A>, extract + them to your Win32 codecs directory + (probably <CODE>/usr/local/lib/win32</CODE>) and recompile MPlayer with + <CODE>--enable-qtx-codecs</CODE>.</P> <H3><A NAME="audio_codecs">2.2.2 Audio codecs</A></H3> @@ -303,7 +300,7 @@ MPlayer supports decoding all versions of RealVideo: <LI>Voxware audio (using DirectShow DLL)</LI> <LI>alaw, msgsm, pcm and other simple old audio formats</LI> <LI>VIVO audio (g723, Vivo Siren)</LI> - <LI>RealAudio: DNET (low bitrate AC3), Cook, Sipro</LI> + <LI>RealAudio: DNET (low bitrate AC3), Cook, Sipro, Atrac</LI> </UL> @@ -370,12 +367,12 @@ MPlayer supports decoding nearly all versions of RealAudio: <UL> <LI>RealAudio DNET - decoding supported by <B>liba52</B></LI> - <LI>RealAudio Cook/Sipro - decoding supported by <B>RealPlayer libraries</B></LI> - <LI>RealAudio atrc - decoding not yet supported</LI> + <LI>RealAudio Cook/Sipro/Atrac - decoding supported by <B>RealPlayer + libraries</B></LI> </UL> <P>On how to install RealPlayer libraries, see the - <A HREF="formats.html#real">RealMedia file format</A> section.</P> + <A HREF="#realvideo">RealVideo</A> section.</P> <H3><A NAME="importing">2.2.3 Win32 codec importing HOWTO</A></H3> |