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author | gabucino <gabucino@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2> | 2002-03-10 08:12:24 +0000 |
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committer | gabucino <gabucino@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2> | 2002-03-10 08:12:24 +0000 |
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DivX5 support
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diff --git a/DOCS/codecs.html b/DOCS/codecs.html index 80c851ffbb..69c17d0af5 100644 --- a/DOCS/codecs.html +++ b/DOCS/codecs.html @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ daily generated list!!!</P> HREF="#2.2.3">codec importing</A> to get info about how to help us adding support for it!</P> -<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.1>2.2.1.1. DivX4</A></B></P> +<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.1>2.2.1.1. DivX4/DivX5</A></B></P> <P>This section contains information about the DivX4 codec of <A HREF="http://www.projectmayo.com">ProjectMayo</A>. Their first available alpha version was the OpenDivX 4.0 @@ -47,9 +47,10 @@ quality of MPEG1/2 movies. Now we use our own.</P> <P>The new generation of this codec can even decode movies made with the infamous DivX codec! And it's not everything, it's MUCH faster than the -traditional Win32 DivX DLL's (note that libavcodec's decoder is EVEN FASTER :). -See below for configuration. The only disadvantage of this codec is that it's -currently closed-source. :(</P> +traditional Win32 DivX DLL's (note that libavcodec's decoder is EVEN FASTER, +so the usage of this codec is <B>DISCOURAGED</B> - you need it only for +encoding). See below for configuration. The only disadvantage of this codec is +that it's currently closed-source. :(</P> <P>The codec can be downloaded from the following URL:</P> @@ -64,9 +65,9 @@ currently closed-source. :(</P> <P>Note: do NOT forget to add <CODE>/usr/local/lib</CODE> to your <CODE>/etc/ld.so.conf</CODE> and running <CODE>ldconfig</CODE> !</P> -<P><B>MPlayer</B> autodetects if DivX4 is (properly) installed, just compile -as usual. If it doesn't detect it, you didn't install it exactly as above, -and/or has messed up config (see last question of 5.1 section).</P> +<P><B>MPlayer</B> autodetects if DivX4/DivX5 is (properly) installed, just +compile as usual. If it doesn't detect it, you didn't install it exactly as +above, and/or has messed up config (see last question of 5.1 section).</P> <P>Using it is a bit tricky. As it conflicts with the old OpenDivX (its API is very similar to OpenDivX's), OpenDivX code is disabled, and the OpenDivX @@ -77,11 +78,11 @@ this codec:</P> <P><TABLE BORDER=0> <TD> </TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">-vc odivx</TD><TD> </TD> -<TD><FONT CLASS="text">using divx4 codec as a new version of OpenDivX. +<TD><FONT CLASS="text">using the codec as a new version of OpenDivX. in this case it produces YV12 image in its own buffer, and <B>MPlayer</B> (libvo) does colorspace conversion. (<B>RECOMMENDED!</B>)</TD><TR> <TD></TD><TD VALIGN=top><FONT CLASS="text">-vc divx4</TD><TD></TD> -<TD><FONT CLASS="text">using divx4 codec's colorspace conversion. +<TD><FONT CLASS="text">using the codec's colorspace conversion. in this mode, you can use YUY2/UYVY too.</TD></TR> </TABLE></P> @@ -105,11 +106,13 @@ enable using it), but range of values is strange: </P> <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.2>2.2.1.2. ffmpeg's DivX/libavcodec</A></B></P> -<P>Beginning with version 0.4.2 , <A HREF="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">ffmpeg</A> contains an <B>opensource</B> DivX codec, -which is compatible with the traditional DivX. <B>MPlayer</B> supports this codec, -and this makes it possible to <B>watch DivX/DivX4 movies on non-x86 platforms</B>, -and gain much faster <B>DivX/DivX4</B> decoding speed than the Win32 codecs and -the original DivX4 library has!</P> +<P>Beginning with version 0.4.2 , +<A HREF="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">ffmpeg</A> contains an +<B>opensource</B> DivX codec, which is compatible with the traditional DivX. +<B>MPlayer</B> supports this codec, and this makes it possible to <B>watch +DivX/DivX4/DivX5 movies on non-x86 platforms</B>, and gain much faster +<B>DivX/DivX4/DivX5</B> decoding speed than the Win32 codecs and the original +DivX4 library has!</P> <P>It also contains lots of nice codecs, such as RealVideo 1.0, MJPEG, h263, h263+, etc.</P> @@ -151,8 +154,9 @@ or the example.conf says (the -vfm option).</P> <CODE>ffmpeg12</CODE> section from codecs.conf (this codec isn't optimized, and libmpeg2 is twice as fast), and place <CODE>vfm=5</CODE> in my config file. Then <B>MPlayer</B> always uses <B>ffdivx/ffodivx</B> to decode -<B>DivX/DivX4</B> files, and libmpeg2 for MPEG1/2 . With this and my Matrox G400, I can view even the -highest resolution DivX/DivX4 movies on my K6/2 500, without framedrop.</P> +<B>DivX</B> files, and libmpeg2 for MPEG1/2 . With this and my +Matrox G400, I can view even the highest resolution DivX movies on my +K6/2 500, without framedrop.</P> <P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.3>2.2.1.3. XAnim codecs</A></B></P> |