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authordiego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2004-01-21 19:25:18 +0000
committerdiego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2004-01-21 19:25:18 +0000
commit516996be0937757abc1dccf17bd1904d2011608d (patch)
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parentac99acc4692ba04ec61378480c8f4a6eaca6bb09 (diff)
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Add <systemitem class="library"> tags to libavcodec and a few others.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@11823 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
Diffstat (limited to 'DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml')
-rw-r--r--DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml31
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml
index 8c13a0201f..aec9a933bd 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ The most important ones above all:
FLI/FLC
</simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>
- <emphasis role="bold">RealVideo 1.0 &amp; 2.0</emphasis> from libavcodec, and
+ <emphasis role="bold">RealVideo 1.0 &amp; 2.0</emphasis> from
+ <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>, and
<emphasis role="bold">RealVideo 3.0 &amp; 4.0</emphasis> codecs using RealPlayer
libraries
</simpara></listitem>
@@ -91,9 +92,10 @@ for all file types.
<para>
The new generation of this codec is called DivX4 and can even decode
movies made with the infamous DivX codec! In addition it is much faster
-than the native Win32 DivX DLLs but slower than <systemitem
-class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>. Hence its usage as a decoder is
-<emphasis role="bold">DISCOURAGED</emphasis>. However, it is useful for
+than the native Win32 DivX DLLs but slower than
+<systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>.
+Hence its usage as a decoder is
+<emphasis role="bold">discouraged</emphasis>. However, it is useful for
encoding. One disadvantage of this codec is that it is not available under an
Open Source license.
</para>
@@ -219,9 +221,11 @@ and <ulink url="http://www.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-doc.html#SEC20">audio</ulink> codec
</para>
<para>
-If you use an <application>MPlayer</application> release you have libavcodec
+If you use an <application>MPlayer</application> release you have
+<systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>
right in the package, just build as usual. If you use
-<application>MPlayer</application> from CVS you have to extract libavcodec from
+<application>MPlayer</application> from CVS you have to extract
+<systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> from
the FFmpeg CVS tree as FFmpeg releases are very rare. The CVS is mostly stable
and offers the most features. In order to achieve this do:
</para>
@@ -243,7 +247,8 @@ and offers the most features. In order to achieve this do:
copy/move it!
</para></step>
<step><para>
- If you prefer having libavcodec updated at the same time you update
+ If you prefer having <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>
+ updated at the same time you update
<application>MPlayer</application> CVS, put the following line into the
<filename>main/CVS/Entries</filename> file:
<screen>D/libavcodec////</screen>
@@ -258,7 +263,8 @@ and offers the most features. In order to achieve this do:
<para>
<application>MPlayer</application> from CVS does contain a
<filename>libavcodec</filename> subdirectory, but it does
-<emphasis role="bold">not</emphasis> contain the source for libavcodec!
+<emphasis role="bold">not</emphasis> contain the source for
+<systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>!
You must follow the steps above to obtain the source for this library.
</para>
</note>
@@ -457,7 +463,8 @@ then started XviD. So both projects have the same origin.
<title>DISADVANTAGES</title>
<listitem><simpara>
currently it does not properly <emphasis role="bold">decode</emphasis> all
- DivX/DivX4 files (no problem as <link linkend="ffmpeg">libavcodec</link>
+ DivX/DivX4 files (no problem as
+ <link linkend="ffmpeg"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem></link>
can play them)
</simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>
@@ -519,12 +526,12 @@ decoders:
<listitem><simpara>
Sorenson Video v1 (fourcc <emphasis>SVQ1</emphasis>) - decoding supported
by <emphasis role="bold">native codec</emphasis>
- (<link linkend="ffmpeg">libavcodec</link>)
+ (<link linkend="ffmpeg"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem></link>)
</simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>
Sorenson Video v3 (fourcc <emphasis>SVQ3</emphasis>) - decoding supported by
<emphasis role="bold">native codec</emphasis>
- (<link linkend="ffmpeg">libavcodec</link>)
+ (<link linkend="ffmpeg"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem></link>)
</simpara></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -557,7 +564,7 @@ decoders:
</simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>
Windows Media Audio 7 and 8 (aka WMAv1 and WMAv2) (<emphasis role="bold">native</emphasis> code, with
- <link linkend="ffmpeg">libavcodec</link>)
+ <link linkend="ffmpeg"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem></link>)
</simpara></listitem>
<listitem><simpara>
Windows Media Audio 9 (WMAv3) (using DMO DLL)