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author | alex <alex@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2> | 2003-10-12 21:16:58 +0000 |
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committer | alex <alex@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2> | 2003-10-12 21:16:58 +0000 |
commit | 7258a6627540bc1e0d4d07b72ca22328b3fd6b49 (patch) | |
tree | 20ae2f7f857e30f9624903dcdaf0d2258820b89c /DOCS | |
parent | c785ee60fd1e8c4b477007e6f460ad5f8dad178c (diff) | |
download | mpv-7258a6627540bc1e0d4d07b72ca22328b3fd6b49.tar.bz2 mpv-7258a6627540bc1e0d4d07b72ca22328b3fd6b49.tar.xz |
reworked the libavcodec section
git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@11090 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
Diffstat (limited to 'DOCS')
-rw-r--r-- | DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml | 31 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml index 0a04228ebd..45451d0db9 100644 --- a/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml @@ -195,11 +195,9 @@ did not install or configure it correctly. <para> <ulink url="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">FFmpeg</ulink> contains an <emphasis role="bold">open source</emphasis> codec package, which is capable -of decoding streams encoded with H263/MJPEG/LJPEG/RV10/DivX3/DivX4/DivX5/MP41/ -MP42/WMV1/WMV2/HuffYUV/SVQ1/SVQ3/MPEG1/MPEG2/VCR1/VCR2/ASV1/ASV2/CLJR -video, or WMA (Windows Media Audio) audio codecs. Not only some of them can be -encoded with, but it also offers higher speed than the Win32 codecs or the -DivX.com DivX4/5 library! +of decoding streams with various audio and video codecs. It also offers an +impressing encoding facility and higher speed than the Win32 codecs or the +DivX.com DivX4/5 libraries! </para> <para> @@ -210,17 +208,22 @@ is the WMA decoder. <para> The most recent codec deserving credit is the <emphasis role="bold">Sorenson 3</emphasis> -(SVQ3) codec. This is the first, completely opensource implementation of this -codec. It's even faster than the original. Be sure to prefer this instead -of the binary codec! +(SVQ3) codec. This is the first, completely opensource implementation. It's even +faster than the original. Be sure to prefer this instead of the binary codec! +</para> + +<para> +For a complete list of supported codecs please visit the FFmpeg homepage. +Supported <ulink url="http://www.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-doc.html#SEC19">video</ulink> +and <ulink url="http://www.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-doc.html#SEC20">audio</ulink> codecs. </para> <para> If you use an <application>MPlayer</application> release you have libavcodec right in the package, just build as usual. If you use <application>MPlayer</application> from CVS you have to extract libavcodec from -the FFmpeg CVS tree as FFmpeg releases <emphasis role="bold">don't</emphasis> -work with <application>MPlayer</application>. In order to achieve this do: +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> <procedure> @@ -234,12 +237,18 @@ work with <application>MPlayer</application>. In order to achieve this do: Move the <filename>libavcodec</filename> directory from the FFmpeg sources to the root of the <application>MPlayer</application> CVS tree. It should look like this: - <filename>main/libavcodec</filename> + <filename class="directory">main/libavcodec</filename> </para><para> Symlinking is <emphasis role="bold">not</emphasis> enough, you have to copy/move it! </para></step> <step><para> + If you prefer having libavcodec updated at the same time you update + <application>MPlayer</application> CVS, put the following line into the + <filename>main/CVS/Entires</filename> file: + <screen>D/libavcodec////</screen> + </para></step> +<step><para> Compile. <filename>configure</filename> should detect problems before compilation. </para></step> |