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author | diego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2> | 2008-10-28 23:46:57 +0000 |
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committer | diego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2> | 2008-10-28 23:46:57 +0000 |
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Group codec library installation instructions together in a codec
installation subsection.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@27845 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
Diffstat (limited to 'DOCS')
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1 files changed, 76 insertions, 76 deletions
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml index a5971c508f..7bf31b0188 100644 --- a/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml @@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ please read the <link linkend="codec-importing">codec importing HOWTO</link> and help us add support for it. </para> -<sect1 id="video-codecs"> -<title>Video codecs</title> +<sect1 id="codec_installation"> +<title>Codec installation</title> <!-- ********** --> @@ -93,6 +93,80 @@ Now rerun <filename>./configure</filename> for <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem> support. </para> </sect2> +<!-- ********** --> + +<sect2 id="libmad"> +<title><systemitem class="library">libmad</systemitem> support</title> + +<para> +<ulink url="http://www.underbit.com/products/mad/"><systemitem class="library">libmad</systemitem></ulink> +is a multiplatform, integer (internally 24bit PCM) only +MPEG audio decoding library. It does not handle broken files well, and it +sometimes has problems with seeking, but it may perform better on FPU-less +(such as <link linkend="arm">ARM</link>) +platform than <systemitem class="library">mp3lib</systemitem>. +</para> + +<para> +If you have a proper installation of +<systemitem class="library">libmad</systemitem>, +<filename>./configure</filename> will notice and support for MPEG audio +decoding via <systemitem class="library">libmad</systemitem> will be built +automatically. +</para> +</sect2> + +<!-- ********** --> + +<sect2 id="aac"> +<title>AAC codec</title> + +<para> +An open source AAC decoder called FAAD2 is available from +<ulink url="http://www.audiocoding.com/downloads.html"/>. +<application>MPlayer</application> includes a copy of it in its source tree. +If you want to use the external library instead, install it and pass +<option>--enable-faad-external</option> to <filename>./configure</filename>. +</para> + +<para> +FAAD2 binaries are not available from audiocoding.com, but you can (apt-)get +Debian packages from +<ulink url="http://www.debian-multimedia.org/">Christian Marillat</ulink>, +Mandrake/Mandriva RPMs from the <ulink url="http://plf.zarb.org">P.L.F</ulink> +and Fedora RPMs from <ulink url="http://rpm.livna.org/">Livna</ulink>. +</para> +<para> +If you choose to build from source, you do not need all of FAAD2 to decode +AAC files, libfaad is enough. Build it like this: +<screen> +cd faad2/ +sh bootstrap +./configure +cd libfaad +make +make install +</screen> +</para> +</sect2> + +<!-- ********** --> + +<sect2 id="amr"> +<title>AMR codecs</title> + +<para> +Adaptive Multi-Rate speech codec is used in third generation (3G) mobile +phones. +Reference implementation is available from +<ulink url="http://www.3gpp.org">The 3rd Generation Partnership Project</ulink> +(free for private use). +To enable support, download and install support libraries for +<ulink url="http://www.penguin.cz/~utx/amr">AMR-NB and AMR-WB</ulink> +following the instructions on that page. Recompile MPlayer afterwards. +</para> +</sect2> + </sect1> @@ -159,29 +233,6 @@ MPEG decoder cards. <!-- ********** --> -<sect2 id="libmad"> -<title><systemitem class="library">libmad</systemitem> support</title> - -<para> -<ulink url="http://www.underbit.com/products/mad/"><systemitem class="library">libmad</systemitem></ulink> -is a multiplatform, integer (internally 24bit PCM) only -MPEG audio decoding library. It does not handle broken files well, and it -sometimes has problems with seeking, but it may perform better on FPU-less -(such as <link linkend="arm">ARM</link>) -platform than <systemitem class="library">mp3lib</systemitem>. -</para> - -<para> -If you have a proper installation of -<systemitem class="library">libmad</systemitem>, -<filename>./configure</filename> will notice and support for MPEG audio -decoding via <systemitem class="library">libmad</systemitem> will be built -automatically. -</para> -</sect2> - -<!-- ********** --> - <sect2 id="hwmpa"> <title>Hardware MPEG audio codec</title> @@ -195,57 +246,6 @@ only white noise). </para> </sect2> -<!-- ********** --> - -<sect2 id="aac"> -<title>AAC codec</title> - -<para> -An open source AAC decoder called FAAD2 is available from -<ulink url="http://www.audiocoding.com/downloads.html"/>. -<application>MPlayer</application> includes a copy of it in its source tree. -If you want to use the external library instead, install it and pass -<option>--enable-faad-external</option> to <filename>./configure</filename>. -</para> - -<para> -FAAD2 binaries are not available from audiocoding.com, but you can (apt-)get -Debian packages from -<ulink url="http://www.debian-multimedia.org/">Christian Marillat</ulink>, -Mandrake/Mandriva RPMs from the <ulink url="http://plf.zarb.org">P.L.F</ulink> -and Fedora RPMs from <ulink url="http://rpm.livna.org/">Livna</ulink>. -</para> -<para> -If you choose to build from source, you do not need all of FAAD2 to decode -AAC files, libfaad is enough. Build it like this: -<screen> -cd faad2/ -sh bootstrap -./configure -cd libfaad -make -make install -</screen> -</para> -</sect2> - -<!-- ********** --> - -<sect2 id="amr"> -<title>AMR codecs</title> - -<para> -Adaptive Multi-Rate speech codec is used in third generation (3G) mobile -phones. -Reference implementation is available from -<ulink url="http://www.3gpp.org">The 3rd Generation Partnership Project</ulink> -(free for private use). -To enable support, download and install support libraries for -<ulink url="http://www.penguin.cz/~utx/amr">AMR-NB and AMR-WB</ulink> -following the instructions on that page. Recompile MPlayer afterwards. -</para> -</sect2> - </sect1> |