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authordiego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2002-12-03 00:20:07 +0000
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Sorenson/Real updates, QuickTime HOWTO.
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diff --git a/DOCS/codecs.html b/DOCS/codecs.html
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@@ -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>
diff --git a/DOCS/formats.html b/DOCS/formats.html
index 75ec2e2e58..aba09c7a03 100644
--- a/DOCS/formats.html
+++ b/DOCS/formats.html
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
<P><B>Note:</B> Most new QuickTime files use <B>Sorenson</B> video and QDesign
Music audio. See our <A HREF="codecs.html#sorenson">Sorenson</A> codec
- section. QDesign Music audio currently cannot be played.</P>
+ section.</P>
<H4><A NAME="vivo">2.1.1.5 VIVO files</A></H4>