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authorgabucino <gabucino@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2001-11-12 17:30:49 +0000
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diff --git a/DOCS/codecs.html b/DOCS/codecs.html
index 1a4815817f..f556e3614b 100644
--- a/DOCS/codecs.html
+++ b/DOCS/codecs.html
@@ -154,7 +154,17 @@ option to tell <B>MPlayer</B> to use them if possible.</P>
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.4>2.2.1.4. VIVO video</A></B></P>
-<P>TODO</P>
+<P><B>MPlayer</B> can play Vivo (1.0 and 2.0) videos. The most suitable codec
+for this task is XAnim's H263 decoder codec (it supports fast YV12 output), you
+can call it with the <CODE>-vc h263xa</CODE> option. Of course you have to
+compile XAnim codecs support it, for details see the <A HREF=#2.2.1.3>XAnim
+video codecs</A>. If this doesn't work, get the <CODE>ivvideo.dll</CODE> DLL
+file (from <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/samples/drivers32/ivvideo.dll">here</A>),
+and install it under <CODE>/usr/lib/win32</CODE> or wherever you store the
+Win32 codecs. This latter codec doesn't support YV12 nor YUY2 only BGR modes,
+thus usable only with the X11 and OpenGL outputs. Discouraged.</P>
+
+<P>Be sure to read the <A HREF=#2.2.2.3>VIVO audio codec</A> section too!</P>
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.5>2.2.1.5. MPEG 1/2 video</A></B></P>
@@ -167,6 +177,14 @@ reinitialize the codec, and continue exactly from where the failure did occur.
No speed decrease is measurable.</P>
+<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.6>2.2.1.6. MS Video1</A></B></P>
+
+<P>This is a very old and very bad codec of Microsoft. In the past it was
+decoded with the <CODE>msvidc32.dll</CODE> Win32 codec, now we have our own
+open-source implementation (by <A HREF="mailto:melanson@pcisys.net">Mike
+Melanson</A>).</P>
+
+
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.2>2.2.2. Audio codecs</A></B></P>
<P>The most important audio codecs above all :<BR>
@@ -197,6 +215,14 @@ decoding library. If you don't know why is it good, you probably don't need it.<
option.</P>
+<P><B><A NAME=2.2.2.3>2.2.2.3. VIVO audio</A></B></P>
+
+<P>AKA VivoSiren. Currently this isn't supported, but when it will, it will use
+the <CODE>vivog723.acm</CODE> file. Download from
+<A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/samples/drivers32/vivog723.acm">here</A>,
+then copy it into the <CODE>/usr/lib/win32</CODE> directory, or respectively.</P>
+
+
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.3>2.2.3. Win32 codec importing howto</A></B></P>
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.3.1>2.2.3.1. VFW codecs</A></B></P>
diff --git a/DOCS/documentation.html b/DOCS/documentation.html
index 9461052766..6ae95f3214 100644
--- a/DOCS/documentation.html
+++ b/DOCS/documentation.html
@@ -50,11 +50,13 @@
<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.3">2.2.1.3 XAnim codecs</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.4">2.2.1.4 VIVO video</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.5">2.2.1.5 MPEG1/2 video</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.6">2.2.1.6 MS Video1</A></LI>
</UL>
<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.2">2.2.2 Audio</A></LI>
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.2.1">2.2.2.1 Hardware AC3 decoding</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.2.2">2.2.2.2 libmad support</A></LI>
+ <LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.2.3">2.2.2.3 VIVO audio</A></LI>
</UL>
<LI><A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.3">2.2.3 Win32 codec importing howto</A></LI>
<UL>
@@ -994,6 +996,11 @@ Anyone has closer info?</P>
<LI>-playlist option</LI>
</UL></LI>
+<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:melanson@pcisys.net">Mike Melanson</A></B>
+<UL>
+ <LI>MS Video1 codec open-source implementation</LI>
+</UL></LI>
+
</UL></P>
<P>Main testers:</P>
diff --git a/DOCS/formats.html b/DOCS/formats.html
index e6cc328651..045edb0d9c 100644
--- a/DOCS/formats.html
+++ b/DOCS/formats.html
@@ -96,8 +96,10 @@ but we think the parser is perfect.
<P><B><A NAME=2.1.1.5>2.1.1.5. VIV files</A></B></P>
-<P>Hey this is new code in <B>MPlayer</B>, be gentle! Seeking is
-currently nonexistent, audio too. TODO : complete this section.</P>
+<P><B>MPlayer</B> happily demuxes VIVO file formats. This code is new, and
+is possibly buggy, no seeking yet. See the <A HREF=codecs.html#2.2.1.4>VIVO video codec</A>
+and <A HREF=codecs.html#2.2.2.3>VIVO audio codec</A> sections for installation
+instructions.</P>
<P><B><A NAME=2.1.2>2.1.2. Audio formats</A></B></P>
diff --git a/DOCS/mencoder.1 b/DOCS/mencoder.1
index 51af92913e..7a8f094f17 100644
--- a/DOCS/mencoder.1
+++ b/DOCS/mencoder.1
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ Available options:
key=XXX maximum keyframe interval
(in frames)
deinterlace enable deinterlacing
+ (don't use, DivX4 is buggy!)
q=XXXX quality (1-fastest, 5-best)
min_quant=XXX minimum quantizer (0-32)
max_quant=XXX maximum quantizer (0-32)
diff --git a/DOCS/tech/formats.txt b/DOCS/tech/formats.txt
index 687e356a1f..03ac0b46e9 100644
--- a/DOCS/tech/formats.txt
+++ b/DOCS/tech/formats.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
- AVI streams.
Two kind of RIFF AVI files exists:
- 1. interleaved: audio and video content is interlaved. it's faster and
+ 1. interleaved: audio and video content is interleaved. it's faster and
requires only 1 reading thread, so it's recommended (and mostly used).
2. non-interleaved: audio and video aren't interleaved, i mean first come
whole video followed by whole audio. it requires 2 reading process or
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
played as non-interleaved otherwise you get a-v desync or buffer overflow.
MPlayer supports 2 kind of timing for AVI files:
- - bps-based: it is based on bitrate/samplerate of video/audio steram.
+ - bps-based: it is based on bitrate/samplerate of video/audio stream.
this method is used by most players, including avifile and wmp.
files with broken headers, and files created with VBR audio but not
vbr-compliant encoder will result a-v desync with this method.
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
I also note, that most AVI encoders/multiplexers create bad files if
using VBR audio. only 2 exception (known by me): NaNDub and MEncoder.
- FPS: only constant framerate allowed, but it's possib;e to skip frames.
+ FPS: only constant framerate allowed, but it's possible to skip frames.
- ASF streams:
ASF (active streaming format) comes from Microsoft. they developed two