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diff --git a/DOCS/MPlayer-FAQ b/DOCS/MPlayer-FAQ index dc902fb848..a4e3503eda 100644 --- a/DOCS/MPlayer-FAQ +++ b/DOCS/MPlayer-FAQ @@ -169,7 +169,10 @@ Q: When using Xvideo, I can't play DivX avis with my Voodoo 3/Banshee ! Xvideo image format: 0x32315659 (YV12) planar Xvideo image format: 0x30323449 (I420) planar ... -A: See the previous answer. +A1: See the previous answer. +A2: Since 0.18pre4 we include libavcodec from the ffmpeg package. It contains + a C language DivX and OpenDivX decoder. The DivX decoder uses YV12 format + for output, thus it should work for you. Compile in libavcodec support. Q: Umm, what is "IdegCounter" ? A: A mixture of a hungarian and an english word. In english, "Ideg" means @@ -254,3 +257,12 @@ Q: I have an nVidia TNT/TNT2 card, and I have a band with strange colours, right under the movie! Whose fault is this? A: It's the nVidia X driver's. These bugs are ONLY with the TNT/TNT2 cards, and we can't do anything about it, it's not our bug. + +Q: What exactly is this libavcodec? +A: It's from Gerard Lantau's ffmpeg package (http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net). + It has C language DivX ;-) and OpenDivX codec. Some benchmarks + showed that its DivX seems to be even faster than DirectShow codec without + preprocessing, and only a few percent slower than ProjectMayo's OpenDivX + decoder. It uses YV12 pixel format, so old Voodoo users can use it for YUV. + Also, open the possibility to play DivX on virtually every computer that + has a C compiler. Kinda great stuff, isn't it? |