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diff --git a/DOCS/en/codecs.html b/DOCS/en/codecs.html index 2d0f0041cd..9cd0b8a131 100644 --- a/DOCS/en/codecs.html +++ b/DOCS/en/codecs.html @@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ MPlayer supports decoding all versions of RealVideo: <LI>Voxware audio (using DirectShow DLL)</LI> <LI>alaw and ulaw, various gsm, adpcm and pcm formats and other simple old audio codecs</LI> + <LI>AAC</LI> </UL> @@ -448,6 +449,34 @@ MPlayer supports decoding nearly all versions of RealAudio: please see the <A HREF="#sorenson">Sorenson video codec</A> section.</P> +<H4><A NAME="aac">2.2.2.8 AAC codec</A></H4> + +<P>AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) is an audio codec sometimes found in MOV and MP4 + files. An open source decoder called FAAD is available from + <A HREF="http://www.audiocoding.com/">AudioCoding.com</A>. + You can download the second generation codec FAAD2 at their + <A HREF="http://www.audiocoding.com/download.php">download page</A>. + Unfortunately FAAD2 1.1 does not compile under Linux, so you will have to use + the CVS version. Here's how:</P> + +<OL> + <LI>cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.audiocoding.com:/cvsroot/faac login</LI> + <LI>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.audiocoding.com:/cvsroot/faac co faad2</LI> + <LI>cd faad2/</LI> + <LI>chmod +x bootstrap</LI> + <LI>./bootstrap</LI> + <LI>make</LI> + <LI>make install</LI> +</OL> + +<P>Binaries are not available from audiocoding.com, but you can (apt-)get + Debian packages from + <A HREF="http://marillat.free.fr/">Christian Marillat's homepage</A> + and Mandrake RPMs from the + <A HREF="http://plf.zarb.org/">P.L.F</A>.</P> + + + <H3><A NAME="importing">2.2.3 Win32 codec importing HOWTO</A></H3> |