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diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml index 05df8c6aa4..49ab40a765 100644 --- a/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml @@ -1160,9 +1160,8 @@ above command. <qandaentry> <question><para> -Since 1.0pre7, DivX encoded by <application>MPlayer</application> -cannot be watched on third party players because it sets 'FMP4' as a -FourCC. +Why do third-party players fail to play MPEG-4 movies encoded by +<application>MEncoder</application> versions later than 1.0pre7? </para></question> <answer><para> @@ -1174,12 +1173,13 @@ the intended software to use for decoding the video). This led many people to think that <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> was a DivX encoding library, when in fact it is a completely different -MPEG-4 encoding library whose MPEG-4 support is much better than DivX's. +MPEG-4 encoding library which implements the MPEG-4 standard much +better than DivX. Therefore, the new default FourCC used by <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> is 'FMP4', but you may override this behavior using <application>MEncoder</application>'s <option>-ffourcc</option> option. -You may also change the FourCC of existing files in this same way: +You may also change the FourCC of existing files in the same way: <screen> mencoder <replaceable>input.avi</replaceable> -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable> -ffourcc XVID </screen> @@ -1189,9 +1189,9 @@ MPEG-4 codec, whereas DX50 and XVID both mean full MPEG-4 (ASP). Therefore, if you change the FourCC to DIVX, some bad software or hardware players may choke on some advanced features that <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> supports, but DivX -doesn't, whereas <systemitem class="library">XviD</systemitem> closer -to <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> in terms of -functionalities, and is supported but all decent players. +doesn't; on the other hand <systemitem class="library">XviD</systemitem> +is closer to <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> in +terms of functionality, and is supported by all decent players. </para></answer> </qandaentry> |