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-rw-r--r-- | DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml | 23 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | DOCS/xml/en/formats.xml | 17 |
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml index d08738b4ae..df8dbd87d7 100644 --- a/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml @@ -366,24 +366,13 @@ occurred. This recovery technique has no measurable speed penalty. </sect3> -<sect3 id="msvideo1"> -<title>MS Video1</title> +<sect3 id="avicodecs"> +<title>MS Video1, Cinepak CVID, and other older codecs</title> <para> -This is a very old and very bad codec from Microsoft. In the past it was -decoded with the <filename>msvidc32.dll</filename> Win32 codec, now we have -our own open source implementation -(by <ulink url="mailto:melanson@pcisys.net">Mike Melanson</ulink>). -</para> -</sect3> - - -<sect3 id="cinepak-cvid"> -<title>Cinepak CVID</title> -<para> -<application>MPlayer</application> uses its own open source, multiplatform -Cinepak decoder (by <ulink url="mailto:timf@csse.monash.edu.au">Dr. Tim Ferguson</ulink>) -by default. It supports YUV outputs, so that hardware -scaling is possible if the video output driver permits it. +MPlayer is able to play most of the older codecs used in AVI and MOV files. +In the past they were decoded with binary Win32 codecs, but now we have +<emphasis role="bold">native codecs</emphasis> for most of them using +<link linkend="ffmpeg"><systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem></link>. </para> </sect3> diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/formats.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/formats.xml index 98a9405b45..a4f102444e 100644 --- a/DOCS/xml/en/formats.xml +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/formats.xml @@ -331,6 +331,23 @@ The PVA specifications can be downloaded from the following address: </sect3> +<sect3 id="nsv"> +<title>NSV files</title> +<para> +NSV (NullSoft Video) is the file format used by the +<application>Winamp</application> player to stream audio and video. +Video is VP3, VP5 or VP6, audio is MP3, AAC or VLB. +The audio only version of NSV has the <filename>.nsa</filename> extension. +<application>MPlayer</application> can play both NSV streams and files. +Please note that most files from the +<ulink url="http://www.winamp.com">Winamp site</ulink> use VLB audio, that +can't be decoded yet. Moreover streams from that site need an extra +depacketization layer that still has to be implemented (those files are +unplayable anyway because they use VLB audio). +</para> +</sect3> + + <sect3 id="gif"> <title>GIF files</title> <para> |