From e96b97054c93b202221fc6e4e4fe0d18873453e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: atmos4 Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 11:19:53 +0000 Subject: Update with new method of finding DShow codecs and a small hint about VFW on WinNT. git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@7306 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2 --- DOCS/codecs.html | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'DOCS/codecs.html') diff --git a/DOCS/codecs.html b/DOCS/codecs.html index 1915cf0a77..10c75fb2a8 100644 --- a/DOCS/codecs.html +++ b/DOCS/codecs.html @@ -405,6 +405,8 @@

    ftp://ftp.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming/[codecname]/

+

Note: On Windows NT/2000/XP search for this info in the registry, e.g. search for + "VIDC.HFYU". To find out how to do this, look at the old DirectShow method below.

2.2.3.2 DirectShow codecs

@@ -417,7 +419,24 @@
  • we need the GUID of the codec. -

    Take a deep breath and start searching the registry...

    +

    New Method: Using Microsoft GraphEdit (fast)

    + +
      +
    1. Get GraphEdit from either DirecX SDK or Doom9 +
    2. Start graphedit.exe +
    3. From the menue select Graph -> Insert Filters +
    4. Expand item DirectShow Filters +
    5. Select the right codec name and expand item +
    6. In the entry DisplayName look at the text in winged brackets + after the backslash and write it down (five dash-delimited blocks, the GUID) +
    7. The codec binary is the file specified in the Filename entry +
    + +

    Note: If there is no Filename entry and DisplayName + contains something like device:dmo, then it is a DMO-Codec, which are + currently not supported by MPlayer.

    + +

    Old Method: Take a deep breath and start searching the registry...

    1. Start regedit. -- cgit v1.2.3