From f50e0439feca0bfaadf2b7f60a8e2e5186cf3e31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: diego Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:06:34 +0000 Subject: Move codec installation instructions from the codecs section to a more sensible place in the installation section. git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@27852 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2 --- DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml | 148 ---------------------------------------------- DOCS/xml/en/install.xml | 152 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 152 insertions(+), 148 deletions(-) (limited to 'DOCS/xml') diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml index 011f1d7485..42af3a1be8 100644 --- a/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml @@ -17,154 +17,6 @@ please read the codec importing HOWTO and help us add support for it. - -Codec installation - - - - -Xvid - - -Xvid is a free software MPEG-4 ASP -compliant video codec. Note that Xvid is not necessary to decode Xvid-encoded -video. libavcodec is used by -default as it offers better speed. - - - -Installing <systemitem class="library">Xvid</systemitem> - - Like most open source software, it is available in two flavors: - official releases - and the CVS version. - The CVS version is usually stable enough to use, as most of the time it - features fixes for bugs that exist in releases. - Here is what to do to make Xvid - CVS work with MEncoder: - - - cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid login - - - cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid co xvidcore - - - cd xvidcore/build/generic - - - ./bootstrap.sh && ./configure - You may have to add some options (examine the output of - ./configure --help). - - - make && make install - - - Recompile MPlayer. - - - - - - - -<systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem> - - -x264 -is a library for creating H.264 video. -MPlayer sources are updated whenever -an x264 API change -occurs, so it is always suggested to use -MPlayer from Subversion. - - - -If you have a GIT client installed, the latest x264 -sources can be gotten with this command: -git clone git://git.videolan.org/x264.git - -Then build and install in the standard way: -./configure && make && make install - -Now rerun ./configure for -MPlayer to pick up -x264 support. - - - - - - -AAC - - -An open source AAC decoder called FAAD2 is available from -. -MPlayer includes a copy of it in its source tree. -If you want to use the external library instead, install it and pass - to ./configure. - - - -FAAD2 binaries are not available from audiocoding.com, but you can (apt-)get -Debian packages from -Christian Marillat, -Mandrake/Mandriva RPMs from the P.L.F -and Fedora RPMs from Livna. - - -If you choose to build from source, you do not need all of FAAD2 to decode -AAC files, libfaad is enough. Build it like this: - -cd faad2/ -sh bootstrap -./configure -cd libfaad -make -make install - - - - - - - -AMR - - -Adaptive Multi-Rate speech codec is used in third generation (3G) mobile -phones. -Reference implementation is available from -The 3rd Generation Partnership Project -(free for private use). -To enable support, download and install support libraries for -AMR-NB and AMR-WB -following the instructions on that page. Recompile MPlayer afterwards. - - - - -XMMS - - -MPlayer can use XMMS input -plugins to play many file formats. There are plugins for SNES game tunes, SID -tunes (from Commodore 64), many Amiga formats, .xm, .it, VQF, Musepack, Bonk, -shorten and many others. You can find them at the -XMMS input plugin page. - - - -For this feature you need to have XMMS and compile -MPlayer with -./configure --enable-xmms. - - - - - diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml index 1dd915f1cf..2f56b27233 100644 --- a/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml @@ -347,6 +347,158 @@ the Preferences menu is currently UNIMPLEMENTED! + +Codec installation + + + + +Xvid + + +Xvid is a free software MPEG-4 ASP +compliant video codec. Note that Xvid is not necessary to decode Xvid-encoded +video. libavcodec is used by +default as it offers better speed. + + + +Installing <systemitem class="library">Xvid</systemitem> + + Like most open source software, it is available in two flavors: + official releases + and the CVS version. + The CVS version is usually stable enough to use, as most of the time it + features fixes for bugs that exist in releases. + Here is what to do to make Xvid + CVS work with MEncoder: + + + cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid login + + + cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid co xvidcore + + + cd xvidcore/build/generic + + + ./bootstrap.sh && ./configure + You may have to add some options (examine the output of + ./configure --help). + + + make && make install + + + Recompile MPlayer. + + + + + + + +<systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem> + + +x264 +is a library for creating H.264 video. +MPlayer sources are updated whenever +an x264 API change +occurs, so it is always suggested to use +MPlayer from Subversion. + + + +If you have a GIT client installed, the latest x264 +sources can be gotten with this command: +git clone git://git.videolan.org/x264.git + +Then build and install in the standard way: +./configure && make && make install + +Now rerun ./configure for +MPlayer to pick up +x264 support. + + + + + + +AAC + + +An open source AAC decoder called FAAD2 is available from +. +MPlayer includes a copy of it in its source tree. +If you want to use the external library instead, install it and pass + to ./configure. + + + +FAAD2 binaries are not available from audiocoding.com, but you can (apt-)get +Debian packages from +Christian Marillat, +Mandrake/Mandriva RPMs from the P.L.F +and Fedora RPMs from Livna. + + +If you choose to build from source, you do not need all of FAAD2 to decode +AAC files, libfaad is enough. Build it like this: + +cd faad2/ +sh bootstrap +./configure +cd libfaad +make +make install + + + + + + + +AMR + + +Adaptive Multi-Rate speech codec is used in third generation (3G) mobile +phones. +Reference implementation is available from +The 3rd Generation Partnership Project +(free for private use). +To enable support, download and install support libraries for +AMR-NB and AMR-WB +following the instructions on that page. Recompile MPlayer afterwards. + + + + +XMMS + + +MPlayer can use XMMS input +plugins to play many file formats. There are plugins for SNES game tunes, SID +tunes (from Commodore 64), many Amiga formats, .xm, .it, VQF, Musepack, Bonk, +shorten and many others. You can find them at the +XMMS input plugin page. + + + +For this feature you need to have XMMS and compile +MPlayer with +./configure --enable-xmms. + + + + + + + + + RTC -- cgit v1.2.3