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[Gabucino]

>  <P>The most important ones above all:</P>
>  <UL>
> -<LI>MPEG1 (VCD) and MPEG2 (DVD) video</LI>
> -<LI>native decoders for DivX ;-), OpenDivX (DivX4), DivX 5.01, 3ivX, M$ MPEG4 v1, v2 and other MPEG4 variants</LI>
> -<LI>native decoder for Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1), and Win32 DLL decoder for
> -  Windows Media Video 8 (WMV2), both used in .wmv files</LI>
> -<LI><B>native Sorenson (SVQ1) decoder</B></LI>
> -<LI>Cinepak and Intel Indeo codecs (3.1,3.2,4.1,5.0)</LI>
> -<LI>MJPEG, AVID, VCR2, ASV2 and other hardware formats</LI>
> -<LI>VIVO 1.0, 2.0, I263 and other h263(+) variants</LI>
> -<LI>FLI/FLC</LI>
> -<LI>RealVideo 1.0 from ffmpeg, and RealVideo 2.0, 3.0 using RealPlayer
> -  libraries</LI>
> -<LI>native decoder for HuffYUV</LI>
> -<LI>Various old simple RLE-like formats</LI>
> +  <LI>MPEG1 (VCD) and MPEG2 (DVD) video</LI>
> +  <LI>native decoders for DivX ;-), OpenDivX, DivX4, DivX5,
> +    M$ MPEG4 v1, v2 and other MPEG4 variants</LI>
> +  <LI>native decoder for Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1), and Win32 DLL decoder for
> +    Windows Media Video 8 (WMV2), both used in .wmv files</LI>
> +  <LI><B>native Sorenson (SVQ1) decoder</B></LI>
> +  <LI>3ivx decoder</LI>
> +  <LI>Cinepak and Intel Indeo codecs (3.1,3.2,4.1,5.0)</LI>
> +  <LI>MJPEG, AVID, VCR2, ASV2 and other hardware formats</LI>
> +  <LI>VIVO 1.0, 2.0, I263 and other h263(+) variants</LI>
> +  <LI>FLI/FLC</LI>
> +  <LI>RealVideo 1.0 codec from libavcodec, and RealVideo 2.0, 3.0 codecs using
> +    RealPlayer libraries</LI>
> +  <LI>native decoder for HuffYUV</LI>
> +  <LI>Various old simple RLE-like formats</LI>
>  </UL>
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> -<P>This section contains information about the DivX4 codec of
> -<A HREF="http://www.projectmayo.com">Project Mayo</A>. Dheir first available alpha version was OpenDivX 4.0
> -alpha 47 and 48. Support for this was included in <B>MPlayer</B> in the past,
> -and built by default. We also used its postprocessing code to optionally
> -enhance visual quality of MPEG1/2 movies. Now we use our own, for all file
> -types.</P>
> -
> -<P>The new generation of this codec is called DivX4Linux and can even decode
> -movies made with the infamous DivX codec! In addition it is much faster than the
> -native Win32 DivX DLLs but slower than libavcodec.
> -Hence its usage as a decoder is <B>DISCOURAGED</B>. However, it is useful for
> -encoding. One disadvantage of this codec is that it is currently closed source.</P> 
> +<P>This section contains information about the DivX4 and DivX5 codecs of
> +  <A HREF="http://www.projectmayo.com">Project Mayo</A>. Their first available
> +  alpha version was OpenDivX 4.0 alpha 47 and 48. Support for this was included
> +  in <B>MPlayer</B> in the past, and built by default. We also used its
> +  postprocessing code to optionally enhance visual quality of MPEG1/2 movies.
> +  Now we use our own, for all file types.</P>
> +
> +<P>The new generation of this codec is called DivX4 and can even decode
> +  movies made with the infamous DivX codec! In addition it is much faster than
> +  the native Win32 DivX DLLs but slower than libavcodec.  Hence its usage as a
> +  decoder is <B>DISCOURAGED</B>. However, it is useful for encoding. One
> +  disadvantage of this codec is that it is currently closed source.</P>
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> -<P>Beginning with version 0.4.2,
> -<A HREF="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">FFmpeg</A> contains an
> -<B>open source</B> DivX codec, which is compatible with traditional DivX.
> -<B>MPlayer</B> supports this codec, making it possible to <B>watch
> -DivX/DivX4/DivX5/MP41/MP42 movies on non-x86 platforms</B>. Furthermore it
> -offers higher decoding speed than the Win32 codecs or the original
> -DivX4 library!</P>
> -
> -<P>It also contains a lot of nice codecs, such as RealVideo 1.0, WMV7,
> -  MJPEG, h263, h263+, etc.</P>
> -
> +<P><A HREF="http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net">FFmpeg</A> contains an
> +  <B>opensource</B> codec package, which is capable of decoding video streams
> +  encoded with
> +  H263/MJPEG/RV10/DivX3/DivX4/DivX5/MP41/MP42/WMV1
> +  codecs. Not only some of them can be encoded with, but it also offers higher
> +  speed than the Win32 codecs or the ProjectMayo DivX4/5 library!</P>
> +
> +<P>It contains a lot of nice codecs, especially important are the MPEG4
> +  variants:
> +  DivX 3, DivX 4, DivX 5, Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1)</P>
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>  <P>It is recommended to download and install RealPlayer8 or RealONE, because
>    <B>MPlayer</B> can use their libraries to decode files with RealVideo 2.0 or
> -  RealVideo 3.0 video. You may also just take the RealPlayer libraries from a
> -  full installation and put them in a suitable directory like
> -  <CODE>/usr/lib/real</CODE> or <CODE>$LIBDIR/real</CODE>. The <B>MPlayer</B>
> -  configure script should detect the RealPlayer libraries there or in the
> -  standard locations of a full installation. If it does not, tell configure
> -  where to look with the <CODE>--with-reallibdir</CODE> switch.</P>
> +  RealVideo 3.0 video.  The <B>MPlayer</B> configure script should detect the
> +  RealPlayer libraries in the standard locations of a full installation. If it
> +  does not, tell configure where to look with the
> +  <CODE>--with-reallibdir</CODE> switch.</P>
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> -<LI>RealAudio: DNET (low bitrate AC3), Cook, Sipro</LI>
> +  <LI>RealAudio: DNET (low bitrate AC3), Cook</LI>
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> -<B>MPlayer</B> supports decoding all versions of RealAudio:
> +<B>MPlayer</B> supports decoding nearly all versions of RealAudio:
>  <UL>
>    <LI>RealAudio DNET - decoding supported by <B>liba52</B></LI>
>    <LI>RealAudio Cook - decoding supported by <B>RealPlayer libraries</B></LI>
> -  <LI>RealAudio Sipro - decoding supported by <B>RealPlayer libraries</B></LI>
> +  <LI>RealAudio Sipro - not yet supported</LI>
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> -decoder boards, such as the <B><A HREF="DVB">DVB</A></B> and <B> <A
> -HREF="DXR3">DXR3/Hollywood+</A></B> ! And what about the nice big antialiased
> +decoder boards, such as the <B><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.16">DVB</A></B> and
> +<B><A HREF="video.html#2.3.1.17">DXR3/Hollywood+</A></B>! And what about the nice big antialiased
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> -    even more stable than ever, and so on. It's a MUST !</LI>
> +    even more stable than ever, and so on. It's a MUST!</LI>
Recommended changes, keep an eye for them, I won't outline all


> -<LI><B>MPlayer 0.90 "?"</B> Jul? ??, 2002<BR>
> +<LI><B>MPlayer 0.90 "?"</B> Aug? ??, 2002<BR>
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> -<LI><B>libavcodec</B> : If you want to use this DivX3/DivX4/DivX5/MP41/MP42/etc
> -codec, check the
> -<A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.2">2.2.1.2</A> section before compiling. Features :<BR>
> -<UL>
> -  <LI>you can <B>gain DivX/DivX4/DivX5/MP41/MP42 playback on non-x86
> -    machines</B></LI>
> -  <LI>RealVideo 1.0/VIVO/MJPEG/h263/others playing and encoding</LI>
> -  <LI>this codec has the <B>greatest decoding speed</B> for DivX and DivX4/DivX5
> -movies (even faster than the original DivX4 library itself) ! Recommended!</LI>
> +<LI><B>libavcodec</B>: This codec package is capable of decoding
> +  H263/MJPEG/RV10/DivX3/DivX4/DivX5/MP41/MP42/WMV1 encoded video streams, on
> +  multiple platforms. It is also known to be the fastest for this task.
> +  Details can be found <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.2">here</A>. Features:<BR>
> +<UL>
> +  <LI>gain decoding of videos mentioned above, on non-x86 machines</B></LI>
> +  <LI>encoding with most of the mentioned codecs</LI>
> +  <LI>this codec is the <B>fastest codec available</B> for DivX/3/4/5 and other
> +    MPEG4 types. Recommended!</LI>
>  </UL>
>  </LI>
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> -<LI><B>DivX4/DivX5</B> : information about this codec is available in the
> -<A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.1">2.2.1.1</A> section. If you don't want to encode
> -with it, you possibly don't want this codec as <B>libavcodec</B> (see above) is
> -much faster than this.<BR>
> +<LI><B>DivX4/DivX5</B>: information about this codec is available in the
> +  <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.1">2.2.1.1</A> section. You possibly don't want
> +  this codec as <B>libavcodec</B> (see above) is much faster and has better
> +  quality than this, for both decoding and encoding.<BR>
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> +<P>Some cards:</P>
> +
> +<UL>
> +  <LI><B>Cirrus Logic cards</B>:
> +    <UL>
> +      <LI>GD 7548: present on-board and tested in Compaq Armada 41xx notebook
> +        series.
> +        <UL>
> +          <LI>XFree86 3: works in 8/16bpp modes. However, the driver is
> +            dramatically slow, and very buggy in 16bpp.</LI>
> +          <LI>XFree86 4: the Xserver freezes soon after start, unless
> +            connected to a monitor.</LI>
> +          <LI>FBdev: the card is only VBE 1.2 capable, so VESA framebuffer
> +            can't be used. When tried to workaround with UniVBE, the
> +            framebuffer was unusably full of debris.</LI>
> +          <LI>VESA: the card is only VBE 1.2 capable, so VESA output can't be
> +            used. Can't be workarounded with UniVBE.</LI>
> +          <LI>SVGAlib: detects an older Cirrus chip. Usable with
> +            <CODE>-bpp 8</CODE>. <B>Recommended</B>.</LI>
> +        </UL>
> +      </LI>
> +    </UL>
> +  </LI>
> +</UL>
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> +  <A HREF="tech/mpsub.sub">DOCS/tech/mpsub.sub</A>):
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Gabucino

/ Worshipping Niedermayer 4ever /
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