[Mplayer-cvslog] CVS: main/DOCS codecs.html,1.64,1.65 documentation.html,1.253,1.254 formats.html,1.26,1.27
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Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS
In directory mail:/var/tmp.root/cvs-serv11773
Modified Files:
codecs.html documentation.html formats.html
Log Message:
RealVideo libraries support
Index: codecs.html
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/codecs.html,v
retrieving revision 1.64
retrieving revision 1.65
diff -u -r1.64 -r1.65
--- codecs.html 23 May 2002 21:01:56 -0000 1.64
+++ codecs.html 9 Jun 2002 15:21:57 -0000 1.65
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
<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</LI>
+<LI>RealVideo 1.0 from ffmpeg, and RealVideo 2.0, 3.0 using RealPlayer
+ libraries</LI>
<LI>Various old simple RLE-like formats</LI>
</UL>
@@ -217,9 +218,16 @@
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.8>2.2.1.8. RealVideo</A></B></P>
-<P>Currently <B>only</B> the RealVideo 1.0 (fourcc RV10) codec is supported through
-FFmpeg. Sadly, new RealMedia files come with the newer and closed source RV20 and
-RV30 codecs instead. Their future support is unlikely :(</P>
+<P><B>MPlayer</B> supports decoding all versions of RealVideo:
+ <UL>
+ <LI>RealVideo 1.0 (fourcc RV10) - en/decoding supported by <B>libavcodec</B></LI>
+ <LI>RealVideo 2.0 (fourcc RV20) - decoding supported by <B>RealPlayer libraries</B></LI>
+ <LI>RealVideo 3.0 (fourcc RV20) - decoding supported by <B>RealPlayer libraries</B></LI>
+ </UL>
+</P>
+
+<P>On how to install RealPlayer libraries, see the
+ <A HREF="formats.html#2.1.1.7">RealMedia file format</A> section.</P>
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.1.9>2.2.1.9. XViD</A></B></P>
@@ -335,6 +343,8 @@
<P>Currently the only supported one is the DNET codec. Actually it is a
low-bitrate version of the well known AC3 codec. It can be found in both
old and new RealMedia movies.</P>
+
+<P>RealAudio libraries from RealPlayer can't be used right now.</P>
<P><B><A NAME=2.2.3>2.2.3. Win32 codec importing HOWTO</A></B></P>
Index: documentation.html
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/documentation.html,v
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diff -u -r1.253 -r1.254
--- documentation.html 6 Jun 2002 22:21:58 -0000 1.253
+++ documentation.html 9 Jun 2002 15:21:57 -0000 1.254
@@ -481,6 +481,11 @@
<A HREF="http://ogg.org/ogg/vorbis/download/vorbis_nightly_cvs.tgz">source</A>
(this is a nightly updated tarball of vorbis CVS).</LI>
+<LI><B>MPlayer</B> can use the libraries of RealPlayer 8 or RealONE to play
+ <B>RealVideo 2.0 and 3.0</B> files. See
+ <A HREF="formats.html#2.1.1.7">RealMedia file format</A> section for
+ installation instructions and more information!</LI>
+
</UL>
<P><B><I>VIDEOCARDS</I></B></P>
@@ -2078,6 +2083,11 @@
<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:freku045 at student.liu.se">Fredrik Kuivinen</A></B>
<UL>
<LI>OSD/subtitles outside movie - for SDL</LI>
+</UL></LI>
+
+<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:flo-mplayer-dev at gmx.net">Florian Schneider</A></B>
+<UL>
+ <LI>RealVideo libraries loader</LI>
</UL></LI>
</UL></P>
Index: formats.html
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/formats.html,v
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+++ formats.html 9 Jun 2002 15:21:57 -0000 1.27
@@ -170,10 +170,24 @@
<P><B><A NAME=2.1.1.7>2.1.1.7. RealMedia (RM) files</A></B></P>
-<P>Yes, <B>MPlayer</B> can read (demux) RealMedia (.rm) files. Seeking works
-(the format supports keyframes). Here are the lists of the supported
-<A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.8">RealVideo</A>
-and <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.2.5">RealAudio</A> codecs.
+<P>Yes, <B>MPlayer</B> can read (demux) RealMedia (.rm) files. Seeking works,
+ but you have to explicitly specify the <CODE>-forceidx</CODE> option
+ (the format supports keyframes). Here are the lists of the supported
+ <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.1.8">RealVideo</A>
+ and <A HREF="codecs.html#2.2.2.5">RealAudio</A> codecs.</P>
+
+<P>It's 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! All you have to do is:</P>
+<P>
+ <CODE>ln -s /usr/local/RealPlayer8/Codecs $PREFIX/real</CODE>
+</P>
+
+<P>NOTE: RealPlayer's installation path may differ from the above, please check
+ it.</P>
+
+<P>NOTE: RealPlayer libraries currently <B>can only be used on x86 platform,
+ and Linux or FreeBSD</B>!</P>
<P><B><A NAME=2.1.1.8>2.1.1.8. NuppelVideo files</A></B></P>
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