[MPlayer-users] Old OpenDivX codecs

[D Richard Felker III]

On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 05:18:20PM +0200, Malte Horst Arthur Skoruppa wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hi,
> 
> > None of the projectmayo/divx.com files are useful for anything. Just
> > install mplayer with libavcodec (and optionally xvid if you believe
> > it's better for some reason) and you'll be able to decode and encode
> > all "divx-type" (mpeg4) files.
> 
> Thanks, I compiled MPlayer with libavcodec and xvid support as you said, and I 
> can watch DivX encoded files nicely now. I'm wondering though, why is there 
> such an extensive documentation about how to download and install the 
> projectmayo/divx.com files in http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/en/codecs.html 
> (and in the first place, above the documentation about libavcodec and xvid, 
> with that), if they're completely useless? Or may the documentation just be a 
> bit out-of-date? ;-)

It's a little out-of-date, or maybe people just didn't want to remove
the info. Actually I was just talking on IRC about how we should
remove that stuff from the docs...

Rich