[MPlayer-users] ffmpeg and the DLL codecs for WMV (etc)

[RC]

On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 10:39:27 -0500
Jeff Clagg <snacky at ikaruga.co.uk> wrote:

> I think most of these videos are actually a bastardized
> version of H.263. When this is the case, it's possible for libavcodec
> to decode it using its flv decoder. Which, of course, works on all
> major architectures.

It's not the codec, but the swf container itself that is the problem:

[swf @ 0x87a8584]Compressed SWF format not supported
LAVF_header: av_open_input_stream() failed

Just try playing a few of the videos on youtube.com .  You'll
occasionally find one that works, but rarely.

Of course, having a lowsy codec, compared to other popular formats, is
an annoyance as well.  Hopefully the next version, with VP6 support
will improve the situation.