[MPlayer-dev-eng] Fwd: Contribute: Cinepak codec for mplayer

[JAF]

well I think they would be very usefull because so you could
also watch e.g. cinepak at an excotic system...

mfg Johannes

On Fri, 21 Dec 2001 09:52:30 +0200 (CEST)
 Arpi <arpi at thot.banki.hu> wrote:
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> From: Tim Ferguson <timf at mail.csse.monash.edu.au>
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> Subject: Contribute: Cinepak codec for mplayer
> 
> G'day A'rpi,
> 
> A long time ago I had a play with the Cinepak (CVID)
> decoder for AVI and QT
> (mov) files.  I thought you might like a native decoder
> for mplayer, in a
> similar way that the MSVC/CRAM decoder was added.
> 
> Attached to this file is a .tar.gz archive.  This
> contains two files:
> cinepak.c and notes.txt.  If the cinepak.c is added to
> the makefile,
> and the notes.txt are roughly followed, the decoder can
> be made to work
> with your project.
> 
> Of note, I like the playback speed of mplayer, and the
> rapid rate of
> development.  I am a little disappointed in the
> structure.  It is difficult
> to add decoders without modification of the main source
> code.  Some sort of
> plugin system would be better.
> 
> If this decoder interests you, I have a few other codecs
> that could be
> added.  I am away until the 3rd of January 2002 and can
> answer questions
> or receive feedback then.
> 
> Have a good Christmas and New Year,
> 
> Tim.
> 
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