[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Apple Video (rpza) decoder

[Mike Melanson]

On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, Roberto Togni wrote:

> This patch adds Apple Video decoder (fourcc: rpza or azpr) to Mplayer.
> rpza is a BRG15 format used in (old?) Quicktime files.
> 
> Algorithm comes from Xamin source, but rpza.c is implemented from 
> scratch by me (except for some code stolen from qtsmc.c by Mike 
> Melanson)
> 
> It works on my machine (Linux 2.2.20, P133 non-mmx) with the only MOV i 
> have in this format.
> If someone needs the sample .mov file i can upload it (it's ~1.4Mb, 
> 9sec play time, no audio).

	Great work! This gets MPlayer one step closer to implementing
native codecs for every multimedia data format ever conceived...:) I'll be
happy to apply the patch, but first I do want to see the sample media, so
please upload it to the MPlayer FTP in the incoming/ directory. We'll
likely make it part of our permanent sample archive.

	A few more things: I maintain a site called the Codec Research
Institute:
  http://www.pcisys.net/~melanson/codecs/index.html
where I put together high-level documents describing as many codec formats
as possible. Do you want to write a document for RZPA or should I? Also,
do you have plans to write more decoders? If so, it may be useful to
compare notes with the other team members who are doing the same (me and
Dr. Tim).

	One more thing: Did my codec-devel.txt document actually
help?...:)

	Thanks...
-- 
	-Mike Melanson