[MPlayer-dev-eng] XviD codec

[Alex Beregszaszi]

Hi,

On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 10:15:58AM -0600, Chris Bednar wrote:
> > Hi,
> 
>     Hi
> 
>   [snip]
> > after editing config.mak (remove -ldivxencore and -ldivxdecore, and insert
> > /path/to/xvid/build/libcore.a) i got it compile.
> 
>     My snapshot must be different (it's up-to-date as I write this);
> I didn't need to do that.  Just `cd core/build/generic && make -f Makefile.linux CC=gcc3`.

Hey! You're always speaking about XviD tree, and Arpi about Mplayer tree :)

> 
> 
> > playing back divx4-encoded avi with xvid: no image, and 'no
> > vop_start_code' messages.
> 
>     I got sig11 on divx4-encoded avis until I commented out
> 3 BSWAP's in core/src/decoder/bitreader.h. Then, I get no 
> image and `no vop_start_code' messages.

Hmm, not little-endian safe?

> 
>     A glance at core/src/decoder/bitreader.c shows a lot
> of TODO notes; it looks pretty unimplemented. The code is
> cleary better organized than the old stuff, but it just 
> isn't ready yet.
> 
>     I'm getting the impression that nobody is interested in my
> proposal, so I'll make it again, just for fun: I have the older
> decore/encore2 stuff patched up so it works OK with mplayer,
> and have some minimal brightness-control code working. The
> work necessary to make it functional on at least a few platforms
> is really minimal, and then mplayer could just sit on that until
> the new code is ready.

I'm (or I was) interested in XviD, but i saw no changes on the XviD site.

> 
>     That's what my mplayer will do, anyway...
> 
> 
> ---- ``Windows: It does that sometimes.''  -mattdm
> Chris J. Bednar
> Director, Distributed Computing Product Group
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alex