[MPlayer-dev-eng] What is API4 in xvid and does mplayer use it?

[VJ]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ivan Kalvachev" <ivan at cacad.com>
To: <mplayer-dev-eng at mplayerhq.hu>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 3:35 AM
Subject: Re: [MPlayer-dev-eng] What is API4 in xvid and does mplayer use it?


> On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 22:26:42 -0000
> "VJ" <vj at vijaygill.homelinux.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >     I was going through XviD forums on doom9 site and somebody over
there mentioned about api4 being faster for encoding. Does mencoder use api4
for encoding? And also can somebody point to a link about api4?
>
> Api4 is the only api used in XviD 1.x . As MPlayer documentation states we
support XviD 1.x
> so we support it. The API4 documentation could be found in XviD source and
on xvid web site.
>
> Soon I will commit configure change that show clearly what version and
what api XviD is compiled with.
>
> The API itself is not faster, as it doesn't have some fundamental change.
The codec may be faster,
> if you use the same set of options. After all XviD developers make
everything possible to have
> high quality and fast encoding.
>
>
> This is not exactly developer question as you can get the right answer and
from most of our users.
> This channel tolerate people that have tried to find the answer by
themselfs before asking.
>
>
> Wish You Best
>    Ivan Kalvachev
>   iive
>
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Thanks for the reply.
I tried looking into the archives and could not find answer to my question.
I thought of asking the developers thmselves. Thanks anyway.
Regards from
VJ