[MPlayer-dev-eng] SMV codec

Jesse L. Zamora xtremek2008 at aim.com
Sat Jun 28 02:32:23 CEST 2008


compn wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:34:50 -0400, xtremek2008 at aim.com wrote:
>   
>> On Tuesday 24 June 2008 18:22:10 Reza Jelveh wrote:
>>     
>>> On Jun 25, 2008, at 12:11 AM, xtremek2008 at aim.com wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Hello,
>>>> ????????I recently cracked the .smv (SigmaTel Motion Video) format.
>>>> It is a very simple format for small mp3 players that have the
>>>> capability of playing videos. It is basically a wav file, some
>>>> header magic, and an array of jpegs.
>>>> I want to make a codec and add it to mplayer. Would I have to create
>>>> a muxer for this type of file? I read the FFMpeg codec howto
>>>> (http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=FFmpeg_codec_howto) and
>>>> it was saying something about demuxers; I don't know if I would
>>>> need one for my codec!
>>>>         
>>> i think would you want to do is a demuxer for this container.
>>> so its either libavformat in ffmpeg  or libmpdemux directly in mplayer.
>>>       
>> I would like to add it to libavformat for ffmpeg. So what exactly is the
>> demuxer? I think it just extracts the video frames for the decoder, but
>> I'm not sure..
>>
>> If I add my demuxer + codec to libavformat/libavcodec, will the ffmpeg
>> project be also get the files I added? I want the ffmpeg project have
>> the .smv format (as well as mplayer). Thanks again!
>> Xtreme Kommander
>>     
>
> if you add it to ffmpeg, mplayer will get the support for it.
> thats why it was suggested you send it to ffmpeg. that way both
> projects can benefit (and many more like vlc, xine).
>
> could you upload some sample smv files to:
> ftp://upload.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/incoming
>
> -compn
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I tried uploading a file but gFTP says it can't create the file on the 
ftp server.  Do I have to have a username and password?

Xtreme Kommander



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