[MPlayer-users] [draft] mplayer quickstart guide

[gabor farkas]

i think the quickstart should be QUICK.

it should be enough to read for the 99% of the people installing/using
it.

so i don't really think they should have to read about the various
codecs...

tell them how to get libavcodec

yes, they won't be able to watch some weird avis, and asf/wmv,

but then they'll have to read the full manual..

at least i thinkk so,
gabor

On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 07:55:04PM +0200, Arpi wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hi,
> 
> > 2) A discussion of the pros and cons of various MPEG4 codecs to help
> > the user decide which one(s) to use:
> > 
> > libavcodec -- overall the most bugfree/compatible and fastest, but
> > needs to be downloaded separately it using CVS. Plays almost all MPEG4
> > variants: msmpeg4v2, msmpeg4v3 (DivX 3.x), mpeg4 (DivX 4/5, OpenDivX,
> > ISO MPEG4), and h263(+), etc. GPL.
> it's included in release versions. only cvs users need to get it from ffmpeg
> cvs
> 
> > XVID -- Based on the last version of OpenDivX (GPL), with DivX 4/5
> > functionality reimplemented. Does not play DivX 3.x files.
> 
> does it play divx5 at all?
> it failed even to play some divx4 files i have...
> imho xvid is encoder only, at leats its decoder is buggy and slower than
> libavcodec
> 
> > Divx5Linux -- official ProjectMayo codec. Can decode DivX 3/4/5,
> > OpenDivX, and (maybe?) ISO MPEG4. Apparently has bugs handling certain
> > patterns of B frames (...can someone confirm or deny this?). Binary
> > only.
> > 
> > Win32 codecs -- mostly obsoleted, but some buggy DivX 3.x files that
> > display weird artifacts (bars, hue shift, etc.) when played with newer
> > codecs might look right with the original DivX 3 dll. Also includes
> > internal postprocessing.
> and it is REQUIRED for playback of .wmv (7/8), and many divx avis/asf
> with 'divx audio' (really .wma).
> 
> > Someone else should check all this info, since I just put it together
> > from memory. Maybe also mention how to switch between compiled-in
> > codecs at runtime with -vc.
> 
> > Finally, wouldn't this discussion be more appropriate on -dev-eng? I'm
> not, as it should be commented by teh users, who actually will use/read this
> text. you know, developers are too cubehead tech ppl to comment such thing
> 
> 
> A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team
> 
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