Foreword: using (some) XAnim codecs with other program than XAnim, is -ILLEGAL. It is YOUR responsibility to read its license, -and do accordingly. The authors of MPlayer can't be held responsible for -any unlawful act of the user.
+Foreword: +Be advised that the XAnim binary codecs are packaged with a piece of text +claiming to be a legally binding software license which, among other +absurdities, forbids the user to use the codecs in conjunction with any +program other than XAnim. As the XAnim author has yet to bring legal +action against anyone for codec-related issues, the MPlayer developers +don't lose too much sleep over this and you probably shouldn't, either. +
So yes, MPlayer can use XAnim's codecs for decoding. It's very easy to enable them:
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