[MPlayer-cygwin] bunch of questions

[Alex Beregszaszi]

Hi,

> 1. 7zip is new compression format. It is also being ported to Linux.
> www.7-zip.org . File sizes, (exe is self extracting archive):
This is much more like a container format and not a compressor.

And what's the question with that?

> 2. Any chance of including xvid encoding?
> How can I set xvid quality to 95% like in virtualdub? Is it possible
> with divx/lavc ?
There is a ve_xvid. rtfm

> 3. I guess you are not allowed to ship it with liblame. 
> If lame is downloaded from somewhere else can it be used with 
> mencoder? Maybe in some future version if not in this?
We aren't 'shipping' anything. rtfm. (lame.sf.net)
 
> 5. Can you add vqf file support?
Send a patch.
 
> 7. When encoding you can use -oac copy audiofile.mp3. You forgot to
> add it to the man file.
What does this means?
 
> 8. Playing ogm(theora video) files shows too much squares? Vp3 codec
> version 3.2.6.1 (vfw). Encoded with virtual dub. 
VP3 != Theora

> Mplayer can't yet play nsv files. (theora + mp3) encoded with nsv
> tools. www.nullsoft.com.
It's supported by MPlayer G2.
 
> Will you include theora and maybe ogg encoding in the future versions?
Send a patch.
 
-- 
Alex Beregszaszi <alex at fsn.hu>
(MPlayer Core Developer -- http://www.mplayerhq.hu/)