[MPlayer-dev-eng] proposed new codecs.conf [Re: new video codec selection code]

[Arpi]

Hi,

> On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 11:43:11AM +0100, Arpi wrote:
> > > reordering is quite a big change diff-wise, i'd rather not commit it
> > > myself without at least posting it here first, so here the new
> > > codecs.conf is for everyone to review...
> > do not commit yet
> > we should discuss this deeper before
> 
> what issues still remain before a new codecs.conf like this can be
> adopted? there's been lots of egger-babble in this thread, but not
> very much of the type of discussion i think you were looking for.

we should prefer _faster_ codecs _if_ they are stable and bugfree enough.
colorspace does not matter now, the new csp selection code does it well.


what about this order:

; mpeg 1/2 decoding:
; Note: mpegpes is preferred for hw decoders:
mpegpes     1  working   Mpeg PES output (.mpg or DVB card)  [libmpeg2]
mpeg12      1  working   MPEG 1 or 2  [libmpeg2]
ffmpeg12    5  working   FFmpeg-1  [mpegvideo]

; we have only native opensource codecs for these:
nuv        15  working   NuppelVideo
mpng       21  working   mPNG codec
fli        12  working   Autodesk FLI/FLC Animation
qtrle      14  working   Quicktime Animation (RLE)
qtrpza     20  working   Quicktime Apple Video
qtsmc      17  working   Apple Graphics (SMC) codec
cyuv       16  working   Creative YUV (native codec)
msrle       9  working   Microsoft RLE
roqvideo   19  problems  Id RoQ File Video Decoder

; prefer native codecs over win32?
; the win32 codecs probably are (better) optimized and support direct
; rendering, so this may be not the best idea...
;NATIVE:
video1     11  working   Microsoft Video 1
cvid       13  working   Cinepak Video (native codec)
mphuffyuv  23  problems  HuffYUV Mplayer Native Decoder
;WIN32:
cram        2  working   Microsoft Video 1  [msvidc32.dll]
cvidvfw     2  working   Cinepak Video  [iccvid.dll]
huffyuv     2  problems  HuffYUV  [huffyuv.dll]
;XAnim (slow):
cvidxa     10  working   Radius Cinepak Video  [vid_cvid.xa]
cyuvxa     10  untested  Creative CYUV  [vid_cyuv.xa]


; time to decide what to do with the mpeg4/divx variants...
; ff* is fastest...
ffdivx      5  working   FFmpeg DivX ;-) (MS MPEG-4 v3)  [msmpeg4]
ffodivx     5  working   FFmpeg OpenDivX  [mpeg4]
; divx4 does direct render, and is native on linux
odivx       3  working   OpenDivX (MPEG-4 v2)  [opendivx decore]
divx4       7  working   DivX4Linux (MPEG-4 v2,v3)  [libdivxdecore.0]
; is divx4vfw stable enough, working everywhere and faster than divxds?
divx4vfw    2  working   DivX4Windows-VFW (DivX 3.x, DivX4)  [divx.dll]
; the original ones...  prefer DShow for postprocessing:
divxds      4  working   DivX ;-) (MS MPEG-4 v3)  [divx_c32.ax]
divx        2  working   DivX ;-) (MS MPEG-4 v3)  [divxc32.dll]
; hmm. we should check, maybe these are/will be playable with libavcodec:
mpeg4ds     4  working   Microsoft MPEG-4 v1/v2  [mpg4ds32.ax]
mpeg4       2  working   Microsoft MPEG-4 v1/v2  [mpg4c32.dll]
wmv8        4  working   Windows Media Video 8  [wmv8ds32.ax]
wmv7        4  working   Windows Media Video 7  [wmvds32.ax]

; mjpegs:
; Notes: m3jpeg+mjpeg are mmx optimized. avid is very stable but slow.
; ijpg only decodes jpeg images (no mjpg), and slow. ffmjpeg is buggy.
m3jpeg      2  working   Morgan Motion JPEG Codec  [m3jpeg32.dll]
mjpeg       2  working   MainConcept Motion JPEG  [mcmjpg32.dll]
avid        2  working   AVID  [AvidAVICodec.dll]
ijpg       22  working   IJPG codec
ffmjpeg     5  working   FFmpeg MJPEG decoder  [mjpeg]
morgands    4  crashing  Morgan MJPEG  [M3JPEGdec.ax]

; h263: - I don't know. comments?
vivo        2  working   Vivo H.263  [ivvideo.dll]
i263        2  working   I263  [i263_32.drv]
u263        4  working   UB Video H.263+ Decoder  [ubv263d+.ax]
ffi263      5  working   FFmpeg I263 decoder  [h263i]
ffh263      5  working   FFmpeg H263+ decoder  [h263]
h263xa     10  working   CCITT H.263  [vid_h263.xa]
h261xa     10  untested  CCITT H.261  [vid_h261.xa]
m261        2  untested  M261  [msh261.drv]

; indeo:
; Note: indeo 3 is buggy, both xanim (bad decoding) and VfW (not work with DR)
; Prefer win32 ones, they are faster, and 4/5 can DR. for fallback, there are
; Xanim codecs, tehy provide YV12, usefull for YUV display or encoding.
indeo5ds    4  working   Intel Indeo 5  [ir50_32.dll]
indeo5      2  working   Intel Indeo 5  [ir50_32.dll]
indeo4      2  working   Intel Indeo 4.1  [ir41_32.dll]
indeo3      2  problems  Intel Indeo 3.1/3.2  [ir32_32.dll]
indeo5xa   10  working   Intel Indeo 5  [vid_iv50.xa]
indeo4xa   10  working   Intel Indeo 4.1  [vid_iv41.xa]
indeo3xa   10  working   Intel Indeo 3.1/3.2  [vid_iv32.xa]

; DV:  qdv is more stable...  (native libdv support coming soon)
qdv         4  working   Sony Digital Video (DV)  [qdv.dll]
mcdv        2  working   MainConcept DV Codec  [mcdvd_32.dll]

; others:
3ivXxa     10  working   3ivX Delta 3.5  [vid_3ivX.xa]
ffrv10      5  working   FFmpeg RV10 decoder  [rv10]
mwv1        2  problems  Motion Wavelets  [icmw_32.dll]
vp3         6  working   On2 OpenSource VP3-Codec  [vp31vfw.dll]
CJPG        2  untested  CJPG  [CtWbJpg.DLL]
asv2        2  problems  ASUS V2  [asusasv2.dll]
asv1        2  problems  ASUS V1  [asusasvd.dll]

; buggy codecs:  (any volunteers for native rewrite?)
mszh        2  problems  AVImszh  [avimszh.dll]
zlib        2  problems  AVIzlib  [avizlib.dll]
alaris      6  problems  Alaris VideoGramPiX  [vgpix32d.dll]

; non-working codecs:
pim1        2  problems  PIM1  [PCLEPIM1.DLL]
vcr2        2  crashing  ATI VCR-2  [ativcr2.dll]
tm20        4  crashing  TrueMotion 2.0  [tm20dec.ax]
mss1        4  crashing  Windows Screen Video  [msscds32.ax]
3ivX        4  crashing  3ivX Delta 3.5  [3ivxdmo.dll]
3ivXqtx     2  crashing  3ivX Delta 3.5  [qtx/3ivx.qtx]

; raw formats:  (now RGB formats are autodetected)
rawrgb32    8  working   RAW RGB32
rawrgb24    8  working   RAW RGB24
rawrgb16    8  working   RAW RGB16
rawbgr24    8  working   RAW BGR24
rawbgr15    8  working   RAW BGR15
rawyuy2     8  working   RAW YUY2
rawuyvy     8  working   RAW UYVY
rawyv12     8  working   RAW YV12
rawi420     8  working   RAW I420

null        0  crashing  NULL codec (no decoding!)
ducktm1    18  problems  Duck Truemotion v1


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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