[MPlayer-users] Adding Quicktime Codecs

[Richi Plana]

On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 21:30 +0000, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
> Richi Plana <mymplayer <at> richip.dhs.org> writes:
> 
> > I've recently downloaded a codec that works on top of Quicktime (6.5+).
> > Is there a way to use that codec with mplayer / mencoder? If so, how do
> > I go about importing it? I think I know which .dll files have been
> > added.
> 
> I don't know if it's possible, but I'd be curious to know what file you can't
> decode with vanilla mplayer that Quicktime can decode (with or without codec) -
> what kind of decoder is it that mplayer doesn't contain?

There's a site called The Dancing Channels
<http://www.thedancingchannels.com/> that provide streaming and video
files that make use of a quicktime plugin from Infinite Video (a
subsidiary of Even Technologies) that they're calling PSI_V (pronounced
sigh vee).

According to http://telephonyonline.com/mag/telecom_mpeg_alternative/ ,
PSI_V compresses standard-definition video to 750 kb/s and HD to 3 Mb/s.

I can watch the videos on Windows, but I don't always have access to a
Windows box.
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Richi Plana