From 4bd6e05dcad257dcf28c1557cdde1a5524d8251b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gabucino Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 22:49:29 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] *** empty log message *** git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@1172 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2 --- DOCS/MPlayer-FAQ | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/DOCS/MPlayer-FAQ b/DOCS/MPlayer-FAQ index 6b130b3fbf..a7f180cd05 100644 --- a/DOCS/MPlayer-FAQ +++ b/DOCS/MPlayer-FAQ @@ -245,3 +245,13 @@ A: gcc 2.96 is RedHat's UNOFFICIAL (it can be found only on RedHat sites, or compile it. Important: this is NOT an MPlayer-specific problem, numerous other projects (DRI, avifile, etc..) have problems with this shit too. ** DO NOT USE gcc 2.96 !!! ** + +Q: Is there a hint on how to watch QuickTime and RealMedia movies in mplayer? +A: There's no way to do it. Therefore these formats deserve to die in flames. + Theoretically you can reverse engineer Real codecs built for Linux (they + are available as .so files), but in practice that's really difficult, even + if you know how the compiler used by Real is making assembler code. + As for QuickTime, it's possible to play some old movies and this + capability will be added to mplayer soon, but newer clips are all Sorenson + encoded, and that codec is built-in deep in the QT executable, there's + no way to use it.