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M$ MPEG4 v1, v2 and other MPEG4 variants</LI>
<LI>native decoder for Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1), and Win32 DLL decoder for
Windows Media Video 8 (WMV2), both used in .wmv files</LI>
<LI><B>native Sorenson (SVQ1) decoder</B></LI>
<LI>native Sorenson (SVQ1) decoder</LI>
<LI>Sorenson (SVQ3) decoder</LI>
<LI>3ivx decoder</LI>
<LI>Cinepak and Intel Indeo codecs (3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.0)</LI>
<LI>MJPEG, AVID, VCR2, ASV2 and other hardware formats</LI>
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<P>It contains a lot of nice codecs, especially important are the MPEG4
variants:
DivX 3, DivX 4, DivX 5, Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1). Also a very
DivX3, DivX4, DivX5, Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1). Also a very
interesting one is the WMA decoder.</P>
<P>If you use an MPlayer release you have libavcodec right in the
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<H4><A NAME="xvid">2.2.1.9 XViD</A></H4>
<P><B>XViD</B> is a forked development of the OpenDivX codec. It happened when
ProjectMayo changed OpenDivX to closed-source DivX4, and the non-ProjectMayo
people working on OpenDivX got angry, then started XViD. So both projects
have the same origin.</P>
ProjectMayo changed OpenDivX to closed source DivX4 (now DivX5), and the
non-ProjectMayo people working on OpenDivX got angry, then started XViD. So
both projects have the same origin.</P>
<H4>Advantages:</H4>
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<H4><A NAME="sorenson">2.2.1.10 Sorenson</A></H4>
<P><B>Sorenson</B> is a video codec developed by Apple. We are currently
able to decode the first version (SVQ1) with a native decoder.</P>
<P><B>Sorenson</B> is a video codec used primarily in Apple QuickTime. We are
currently able to decode the first version (SVQ1) with a native decoder and
SVQ3 through an external DLL.</P>
<H4>Advantages:</H4>
<P>The Sorenson SVQ1 decoder is compiled and usable per default.</P>
<UL>
<LI>Fast, even old Macintosh machines were able to decode it.</LI>
</UL>
<H4>Disadvantages:</H4>
<UL>
<LI>SVQ3 is still not reverse engineered.</LI>
</UL>
<P>The Sorenson decoder is compiled and usable per default.</P>
<P>To get Sorenson SVQ3 playback, download the QuickTime 5 (extra stability) or
QuickTime 6 (extra speed) DLLs from
<A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/~alex/codecs/">the codecs page</A>, extract
them to your Win32 codecs directory
(probably <CODE>/usr/local/lib/win32</CODE>) and recompile MPlayer with
<CODE>--enable-qtx-codecs</CODE>.</P>
<H3><A NAME="audio_codecs">2.2.2 Audio codecs</A></H3>
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<LI>Voxware audio (using DirectShow DLL)</LI>
<LI>alaw, msgsm, pcm and other simple old audio formats</LI>
<LI>VIVO audio (g723, Vivo Siren)</LI>
<LI>RealAudio: DNET (low bitrate AC3), Cook, Sipro</LI>
<LI>RealAudio: DNET (low bitrate AC3), Cook, Sipro, Atrac</LI>
</UL>
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<UL>
<LI>RealAudio DNET - decoding supported by <B>liba52</B></LI>
<LI>RealAudio Cook/Sipro - decoding supported by <B>RealPlayer libraries</B></LI>
<LI>RealAudio atrc - decoding not yet supported</LI>
<LI>RealAudio Cook/Sipro/Atrac - decoding supported by <B>RealPlayer
libraries</B></LI>
</UL>
<P>On how to install RealPlayer libraries, see the
<A HREF="formats.html#real">RealMedia file format</A> section.</P>
<A HREF="#realvideo">RealVideo</A> section.</P>
<H3><A NAME="importing">2.2.3 Win32 codec importing HOWTO</A></H3>

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<P><B>Note:</B> Most new QuickTime files use <B>Sorenson</B> video and QDesign
Music audio. See our <A HREF="codecs.html#sorenson">Sorenson</A> codec
section. QDesign Music audio currently cannot be played.</P>
section.</P>
<H4><A NAME="vivo">2.1.1.5 VIVO files</A></H4>