diff --git a/DOCS/codecs.html b/DOCS/codecs.html
index eff5037bce..a71667a773 100644
--- a/DOCS/codecs.html
+++ b/DOCS/codecs.html
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
M$ MPEG4 v1, v2 and other MPEG4 variants
native decoder for Windows Media Video 7 (WMV1), and Win32 DLL decoder for
Windows Media Video 8 (WMV2), both used in .wmv files
- native Sorenson (SVQ1) decoder
- Sorenson (SVQ3) decoder
+ native Sorenson 1 (SVQ1) decoder
+ Win32 Sorenson 3 (SVQ3) decoder
3ivx decoder
Cinepak and Intel Indeo codecs (3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.0)
MJPEG, AVID, VCR2, ASV2 and other hardware formats
@@ -270,18 +270,34 @@ MPlayer supports decoding all versions of RealVideo:
-Sorenson 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.
+Sorenson is a video codec developed by Apple. We are currently able
+ to decode all versions of Sorenson video files with the following
+ decoders:
-The Sorenson SVQ1 decoder is compiled and usable per default.
+
+ - Sorenson 1 (fourcc SVQ1) - decoding supported by native
+ codecs
+ Actually there are two (nearly equal) decoders for SVQ1: one is built in
+ MPlayer, the other is in libavcodec. You can invoke each of them with the
+ -vc svq1
and -vc ffsvq1
options respectively.
+ Some files may work with one of them, and not with the other, so test
+ both decoders.
+ - Sorenson 3 (fourcc SVQ3) - decoding supported by Win32
+ QuickTime libraries
+
-To get Sorenson SVQ3 playback, download the QuickTime 5 (extra stability) or
- QuickTime 6 (extra speed) DLLs from
- the codecs page, extract
- them to your Win32 codecs directory
- (probably /usr/local/lib/win32
) and recompile MPlayer with
- --enable-qtx-codecs
.
+Compiling MPlayer with QuickTime libraries support
+
+NOTE: currently only 32bit Intel platforms are supported.
+
+
+ - download MPlayer CVS
+ - compile MPlayer with:
+ $ ./configure --enable-qtx-codecs
+ - download QuickTime DLL pack from http://www.mplayerhq.hu/~alex/codecs
+ - extract QuickTime DLL pack to your Win32 codecs directory (default:
+
/usr/lib/win32
)
+
@@ -375,6 +391,14 @@ MPlayer supports decoding nearly all versions of RealAudio:
RealVideo section.
+
+
+QDesign audio streams (fourcc: QDMC, QDM2) are found in MOV/QT
+ files. Both versions of this codec can be decoded with QuickTime libraries.
+ For installation instructions please see the Sorenson
+ video codec section.
+
+
diff --git a/DOCS/documentation.html b/DOCS/documentation.html
index 4dd1f7e299..4ad4929737 100644
--- a/DOCS/documentation.html
+++ b/DOCS/documentation.html
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
2.2.2.3 libmad support
2.2.2.4 VIVO audio
2.2.2.5 RealAudio
+ 2.2.2.6 QDesign codecs
2.2.3 Win32 codec importing HOWTO