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and help us add support for it.
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</para>
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<sect1 id="codec_installation">
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<title>Codec installation</title>
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<sect2 id="xvid">
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<title>Xvid</title>
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<para>
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<ulink url="http://www.xvid.org">Xvid</ulink> is a free software MPEG-4 ASP
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compliant video codec. Note that Xvid is not necessary to decode Xvid-encoded
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video. <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> is used by
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default as it offers better speed.
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</para>
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<procedure>
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<title>Installing <systemitem class="library">Xvid</systemitem></title>
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<para>
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Like most open source software, it is available in two flavors:
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<ulink url="http://www.xvid.org/downloads.html">official releases</ulink>
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and the CVS version.
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The CVS version is usually stable enough to use, as most of the time it
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features fixes for bugs that exist in releases.
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Here is what to do to make <systemitem class="library">Xvid</systemitem>
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CVS work with <application>MEncoder</application>:
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</para>
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<step><para>
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<screen>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid login</screen>
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</para></step>
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<step><para>
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<screen>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid co xvidcore</screen>
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</para></step>
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<step><para>
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<screen>cd xvidcore/build/generic</screen>
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</para></step>
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<step><para>
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<screen>./bootstrap.sh && ./configure</screen>
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You may have to add some options (examine the output of
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<command>./configure --help</command>).
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</para></step>
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<step><para>
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<screen>make && make install</screen>
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</para></step>
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<step><para>
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Recompile <application>MPlayer</application>.
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</para></step>
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</procedure>
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</sect2>
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<!-- ********** -->
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<sect2 id="codec-x264">
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<title><systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem></title>
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<para>
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<ulink url="http://developers.videolan.org/x264.html"><systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem></ulink>
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is a library for creating H.264 video.
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<application>MPlayer</application> sources are updated whenever
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an <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem> API change
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occurs, so it is always suggested to use
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<application>MPlayer</application> from Subversion.
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</para>
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<para>
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If you have a GIT client installed, the latest x264
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sources can be gotten with this command:
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<screen>git clone git://git.videolan.org/x264.git</screen>
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Then build and install in the standard way:
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<screen>./configure && make && make install</screen>
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Now rerun <filename>./configure</filename> for
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<application>MPlayer</application> to pick up
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<systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem> support.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<!-- ********** -->
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<sect2 id="aac">
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<title>AAC</title>
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<para>
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An open source AAC decoder called FAAD2 is available from
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<ulink url="http://www.audiocoding.com/downloads.html"/>.
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<application>MPlayer</application> includes a copy of it in its source tree.
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If you want to use the external library instead, install it and pass
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<option>--enable-faad-external</option> to <filename>./configure</filename>.
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</para>
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<para>
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FAAD2 binaries are not available from audiocoding.com, but you can (apt-)get
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Debian packages from
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<ulink url="http://www.debian-multimedia.org/">Christian Marillat</ulink>,
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Mandrake/Mandriva RPMs from the <ulink url="http://plf.zarb.org">P.L.F</ulink>
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and Fedora RPMs from <ulink url="http://rpm.livna.org/">Livna</ulink>.
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</para>
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<para>
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If you choose to build from source, you do not need all of FAAD2 to decode
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AAC files, libfaad is enough. Build it like this:
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<screen>
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cd faad2/
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sh bootstrap
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./configure
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cd libfaad
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make
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make install
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</screen>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<!-- ********** -->
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<sect2 id="amr">
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<title>AMR</title>
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<para>
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Adaptive Multi-Rate speech codec is used in third generation (3G) mobile
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phones.
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Reference implementation is available from
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<ulink url="http://www.3gpp.org">The 3rd Generation Partnership Project</ulink>
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(free for private use).
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To enable support, download and install support libraries for
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<ulink url="http://www.penguin.cz/~utx/amr">AMR-NB and AMR-WB</ulink>
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following the instructions on that page. Recompile MPlayer afterwards.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="xmms">
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<title>XMMS</title>
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<para>
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<application>MPlayer</application> can use <application>XMMS</application> input
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plugins to play many file formats. There are plugins for SNES game tunes, SID
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tunes (from Commodore 64), many Amiga formats, .xm, .it, VQF, Musepack, Bonk,
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shorten and many others. You can find them at the
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<ulink url="http://www.xmms.org/plugins.php?category=input">XMMS input plugin page</ulink>.
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</para>
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<para>
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For this feature you need to have <application>XMMS</application> and compile
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<application>MPlayer</application> with
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<filename>./configure --enable-xmms</filename>.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
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@ -347,6 +347,158 @@ the Preferences menu is currently UNIMPLEMENTED!
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<!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
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<sect1 id="codec_installation">
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<title>Codec installation</title>
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<sect2 id="xvid">
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<title>Xvid</title>
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<para>
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<ulink url="http://www.xvid.org">Xvid</ulink> is a free software MPEG-4 ASP
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compliant video codec. Note that Xvid is not necessary to decode Xvid-encoded
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video. <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> is used by
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default as it offers better speed.
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</para>
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<procedure>
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<title>Installing <systemitem class="library">Xvid</systemitem></title>
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<para>
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Like most open source software, it is available in two flavors:
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<ulink url="http://www.xvid.org/downloads.html">official releases</ulink>
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and the CVS version.
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The CVS version is usually stable enough to use, as most of the time it
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features fixes for bugs that exist in releases.
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Here is what to do to make <systemitem class="library">Xvid</systemitem>
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CVS work with <application>MEncoder</application>:
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</para>
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<step><para>
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<screen>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid login</screen>
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</para></step>
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<step><para>
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<screen>cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.xvid.org:/xvid co xvidcore</screen>
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</para></step>
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<step><para>
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<screen>cd xvidcore/build/generic</screen>
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</para></step>
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<step><para>
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<screen>./bootstrap.sh && ./configure</screen>
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You may have to add some options (examine the output of
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<command>./configure --help</command>).
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</para></step>
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<step><para>
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<screen>make && make install</screen>
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</para></step>
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<step><para>
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Recompile <application>MPlayer</application>.
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</para></step>
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</procedure>
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</sect2>
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<!-- ********** -->
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<sect2 id="codec-x264">
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<title><systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem></title>
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<para>
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<ulink url="http://developers.videolan.org/x264.html"><systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem></ulink>
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is a library for creating H.264 video.
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<application>MPlayer</application> sources are updated whenever
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an <systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem> API change
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occurs, so it is always suggested to use
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<application>MPlayer</application> from Subversion.
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</para>
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<para>
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If you have a GIT client installed, the latest x264
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sources can be gotten with this command:
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<screen>git clone git://git.videolan.org/x264.git</screen>
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Then build and install in the standard way:
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<screen>./configure && make && make install</screen>
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Now rerun <filename>./configure</filename> for
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<application>MPlayer</application> to pick up
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<systemitem class="library">x264</systemitem> support.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<!-- ********** -->
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<sect2 id="aac">
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<title>AAC</title>
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<para>
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An open source AAC decoder called FAAD2 is available from
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<ulink url="http://www.audiocoding.com/downloads.html"/>.
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<application>MPlayer</application> includes a copy of it in its source tree.
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If you want to use the external library instead, install it and pass
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<option>--enable-faad-external</option> to <filename>./configure</filename>.
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</para>
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<para>
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FAAD2 binaries are not available from audiocoding.com, but you can (apt-)get
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Debian packages from
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<ulink url="http://www.debian-multimedia.org/">Christian Marillat</ulink>,
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Mandrake/Mandriva RPMs from the <ulink url="http://plf.zarb.org">P.L.F</ulink>
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and Fedora RPMs from <ulink url="http://rpm.livna.org/">Livna</ulink>.
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</para>
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<para>
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If you choose to build from source, you do not need all of FAAD2 to decode
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AAC files, libfaad is enough. Build it like this:
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<screen>
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cd faad2/
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sh bootstrap
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./configure
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cd libfaad
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make
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make install
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</screen>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<!-- ********** -->
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<sect2 id="amr">
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<title>AMR</title>
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<para>
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Adaptive Multi-Rate speech codec is used in third generation (3G) mobile
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phones.
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Reference implementation is available from
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<ulink url="http://www.3gpp.org">The 3rd Generation Partnership Project</ulink>
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(free for private use).
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To enable support, download and install support libraries for
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<ulink url="http://www.penguin.cz/~utx/amr">AMR-NB and AMR-WB</ulink>
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following the instructions on that page. Recompile MPlayer afterwards.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="xmms">
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<title>XMMS</title>
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<para>
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<application>MPlayer</application> can use <application>XMMS</application> input
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plugins to play many file formats. There are plugins for SNES game tunes, SID
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tunes (from Commodore 64), many Amiga formats, .xm, .it, VQF, Musepack, Bonk,
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shorten and many others. You can find them at the
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<ulink url="http://www.xmms.org/plugins.php?category=input">XMMS input plugin page</ulink>.
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</para>
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<para>
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For this feature you need to have <application>XMMS</application> and compile
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<application>MPlayer</application> with
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<filename>./configure --enable-xmms</filename>.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
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<sect1 id="rtc">
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<title>RTC</title>
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