AUTHORS:
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====================== The MPlayer project: ===========================

Arpád Gereöffy (A'rpi/ESP-team):  <arpi@thot.banki.hu>
- player code (mpeg stream demultiplexer and avi/asf parser, A-V sync, seek...)
- mp3lib, based on mpg123 sources  [MP3 audio decoder]
- getch2  [keyboard handler]
- some changes in libmpeg2 code (progressive frames, bitrate & fps support)
- libvo improvements: adding OpenGL support, bugfix in mga driver...
- YUY2 support into mga_vid driver (for DivX/MPEG4)
- YUY2, RGB/BGR 15/16/24/32 support into libvo drivers (for AVI codecs)
- scripts in the TVout directory (allows using TVout on Matrox G400 DH on fb)
- hacking DivX/Mpeg4 VfW codecs to get YUV output
- opendivx decoder speed optimizations (see opendivx/ChangeLog)

Zoltán Ponekker (Pontscho/Fresh!):  <pontscho@makacs.poliod.hu> 
- configure script and Makefiles for easy compile
- GUI system (coming soon!)
- 3DNow! support into mp3lib
- various X11 driver changes (keyboard handling, fullscreen, bpp detect, etc)
- libvo: adding xmga driver (similar to Xv but works under X3.3.x)

Gábor Lénárt (LGB): <lgb@supervisor.hu>
- testing and some improvements in mpeg player's user interface (options)
- ./configure script improvements

Gabucino:  <gabucino@k2.jozsef.kando.hu>
- web design, docs improvements/updating
- testing, (Open)DivX encoding, picture quality comparsions

Andreas Ackermann:  <asackerm@stud.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
- LIRC support (see DOCS/LIRC)
- DGA support in libvo

Dariusz Pietrzak: <dariush@ajax.umcs.lublin.pl>
- mailing lists hosting (see README for details)

Main testers:
  Gabucino
  Balazs Tibor (Tibcu)
  Sasi Peter (SaPe)
  Christoph H. Lampert

========================== The Codecs: ===================================

Aaron Holtzman:  <aholtzma@engr.uvic.ca>
- ac3dec (and libac3) author  [AC3 audio decoder]
- mga_vid driver  [Matrox G200/G400 YUV Back-end Scaler]
- mpeg2dec        [Fast MPEG1/MPEG2 video decoder, currently used in player]

Michel Lespinasse:  <walken@zoy.org>
- did large libmpeg2 changes for better speed and mpeg conformance

Eugene Kuznetsov:  <divx@euro.ru>
- avifile author  [AVI player library for linux, using Win32 VfW/ACM codecs]
- technical help about AVI and ASF formats, and how to get YUV using VfW...

Project Mayo:  [http://www.projectmayo.com]
- the OpenDivX codec authors

Michael Hipp:
- mpg123 author   [free mpeg audio player, isn't used directly but in mp3lib]

Mark Podlipec:
- xanim author    [i'm using its aLaw audio decoder]

Jutta Degener and Carsten Bormann:
- xa_gsm.c authors  [MS-GSM audio codec]

Their code is not used in current player version, but I've got some ideas or
other technical help from:

John F. McGowan   http://www.jmcgowan.com/
- AVI FAQ author/collector. [site with many useful docs on codecs and avi fmt]

Dirk Farin:      <farin@ti.uni-mannheim.de>
- dvdview author  [MPEG1/MPEG2 video decoder, used in v0.5-v0.8]

Adam Williams:   <broadcast@earthling.net>
- libmpeg3 (and xmovie) author  [MPEG1/MPEG2 video decoder, used in v0.1-v0.4]