[linux-dvb] Re: MPEG 4:2:2 support in mplayer

[Christophe Massiot <cmassiot@freebox.fr>]

On Thu, Jul 08, 2004, Jeremy Hall wrote:
> Will vlc support this as well because ffmpeg has the needed bits? or was 
> there mplayer fixes needed as well?

VLC uses libmpeg2, which supports 4:2:2.

> In the new year, Wolfgang Thiel wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 04:02:07PM +0200, Christian Schuld wrote:
> > > 
> > > I just wanted to let you know, that the cvs version of mplayer (with the cvs 
> > > version of libavcodec) is capable of displaying dvb 4:2:2 transmissions 
> > > without any patches! Just select ffmpeg as video codec on command like line 
> > > like: mplayer -vc ffmpeg12 <file>
> > > 
> > > Credits goes to "Ivan Kalvachev" <ivan@cacad.com> for implementing this 
> > > feature. He is btw. looking for MPEG 4:4:4 samples. So if you have some or 
> > > can record some, please let him know.
> > >
> > Many thanks for the info: I just checked it out, and it's working fine.
> > No patches needed anymore: great!
> > 
> > Wolfgang
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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