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@@ -1160,9 +1160,8 @@ above command.
<qandaentry>
<question><para>
Since 1.0pre7, DivX encoded by <application>MPlayer</application>
cannot be watched on third party players because it sets 'FMP4' as a
FourCC.
Why do third-party players fail to play MPEG-4 movies encoded by
<application>MEncoder</application> versions later than 1.0pre7?
</para></question>
<answer><para>
@@ -1174,12 +1173,13 @@ the intended software to use for decoding the video).
This led many people to think that
<systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>
was a DivX encoding library, when in fact it is a completely different
MPEG-4 encoding library whose MPEG-4 support is much better than DivX's.
MPEG-4 encoding library which implements the MPEG-4 standard much
better than DivX.
Therefore, the new default FourCC used by
<systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> is 'FMP4', but you
may override this behavior using <application>MEncoder</application>'s
<option>-ffourcc</option> option.
You may also change the FourCC of existing files in this same way:
You may also change the FourCC of existing files in the same way:
<screen>
mencoder <replaceable>input.avi</replaceable> -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable> -ffourcc XVID
</screen>
@@ -1189,9 +1189,9 @@ MPEG-4 codec, whereas DX50 and XVID both mean full MPEG-4 (ASP).
Therefore, if you change the FourCC to DIVX, some bad software or
hardware players may choke on some advanced features that
<systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> supports, but DivX
doesn't, whereas <systemitem class="library">XviD</systemitem> closer
to <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> in terms of
functionalities, and is supported but all decent players.
doesn't; on the other hand <systemitem class="library">XviD</systemitem>
is closer to <systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> in
terms of functionality, and is supported by all decent players.
</para></answer>
</qandaentry>