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diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml index 5b8f0bfad6..1600035793 100644 --- a/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml @@ -1158,6 +1158,33 @@ above command. </para></answer> </qandaentry> +<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. +</para></question> + +<answer><para> +<systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem>, the native MPEG-4 +encoding library usually shipped with <application>MEncoder</application> +used to set the 'DIVX' FourCC (which is an AVI tag to identify the +software used to encode and the intended software to use for decoding) +when encoding MPEG-4 videos, which lead to make many people think that +<systemitem class="library">libavcodec</systemitem> was a DivX encoding +library, when in fact it is just another MPEG-4 encoding library whose +MPEG-4 support is much better than DivX's. +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>. +You may also change the FourCC of existing files like this: +<screen> + mencoder <replaceable>input.avi</replaceable> -o <replaceable>output.avi</replaceable> -ffourcc DIVX +</screen> +</para></answer> +</qandaentry> + </qandadiv> </qandaset> |