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   -={ 2021-06-12 23:20:41.269312845+00:00 }=-   
      
   Hey Maurice!   
      
   Here is even a better way to find out what codecs mplayer supports'   
      
    $ mplayer -vc help   
      
   or -va for audio codecs.  For this particular discussion try this;   
      
    $ mplayer -vc help | grep h26.   
    geoh264     vfw       working   GeoCodec h264  [GX264.dll]   
    ffh264      ffmpeg    working   FFmpeg H.264  [h264]   
    ffh264vdpau ffmpeg    working   FFmpeg H.264 (VDPAU)  [h264]   
    ffh264crystalhd ffmpeg    working   FFmpeg H.264 (CrystalHD)  [h264_crystalhd]   
    ffh264vda   ffmpeg    working   FFmpeg H.264 (VDA)  [h264_vda]   
    geoavc      vfw       working   GeoCodec h264 AVC  [GXAVC.dll]   
    ffi263      ffmpeg    working   FFmpeg I263  [h263i]   
    ffh263      ffmpeg    working   FFmpeg H.263+  [h263p]   
    ffzygo      ffmpeg    untested  FFmpeg ZyGo  [h263]   
    h263xa      xanim     crashing  XAnim's CCITT H.263  [vid_h263.xa]   
    ffh261      ffmpeg    working   CCITT H.261  [h261]   
    h261xa      xanim     problems  XAnim's CCITT H.261  [vid_h261.xa]   
    m261        vfw       untested  M261  [msh261.drv]   
    qth263      qtvideo   crashing  Win32/QuickTime H.263  [QuickTime.qts]   
    vssh264     dshow     working   VSS H.264 New  [vsshdsd.dll]   
    vssh264old  vfw       working   VSS H.264 Old  [vssh264.dll]   
      
   No H.265 which we already knew but now extra confirmation as well as a bunch   
   I've never even heard of.   
      
   Life is good,   
   Maurice   
      
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