Introduction

The dshowserver is the recommended way to use CoreAVC with all players. It is the easiest method to install, and works on both 64bit and 32bit operating systems.

Details

1) Download the code from svn:

svn checkout http://coreavc-for-linux.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ coreavc-for-linux 
cd coreavc-for-linux

2) Install dshowserver

• Choose one of the following options:
1. Build from source (ia32 only)

make -C dshowserver

2. Build on ia32 but use on ia64

make -C dshowserver STATIC=1

3. Download static binaries (for x86_64)

download the latest binary from here, then:

tar -xjf <path to dshowserver-ia32-rxxx.tar.bz2

• Once you have the necessary binaries, do:

cp dshowserver /usr/local/bin
cp ../loader/registercodec /usr/local/bin 

3) Install CoreAVC to /usr/lib/win32/CoreAVCDecoder.ax

4) Install CoreAVC license info as documented in RegisterCoreAVC

5) Verify that dshowserver is working

dshowserver -c CoreAVCDecoder.ax -s 1280x720 -g 09571a4b-f1fe-4c60-9760de6d310c7c31 -b 12 -f 0x34363248 -o 0x30323449

Should return:

No id specified, assuming test mode
Opening device
len: 992
ProductVersion: 1.7.0
Decoder supports the following YUV formats: YUY2 UYVY YV12 I420 
Decoder is capable of YUV output (flags 0x2b)
Setting fmt
Starting
Initialization is complete