[MPlayer-cvslog] r19789 - trunk/DOCS/tech/binary-packaging.txt

[The Wanderer]

Diego Biurrun wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 01:30:53AM -0400, Rich Felker wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 12:05:51AM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:

>>> No.  We also have binary codecs for PPC and Alpha, they also
>>> exist for SPARC.  Windows DLLs only work on x86, but binary
>>> codecs are more than that.
>> 
>> The non-windows binary codecs are useful for what..? Anything?
> 
> RV30/RV40 and Indeo.  You got this backwards.  Now that we have WMV3
> and VP6 support the Windows DLLs just cover the fringe codecs...

And yet, oddly enough, there is a WMV[39] file which was played as "no
video" by my (r19766) copy of MPlayer until I went out and grabbed the
binary codecs package...

(Speaking of which, the binary codecs were not automatically picked up
when I placed them in /usr/local/lib/codecs/ as indicated. Specifying
that directory to configure located them just fine. There appears to be
an inconsistency between the recommended locations and the detection
code.)

The file in question should be on one of my brothers' computers at
present, I'll try to get his attention and make a copy available in
incoming/ at some point before he deletes it.

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       The Wanderer

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