[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: [PATCH] win32 codec path

Diego Biurrun diego at biurrun.de
Sun Aug 17 15:58:06 CEST 2003


Sascha Sommer schrieb:

>>On Sat, Aug 16, 2003 at 07:40:58PM +0200, gabucino at mplayerhq.hu wrote:
>>
>>>Joey Parrish wrote:
>>>
>>>>...
>>>
>>>BTW Joey, why don't you put the MinGW compiled binaries into your
>>>InstallShield MPlayer pack? Cygwin is avoidable wherever it can be.
>>
>>The Cygwin port is more advanced than the MinGW port.  Maybe some day.
> 
> Why is it more advanced?

Well, there are a few small bits and pieces that still do not work under 
MinGW, the port is younger after all and it's easier to compile stuff 
under Cygwin than MinGW, so getting all the extra libraries is less of a 
pain.

Diego




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