[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Doc : QT support for cygwin
Diego Biurrun
diego at biurrun.de
Sat Jan 25 04:14:22 CET 2003
Sylvain Petreolle writes:
> --- Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> a écrit :
> > It's unnecessary to install QT. It works if you only install the
> > codecs as described in the current version of the docs.
> >
> 1. The docs say to install it into /usr/lib/win32. It wont work
> until you install it into c:\windows\system or system32 directory, said
> by yourself.
> http://www.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-cygwin/2003-January/000238.html
Yes. And that's why I updated the documentation accordingly:
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/#cygwin
> 2. Its better to use registered dlls, which can be safely removed by
> the uninstaller.
> In case of MPlayer uninstall, be sure that more of 50% of the users
> will forget the dlls into system directory.
If you install by hand it's your duty to clean up by hand. The
solution is to build a proper MPlayer installer and not install a
several MB closed source application that hooks deeply into your
system and runs hidden processes!
> 3. http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/qt-howto.txt
> doesnt reflect the reality.
> NOTE: qt6-dlls.tar.bz2 from releases/ doesn't contains qtmlClient.dll!
> is false.
OK, now I see where you are coming from! This information is indeed
outdated.
Alex, could you please remove the HOWTO section from the codecs page
and delete both QT-HOWTOs? They are no longer necessary and wrong.
Diego
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