[MPlayer-users] Tracking down codecs

[Corey Hickey]

Adam Luchjenbroers wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> 
> 
>>This is _very_ recent support. Read
>>http://www.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2002-November/023921.html
>>for how to get it working.
> 
> 
> Thanks, I think I'll wait for you to improve it though - I use some of the 
> Win32 codecs.
> 
> I also use WineX, and it takes even more struggling to make it run alongside 
> regular Wine.
> 
> "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert

You don't have to forgo the win32 codecs. Just compile and install 
mplayer as usual. Then, compile the mplayer.exe.so according to the
howto, put it somewhere (say your home directory), and only use
mplayer.exe.so when you need to.

-Corey