[MPlayer-users] codec installation

Andrew Hume andrew at research.att.com
Tue Apr 8 17:38:13 CEST 2003


thanks, sir.
i will try that.

this would be a useful addition to the codecs documentation page.

Catalin Muresan wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 11:12:40AM -0400, Andrew Hume wrote:
>  > [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
>  > despite really trying, i cannot figure out where i am supposed to install codecs.
>  > there is a hint that win32 codecs should be in /usr/lib/win32, although
>  > i would expect that in that case, teh directory in the windows
>  > codecs tarfile to bin win32, and it isn't. and this seems an unlikely
>  > candidate for all teh other codecs. and /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf
>  > contains no pathnames.
> 
> 	install them in /usr/lib/win32 (the files directly in that dir, no
> subdirs) and make /usr/local/lib/win32 a symlink to that dir.
> 
>  > could someone please advise me of teh actual commands you need to install
>  > the codecs (assuming i have the *.tar.bz2 files in hand)?
>  > 
>  > thanks.
>  > 
>  > p.s. please reply to my email; i do not subscribe to this mailing list.
>  > 
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