[MPlayer-users] Library detection problems; configure is uninformative

[D Richard Felker III]

On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 02:08:28AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> D Richard Felker III wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 01:40:07PM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> >
> >>I have libfame installed on my system, along with the development 
> >>headers. ./configure nonetheless reports "Checking for libfame: no
> >>(no fame dir)". I have located all files associated with libfame on
> >>my system (aside from the documentation), and made sure they are in
> >>the library/include paths passed to configure; this makes no
> >>difference. Checking configure.log is no help, as the only
> >>information provided is exactly what is present in configure's
> >>normal output.
> >>
> >>My question is, where does configure look for libfame? The error
> >>seems to indicate that some separate directory is needed, but no
> >>indication is given of what it should be called or where it should
> >>be located, much less what should be in it.
> >
> >
> >It looks for fame source in a subdir of mplayer src dir, not
> >installed libfame.
> 
> And what should this directory be called? The precedent set by other
> codecs would seem to suggest calling it "libfame", but the output of
> configure would seem to suggest "fame".
> 
> I suppose the thing to do is find a fame CVS and grab that, then copy
> over...
> 
> >BTW fame support is deprecated and might not work anymore anyway...
> >lavc is superior in all ways now afaik...
> 
> If it's deprecated (I'll take your word for it), oughtn't it be noted
> somewhere as such? Particularly if it would no longer function correctly...
> 
> I'll presume from the lack of comment on the other two-thirds of my post
> that either you don't know anything to answer, or you think it too
> insignificant to bother with, which if true should tell me something. ^_^

Right, I don't know the answer. MPlayer used to have fame included in
CVS, perhaps with some patches, but it was removed because the
developers deemed it no longer useful. I have no idea if the old
vf_fame still works...

Rich