[MPlayer-users] Codec [xvidiv] run rights (permissions) problem?

Marcus Thiesen marcus at thiesen.org
Tue Feb 3 20:56:51 CET 2004


On Tuesday 03 February 2004 20:44, Doncho Angelov wrote:
> Can someone point me to a solution? I've tried google, but I found
> nothing. The problem does not seem to be mentioned in the manual too...
> or I'm missing it?

From the device.html#vidix section:
"Since VIDIX requires direct hardware access you can either run it as root or 
set the SUID bit on the MPlayer binary"

Have fun,
	Marcus

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