[MPlayer-users] compiling and using mplayer/mencoder on AMD 64 bit architecture

[Jan Knutar]

On Saturday 26 November 2005 12:23, Guillaume POIRIER wrote:

> As far as wmv is concerned: when MS will port their wmv codecs to
> 64bits (right now, if I'm not mistaken, even in winxp64, wmp still
> runs in 32 bits). Same with other codecs: gimme a 64bit version of
> each proprietary codec, and it may be possible to use them in MPlayer.

Internet Explorer might never run in 64 bits on winxp64. Well not in the
near future anyway. Supposedly doing that would break ActiveX, so if
microsoft doesn't do enough hacks (and they love hacks!) to make 32
bit code run inside a 64 bit app, I'm guessing it's not very feasible.