[MPlayer-users] Codec install

wolf-r1 at wispertel.net wolf-r1 at wispertel.net
Mon Apr 3 00:02:16 CEST 2006


> Søndag 02. april 2006 17:06 skrev wolf-r1 at wispertel.net:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm new to desktop Linux so please bear with me. I am running off of a
>> fresh install of FC5 with mplayer installed via Yum from the Livna
>> repository. I downloaded the CODEC package off of the main Mplayer page.
>> I
>> installed those codecs to the locations dictated by the Readme.txt file
>> within the codec package. Despite that some WMV files will not play. I
>> get
>> proper sound out of them but no video.
>>
>> At this point I cannot find any other information on where to place
>> those
>> files or how to tell Mplayer to use those codecs. Does anyone have any
>> other information on this for me? All help is greatly appreciated.
>
> I always use mplayer from the freshrpms repository
>
> codecs should be in /usr/lib/win32
>
> Erik
>

That did the trick. Thanks for the help.




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