[MPlayer-users] no video when mplayer play rmvb

[Jeremy Hansen]

> I used "apt-get install mplayer" to install mplayer in my debian
> system;not complied mplayer from source;
>
> I am sure the drvc.so file is in both /usr/lib/codecs folder
> and /usr/lib/win32 folder,so I dont know why mplayer cant find drvc.so;
>
> is it necessary that complie mplayer from source?

Well it is necessary for the people who compiled mplayer to have th
codecs in the proper directory and include those codecs with the
package.

Most of the time it is easier to build from the source. I would
recommend using the SVN, because there have already been a lot of bug
fixes since RC1.

Jeremy