[MPlayer-users] Codecs

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 11:35:26AM -0600, jd1008 wrote:
> So, I downloaded the codecs from the codecs page.
> I am running Fedora 21.
> I have mplayer installed.
> Where do I install the codecs? i.e., in what directory?

You should really not need them at all, so unless you
have a video you can't play the answer is to not
install them at all.
Otherwise it depends on compilation options, the default
is /usr/local/lib/codecs (for distribution versions that
usually becomes /usr/lib/codecs).