mplayer

[Grant Edwards]

On 2005-09-21, Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

> Actually mplayer is available in the multiverse repository of
> Ubuntu. See
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AddingRepositoriesHowto     and
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats
>
> Using the Debian Marillat repositories is fraught with danger
> for Ubuntu users, and has caused trouble for many, because
> Ubuntu is usually out of synch with Debian owing to its 6
> month release cycle. On #ubuntu IRC ( irc.freenode.net) we
> have seen the nerim/marillat repos cause problems.  This is no
> reflection on the quality of Christian Marillat's work, just a
> fact becuse of the points above.
>
> Please don't use the marillat repos unless you know exactly
> what you are doing - that is, you understand how using
> particular packages might affect your system.

Thanks for the warning.  I guess the only thing I'm using from
Marillat's repository is the decss library.

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