help with wn 32 codecs

[Noah Dain]

On 7/19/06, John L Fjellstad <john-ubuntu at fjellstad.org> wrote:
> "Noah Dain" <noahdain at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > wrong directory.  try /usr/local/lib/codecs
>
> Says who?  If you install a deb package, it should never go into /usr/local

says the mplayer readme file.  Also, says my experience from some time
ago when codecs in/usr/lib/win32 stopped working, so I did some
reading.  Also, I'm not aware of any .deb containing the w32codecs.  I
just grab them from mplayer's site.

see:

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/README

<snip>

STEP1: Installing Binary Codecs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MPlayer has builtin support for the most common audio and video
formats, but some formats require external codecs. Examples include
Real, Indeo and QuickTime audio formats. Support for Windows Media
formats except WMV9 exists but still has some bugs, your mileage may
vary. This step is not mandatory, but recommended for getting MPlayer
to play a broader range of formats. Please note that most codecs only
work on Intel x86 compatible PCs.

Unpack the codecs archives and put the contents in a directory where
MPlayer will find them. The default directory is
/usr/local/lib/codecs/ (it used to be /usr/local/lib/win32 in the
past, this also works) but you can change that to something else by
using the '--with-codecsdir=DIR' option when you run './configure'.

</snip>


Do bear in mind that the location of the binary codecs is configurable
at compile time and I've not looked at the debian/rules file for
mplayer to see if the default location has been changed.



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