[Bug 423643] [NEW] mplayer should use the shared libass instead of a compiled-in version

[Kimiko Koopman]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: mplayer

Trying to set up MPlayer to display ASS subtitles, I found that it uses
a compiled-in version of libass instead of the installed shared library.
Why is that? The separate libass package can be kept up to date more
easily, as well as shared with other programs of course. Please fix this
shortcoming.

Karmic has these versions:
MPlayer 2:1.0~rc3+svn20090426-1ubuntu5
libass 0.9.6-1

Newer packages found in PPAs:
MPlayer svn20090831r29604
libass 0.9.7-0ubuntu1~ppa0

I've no idea which versions of libass the MPlayer packages have built
into them, which is quite annoying when I want it to use the most recent
version for the best ASS subtitle support.

** Affects: mplayer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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mplayer should use the shared libass instead of a compiled-in version
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