[PLUG] Desperate situation-> Quick time videos in Linux?
Jeme A Brelin
jeme at brelin.net
Tue Feb 4 03:02:01 UTC 2003
On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Robbert van Andel wrote:
> mplayer is a bear to install. I tried on several occasions and got
> thoroughly confused by the poor installation documentation and had to
> give up. I've been lucky enough not to need any QT or WMV file support.
> I've heard good things about CodeWeavers crossover software.
I read comments like this (mostly on this list) all the time and I have to
wonder if there is some OTHER software called MPlayer that is "a bear to
install".
I remember some early version that had a build error in some video output
function or other, but that was like two years ago.
I built a new MPlayer just after New Year's Day and it was just a matter
of ./configure --help, picking out the options I needed, running
configure, then make, then make install. I also downloaded some big fancy
new set of (unfortunately binary) codecs and added them to the group in
/usr/lib/win32/ and now I can play just about anything.
Oh, I also put in the mga_vid kernel module they distribute because it
makes things so fast and pretty with my G400 (though it's a pain that the
backend scaler isn't available on the second head).
But anyway, MPlayer builds cleanly and just works. You kinda gotta watch
the configure output to make sure all the options you want are going to be
compiled in based on the libraries you have available and everything, but
it's not like it asks for anything unreasonable.
Oppose this with, say, ogg vorbis which I've NEVER had build cleanly on
any system without serious tweaking and hacking.
J.
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