[Mplayer-cvslog] CVS: main README,1.8,1.9
Diego Biurrun CVS
diego at mplayerhq.hu
Fri May 23 02:21:02 CEST 2003
Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main
In directory mail:/var/tmp.root/cvs-serv10828
Modified Files:
README
Log Message:
Default codec location is now /usr/local/lib/codecs/, the location is now
set with --with-codecsdir, plus some more updates.
Index: README
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/README,v
retrieving revision 1.8
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -u -r1.8 -r1.9
--- README 22 May 2003 21:38:58 -0000 1.8
+++ README 23 May 2003 00:20:33 -0000 1.9
@@ -95,21 +95,22 @@
linking does NOT suffice) this subdirectory into the MPlayer source tree.
-______________________________
-STEP2: Installing Win32 Codecs
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+_______________________________
+STEP2: Installing Binary Codecs
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MPlayer and libavcodec have builtin support for the most common audio and video
formats, but some formats require external codecs. Examples include Real, Indeo
-and Sorenson3 (newer Quicktime) 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
+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/lib/win32/ but you can change
-that to something else by using the '--with-win32libdir=DIR' option when you
-run './configure'.
+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'.
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