[MPlayer-cygwin] compiling mplayer with freetype?

[Diego Biurrun]

Sven Köhler wrote:
> I'd like to improve my skills in compiling mplayer. I remember that you 
> guys released a cygwin-build some time ago. I'd really like mplayer to 
> be part of the official cygwin-distribution. So i'm perhaps going to 
> offer myself on the cygwin-mailinglist to get the mplayer package 
> maintainer.

That would be nice.

> So what did you guys compile into the mplayer-builds you offered some 
> time ago? first i noticed a freetype.dll which i just don't have. so 
> some questions:
> 
> - where to get a cygwin freetype package?
> - any special configure switched i should use? (e.g. runtime cpu detection)
> - how to add quicktime audio support (video works fine)

Please read

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/#cygwin

You need to put the QuickTime DLLs in your Windows system directory for 
QT audio support to work.

Diego