[MPlayer-cygwin] Cygwin port won't play on other PC

[Joey Parrish]

On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 04:16:33PM +0300, Shachar Raindel wrote:
>   Windows mplayer releases are ought to be used by many people,
> including these who are not computer experts. It is much easier to
> setup mplayer for them by unzipping the release, and making a
> short-cut for the mplayer executables on their desktop, instructing
> them to: "Drop your media file on the cuted white and blue mplayer
> logo on your desktop, and it will play", and instructing them to send
> the log file by email if they had problems, than teaching them how to
> use windows shell. I think that an option like this can be useful,
> especially if mplayer plains to become a wide-range player, used by
> people who are not technically oriented.

The patch is a complete hack.  If MPlayer becomes a widely-used player
on many platforms (windows) by many people (idiots) then it won't be G1.
That sort of success will only be achieved by a platform- and
UI-independant library where these sorts of features can be written
without hacks and targetted at the users who need them.

--Joey

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