[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Doc : QT support for cygwin

[Diego Biurrun]

Sylvain Petreolle writes:
 >  --- Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> a écrit :
 > > It's unnecessary to install QT.  It works if you only install the
 > > codecs as described in the current version of the docs.
 > > 
 > 1. The docs say to install it into /usr/lib/win32. It wont work
 > until you install it into c:\windows\system or system32 directory, said
 > by yourself.
 > http://www.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-cygwin/2003-January/000238.html

Yes.  And that's why I updated the documentation accordingly:

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

 > 2. Its better to use registered dlls, which can be safely removed by
 > the uninstaller.
 > In case of MPlayer uninstall, be sure that more of 50% of the users
 > will forget the dlls into system directory.

If you install by hand it's your duty to clean up by hand.  The
solution is to build a proper MPlayer installer and not install a
several MB closed source application that hooks deeply into your
system and runs hidden processes!

 > 3. http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/qt-howto.txt
 > doesnt reflect the reality.
 > NOTE: qt6-dlls.tar.bz2 from releases/ doesn't contains qtmlClient.dll!
 > is false.

OK, now I see where you are coming from!  This information is indeed
outdated.

Alex, could you please remove the HOWTO section from the codecs page
and delete both QT-HOWTOs?  They are no longer necessary and wrong.

Diego