[MPlayer-dev-eng] [RFC] binary codec default support and default directories

[Diego Biurrun]

On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 08:25:05AM +0100, Attila Kinali wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 02:00:05 +0100
> Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> wrote:
> 
> > I propose enabling binary codecs support by default, check for the
> > location of the few locations where our codec packages are commonly
> > found ($libdir/codecs and $libdir/win32) and fall back on $libdir/codecs
> > if no codec directory is found.
> 
> I totaly agree. But we also should have a run time option
> to specify the codecs dir. For the rare cases of when
> you have a globaly installed MPlayer, but have the codecs
> in your home directory.

This is an orthogonal issue, but yes, it would be nice.  Any volunteers
to implement it? :)

I will go forward with my proposal tomorrow unless I hear some valid
objections.

Diego