[MPlayer-dev-eng] mplayer compilation with cygwin

[Siarhei Siamashka]

On 30 September 2007, Gianluigi Tiesi wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 05:51:13PM +0200, roee wrote:
> > > Most likely, the 'official windows mplayer' was compiled under MinGW
> > > rather than under Cygwin. This might also explain some of the size
> > > difference, depending. As I understand it, any Cygwin programs will
> > > need Cygwin to run, but MinGW programs do not necessarily need MinGW to
> > > run.
> >
> > it's now the first time i actually succeed to compile mplayer on MinGW,
> > but now its . . . 10 MB :'(
> > ( ./configure --enable-static)
> >
> > the dll thingy is now ok with mingw, only the size problem was left
> >
> > thanks for reply..
> >   Roee.
>
> standard mplayer builds are always ~10mb
>
> I doubt you can find a 3mb mplayer binary around

Maybe it should be possible to get 3mb binary after stripping it and
compressing with upx. But is there any strong need for it?