[MPlayer-dev-eng] badly packaged mplayer strikes again!

[Rich Felker]

On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 03:01:10PM -0500, Compn wrote:
> [13:56] * Hfuy (n=Hfuy at 91.84.104.42) has joined #mplayer
> [13:56] <Hfuy> hello.
> [13:57] <Hfuy> Problem: mplayer complains "Cannot find codec 'h264' in
> libavcodec" when trying to play certain MKVs on a new Eee PC. We've
> tried downloading the binary codecs from mplayerhq.hu and put them in
> both the places mentioned in the readme, but still no joy. Any
> suggestions?
> 
> 
> i think the 'Cannot find codec' message needs to be updated
> to include information about badly packaged mplayer.
> 
> also it seems the binary codecs need to be more clearly labelled?

The existing cannot find codec message simply should never be
displayed unless the relevant entry in codecs.conf is a binary dll.
Instead, if an entry exists in codecs.conf for a lavc codec, but lavc
fails to find it, MPlayer should print extreme flames about the
packager. =)

Rich