[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Override binary codec path

[KO Myung-Hun]

Diego Biurrun wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 08, 2010 at 10:38:10PM +0900, KO Myung-Hun wrote:
>> Diego Biurrun wrote:
>>> On Mon, Mar 08, 2010 at 09:38:46PM +0900, KO Myung-Hun wrote:
>>>> Diego Biurrun wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, Mar 07, 2010 at 01:13:58AM +0900, KO Myung-Hun wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This patch overrides the binary codec path on OS/2.
>>>>>
>>>>> I fail to see the point of this patch.  What are you trying to achieve?
>>>>
>>>> This gives the users the opportunity to specify the other directory than
>>>> the default directory such as WIN32_PATH, /usr/lib/win32 and
>>>> /usr/local/lib/win32.
>>>
>>> There is a configure switch for this purpose.
>>
>> However it is fixed at the compile time,
> 
> Yes.
> 
>> so it is useless when distributing binaries.
> 
> Why would you need to change the directory?  No platform has needed
> it so far.  

Because there are two players using binary codecs on OS/2. One is
MPlayer and the other is WarpVision using Odin technology which emulates
Win32 APIs. And VLC in the near future.

On other platforms, link feature can be used but not on OS/2.

So without this, the same files should be copied in separate directories.

> Also, implementing this in a way specific to OS/2 is not
> ideal...

As you said above, this is needed only for OS/2. So it's natural that
it's specific to OS/2. Nevertheless if you suggests a more elegant and
universal way, I'll do it.

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KO Myung-Hun

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