[MPlayer-DOCS] Suggestions for documentation improvements

Axel Boldt axelboldt at yahoo.com
Thu Sep 7 17:53:43 CEST 2006


>> >> * the README.txt in
> >> http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/windows-essential-20060611.zip
>> >> is mainly directed at Windows users and should therefore mention where
>> >> to put the codecs on a standard Windows installation of mplayer.
>> >Where do they go anyway?
>> In the standard installation in the folder C:\Program Files\mplayer\codecs

>What is the base for calling this a "standard" location?  It's specific
>to an English Windows installation (which most aren't) and probably only
>used by some installer that puts MPlayer there.  We don't support such a
>thing, though.

>The point here is that it's not so simple to teach Windows users where
>to put the codecs.  I'm honestly unsure what I should put in the README.

Maybe you can say "in the codecs folder within your main mplayer folder".

Axel





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