[MPlayer-DOCS] [homepage]: r3728 - trunk/src/dload.en

Sat Apr 3 22:06:29 EEST 2021

Author: ib
Date: Sat Apr  3 22:06:29 2021
New Revision: 3728

Log:
Update download page.

Add notes about binary and skin packages in our new Debian package repository.

Furthermore, add a list of all available packages as well as instructions on
how to use MPlayer's Debian package repository.

Modified:
   trunk/src/dload.en

Modified: trunk/src/dload.en
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--- trunk/src/dload.en	Mon Mar  8 13:08:08 2021	(r3727)
+++ trunk/src/dload.en	Sat Apr  3 22:06:29 2021	(r3728)
@@ -194,6 +194,11 @@
 </tr>
 </table>
 
+<p>
+	We offer <a href="#debian_packages">Debian packages</a> of a compact
+	and up-to-date MPlayer for some architectures with minimal
+	dependencies and including the GUI variant.
+</p>
 
 <h2><a name="binary_codecs">Binary Codec Packages</a></h2>
 
@@ -333,6 +338,12 @@
 </p>
 
 <p>
+	We offer <a href="#debian_packages">Debian packages</a> of actively
+	maintained skins. (If your favorite skin is missing, drop us a note
+	in the <a href="mailing_lists.html">user mailing list</a>.)
+</p>
+
+<p>
 	If you want to create your own MPlayer GUI skin, read the
 	<a href="../DOCS/HTML/en/skin.html">skin section</a>
 	of the documentation. If you are content with your skin and wish to
@@ -1255,4 +1266,107 @@
 	</tr>
 </table>
 
+
+<h2><a name="debian_packages">Debian Packages</a></h2>
+
+<p>
+	We run a small <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/deb">Debian repository</a>:
+        <br>
+<!-- package list begin -->
+<p>
+<ul><li><b>Package: mplayer+gui</b><br>
+Architecture: amd64<br>
+Architecture: i386<br>
+Description: The Movie Player<br>
+ This package contains both the plain MPlayer and the GUI variant of MPlayer.<br>
+<br>
+ All audio and video codecs are provided by a built-in FFmpeg.<br>
+<br>
+ The available output drivers are for ALSA (audio), XVideo (video) and the<br>
+ framebuffer device (video).<br>
+</li></ul>
+<ul><li><b>Package: mplayer-skin-blue-multilingual</b><br>
+Architecture: all<br>
+Description: Blue skin (multilingual) for the MPlayer GUI<br>
+ The MPlayer GUI can be customized with various skins and needs at least<br>
+ one to be used comfortably and as intended.<br>
+<br>
+ This package contains the Blue skin by Xenomorph. It is currently considered<br>
+ the default skin for MPlayer. It can display all glyphs of the Unicode Basic<br>
+ Multilingual Plane (BMP).<br>
+</li></ul>
+<ul><li><b>Package: mplayer-skin-blue-small</b><br>
+Architecture: all<br>
+Description: Blue skin (small) for the MPlayer GUI<br>
+ The MPlayer GUI can be customized with various skins and needs at least<br>
+ one to be used comfortably and as intended.<br>
+<br>
+ This package contains the small Blue skin by Xenomorph, a compact version of<br>
+ his Blue skin. It can only display Basic Latin glyphs, one Latin-1 Supplement<br>
+ glyph and eight Latin Extended-A glyphs.<br>
+</li></ul>
+<ul><li><b>Package: mplayer-skin-blue</b><br>
+Architecture: all<br>
+Description: Blue skin for the MPlayer GUI<br>
+ The MPlayer GUI can be customized with various skins and needs at least<br>
+ one to be used comfortably and as intended.<br>
+<br>
+ This package contains the Blue skin by Xenomorph. Although it is currently<br>
+ considered the default skin for the MPlayer GUI, it can only display Basic<br>
+ Latin glyphs, one Latin-1 Supplement glyph and eight Latin Extended-A glyphs.<br>
+</li></ul>
+<ul><li><b>Package: mplayer-skin-clearlooks-multilingual</b><br>
+Architecture: all<br>
+Description: Clearlooks skin (multilingual) for the MPlayer GUI<br>
+ The MPlayer GUI can be customized with various skins and needs at least<br>
+ one to be used comfortably and as intended.<br>
+<br>
+ This package contains the Clearlooks skin suitable for the Clearlooks<br>
+ GTK theme. It can display all glyphs of the Unicode Basic Multilingual<br>
+ Plane (BMP).<br>
+</li></ul>
+<ul><li><b>Package: mplayer-skin-clearlooks</b><br>
+Architecture: all<br>
+Description: Clearlooks skin for the MPlayer GUI<br>
+ The MPlayer GUI can be customized with various skins and needs at least<br>
+ one to be used comfortably and as intended.<br>
+<br>
+ This package contains the Clearlooks skin suitable for the Clearlooks<br>
+ GTK theme. It can display all Basic Latin and Latin-1 Supplement glyphs,<br>
+ seven Latin Extended-A glyphs and the Euro Sign glyph.<br>
+</li></ul>
+</p>
+<!-- package list end -->
+</p>
+
+<h3 id="debian_repository_howto">Using MPlayer's Debian package repository</h3>
+
+<p>
+	To connect to MPlayer's Debian package repository, create (as
+	superuser) a file <code>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/mplayer.list</code>
+	with the following content:
+</p>
+
+<pre>
+  deb http://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/deb current main
+</pre>
+
+<p>
+	Now download <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/deb/mplayer-deb.key">
+	MPlayer's Debian package repository public key</a>. Make sure that this
+	key has the fingerprint <b>81A6 9856 E6FE 8556 91BC 9AFC 957E 566E 3A92 C61F</b>,
+	because only then it is authentic, and make the key known to the apt
+	keyring afterwards:
+</p>
+
+<pre>
+  sudo apt-key add mplayer-deb.key
+</pre>
+
+<p>
+	After a <code>sudo apt update</code> you can install packages from our
+	Debian package repository by simply using <code>sudo apt install</code>
+	and the package name.
+</p>
+
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