[MPlayer-users] rant

Arpi arpi at thot.banki.hu
Mon Oct 8 21:58:24 CEST 2001


Hi,

> > CPU is one thing. Btw 386 and i686 is only 2 of about 10 possible cpu.
> > There are X11, SDL and other library dependencies.
> 
> $ apt-cache search vlc
> vlc - a free MPEG and DVD player
> vlc-alsa - ALSA plugin for vlc
> vlc-esd - Esound plugin for vlc
> vlc-ggi - GGI plugin for vlc
> vlc-glide - Glide plugin for vlc
> vlc-gnome - Gnome plugin for vlc
> vlc-gtk - Gtk+ plugin for vlc
> vlc-qt - Qt plugin for vlc
> vlc-sdl - SDL plugin for vlc

heh. can't you read? they are plugins.
mpalyer doesn't uses/supports plugings now.
everything is compiled in!

> > The why do you need another player?
> 
> Because mplayer is better.
Only better while it is concigured and compiled on users machine.

> > btw they both have runtime cpu detection. mplayer don't have.
> 
> Ahh, cool. I wasn't aware of that.
hmm. have you ever RTFM ???


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