[MPlayer-users] mplayer won't start

[Martin Collins]

On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 13:35:57 +0200
Guenther Theilen <theilen at eqi.de> wrote:

> I'm not sure if this is the proper list for my problem since I'm
> using the marrilat-package for Debian Sid. But I'll give it a try...
> ;-)
> 
> Mplayer does not start, it just says:
> ~$ mplayer
> mplayer: relocation error: /usr/lib/libavcodec.so.0.4.9-pre1:
> undefined symbol: faacDecOpen

Looks like Marillat has built mplayer with shared object libraries and
an incompatability has crept in. It is better to get the cvs version of
mplayer and ffmpeg and build a static version. Mplayer has a debian
directory so you can build a deb and not screw up your package
management.
Otherwise use ldd and nm to try and track down which library versions
you need. My version of libavcodec uses libfaad not libfaac.

Martin