[MPlayer-users] MEncoder CVS Issues

[Kichigai Mentat]

On May 30, 2005, at 21.58, Rich Felker wrote:

> On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 05:40:33PM -0500, Kichigai Mentat wrote:
>
>> On May 30, 2005, at 02.03, Rich Felker wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On Sun, May 29, 2005 at 07:13:59PM -0500, Kichigai Mentat wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>> Yes, the problem is that you put the mencoder binary in .mplayer
>>>>> directory, and thus it's trying to parse mencoder as a config  
>>>>> file.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Come again? I'm actually a little confused by that. I honestly have
>>>> no idea where this .mplayer directory is. All I know is that  
>>>> mencoder
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Under your home directory.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> and mplayer (the CVS versions) are in /usr/local/bin/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Or...maybe some idiot modified it to look for config files in  
>>>>> other
>>>>> places (such as the binary dir) on Mac?? :(
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I don't think so. The binaries are installed in /usr/local/bin  
>>>> which
>>>> is not the place most Mac command line apps would be installed,
>>>> should I use something like fink or darwin ports.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Did you use any strange options when compiling? i.e. anything but
>>> default ./configure.
>>>
>> I refer you to my original message. But, just in case you have
>> trouble finding it, here's what I used (and yes, all paths are  
>> correct):
>>
>> ./configure --with-glib-config=/sw/bin/glib-config --with-gtk- 
>> config=/
>> sw/bin/gtk-config --with-sdl-config=/opt/local/bin/sdl-config --with-
>> freetype-config=/usr/X11R6/bin/freetype-config --with-xanimlibdir=/
>> usr/local/lib/codecs/ --enable-macosx-finder-support --enable-
>>
>                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> I suspect there might be a bug with mencoder when using the osx finder
> support.. Can you try compiling without this and see if the problem
> goes away?
Does the trick. But, I have a lingering problem that calls for a  
separate thread and a few attempts at repair before I bring it to the  
mailing list.
>
> Rich
>
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