[MPlayer-users] mplayer cvs: impossible to compile

[Guillaume POIRIER]

Hi,

On 5/14/06, Jozef Riha <jose1711 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 5/11/06, Jozef Riha <jose1711 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > very strange. i copied libavcodec/, libavformat/ and libavutil/ into
> > main just like the project webpage suggested. moreover in configure
> > summary the libavcodec *is* enabled.

> ok, i found out that even ffmpeg-cvs fails to compile w/ the same
> error. i was able to fix (?) this by using --disable-zlib compilation
> flag. now i am wondering how to pass this flag to mplayer config. any
> help welcome, joe

First of all, please do not top post on that list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting

Your problem is odd... It could be due to a version of zlib which
would be too old, but I doubt it. Please make sure you have latest
zlib + dev headers.

I don't think it's possible to compile mplayer without zlib.... but
I'm not certain

G
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