[MPlayer-users] New MPlayer "GUI" frontend

Marco Trudel mtrudel at gmx.ch
Wed Oct 25 14:19:05 CEST 2006


Derek E. Lewis wrote:
> Jeremy Hansen wrote:
>> Another thing to consider is adding configuration options, incase
>> mplayer isn't in $PATH (not likely, but I tend to think weird) to tell
>> the program where mplayer is located. (Could also be for people who do
>> not have access to install mplayer system wide so they keep it in
>> their home directory.)
> 
> It's far more common than you might think, especially on non-Linux 
> operating systems, like Solaris. I prefer to install optional, 
> non-vendor software/freeware, like MPlayer in /opt/local.

Hey, wait a second. I'm doing that too (installing in /opt)!
Dude... What was I thinking to just hardcode it to /usr/bin/mplayer. 
Shish...
I'll think of a good way to solve that for the next release...


thanks
Marco



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