[MPlayer-users] compiling libdvdread and libdvdcss

[Nico Sabbi]

Wolfram Brenig wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have some questions on the two libraries libdvdread
> and libdvdcss
> 
>>From www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML-single/en/MPlayer.html
> I understand, that libdvdread and libdvdcss are included
> in mplayer's source tree in libmpdvdkit2/.
> 
> 1) After compilation, I see a libdvdcss.o in that
> directory but I don't see any libdvdcss libraries around.
> Does Mplayer link the libdvdcss.o statically ?

yes

> 
> 2) The system I do the compile on has a system-wide
> libdvdread installed but no libdvdcss.
> Which 'libdvdread' will mplayer use at run-time?
> Will it still compile its 'own' one or will it attempt
> to use the system-wide one?

mplayer will use its own libraries, unless you have libdvdnav 
installed, in which case you also need libdvdcss installed somewhere

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