[MPlayer-users] 1st that, now this... come on

[Oliver Seitz]

I'm sorry, I can't help you as I'm neither developer nor am I using  
MPlayer on windows.
I must admit when I'm forced to use windows, I'm using VLC, as it is

1. a pain in the ass to use the command line on windows, and it is
2. a pain in the ass to use MPlayer by mouse only.

> P.s. do you really expect users to recompile? No thanks.

Seldom a day passes with less than three updates to the mplayer source.  
Who do YOU expect to provide three new windows binaries a day?

I haven't ever compiled MPlayer on windows, but from all I've heard it is  
no easy task, really. Well, it might not be that hard when you've set up  
the working environment. So I can understand your complaints, I wouldn't  
want to compile it on windows, too.

But if you have a look at the people who use linux, it's really quite easy  
as on most distributions, all the needed programs for compiling MPlayer  
are already installed, or easy to install in very few packets. Or take a  
look at FreeBSD: There's a script which downloads and installs all the  
needed programs for you, downloads the MPlayer source, compiles and  
installs it, you only have to type the two words "make install" within the  
right directory. That effort is not a big one. So I can tell you:

I do really expect users of certain operating systems to recompile, yes.

Greets,
Kiste