April 2021 - MPlayer-DOCS - lists.mplayerhq.hu

[homepage]: r3730 - trunk/src/news.en
by ib 03 Apr '21

03 Apr '21

Author: ib Date: Sat Apr 3 22:18:50 2021 New Revision: 3730 Log: Change wording. Modified: trunk/src/news.en Modified: trunk/src/news.en ============================================================================== --- trunk/src/news.en Sat Apr 3 22:08:47 2021 (r3729) +++ trunk/src/news.en Sat Apr 3 22:18:50 2021 (r3730) @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ </h2> - We are proud to announce that we offer some ready-to-run + We are proud to announce that we offer some ready-to-use <a href="dload.html#debian_packages">Debian packages</a> now.

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[homepage]: r3729 - trunk/src/news.en
by ib 03 Apr '21

03 Apr '21

Author: ib Date: Sat Apr 3 22:08:47 2021 New Revision: 3729 Log: Update news. Announce MPlayer Debian Packages. Modified: trunk/src/news.en Modified: trunk/src/news.en ============================================================================== --- trunk/src/news.en Sat Apr 3 22:06:29 2021 (r3728) +++ trunk/src/news.en Sat Apr 3 22:08:47 2021 (r3729) @@ -8,6 +8,33 @@ <div class="newsentry"> <h2> + <a name="mplayer_debian_packages">2021-04-03, Saturday :: MPlayer Debian Packages</a> + + posted by <a href="mailto:projects@mplayerhq.hu">ib</a> +</h2> + + + We are proud to announce that we offer some ready-to-run + <a href="dload.html#debian_packages">Debian packages</a> now. + + + + Namely these are + <ul> + <li>a compact and up-to-date MPlayer for some architectures with minimal + dependencies and including the GUI variant</li> + </ul> + and + <ul> + <li>our actively maintained skins.</li> + </ul> + + +</div> + +<div class="newsentry"> + +<h2> <a name="mplayer14">2019-04-18, Thursday :: MPlayer 1.4 released</a> posted by the <a href="mailto:projects@mplayerhq.hu">release team</a> </h2>

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[homepage]: r3728 - trunk/src/dload.en
by ib 03 Apr '21

03 Apr '21

Author: ib Date: Sat Apr 3 22:06:29 2021 New Revision: 3728 Log: Update download page. Add notes about binary and skin packages in our new Debian package repository. Furthermore, add a list of all available packages as well as instructions on how to use MPlayer's Debian package repository. Modified: trunk/src/dload.en Modified: trunk/src/dload.en ============================================================================== --- trunk/src/dload.en Mon Mar 8 13:08:08 2021 (r3727) +++ trunk/src/dload.en Sat Apr 3 22:06:29 2021 (r3728) @@ -194,6 +194,11 @@ </tr> </table> + + We offer <a href="#debian_packages">Debian packages</a> of a compact + and up-to-date MPlayer for some architectures with minimal + dependencies and including the GUI variant. + <h2><a name="binary_codecs">Binary Codec Packages</a></h2> @@ -333,6 +338,12 @@ + We offer <a href="#debian_packages">Debian packages</a> of actively + maintained skins. (If your favorite skin is missing, drop us a note + in the <a href="mailing_lists.html">user mailing list</a>.) + + + If you want to create your own MPlayer GUI skin, read the <a href="../DOCS/HTML/en/skin.html">skin section</a> of the documentation. If you are content with your skin and wish to @@ -1255,4 +1266,107 @@ </tr> </table> + +<h2><a name="debian_packages">Debian Packages</a></h2> + + + We run a small <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/deb">Debian repository</a>: + + + +<ul><li>Package: mplayer+gui +Architecture: amd64 +Architecture: i386 +Description: The Movie Player + This package contains both the plain MPlayer and the GUI variant of MPlayer. + + All audio and video codecs are provided by a built-in FFmpeg. + + The available output drivers are for ALSA (audio), XVideo (video) and the + framebuffer device (video). +</li></ul> +<ul><li>Package: mplayer-skin-blue-multilingual +Architecture: all +Description: Blue skin (multilingual) for the MPlayer GUI + The MPlayer GUI can be customized with various skins and needs at least + one to be used comfortably and as intended. + + This package contains the Blue skin by Xenomorph. It is currently considered + the default skin for MPlayer. It can display all glyphs of the Unicode Basic + Multilingual Plane (BMP). +</li></ul> +<ul><li>Package: mplayer-skin-blue-small +Architecture: all +Description: Blue skin (small) for the MPlayer GUI + The MPlayer GUI can be customized with various skins and needs at least + one to be used comfortably and as intended. + + This package contains the small Blue skin by Xenomorph, a compact version of + his Blue skin. It can only display Basic Latin glyphs, one Latin-1 Supplement + glyph and eight Latin Extended-A glyphs. +</li></ul> +<ul><li>Package: mplayer-skin-blue +Architecture: all +Description: Blue skin for the MPlayer GUI + The MPlayer GUI can be customized with various skins and needs at least + one to be used comfortably and as intended. + + This package contains the Blue skin by Xenomorph. Although it is currently + considered the default skin for the MPlayer GUI, it can only display Basic + Latin glyphs, one Latin-1 Supplement glyph and eight Latin Extended-A glyphs. +</li></ul> +<ul><li>Package: mplayer-skin-clearlooks-multilingual +Architecture: all +Description: Clearlooks skin (multilingual) for the MPlayer GUI + The MPlayer GUI can be customized with various skins and needs at least + one to be used comfortably and as intended. + + This package contains the Clearlooks skin suitable for the Clearlooks + GTK theme. It can display all glyphs of the Unicode Basic Multilingual + Plane (BMP). +</li></ul> +<ul><li>Package: mplayer-skin-clearlooks +Architecture: all +Description: Clearlooks skin for the MPlayer GUI + The MPlayer GUI can be customized with various skins and needs at least + one to be used comfortably and as intended. + + This package contains the Clearlooks skin suitable for the Clearlooks + GTK theme. It can display all Basic Latin and Latin-1 Supplement glyphs, + seven Latin Extended-A glyphs and the Euro Sign glyph. +</li></ul> + + + + +<h3 id="debian_repository_howto">Using MPlayer's Debian package repository</h3> + + + To connect to MPlayer's Debian package repository, create (as + superuser) a file <code>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/mplayer.list</code> + with the following content: + + +<pre> + deb http://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/deb current main +</pre> + + + Now download <a href="http://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/deb/mplayer-deb.key"> + MPlayer's Debian package repository public key</a>. Make sure that this + key has the fingerprint 81A6 9856 E6FE 8556 91BC 9AFC 957E 566E 3A92 C61F, + because only then it is authentic, and make the key known to the apt + keyring afterwards: + + +<pre> + sudo apt-key add mplayer-deb.key +</pre> + + + After a <code>sudo apt update</code> you can install packages from our + Debian package repository by simply using <code>sudo apt install</code> + and the package name. + +

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