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   RedHat distributions) and BUGGY gcc release. gcc 2.96 is TOTALLY
   unsupported by MPlayer, because it simply SKIPS MMX codes, it just does not
   compile it. Important: this is NOT an MPlayer-specific problem, numerous
   other projects (DRI, avifile, etc..) have problems with this shit too.
   ** DO NOT USE gcc 2.96 !!! **

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   RedHat distributions) and BUGGY gcc release. gcc 2.96 is TOTALLY
   unsupported by MPlayer, because it simply SKIPS MMX codes, it just does not
   compile it. Important: this is NOT an MPlayer-specific problem, numerous
   other projects (DRI, avifile, etc..) have problems with this shit too.
   ** DO NOT USE gcc 2.96 !!! **

Q: Is there a hint on how to watch QuickTime and RealMedia movies in mplayer?
A: There's no way to do it. Therefore these formats deserve to die in flames.
   Theoretically you can reverse engineer Real codecs built for Linux (they
   are available as .so files), but in practice that's really difficult, even
   if you know how the compiler used by Real is making assembler code.
   As for QuickTime, it's possible to play some old movies and this
   capability will be added to mplayer soon, but newer clips are all Sorenson
   encoded, and that codec is built-in deep in the QT executable, there's
   no way to use it.