comparison DOCS/tech/binary-packaging.txt @ 16949:d771b3d98d9d

SDL no longer needed by default libavcodec MUST be linked in statically

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* audio/video output
  - fbdev
  - JPEG/PNG/TGA
  - (X)MGA
  - OSS 
  - SDL
  - tdfxfb
  - (c/x)vidix
  - X11/Xvideo

* codecs
  - FAAD
  - libavcodec(internal)
  - native codecs (libmpeg2/liba52/mp3lib)
  - Ogg Vorbis support
  - RealPlayer codecs support
  - Win32/VfW/DShow/QT codecs support
  - XAnim codecs support

* general:

lists. Binary packages MUST include both the man page and HTML
documentation. Translated versions SHOULD be included, even if your
package management system does not provide specific support for
internationalization.

Libavcodec MUST always be in the latest development version and it SHOULD
be linked statically into the mplayer binary, because MPlayer requires a
recent libavcodec snapshot. While some distributions provide FFmpeg
packages containing a shared libavcodec library, they are often based on the
last "release" version of FFmpeg, which is quite old and will usually not
function correctly with MPlayer.

/usr/share/man/man1/            man page
/usr/share/man/XX/man1/         translated man page
/usr/share/mplayer/font/        fonts
/usr/share/mplayer/Skin/        GUI skins

You MUST never include the codecs.conf file in your package. It is useful
only for development purposes and often causes obscure problems for users.


One package or many packages?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

                 config files, man pages and documentation;
                 required by mplayer-gui
mplayer-codecs-* contain binary codecs available from MPlayer's site
mplayer-font-*   contain various bitmap fonts for OSD (obsolete)
mplayer-gui      contains MPlayer binary with GUI (gmplayer);
                 requires default skin package
mplayer-skin-*   contain various MPlayer GUI skins
mplayer-vidix    contains VIDIX support library for MPlayer
mplayer-vidix-*  contain VIDIX drivers for specific cards, one per package

There is no strict policy for now, just use your common sense.

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* audio/video output
  - fbdev
  - JPEG/PNG/TGA
  - (X)MGA
  - OSS 
  - tdfxfb
  - (c/x)vidix
  - X11/Xvideo

* codecs
  - FAAD
  - libavcodec(internal)
  - native codecs (libmpeg2/liba52/mp3lib)
  - Vorbis Tremor codec(internal)
  - RealPlayer codecs support
  - Win32/VfW/DShow/QT codecs support
  - XAnim codecs support

* general:

lists. Binary packages MUST include both the man page and HTML
documentation. Translated versions SHOULD be included, even if your
package management system does not provide specific support for
internationalization.

Libavcodec MUST always be in the latest development version and it MUST
be linked statically into the mplayer binary, because MPlayer requires a
recent libavcodec snapshot. While some distributions provide FFmpeg
packages containing a shared libavcodec library, they are often based on the
last "release" version of FFmpeg, which is quite old and will usually not
function correctly with MPlayer.

/usr/share/man/man1/            man page
/usr/share/man/XX/man1/         translated man page
/usr/share/mplayer/font/        fonts
/usr/share/mplayer/Skin/        GUI skins

You MUSTN'T include the codecs.conf file in your package. It is useful
only for development purposes and often causes obscure problems for users.


One package or many packages?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

                 config files, man pages and documentation;
                 required by mplayer-gui
mplayer-codecs-* contain binary codecs available from MPlayer's site
mplayer-font-*   contain various bitmap fonts for OSD (obsolete)
mplayer-gui      contains MPlayer binary with GUI (gmplayer);
                 contans default skin (Blue)
mplayer-skin-*   contain various MPlayer GUI skins
mplayer-vidix    contains VIDIX support library for MPlayer
mplayer-vidix-*  contain VIDIX drivers for specific cards, one per package

There is no strict policy for now, just use your common sense.