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Hopefully the end of the RealPlayer codecs saga.. Explained where to put things and which configure options to use in case something goes wrong.
author diego
date Sat, 29 Jun 2002 16:27:48 +0000
parents 38b10ce1d871
children 7a41ce77089f
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--- a/DOCS/formats.html	Sat Jun 29 15:01:23 2002 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/formats.html	Sat Jun 29 16:27:48 2002 +0000
@@ -175,17 +175,18 @@
 
 <P>It's recommended to download and install RealPlayer8 or RealONE, because
   <B>MPlayer</B> can use their libraries to decode files with RealVideo 2.0 or
-  RealVideo 3.0 video! All you have to do is:</P>
+  RealVideo 3.0 video!</P>
 
-<P>
-  &nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>ln -s /usr/local/RealPlayer8/Codecs $PREFIX/lib/real</CODE>
-</P>
+<P>The <B>MPlayer</B> configure script should detect the RealPlayer libraries
+  in all standard locations. If it does not, tell configure where to look with
+  the <CODE>--with-reallibdir</CODE> switch.</P>
 
-<P>NOTE: RealPlayer's installation path may differ from the above, please check
-  it.</P>
+<P>It is also possible to just take the RealPlayer libraries from somewhere and
+  put them in a suitable directory like <CODE>/usr/lib/real</CODE> or
+  <CODE>$LIBDIR/real</CODE>.</P>
 
-<P>NOTE: RealPlayer libraries currently <B>can only be used with Linux or FreeBSD
-  on the x86 platform</B>!</P>
+<P>NOTE: RealPlayer libraries currently <B>only work with Linux, FreeBSD,
+  NetBSD and Cygwin on the x86 platform</B>!</P>
 
 
 <P><B><A NAME=2.1.1.8>2.1.1.8. NuppelVideo files</A></B></P>