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-vcodec option (maybe some other name would be better though) to select between driver types without editing codecs.conf. mplayer will default to normal codec search loop if it does not find codec for the specified driver type. config range checking for the parameter (an integer) should be cleaned, IMHO

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     * HOW TO COMPILE MOVIE PLAYER COMPONENTS * (C) 2001. A'rpi/ESP-team *
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1. The Codecs: (w32codecs.zip)
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  download and unzip w32codecs.zip to /usr/lib/win32

Note: the avifile project has similar codecs package, but it differs
from our, so if you want to use all supported codecs, then use
our package!

2. Drivers: (mga_vid.o)
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  cd drivers
  make
  mknod /dev/mga_vid c 178 0
  chmod go+rw /dev/mga_vid

3. The Player: (mplayer)
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  ./configure
[* read messages printed by ./configure, it may be very usefull! *]
[* check config.h and config.mak files! *]
  make
[* check for errors! of none, you should have the ./mplayer binary *]
  make install

4. Matrox G400 DH TV-out tools:
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  cd TVout
  ./compile.sh

5. Fonts:
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  Download mp_font3.zip (and optional language updates) and
  unpack to ~/.mplayer/font/ :

  cd ~/.mplayer
  mkdir font
  cd font
  unzip mp_font3.zip
  unzip mp_font3_hu.zip