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The reason why mplayer crashes (in some cases) when using x11 output and -wid (>0) parameter is this: Mplayer by default creates a colormap using DirectColor visual. If the window given to mplayer uses TrueColor visual there will be an error when mplayer sets the colormap for the window. This patch modifies mplayer to use TrueColor visual if the window given to mplayer uses TrueColor. Another solution is to make sure that the window given to mplayer is created using DirectColor visual if it is supported by the display. Jouni Tulkki <[e-mail]>

How to get win32 quicktime audio/video codec plugins support work?
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1. Get the latest wine source. Some leech urls:
    http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/ALPHA/wine/development/Wine-20021031.tar.gz
    ftp://ftp.infomagic.com/pub/mirrors/linux/sunsite/ALPHA/wine/development/Wine-20021031.tar.gz
    ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/linux/mirrors/sunsite.unc.edu/ALPHA/wine/development/Wine-20021031.tar.gz
    ftp://orcus.progsoc.uts.edu.au/pub/Wine/development/Wine-20021031.tar.gz
   Compile and install it:
    ./configure
    make
    make install
    
2. Get mplayer CVS (RTFM...), and compile this way:
   ./configure --disable-win32 --enable-qtx-codecs
        (the --disable-win32 is VERY important!!!)
   make mplayer.exe.so
   
3. Get the quicktime DLLs & wine config pack:
   [ftp|http]://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/qt-dotwine.tar.bz2
   If you already have ~/.wine, backup it:
       mv ~/.wine ~/.wine.orig
   Extract the tarball in your home dir:
       cd
       tar -xjf qt-dotwine.tar.bz2

4. Launch mplayer with wine:
	wine z:/path/to/mplayer/main/mplayer.exe.so -- file.mov [options]
	
   You can also create a wrapper script to emulate 'old' mplayer behaviour:
   Create a file called 'mplayer' with content:
        wine z:/path/to/mplayer/main/mplayer.exe.so -- $*
   then: chmod +x mplayer

NOTES:
   Note 1: when first time starting wine, it will create a FONT database, it
   may take a while... don't worry, it won't be rebuild next time!
   
   Note 2: wine/quicktime DLLs fork several processes/threads, they
   somehow don't die at exit and keep eating your memory in the background,
   so it's recommended to 'killall wine' after running mplayer this way...
   
   Note 3: yes we all know this is messy hack, and we're working on a
   cleaner solution, using the minimalist loader included in mplayer
   instead of all the bloat coming with libwine.
   
   Note 4: due to --disable-win32, you cannot use vfw/acm/dshow and quicktime
   DLLs at the same time.