# HG changeset patch
# User diego
# Date 1116071910 0
# Node ID 9df34c9d1747d1525fcb7831fb5f542617bed06e
# Parent ef08f018389c5fd935eadca69ffc4c94de558ef5
Explain how to drop movies on desktop shortcuts, other updates.
diff -r ef08f018389c -r 9df34c9d1747 DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml Sat May 14 11:15:17 2005 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml Sat May 14 11:58:30 2005 +0000
@@ -411,11 +411,24 @@
Yes, MPlayer runs on Windows under
Cygwin and
MinGW.
- It does not have a GUI yet, but the command line version is almost completely
- functional. Patches are always welcome.
- You should check out the
+ It does not have an official GUI yet, but the command line version
+ is completely functional. You should check out the
MPlayer-cygwin
- mailing list for help and latest information.
+ mailing list for help and latest information.
+ Official Windows binaries can be found on the
+ download page.
+ Installer packages and simple GUI frontends are available from external
+ sources, we have collected then in the Windows section of our
+ projects page.
+
+
+If you wish to avoid using the command line, a simple trick is
+ to put a shortcut on your desktop that contains something like the
+ following in the execute section:
+ c:\path\to\mplayer.exe %1
+ This will make MPlayer play any movie that is
+ dropped on the shortcut. Add for fullscreen mode.
+Best results are achieved with the native DirectX video output driver
() and the native Windows waveout audio driver
@@ -497,11 +510,6 @@
. If some of these options help you, you
may want to put them in your config file.
-Sascha Sommer releases official Windows binaries from time to time,
- Joey Parrish makes unofficial Windows packages complete with installer.
- Look for these in the Windows section of
- our projects page.
-
Cygwin