# HG changeset patch # User diego # Date 1053649233 0 # Node ID eafe9a58789694b900f60f2c2ab7b7e9f40e3e7b # Parent 6d8b61cc70033f3bbf466df8bb6a41e38f772020 Default codec location is now /usr/local/lib/codecs/, the location is now set with --with-codecsdir, plus some more updates. diff -r 6d8b61cc7003 -r eafe9a587896 README --- a/README Thu May 22 23:52:37 2003 +0000 +++ b/README Fri May 23 00:20:33 2003 +0000 @@ -95,21 +95,22 @@ linking does NOT suffice) this subdirectory into the MPlayer source tree. -______________________________ -STEP2: Installing Win32 Codecs -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +_______________________________ +STEP2: Installing Binary Codecs +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MPlayer and libavcodec have builtin support for the most common audio and video formats, but some formats require external codecs. Examples include Real, Indeo -and Sorenson3 (newer Quicktime) formats. Support for Windows Media formats -except WMV9 exists but still has some bugs, your mileage may vary. This step is -not mandatory, but recommended for getting MPlayer to play a broader range of +and QuickTime audio formats. Support for Windows Media formats except WMV9 +exists but still has some bugs, your mileage may vary. This step is not +mandatory, but recommended for getting MPlayer to play a broader range of formats. Please note that most codecs only work on Intel x86 compatible PCs. Unpack the codecs archives and put the contents in a directory where MPlayer -will find them. The default directory is /usr/lib/win32/ but you can change -that to something else by using the '--with-win32libdir=DIR' option when you -run './configure'. +will find them. The default directory is /usr/local/lib/codecs/ (it used to be +/usr/local/lib/win32 in the past, this also works) but you can change that to +something else by using the '--with-codecsdir=DIR' option when you run +'./configure'. __________________________