Mercurial > mplayer.hg
changeset 10403:23c9ebca2e24
Strings attached to codecs.conf explained.
Based on a patch by Andrew Church <achurch@achurch.org>.
| author | diego |
|---|---|
| date | Wed, 09 Jul 2003 17:35:34 +0000 |
| parents | 703d1b700b71 |
| children | fdcb22f51ec3 |
| files | DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml DOCS/xml/en/install.xml |
| diffstat | 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml Wed Jul 09 17:22:17 2003 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml Wed Jul 09 17:35:34 2003 +0000 @@ -664,8 +664,9 @@ </para></question> <answer><para> You have an old version of <filename>codecs.conf</filename> at -<filename class="directory">~/.mplayer/</filename>. Upgrade it from -<filename class="directory">/etc/</filename>. +<filename class="directory">~/.mplayer/</filename>, +<filename class="directory">/etc/</filename>, +<filename class="directory">/usr/local/etc/</filename> or similar. Remove it. <emphasis role="bold">OR</emphasis> you have the <option>vc=</option> option or something similar in your config file(s). </para></answer>
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml Wed Jul 09 17:22:17 2003 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml Wed Jul 09 17:35:34 2003 +0000 @@ -449,6 +449,18 @@ </para> <para> +Note that if you have a <filename>codecs.conf</filename> in +<filename>~/.mplayer/</filename>, the builtin and system +<filename>codecs.conf</filename> will be ignored completely. +Do not do this unless you want to fiddle with MPlayer internals as this can +can cause many problems. If you want to change the codecs search order, use +the <option>-vc</option>, <option>-ac</option>, <option>-vfm</option>, +or <option>-afm</option> options either on the command line or in your +config file (see the manual page). +</para> + + +<para> Debian users can build a .deb package for themselves, it's very simple. Just exec <screen>fakeroot debian/rules binary</screen>