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Binary codecs finally work as they should on Windows.
author diego
date Sun, 17 Aug 2003 20:48:38 +0000
parents 857a34ff479d
children efb6dcac967d
files DOCS/en/documentation.html DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml
diffstat 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/DOCS/en/documentation.html	Sun Aug 17 20:42:06 2003 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/en/documentation.html	Sun Aug 17 20:48:38 2003 +0000
@@ -1838,12 +1838,13 @@
   <A HREF="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/dx7headers.tgz">DirectX 7 header files</A>
   to compile the DirectX video output driver.</P>
 
-<P>QuickTime DLLs and Real Win32 codecs (not Real Linux codecs) also work.
-  Compile with <CODE>--enable-qtx</CODE> and <CODE>--enable-real</CODE> and
-  put the codecs into the default Windows DLL location,
-  <CODE>C:\WINNT\system32</CODE> or <CODE>C:\Windows\system</CODE> depending
-  on your Windows version. We have had some reports that Real DLLs need to be
-  writable by the user running MPlayer, but only on some systems.</P>
+<P>Win32 codecs, QuickTime DLLs and Real Win32 codecs (not Real Linux codecs)
+  also work. Put the codecs somewhere in your path or pass
+  <CODE>--with-codecsdir=c:/path/to/your/codecs</CODE> (alternatively
+  <CODE>--with-codecsdir=/path/to/your/codecs</CODE> only on Cygwin) to
+  <CODE>configure</CODE>. We have had some reports that Real DLLs need to
+  be writable by the user running MPlayer, but only on some systems. Try
+  making them writable if you have problems.</P>
 
 <P>The Cygwin/MinGW console is rather slow. Redirecting output or using the
   <CODE>-quiet</CODE> option has been reported to improve performance on some
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml	Sun Aug 17 20:42:06 2003 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml	Sun Aug 17 20:48:38 2003 +0000
@@ -278,14 +278,13 @@
   <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/dx7headers.tgz">DirectX 7 header files</ulink>
   to compile the DirectX video output driver.</para>
 
-<para>QuickTime DLLx and Real Win32 codecs (not Real Linux codecs) also work.
-  Compile with <option>--enable-qtx</option>
-  and <option>--enable-real</option> and put the codecs into the
-  default Windows DLL location,
-  <filename class="directory">C:\WINNT\system32</filename> or
-  <filename class="directory">C:\Windows\system</filename> depending on your
-  Windows version. We have had some reports that Real DLLs need to be
-  writable by the user running MPlayer, but only on some systems.</para>
+<para>Win32 codecs, QuickTime DLLs and Real Win32 codecs (not Real Linux codecs)
+  also work. Put the codecs somewhere in your path or pass
+  <option>--with-codecsdir=c:/path/to/your/codecs</option> (alternatively
+  <option>--with-codecsdir=/path/to/your/codecs</option> only on Cygwin) to
+  <filename>configure</filename>. We have had some reports that Real DLLs need
+  to be writable by the user running MPlayer, but only on some systems. Try
+  making them writable if you have problems.</para>
 
 <para>The Cygwin/MinGW console is rather slow. Redirecting output or using
   the <option>-quiet</option> option has been reported to improve performance