Mercurial > mplayer.hg
changeset 12648:c12639f67b24
Real codecs and Mac OS X, don't recommend installing Real player.
| author | diego |
|---|---|
| date | Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:53:48 +0000 |
| parents | b910efb11192 |
| children | 7b7eb22f71e7 |
| files | DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml Fri Jun 25 16:52:22 2004 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml Fri Jun 25 16:53:48 2004 +0000 @@ -408,27 +408,28 @@ </para> <para> -It is recommended to download and install <application>RealPlayer8</application> -or <application>RealONE</application>, because <application>MPlayer</application> -can use their libraries to decode files with RealVideo 2.0 - 4.0 video. The -<application>MPlayer</application> <filename>configure</filename> script should -detect the <application>RealPlayer</application> libraries in the standard -locations of a full installation. If it does not, tell <filename>configure</filename> -where to look with the <option>--with-reallibdir</option> option. +Download Real codecs from +<ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/</ulink>. +and extract them to the +<filename class="directory">/usr/local/lib/codecs</filename> directory. +If you want to store them in a different location, pass the +<option>--with-reallibdir</option> option to <command>configure</command>. </para> <para> -As a second chance you can download the codecs from -<ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/">http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/</ulink>. -After downloading the Real codecs package, extract it to the -<filename class="directory">/usr/local/lib/codecs</filename> directory, or you can -specify a unique path with the <option>--with-reallibdir</option> option. +On Mac OS X you must make sure <filename>pncrt.Shlb</filename> (including it's +resource fork!) is in the same directory as the Real codecs. Copy it using, for +example +<screen>ditto -rsrcFork "RealOne Player.app/Contents/MacOS/pncrt.Shlb" "RealOne Player.app/Contents/MacOS/Library/Codecs"</screen> +Not doing so, or forgetting to copy the resource fork, will result in errors +such as: +<screen>GetDiskFragment() failed with error -2804: <<Unknown disk fragment>><<Unknown disk fragment>><pncrt.Shlb><></screen> </para> <note><para> <application>RealPlayer</application> libraries currently <emphasis role="bold">only work with Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD and Cygwin on the x86, -Alpha and PowerPC (Linux/Alpha and Linux/PowerPC have been tested) platforms</emphasis>. +Alpha and PowerPC (Linux/Alpha and Linux/PowerPC have been tested) platforms and with Mac OS X</emphasis>. </para></note> </sect3> @@ -703,8 +704,8 @@ </itemizedlist> <para> -On how to install RealPlayer libraries, see the -<link linkend="realmedia">RealMedia file format</link> section. +Instructions how to install the RealPlayer libraries are in the +<link linkend="realvideo">RealVideo</link> section. </para> </sect3>