Do I have to recompile Mplayer to add more codecs?

purpleburple · 03-13-2003, 07:29 PM

Hello. First, Mplayer is awesome! I installed thw w32codecs to /usr/lib/win32
BEFORE I compiled Mplayer. I want to be able to play some more video types such as Divx or RM files. Question is> Do I have to reconfigure and recompile and reinstall Mplayer to add support for these codecs or just install them and maybe config mplayer to point to their installed locations?

So I mean ... after I install these codecs to their proper places do i have to recompile or run ./configure again?

thanks

trickykid · 03-13-2003, 09:45 PM

Yes, its usually best to recompile mplayer so it detects the new codecs you've installed.

purpleburple · 03-14-2003, 05:57 AM

thanks