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kkempter, hope you don't mind me posting on your thread as this is what I want to be able to do also.
I've downloaded the codecs and put them in /usr/lib/win32. Do I need to tell Xine where to find them? Also, I get an error in Xine saying, "error loading library: cook.so.6.0". There is a file in /usr/lib/win32 with a similar name, but it's just cook.so. What do I need to do to get this working?
Edit: Ok, I tried making a link using "ln -s cook.so cook.so.6.0". The link is also in /usr/lib/win32. I was also getting an error about a missing drv4.so.6.0, so I tried to make a link to drvc,so.
I got the "essential" codecs from MPlayer's site. Also, I don't have a folder called /usr/lib/codecs. Hmm, I'll try getting MPlayer instead perhaps, or just getting the other codecs.
Originally posted by Nylex I did put them in /usr/lib/win32 (see post #5), but it still doesn't work.
Not sure about Xine but to install the codecs properly for Mplayer you need to extract them to /usr/lib/win32 before installing or re-compile mplayer... This way it can generate the needed /etc/mplayer/codecs.conf file so it knows the codecs are available...
try:
mplayer -vc help
for a list of already available codecs and there working state...
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