mplayer 1.0pre1 codec installation question

taoweijia · 09-26-2003, 12:25 PM

hi
i downloaded the latest mplayer source and the all-in-one code sources. but i don't know where to put these codec sources then compile.
some people say just put them in usr/local/lib some say in usr/local/lib/codec
thanks

linksocc · 09-26-2003, 12:32 PM

just unter them anywhere you like and do a ./configure make the su to root after that make isntall and it should install them in the corrcett place

shanenin · 09-26-2003, 01:47 PM

I am in trying to get mplayer .91 working properly. In the README file it told me where to put them. mplayer 1.0n might be in a different spot.

taoweijia · 09-27-2003, 08:43 AM

i tried to install codec only, ./configure doesn't work on the codec source.
do i just need to put the source file in some directory?

shanenin · 09-27-2003, 10:35 AM

you don't need to compile the codecs. you just need to untar the pacage and place the individual bianarys in the right directory. I can maybe save you a little trouble, I made the mistake of placing the who folder(extralite) in the codec directory. You need to place the bianarys inside the folder seperately in the codec directory. after you do that you can run ./configure,

acid_kewpie · 09-27-2003, 10:46 AM

if this is just for playing mpeg and divx, then you don't need any extra codecs at all. mplayer comes with the FFmpeg libraries built in which will play all these types of files.

taoweijia · 09-27-2003, 02:04 PM

well, i want to have realplayer and wmv support. the mplayer site has source for download but i dont know what to do with it.
thanks

shanenin · 09-27-2003, 11:00 PM

mplayer was my first install from source, it went real easy. Just untar the file and follow the directions in the README file.