From 3cdb50cba53257ae43cb1b3dc126414b716b3b09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: diego Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 17:22:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Strings attached to codecs.conf explained. Based on a patch by Andrew Church . git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@10403 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2 --- DOCS/en/documentation.html | 9 +++++++++ DOCS/en/faq.html | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/DOCS/en/documentation.html b/DOCS/en/documentation.html index 8487c2f2e4..77ff6db79c 100644 --- a/DOCS/en/documentation.html +++ b/DOCS/en/documentation.html @@ -814,6 +814,15 @@ Check if you have codecs.conf in your home directory (~/.mplayer/codecs.conf) left from old MPlayer versions, and remove it.

+

Note that if you have a codecs.conf in ~/.mplayer/, + the builtin and system codecs.conf will be ignored completely. + Do not do this unless you want to fiddle with MPlayer internals as this can + can cause many problems. If you want to change the codecs search order, use + the -vc, -ac, -vfm, or -afm + options either on the command line or in your config file (see the manual + page).

+ +

Debian users can build a .deb package for themselves, it's very simple. Just exec fakeroot debian/rules binary in MPlayer's root directory. See diff --git a/DOCS/en/faq.html b/DOCS/en/faq.html index ae2bfe217b..b1296c6f09 100644 --- a/DOCS/en/faq.html +++ b/DOCS/en/faq.html @@ -464,8 +464,8 @@

Q: I got this playing MPEG files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001!
-
A: You have an old version of codecs.conf at ~/.mplayer/. - Upgrade it from /etc/.
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A: You have an old version of codecs.conf at ~/.mplayer/, + /etc/, /usr/local/etc/ or similar. Remove it.
OR you have the vc= option or something similar in your config file(s).