From 654e52202599bb6172846a7d319cc4f8e3c869ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: diego Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 00:20:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Default codec location is now /usr/local/lib/codecs/, the location is now set with --with-codecsdir, plus some more updates. git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@10157 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2 --- README | 19 ++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 3bda3941e1..0b9fd66788 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -95,21 +95,22 @@ with a subdirectory named 'libavcodec' inside will be created. Copy (symbolic linking does NOT suffice) this subdirectory into the MPlayer source tree. -______________________________ -STEP2: Installing Win32 Codecs -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +_______________________________ +STEP2: Installing Binary Codecs +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MPlayer and libavcodec have builtin support for the most common audio and video formats, but some formats require external codecs. Examples include Real, Indeo -and Sorenson3 (newer Quicktime) formats. Support for Windows Media formats -except WMV9 exists but still has some bugs, your mileage may vary. This step is -not mandatory, but recommended for getting MPlayer to play a broader range of +and QuickTime audio formats. Support for Windows Media formats except WMV9 +exists but still has some bugs, your mileage may vary. This step is not +mandatory, but recommended for getting MPlayer to play a broader range of formats. Please note that most codecs only work on Intel x86 compatible PCs. Unpack the codecs archives and put the contents in a directory where MPlayer -will find them. The default directory is /usr/lib/win32/ but you can change -that to something else by using the '--with-win32libdir=DIR' option when you -run './configure'. +will find them. The default directory is /usr/local/lib/codecs/ (it used to be +/usr/local/lib/win32 in the past, this also works) but you can change that to +something else by using the '--with-codecsdir=DIR' option when you run +'./configure'. __________________________