Re: how can you play wmv files?

[Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net>]

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:30:34 -0500
tom <giftbound@verizon.net> wrote:

> Ok I found the codecs but where do you put them at? and I guess you
> got  to tell mplayer where they are..
> 


I've compiled mplayer from source (as opposed to installing the .deb
file), so maybe it's different, but anyway here's the procedure for a
source install:

1) Put the codecs here:
   /usr/local/lib/codecs

2) Then compile the mplayer source.

It has to be done in this order.

cheers,
Robert