Re: Installing mplayer
On 9/14/05, Ganeshram Iyer <ganeshramiyer@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/14/05, John Talbut <john@dpets.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > Can anyone give me or point me to precise instructions as to how to do
> > this? I use Aptitude to get packages.
> >
> > Or should I give up with Christian Marillat's package and go with the
> > precise instructions given at www.princessleia.com/MPlayer.html (though
> > I am not on Etch)?
> I did install using Marillat's package and once having done that
> downloaded the codecs from mplayerhq.hu site and unzipped them to the
> appropriate folder as per:
> http://mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/install.html#id2835200
>
> I think that the mplayer packages were compiled and packaged with
> support for the win32 codecs and you just have to place the codecs in
> the right folder to get it to work. If I am mistaken, I apologize.
> ganesh
You can just apt-get install w32codecs
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