[opensuse] making mplayer work

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From: Larry Stotler <larrystotler@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Apr 3, 2007 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: [opensuse] making mplayer work
To: dwain <dwain.alford@xxxxxxxxx>


On 4/3/07, dwain <dwain.alford@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
How do I get the program to read the dvd? what audio and video codecs
should I use?

MPlayer works best when compiled from source. Go here:

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html

And pull the latest svn and download the codecs package. Put the
codecs in /usr/local/lib/codecs/

If you want a GUI, you will need to download the skins and a font and
put the skin in /usr/local/share/mplayer/skins/default and the font in
/usr/local/share/mplayer/font

You can just run ../configure or for a gui ../configure --enable-gui

If you want to use Mencoder and other codecs, download the sources and
compile them as well.

I usually install XviD, x264, and mp3lame from source. Also, make
sure you install nasm from source first as well. You have to install
all the codecs before you compile mplayer.

For mp3lame, there's an extra step. MPlayer looks for it in /lib, but
it gets installed in /usr/local/lib, so you need to do this:

ln -s /usr/local/lib/libmp3lame.so.0.0.0 /lib/libmp3lame.so.0

SVN is almost always stable. Further, the devs won't accept bugs from
prebuilt packages, so if you have a problem, install from source. I
also usually install the alsa devel package as well as directfb and a
couple of other video output devels as well.

As for reading dvds, MPlayer has libdvdcss incorporated in it, so you
don't have to install that seperately. Of course, there is the DMCA
in the US that makes it illegal for me to watch a DVD I legally
purchased on my linux box because I have to use libdvdcss. I have
never owned a stand alone dvd player and won't waste my $$ on one
either.

Good luck.
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