newbie: howto install mplayer codecs

[Ariel Frozza]

Hi Finley,

Do you know if it's possible to use win codecs for mplayer on x86_64 FC5?
How could i do in order to play wmv in x86_64?

Regards.
Ariel

On 4/7/06, Stanton Finley <stanfinley at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 18:26 +0200, Ingemar Nilsson wrote:
> > Stanton Finley <stanfinley at comcast.net> writes:
> >
> > > You could follow the directions in the Xine section of
> > > http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html It
> also
> > > covers mplayer codec installation.
> >
> > May I ask why you suggest that I copy the codecs from
> > /usr/local/lib/codecs to /usr/lib/win32, rather than making
> /usr/lib/win32
> > a symbolic link to /usr/local/lib/codecs?
> >
> > Regards
> > Ingemar
> >
>
> Because in the past others have reported problems with either Xine and /
> or Mplayer having trouble accessing the codecs via a symbolic link
> rather than directly. It seems to be more reliable this way.
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