newbie: howto install mplayer codecs

[Stanton Finley]

On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 21:23 -0300, Ariel Frozza wrote:
> 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. 
>         --
>         Stanton Finley
>         http://stanton-finley.net/
>         
>         --
>         fedora-list mailing list
>         fedora-list at redhat.com
>         To unsubscribe:
>         https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
> 
> -- 
> fedora-list mailing list
> fedora-list at redhat.com
> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

Yes it is possible but you have to also run 32 bit version of Mplayer.
(The codecs are 32 bit.) 32 bit Mplayer runs just fine on x86_64. Just
use the instructions at
http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html.
-- 
Stanton Finley
http://stanton-finley.net/