newbie: howto install mplayer codecs

[Nat Gross]

On 3/29/06, Oldman <talbotscott at cox.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 19:58 -0500, Nat Gross wrote:
> > Hi;
> > I have read and reread.... all kinds of info on mplayer codecs.
> > Simple question(s).
> > 1) WHERE do I install the codec(s)? Is it just a matter of a file copy?
> > 2) WHICH codec do I need for wmv, avi, and mpeg files? (The mplayer
> > site lists all kinds of details on so many codecs!  But no info for a
> > newbie.)
> > 3) Do I *need* to involve Firefox in the mix?
> >
> > This, on FC5 32-bit, 2ghz machine.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > -nat
> >
>         Nat:
> download either the all-codecs or the required-codecs packages from
> mplayer-hq.  Make the directory /usr/local/lib/win32 and using either
> the tar command or the archive tool extract the files to that directory.
>
> That should be all you need.
Scott, maybe that's all I need. But Jim's 'play by play' including
details on chmod is a winner! It's the little things that trap Linux
newbies.
Thanks.
nat