mplayer error

[Ric Moore]

On Mon, 2007-02-19 at 23:37 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> When trying to use mplayer I get:
> mplayer: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libavcodec.so.51: undefined
> symbol: faacDecOpen
> 
> >From some googling I've found that other users (on various linux
> forums) have the same problem. Two users fixed their problems but
> didn't bother to post their solutions. Removing and reinstalling
> mplayer (via yum) did not fix it. Like mentioned on one of the forums,
> mplay had worked in the past but after updating no longer works. Has
> anybody on this list encountered and fixed this problem?

Install the ffmpeg rpms from freshrpms. I posted my solutions and a rant
as well! <grins> I removed libavcodecs' rpm first. ffmpeg supplied its'
own and it works. 4now. Ric

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