One more mplayer qyestion

[oldman]

Kam Leo wrote:

> On 10/5/05, *akonstam at trinity.edu <mailto:akonstam at trinity.edu>* 
> <akonstam at trinity.edu <mailto:akonstam at trinity.edu>> wrote:
>
>     On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 08:15:07AM -0700, oldman wrote:
>     > akonstam at trinity.edu <mailto:akonstam at trinity.edu> wrote:
>     >
>     > >On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 09:34:55AM -0700, oldman wrote:
>     > >
>     > >
>     > >>>This is not a codec problem, You need to have the mplayerplug-in
>     > >>>installed. Probably from dag or livna repositories.
>     > >>>
>     > >>>Here is what I have installed, mplayerplug-in-2.80-13.1.fc3.rf
>     > >>>
>     > >>>Regards,
>     > >>>
>     > >>>John
>     > >>>
>     > >>>
>     > >>>
>     > >>mplayerplug-in-3.05-1.fc4 is available and is much better, at
>     least for
>     > >>FC4
>     > >>also I had a lot of trouble with codecs until I discovered
>     that mplayer
>     > >>looked for them in /usr/local/lib/win32 (note the local subdir)
>     > >>
>     > >>Good luck!
>     > >>
>     > >>Scott
>     > >>
>     > >>
>     > >That is not where the w32codec rpm puts them.
>     > >
>     > >
>     >    That is the point.  You need to have the codecs where mplayer
>     looks
>     > for them, not where someone else puts them.
>     >
>     > Scott
>     I need to apologize. I made a soft link from /usr/local/lib/win32 to
>     /usr/lib/win32 and the CNN video now works. Strangely but it works.
>     Thanks for the tip.
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>
> Take the time to read the README bundled in the all-20050412 package.  
> It's all documented in there.
>  
>
>
    Thanks for the tip! I suspect a number of life's trials could be 
avoided if I just read the directions!
    Scott