newbie: howto install mplayer codecs

[Oldman]

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