On debian, you can add the following to your /etc/apt/sources.list to easily add mplayer:
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sarge main Once you've done this, run 'apt-get update', then 'apt-cache search mplayer' (both without the quotes). To find out about a particular package, do 'apt-cache show <pkgname>'. Once you know what package you want, 'apt-get install <pkgname>'. For example, 'apt-get install mplayer-586'. The above source also has packages for other debian releases. Have a look at ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/dists/ for info. Max gerph Wrote: > Hiya, > > This might not be the right please, but the AlienBBC website suggested > posting updated instructions to this forum. The instructions for > installing AlienBBC include a large point 4 'Ensure that mplayer is > installed...'. Not knowing anything about MPlayer this was daunting. > However, I made a note of what I did so that I could repeat it in the > future, and I explained the process to a friend over the phone, so I > know the process works - at least for Debian linux. If this is useful > to someone then that's great - if not then I've not lost anything. > > Getting MPlayer working under linux: > > You require... > > * MPlayer from http://www.mplayerhq.hu/ > Source code is required > All codecs package is required. > > * live555 support from http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/ > > * Extract all codecs package to a directory. > * Rename the directory to /usr/local/lib/codecs/ > * Make sure all the files are readable by the world. > > * Extract the live555 source using 'tar zxvf'. > * Change to the 'live' directory. > * Run './genMakefiles linux' > * Run 'make'. > * Move the 'live' directory to /usr/lib/live > > * Extract the MPlayer source. > * Run './configure --enable-live --with-livelibdir=/usr/lib/live/ > --with-codecsdir=/usr/local/lib/codecs' > * Check that the Enabled optional drivers 'Input' section has > 'live.com' > listed. > * Check that the Enabled optional drivers 'Codecs' section has 'real' > listed. > * Run 'make' > This will take a long time. > * Run 'make install' > > * To test that the player works, run the following : > mplayer > rtsp://rmlivev8.bbc.net.uk/farm/*/ev7/live24/radio1/live/r1_dsat_g2.ra > * You should see it connect and then start to decode; once it prints > out > 'Starting playback', you know all's well. -- max.spicer The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws but Max stepped into his private boat and waved good-bye _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
