Re: [newbie] Mplayer message query

2002-06-12 Thread Tim Holmes
You didn't actually need to upgrade gcc. If you check the configure options, you'll find the option to --disable-gcc-checking. Mandrake was very nice to patch their built version of gcc for us. They've been doing this since 8.0. The configure script doesn't check for problems with it, it just c

Re: [newbie] Mplayer message query

2002-06-10 Thread Damian G
> OK I'm about to make my first attemp, a couple of questions though, > I've got around to unpacking the tar ball and found the Readme which > is for once quite comprehensible , and in there it mentions , > > Step1 : Install FFmpeg libavcodec, I take it libavcodec is already > there inside MPl

Re: [newbie] Mplayer message query

2002-06-10 Thread Ralph Slooten
On Mon, 10 Jun 2002, John Richard Smith wrote: > On Saturday 08 June 2002 13:16, you wrote: > > > As great it is that people try make RPM's of Mplayer for public > > use, but I still have to see 1 really successful build that works > > on all systems. In my opinion there is none.. Mplayer builds

Re: [newbie] Mplayer message query

2002-06-10 Thread John Richard Smith
On Saturday 08 June 2002 13:16, you wrote: > As great it is that people try make RPM's of Mplayer for public > use, but I still have to see 1 really successful build that works > on all systems. In my opinion there is none.. Mplayer builds to > YOUR system.. depending on what software / hardware

Re: [newbie] Mplayer message query

2002-06-09 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
> OK so there are no good rpm versions, so I have to compile from tar > balls. Have you tried PLF's packages? http://plf.zarb.org/rpm/ They work fine for me. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "Using the Altair 8800, Bill Gates and Paul Allen develop the first programming language" -- The Microsoft Tim

Re: [newbie] Mplayer message query

2002-06-09 Thread Damian G
On Sun, 9 Jun 2002 22:30:41 -0400 "Barry Michels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the quick instructions! Worked first try (although I had to > upgrade gcc from 2.96 to 3.0.4). > no problem. glad it worked. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://ww

Re: [newbie] Mplayer message query

2002-06-09 Thread Barry Michels
Thanks for the quick instructions! Worked first try (although I had to upgrade gcc from 2.96 to 3.0.4). - Original Message - From: "Damian G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 6:20 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mplayer message

Re: [newbie] Mplayer message query

2002-06-09 Thread Damian G
> OK so there are no good rpm versions, so I have to compile from tar > balls. > I've just spent 2 hours reading all the bumf on Mplayer website, and > I must say there is so much of it it is hard to take it all in in one > hit. > > It seems to me leaving aside esotyeric things like skins, th

Re: [newbie] Mplayer message query

2002-06-09 Thread John Richard Smith
On Saturday 08 June 2002 13:16, you wrote: > As great it is that people try make RPM's of Mplayer for public > use, but I still have to see 1 really successful build that works > on all systems. In my opinion there is none.. Mplayer builds to > YOUR system.. depending on what software / hardware

Re: [newbie] Mplayer message query

2002-06-08 Thread Ralph Slooten
Hi there, Libcss isn't needed any more. Mplayer has it's own built in decoder now. It probably wasn't compiled in with the RPM (legal reasons?). As I have said in previous mails about Mplayer... you will save yourself a lot of time just to compile it yourself. DeCss isn't linked, but built in