Re: [gentoo-user] mplayer codecs

[Holly Bostick]

Bruno Gola schreef:
> Holly Bostick wrote:
>
>
>>Bruno Gola schreef:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hello guys,
>>>
>>>I was trying to play some *.wmv files in mplayer, but it seems i dont
>>>have the proper video codec (it complains about the video only), so,
>>>where should i put the codecs files ? Because i've already downloaded
>>>the codecs that i need... but i dont know where to put... can anyone
>>>help me?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Bruno Gola
>>>
>>>
>>
>>It might be easier if you just let Portage manage it:
>>
>>eix win32codecs
>>* media-libs/win32codecs
>>    Available versions:  20050216 *~20050412
>>    Installed:           20050216
>>    Homepage:            http://www.mplayerhq.hu/
>>    Description:         Win32 binary codecs for video and audio
>>playback support
>>
>>and then made sure mplayer knew about it:
>>
>>emerge -pv mplayer
>>These are the packages that I would merge, in order:
>>
>>Calculating dependencies ...done!
>>[ebuild   R   ] media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre7  -3dfx +3dnow +3dnowext +X
>>+aac +aalib +alsa (-altivec) -arts -bidi -bl +cdparanoia -cpudetection
>>-custom-cflags -debug +dga +directfb +divx4linux -doc +dts +dv +dvb +dvd
>>+dvdread +edl +encode +esd +fbcon +ggi +gif +gtk -i8x0 -ipv6 -jack
>>-joystick +jpeg +libcaca -lirc -live -lzo +mad +matroska -matrox +mmx
>>+mmxext -mythtv +nas +nls -nvidia +opengl +oss +png +real +rtc +samba
>>+sdl +sse +sse2 +svga +tga +theora +truetype +v4l +v4l2 +vorbis
>>
>>+win32codecs
>>
>>+xanim -xinerama +xmms +xv +xvid +xvmc 0 kB
>>
>>Of course, if you emerge mplayer +win32codecs, then you don't have to
>>emerge the win32codecs package separately (unless you want it in your
>>world file), as it will then be pulled in as a dependency.
>>
>>Holly
>>
>>Holly
>>
>>
>
> thanks for helping me, but ive already done this, i tried to merge this
> codecs package but, it stills not working... and when i try emerge -pv
> mplayer it stops at :
>
> [ebuild   R   ] media-video/mplayer-1.0_pre7  -3dfx +3dnow +3dnowext +X
> +aac +aalib +alsa (-altivec) -arts -bidi -bl +cdparanoia -cpudetection
> -custom-cflags -debug +dga +directfb +divx4linux -doc +dts +dv +dvb +dvd
> +dvdread +edl +encode +esd +fbcon +ggi +gif +gtk -i8x0 -ipv6 -jack
> -joystick +jpeg +libcaca -lirc -live -lzo +mad +matroska -matrox +mmx
> +mmxext -mythtv +nas +nls -nvidia +opengl +oss +png +real +rtc +samba
> +sdl +sse +sse2 +svga +tga +theora +truetype +v4l +v4l2 +vorbis
>
> I cant see the:
>
> +win32codecs
>
> +xanim -xinerama +xmms +xv +xvid +xvmc 0 kB
>
>
> And, when i try to: emerge mplayer +win32codecs it complains:
>
> br ~ # emerge mplayer +win32codecs
> Calculating dependencies -
> emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "+win32codecs".
>
> Do you have anyidea ?
>
> thaks again,
>
> Bruno Gola
>
>

The correct way would be to

# echo 'media-video/mplayer win32codecs' >>/etc/portage/package.use

(this will enable the USE flag for all compiles of mplayer, now and in
the future)

The much less correct way would be to

# USE="win32codecs" emerge mplayer

(this will compile mplayer with the USE flag set just for this compile,
but if you upgrade, Portage will not remember the setting, and will
upgrade without the flag)

You can also simply

# emerge win32codecs

which will install the codecs, but it will also put the package in your
world file, which you may not want, and will also not tell mplayer about
it (because mplayer was compiled without support for the codecs)-- you
would still need to re-emerge mplayer with the win32codecs USE flag enabled.

What version of mplayer are you emerging? Perhaps the last stable
(1.0_pre6-r4) doesn't support that USE flag, and you have to unmask an
unstable version?

Hope this helps
Holly
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