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From: Daniel Iliev <danny@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] vlc win32codecs on amd64
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 02:15:43
Message-Id: 45C3EEEB.5060409@ilievnet.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] vlc win32codecs on amd64 by Steve Dibb
1 Steve Dibb wrote:
2 > kashani wrote:
3 >> James wrote:
4 >>> Hello one and all,
5 >>>
6 >>> What's the trick to getting win32codecs to install and work with
7 >>> vlc on amd64?
8 >>>
9 >>> Any wikis?
10 >>>
11 >>> I cannot seem to get VLC to compile in win32codecs on an amd64...
12 >>> Yes I realize that 'win32' and amd64 are different arches, but,
13 >>> surely there is a solution for this? Maybe not just with
14 >>> vlc but every app that can work with win32codes on amd64?
15 >>
16 >> My understanding is that win32codec is generally not 64bit safe, but
17 >> they'd be fine on amd64 if you're running your OS as 32bit.
18 >
19 > Close. You can't use win32codecs on amd64 at all, unless you are
20 > using a 32 bit binary program with them. Simple as that. So VLC
21 > cannot use 32 bit binary codecs, unless someone made a vlc 32-bit
22 > binary and put it in the tree.
23 >
24 > Steve
25
26
27 Additionally: mplayer-bin is in amd64's portage and mplayer-bin can use
28 win32codecs
29
30 --
31 Best regards,
32 Daniel
33
34
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Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] vlc win32codecs on amd64 Steve Dibb <beandog@g.o>
[gentoo-user] Re: vlc win32codecs on amd64 James <wireless@×××××××××××.com>