mplayer - Movie player HOWTO

ChangeLog


2013/07/21	- MPlayer 1.0rc2 -> 1.1.1
2008/04/10	- Removed gawk link (now at the top)
		- Updated codecs to essential-20061022 -> 20071007
		- MPlayer 1.0rc1 -> 1.0rc2
		- It's too much to keep updating this for the list of
		  skins, so rather than downloading all of them, I
		  show how to get "Blue" and where to get more
Dec 28, 2006	- Changed dts link to point to the new howto
Dec 16, 2006	- Fixed font symlink
Dec 13, 2006	- Fixed desktop icon file name
		- Fixed Skin download URL, updated skins
Nov 8, 2006	- Changed x264 link to point to the new howto
Nov 3, 2006	- Codecs essential-20060501 -> essential-20061022
		- MPlayer 1.0pre7try2 -> 1.0rc1
		- Added/updated prerequisites
May 31, 2006	- essential-20050412 -> essential-20060501, added note about
		  essential vs. all
		- Changed download URLs to use the University of VA mirror
		- Instead of LDFLAGS, use --with-extraincdir and libdir for
		  libsmbclient
		- Added optional GGI prerequisite
		- Changed arts link from the web site to the howto
		- Added prerequisite note about live.com libs
		- Note about gcc 4.x patch
Dec 30, 2005	- Skip installation of libpostproc, ffmpeg has one too and
		  they clash with each other
Dec 29, 2005	- Changed lirc link to point to the howto
Dec 14, 2005	- Changed directfb link to point to the howto
		- Added prerequisite links for aalib, libcaca, and polyp
		- Added note about building libsmbclient (Samba) support
		- Added notes about RealPlayer and xanim codecs
		- Other miscellaneous updates to the prerequisite list
		- Added note about bio2jack build error
		- Instead of a few skins, install all of them
Dec 13, 2005	- Changed the DVB prerequisite link to the main linuxtv.org
		  page (/dvb/ is 404)
		- Changed the jack prerequisite link to point to the howto
		- Changed the enca prerequisite link to point to the howto
		- mplayer 1.0pre7 -> 1.0pre7try2
		- Fixed a tyop :-) or two
		- Added note about desktop icon for gmplayer
		- Updated the Blue skin to 1.5
		- Note about using a TTF instead
Jul 14, 2005	- Removed make, gcc, binutils, and fileutils/coreutils links
		- Changed from 'essential' codecs to 'all', 20040704 to
		  20050412
		- mplayer 1.0pre6 -> 1.0pre7
		- root.root -> root:root, run when $UID = 0
		- Moved source directory (see note <a href="howtos.php?msd">here</a>)
		- Rearranged options to shut up new version of find
		- Changed md5sum verification to output OK (or not)
Feb 17, 2005	- Changed libungif link to point to the new howto
Jan 11, 2005	- mplayer 1.0pre5 -> 1.0pre6
		- Removed a few prerequisites that are installed from
		  local copies that are bundled with mplayer (mp3lib and
		  libmpdvdkit)
Nov 12, 2004	- Fixed typo in the link to libdvdread
		- Fixed typo (/user/lib/win32 -> /usr/lib/win32)
		- Make sure /usr/local/lib/codecs exists before trying to
		  cd into it
		- Fixed where the codecs end up, in /usr/local/lib/codecs
		  instead of /usr/local/lib/codecs/win32
		- Replaced links to textutils with links to coreutils
Jul 23, 2004	- 0.92 -> 1.0pre5
		- Switched to installing the &quot;essential&quot; codec
		  package
		- Updated prerequisites
		- Updated the Blue skin from 1.1 to 1.4
		- Updated the neutron skin from 1.4 to 1.5
		- Updated the phony skin from 1.0 to 1.1
		- Updated the proton skin from 1.1 to 1.2
Mar 4, 2004	- Instead of symlinking the win32codecs, put them in
		  /usr/lib/win32, to avoid having a /usr/lib/win32 dir
		  from the avifile howto getting in the way of the codecs
		  installed here
		- Updated the Blue skin from 1.0 to 1.1
Dec 3, 2003	- Split divx4linux out into it's own howto
		- Added --enable-shared-pp to build and install a
		  libpostproc shared library
Nov 12, 2003	- Changed the cdparanoia prereq link/info to my howto
Nov 5, 2003	- 0.91 -> 0.92
		  This fixes an exploitable remote buffer overflow that was
		  posted on September 25th
		- Added links to the howtos of the listed prerequisites
		- Split ffmpeg into it's own howto
		- Updated the win32codecs md5sum, they've been updated
		- Added prerequisites
		- Set to remove old mplayer tarballs
		- Set to reuse existing font tarballs
		- Added installation of a few more skins
Sep 4, 2003	- Removed lame, put into it's own howto
Aug 14, 2003	- mplayer 0.90 -> 0.91
Aug 6, 2003	- First entry

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