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 "essential" 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