[KLUG Members] Getting MPlayer, codecs, plug-in support -- WAS: More about DV

[Bruce Smith]

> I've commented on MPlayer before, but here's an updated "mini-intro."
> 
> I used to painfully install MPlayer, and all its dependencies,
> manually.  That's no longer the case on my RedHat system thanx to
> FreshRPMS ( http://freshrpms.net ). 

Okay, I'm corn-fused.  This is a quote from freshrpms.net:

"Note that this package is only available as source since the license
forbidds binary redistribution."

But then they go and supply a binary RPM anyway.  Huh???

And http://mirrors.sctpc.com/dominik/linux/pkgs/mplayer/ also has binary
RPM's optimized for different CPU's.  What's the difference between
those RPM's and the ones at freshrpms?


> I just install everything from there, and update with their Apt-RPM. 

Update what?  What's a "Apt-RPM"?


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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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