%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ MPlayer The MPlayer package contains a powerful audio/video player controlled via the command line or graphical interface which is able to play almost every popular audio and video file format. With supported video hardware and additional drivers, MPlayer can play video files without an X Window System installed. For MPlayer general information and available features, including a full list of file formats, codecs and output devices supported by MPlayer, visit the MPlayer web site. &lfs70_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &mplayer-md5sum; Download size: &mplayer-size; Estimated disk space required: &mplayer-buildsize; Estimated build time: &mplayer-time; Additional Downloads Default GUI skin: Download MD5 sum: &mplayer-skin-md5sum; Download size: &mplayer-skin-size; Additional skins: Skins are not required to build and use MPlayer . MPlayer Dependencies Required Recommended Optional Input Drivers and Libraries , , libbluray, libcdio, LIVE555 Streaming Media, RTMPDump, TiVo vstream client and XMMS Optional Audio Output Drivers and Libraries , , , , , JACK, OpenAL and NAS Optional Video Output Drivers and Libraries , , , , , DirectFB, libcaca, SVGAlib and OpenJPEG Optional CODECs , , , , , , , , , , , , tooLAME, TwoLAME, libgsm, libdca, libmpcdec, OpenCore Adaptive Multi Rate, CrystalHD, x264, Dirac, Schroedinger, libnut Optional Miscellaneous Dependencies , , , , (required for the GUI), Enca, LADSPA, libbs2b, LIRC and LIRC Client Daemon, (required to build the HTML documentation), (required to build the HTML documentation) and (required to build the HTML documentation) User Notes: The package maintainers recommend building without any optimizations. You may wish to examine the output from ./configure --help to find out what additional parameters to configure are needed to include the dependencies you have installed on your system. Install MPlayer by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --confdir=/etc/mplayer \ --enable-dynamic-plugins \ --enable-menu \ --enable-gui && make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make install && To build and install the HTML documentation, run as root: make doc && install -d /usr/share/doc/mplayer-&mplayer-version; && cp DOCS/HTML/en/* /usr/share/doc/mplayer-&mplayer-version; You will need codecs.conf only if you want to change its properties, as the main binary contains an internal copy of it. Ensure any changes you make to codecs.conf achieve the desired results, as incorrect entries in this file have been known to cause errors and render the player unusable. If necessary, create the file using the following command. install -m644 etc/codecs.conf /etc/mplayer You may also want to copy all the default configuration files to /etc/mplayer for future reference or more customization ability. install -m644 etc/*.conf /etc/mplayer To enable the GTK frontend of MPlayer, you'll need to install at least one skin. Extract the desired skin and create the default location (as the root user): tar -xvf ../&mplayer-skin; \ -C /usr/share/mplayer/skins && chown -v -R root:root /usr/share/mplayer/skins/Blue && chmod -v 755 /usr/share/mplayer/skins/Blue{,/icons} && ln -sfv Blue /usr/share/mplayer/skins/default --enable-gui: This option is set to build GMPlayer, a GTK frontend for MPlayer. --enable-menu: This option is set to enable the on-screen-display. /etc/mplayer/* and ~/.mplayer/* ~/.mplayer/* /etc/mplayer/* Typically, there's no configuration required for the system-wide files in /etc/mplayer (in fact, this directory is empty unless you copied the default files as mentioned above). Configuration can be accomplished by choosing the configuration button located on the MPlayer GUI. Any configuration changes made in the GUI will be saved in the user's ~/.mplayer directory. Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories gmplayer, mplayer and mencoder none /etc/mplayer, /usr/lib/mplayer, /usr/share/mplayer and /usr/share/doc/mplayer Short Descriptions gmplayer is a symlink to mplayer which brings up the GTK frontend of MPlayer. gmplayer mplayer is the main MPlayer video player. mplayer mencoder is a powerful command line video decoding, encoding and filtering tool. mencoder