source: multimedia/videoutils/mplayer/mplayer-intro.xml@ eac1ee9

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<title>Introduction to <application>MPlayer</application></title>

<para>The <application>MPlayer</application> package contains an audio/video player that is able to
play almost every audio and video <acronym>CODEC</acronym> and can be
controlled via the command
line or a <acronym>GUI</acronym>.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&mplayer-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&mplayer-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &mplayer-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &mplayer-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time: &mplayer-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Proprietary <acronym>CODEC</acronym>s: <ulink
url="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/extralite.tar.bz2"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Default <acronym>GUI</acronym> skin: <ulink
url="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/Skin/default-1.8.tar.bz2"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Prerendered fonts: <ulink
url="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/fonts/font-arial-iso-8859-1.tar.bz2"/></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<note><para>The additional downloads are not required to build and use MPlayer. You can
find many more <acronym>CODEC</acronym>s, skins and fonts at <ulink
url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/">MPlayer's homepage</ulink>.</para></note>

</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>MPlayer</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para>
X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>),
<xref linkend="libpng"/>,
<xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
<xref linkend="GTK"/>,
<xref linkend="DirectFB"/>,
<xref linkend="SVGAlib"/>,
<xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
<xref linkend="fontconfig"/>,
<xref linkend="libungif"/>,
<xref linkend="libogg"/>
<xref linkend="libvorbis"/>,
<xref linkend="aalib"/>,
<xref linkend="SDL"/>,
<xref linkend="xvid"/>,
<xref linkend="arts"/>,
<xref linkend="alsa"/>,
<xref linkend="esound"/>,
<xref linkend="LZO"/>,
<xref linkend="libmad"/>,
<xref linkend="CDParanoia"/>,
<xref linkend="libdv"/>,
<xref linkend="libdvdread"/>,
<xref linkend="nas"/>,
<xref linkend="samba3"/>,
<xref linkend="lame"/>,
<xref linkend="xmms"/>,
<xref linkend="flac"/>,
<xref linkend="libfame"/>,
<ulink url="http://www.theora.org/">Theora</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/zapping/mp1e-1.9.3.tar.bz2">MP1E</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://faac.sourceforge.net/">FAAD2</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://www.ggi-project.org/">GGI</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://fribidi.sourceforge.net/">FriBidi</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://www.unrarlib.org/">unrarlib</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://www.lirc.org/">LIRC</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://www.dolda2000.cjb.net/~fredrik/lirccd/">lirccd</ulink> and
<ulink url="http://www.live.com/mplayer/">LIVE.COM Streaming Media</ulink>
</para></sect4>
</sect3>

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