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diff --git a/debian/README.debian b/debian/README.debian deleted file mode 100644 index 00ea1fb..0000000 --- a/debian/README.debian +++ /dev/null @@ -1,95 +0,0 @@ -mpv for Debian -============== - -This is the Debian package produced by the mpv-build scripts. It -contains a statically linked libass and ffmpeg (vs. libav contained in -Debian) from upstream. It is not an official part of the Debian -distribution. Instructions for building this package can be found in -the README.rst file in the mpv-build directory, or equivalently at [1]. - -[1] https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv. - -Differences with distribution packages -============================================ - -Debian testing/unstable already has a separate official package for mpv, which -closely tracks the current upstream releases. Debian stable, the latest Ubuntu -and Ubuntu LTS all also have official mpv packages, however these range from -outdated to extremely outdated. This pacakge can be compiled on all of these -platforms and offers either the most recent mpv release or git master. - -This pacakge statically links against the latest release or git master of ffmpeg. -Older Debian and Ubuntu use the libav fork of ffmpeg, and therefore that's what their -official mpv packages link against. However, ffmpeg is preferred for building -mpv as it enables more features. This situation is however changing as the -Debian testing version is now built against ffmpeg. - -Since the release cycle of libass is quite slow, even the "release" version of -this package links against the libass git master. Debian unstable uses the -latest libass release, while Debian stable, the latest Ubuntu and Ubuntu LTS all -use buggy and outdated libass releases. - -In order to maintain this interoperability between distributions, this -package must necessarily disable some features by default which are not -universally supported. These include Wayland support and libfdk for high -quality AAC encoding. These can hoewver be trivially enabled provided -sufficiently recent libraries as described below. - -On the other hand, this package enables native smb support (to play smb:// -URLs), video4linux2 (for web cams and video capture) and caca (for silly ascii -art output) which is not present in the official Debian package. - -Due to a persistent packaging bug, the official Ubuntu Trusty mpv is missing lua -support (therefore no on-screen controller). - -There are several other features that are disabled in both this -package as well as the official Debian package because they are not -widely needed or used. These include openal output, portaudio output, -rsound/libroar/sndio input/output, sdl1/sdl2, joystick, videoio.h/libpt. If -you find any of these useful, please open an issue at [3] explaining -why you think the feature in question should be enabled, and we can -try and include it in this package. - -[3] https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv-build/issues - -Building from git master -======================== -In addition to the default of building the latest released -version of mpv, this package can also trivially be built from the -latest git master of mpv (as well as ffmpeg and libass). As described -in README.rst [1], this is achieved by calling - - ./update --master - -prior to building this Debian package. - -Additional ffmpeg features -========================== - -All relevant and free ffmpeg features/codecs should be enabled. If -something is missing, it is a bug, and should be reported at [3]. -Features for which distribution packages are not universally available -are the exception. To enable the non-free Fraunhofer FDK AAC codec: - - apt-get install libfdk-aac-dev - echo --enable-nonfree --enable-libfdk-aac >> ffmpeg_options - -This must be done prior to building the package. - -Wayland support -=============== - -According to wayland.freedesktop.org, "Wayland is intended as a -simpler replacement for X, easier to develop and maintain". It is very -much a work in progress, so adequate functionality requires recent -version of the relevant libraries. At present, this not possible on -Debian Wheezy. To maintain interoperability, this package therefore -does not build with Wayland support by default. - -If you want Wayland support, you will need to manually install the -necessary packages before building: - - apt-get install libwayland-dev libxkbcommon-dev libegl1-mesa-dev - -The mpv build will then automatically detect and link to them if they are new -enough. |