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| author | diego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2> | 2003-07-09 17:22:17 +0000 |
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| committer | diego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2> | 2003-07-09 17:22:17 +0000 |
| commit | 3cdb50cba53257ae43cb1b3dc126414b716b3b09 (patch) | |
| tree | ee7ecbdcdc019d805b7eb07aa44292df60fa94e8 /DOCS/en | |
| parent | 0803401ed81e46269a3b2eed093ac0c8e30b90b6 (diff) | |
| download | mpv-3cdb50cba53257ae43cb1b3dc126414b716b3b09.tar.bz2 mpv-3cdb50cba53257ae43cb1b3dc126414b716b3b09.tar.xz | |
Strings attached to codecs.conf explained.
Based on a patch by Andrew Church <achurch@achurch.org>.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@10403 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
Diffstat (limited to 'DOCS/en')
| -rw-r--r-- | DOCS/en/documentation.html | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | DOCS/en/faq.html | 4 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/DOCS/en/documentation.html b/DOCS/en/documentation.html index 8487c2f2e4..77ff6db79c 100644 --- a/DOCS/en/documentation.html +++ b/DOCS/en/documentation.html @@ -814,6 +814,15 @@ Check if you have <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE> in your home directory (<CODE>~/.mplayer/codecs.conf</CODE>) left from old MPlayer versions, and remove it.</P> +<P>Note that if you have a <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE> in <CODE>~/.mplayer/</CODE>, + the builtin and system <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE> will be ignored completely. + Do not do this unless you want to fiddle with MPlayer internals as this can + can cause many problems. If you want to change the codecs search order, use + the <CODE>-vc</CODE>, <CODE>-ac</CODE>, <CODE>-vfm</CODE>, or <CODE>-afm</CODE> + options either on the command line or in your config file (see the manual + page).</P> + + <P><B>Debian users</B> can build a <CODE>.deb</CODE> package for themselves, it's very simple. Just exec <CODE>fakeroot debian/rules binary</CODE> in MPlayer's root directory. See diff --git a/DOCS/en/faq.html b/DOCS/en/faq.html index ae2bfe217b..b1296c6f09 100644 --- a/DOCS/en/faq.html +++ b/DOCS/en/faq.html @@ -464,8 +464,8 @@ <DT>Q: I got this playing MPEG files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001!</DT> - <DD>A: You have an old version of codecs.conf at <CODE>~/.mplayer/</CODE>. - Upgrade it from <CODE>/etc/</CODE>.<BR> + <DD>A: You have an old version of codecs.conf at <CODE>~/.mplayer/</CODE>, + <CODE>/etc/</CODE>, <CODE>/usr/local/etc/</CODE> or similar. Remove it.<BR> <B>OR</B> you have the <CODE>vc=</CODE> option or something similar in your config file(s).</DD> <DD> </DD> |