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authordiego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2003-07-09 17:35:34 +0000
committerdiego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2003-07-09 17:35:34 +0000
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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@10404 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
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-rw-r--r--DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml5
-rw-r--r--DOCS/xml/en/install.xml12
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml
index 1cf878590a..74d9c43357 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml
@@ -664,8 +664,9 @@ I got this playing MPEG files: Can't find codec for video format 0x10000001!
</para></question>
<answer><para>
You have an old version of <filename>codecs.conf</filename> at
-<filename class="directory">~/.mplayer/</filename>. Upgrade it from
-<filename class="directory">/etc/</filename>.
+<filename class="directory">~/.mplayer/</filename>,
+<filename class="directory">/etc/</filename>,
+<filename class="directory">/usr/local/etc/</filename> or similar. Remove it.
<emphasis role="bold">OR</emphasis> you have the <option>vc=</option> option or
something similar in your config file(s).
</para></answer>
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml
index 3e98141148..0d6e913dac 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml
@@ -449,6 +449,18 @@ copy of it. Check if you have
</para>
<para>
+Note that if you have a <filename>codecs.conf</filename> in
+<filename>~/.mplayer/</filename>, the builtin and system
+<filename>codecs.conf</filename> 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 <option>-vc</option>, <option>-ac</option>, <option>-vfm</option>,
+or <option>-afm</option> options either on the command line or in your
+config file (see the manual page).
+</para>
+
+
+<para>
Debian users can build a .deb package for themselves, it's very simple.
Just exec
<screen>fakeroot debian/rules binary</screen>