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authordiego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2003-08-17 20:48:38 +0000
committerdiego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2003-08-17 20:48:38 +0000
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Binary codecs finally work as they should on Windows.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@10651 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
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-rw-r--r--DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml15
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diff --git a/DOCS/en/documentation.html b/DOCS/en/documentation.html
index af27720505..0241ce1a98 100644
--- a/DOCS/en/documentation.html
+++ b/DOCS/en/documentation.html
@@ -1838,12 +1838,13 @@ end
<A HREF="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/dx7headers.tgz">DirectX 7 header files</A>
to compile the DirectX video output driver.</P>
-<P>QuickTime DLLs and Real Win32 codecs (not Real Linux codecs) also work.
- Compile with <CODE>--enable-qtx</CODE> and <CODE>--enable-real</CODE> and
- put the codecs into the default Windows DLL location,
- <CODE>C:\WINNT\system32</CODE> or <CODE>C:\Windows\system</CODE> depending
- on your Windows version. We have had some reports that Real DLLs need to be
- writable by the user running MPlayer, but only on some systems.</P>
+<P>Win32 codecs, QuickTime DLLs and Real Win32 codecs (not Real Linux codecs)
+ also work. Put the codecs somewhere in your path or pass
+ <CODE>--with-codecsdir=c:/path/to/your/codecs</CODE> (alternatively
+ <CODE>--with-codecsdir=/path/to/your/codecs</CODE> only on Cygwin) to
+ <CODE>configure</CODE>. We have had some reports that Real DLLs need to
+ be writable by the user running MPlayer, but only on some systems. Try
+ making them writable if you have problems.</P>
<P>The Cygwin/MinGW console is rather slow. Redirecting output or using the
<CODE>-quiet</CODE> option has been reported to improve performance on some
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml
index 7b7246a112..cecb99c22a 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml
@@ -278,14 +278,13 @@ since QNX has only X <emphasis>emulation</emphasis> which is VERY slow. Use SDL.
<ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/dx7headers.tgz">DirectX 7 header files</ulink>
to compile the DirectX video output driver.</para>
-<para>QuickTime DLLx and Real Win32 codecs (not Real Linux codecs) also work.
- Compile with <option>--enable-qtx</option>
- and <option>--enable-real</option> and put the codecs into the
- default Windows DLL location,
- <filename class="directory">C:\WINNT\system32</filename> or
- <filename class="directory">C:\Windows\system</filename> depending on your
- Windows version. We have had some reports that Real DLLs need to be
- writable by the user running MPlayer, but only on some systems.</para>
+<para>Win32 codecs, QuickTime DLLs and Real Win32 codecs (not Real Linux codecs)
+ also work. Put the codecs somewhere in your path or pass
+ <option>--with-codecsdir=c:/path/to/your/codecs</option> (alternatively
+ <option>--with-codecsdir=/path/to/your/codecs</option> only on Cygwin) to
+ <filename>configure</filename>. We have had some reports that Real DLLs need
+ to be writable by the user running MPlayer, but only on some systems. Try
+ making them writable if you have problems.</para>
<para>The Cygwin/MinGW console is rather slow. Redirecting output or using
the <option>-quiet</option> option has been reported to improve performance