From 02d898bbb3fd599202395cb4686dcd7c85e3a09e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: diego Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 23:26:00 +0000 Subject: Update binary codecs section. git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@19678 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2 --- README | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index a790d8afce..ed2e54fc8f 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -74,12 +74,12 @@ _______________________________ STEP1: Installing Binary Codecs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -MPlayer has builtin support for the most common audio and video -formats, but some formats require external codecs. Examples include Real, Indeo -and QuickTime audio formats. Support for Windows Media formats except WMV9 -exists but still has some bugs, your mileage may vary. This step is not -mandatory, but recommended for getting MPlayer to play a broader range of -formats. Please note that most codecs only work on Intel x86 compatible PCs. +MPlayer has builtin support for the most common audio and video formats, but +for some external binary codecs are required. Examples include newer RealVideo +variants and a couple of uncommon formats. This step is not mandatory, but +recommended for getting MPlayer to play a broader range of formats. Please +note that binary codecs only work on the platform they were compiled for. +We provide packages for x86 and PowerPC. Unpack the codecs archives and put the contents in a directory where MPlayer will find them. The default directory is /usr/local/lib/codecs/ (it used to be -- cgit v1.2.3