Perhaps you'll find handy that simple Makefile I use to get and build CVS and stable sources of MPlayer.
http://elemag.virtualave.net/files/mplayer/Makefile create a source dir for MPlayer and put it in inside, then type: make help [it need some improvements/cleanups though, but works for me;-] [and no, it is not grabbed from freebsd ports collection ;-] --- Alex Malinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2002-02-24 at 19:18, Colin Watson wrote: > > > True ... but the MPlayer folks are, shall we say, > unimpressed with > > people distributing binary packages. See: > > You really SHOULD compile your own anyway. I tried > using one of the > prepackaged debs before, and all I got was a slow, > CPU-hungry, unstable > memory waste. I thought mplayer was just a pathetic > application for a > few months. Then I decided to actually build it from > source, and now I > have the sleekest, fastest, most stable media player > I've ever used. > Your mileage may, of course, vary, but that's just > been my experience. > And there are even directions in the install > instructions on how to make > a deb of it during installation for easier > re-installation later on. > > -Alex > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature name=signature.asc __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com
