On 1 May 2012, at 17:37, Claudio Roberto França Pereira wrote: > You almost got it: > > $ eix -c w32 > [N] dev-util/w32api (--): Free Win32 runtime and import library definitions > $ eix -c win32 > [N] media-libs/ ((~)20071007-r4): Windows 32-bit binary > codecs for video and audio playback support > > > It's also a use flag for vlc and mplayer (that's for my setup, > probably other players support it too), it will pull the package for > you.
I believed that upstream mplayer considered the win32codecs USE flag (or the equivalent --whatever build-time flag) to be depreciated. AIUI win32codecs, as per the description, uses Microsoft *binary* blobs to do the decoding. If I `emerge -f win32codecs` and look inside the tarball, I see a bunch of .dll files. I believe that mplayer will just use its own open-source decoding code in the absence of this package. I am certainly able to play back .wmv files here without win32codecs installed. Admittedly, I'm using xbmc to do that, and haven't recently tested using VLC or mplayer, but I would avoid installing that package unless I was sure I needed it. Stroller.
