[oclug] mplayer codec locations

[Brian's Linux Box]

On Friday, November 21, 2003, at 11:51  AM, Jon Earle wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Brian's Linux Box wrote:
>
>> <rant>
> ..
>> </rant>
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> Agreed.  I hate applications that assume you "just know" or can persuse
> large source trees to figure out how something works.
>
>> Ok, now that's out of my system - can someone with a nicely working
>> mplayer installation tell me the location of their various codecs?
>> I have found hints in docs that indicate multiple spots.
>> (maybe it's a compile option? or a version difference? RTFM is
>> um, less than enlightening)
>
> I dumped _everything_ into /usr/local/lib/codecs/ as suggested by the
> docs.  Seems to work fine here.
>
>
> -- 
> Jon Earle

Does that include up to date Quick time files like from 
http://www.apple.com/trailers/ ?
If so then it must be a compile time option in the rpm I used or a 
difference in version.
That was my initial attempt and it didn't work for some files.

Brian