On 10 Jun 2003 14:10:40 Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 13:39, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: > I thought I'd install the mplayer port plus the mplayer-skins and have > fun playing my DivX or Quicktime movies. ** wrong ** > > Running a GENERICS kernel mplayer complains about having to recompile > the kernel w/ some extra options. I can't seem to find these > instructions in the dox though, so I'll reluctantly ask you: > > What do I need to succesfully run mplayer. I mean: which port(s) and > which kernel options need be set? > > An info page on FreeBSD and mplayer is also welcome ;-)
For starters, you'll need to compile in support for your soundcard. The handbook goes over this in great detail: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/sound-setup.html
Beyond that, as long as your video driver is working OK, you should be able to use mplayer just fine.
Please note the differences between 4.x and 5.x in setting up sound devices. Be sure you are reading the correct instructions for setting it up in 4.x (more steps).
In addition you'll probably need to add: options USER_LDT to your kernel. (unless you're running current, or have done it already.)
Before compiling mplayer you should read the makefile to check out the various options. (You won't get a gui by default...) You should also go over the documentation at http://www.MPlayerHQ.hu/homepage/design6/news.html. (The links are currently down, though... You probably won't need them to install, just make sure you change the ~/.mplayer/config file to reflect the gui, 'skin,' you want to use.)
Best of luck, Clayton
PS. you'll need to get the codecs too, if you haven't already. I have gotten them from the mplayer site before, though I see they exist in ports too. (I think the links on the mplayer site are screwy enough that I can't find the download page right now...)
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