Hi,
I would like to differ on this. I am an inexperienced linux user , but
still installed many programs with the standard ./configure, make, make
install routine. As told in the article, the installation script itself
makes us search for codecs etc hiddn somewhere else and other such
headaches.
Also I downloaded their supposed stable version ,0.50, and compiled it on my
PCQ Linux m/c (with disable -gcc-checking etc") and it still does not play
VCD 's.The same story repeated with three other latest CVS downloads too.
Truly, yes , it is a project from hell.
N S Srikanth
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kingsly John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 9:14 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] [LIH] MPlayer.....scolded
> On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Shridhar Daithankar wrote:
>
> |http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2001/1214.mplayer.html
> |
> |I wouldn't expect a flame war on this but this article has urged me to
> |download and install mplayer. I would like to see how a bad linux
> |application looks like in it's most natural form..
>
> IMO Mplayer is a not a "bad linux application" as the author makes it out
> to be ... gcc 2.96 is not an official release and mplayer team are the not
> the only ones complaining, http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-2.96.html , why redhat
> should stick to something *propreitary* is beyond me .. esp. considering
> that 3.x has been out for quite some time now.
>
> And mplayer cannot be distributed in the binary form(licensing issues)...
> and the script autodetects a LOT of details about your system .... and
> I've never had any problems with compiling the software... and only the
> most stable features are built by default.. the experimental stuff needs
> to be enabled explicitly... the guy downloads stuff from CVS and expects
> the convenience of a package !
>
> And all that huge messages/warnings about 2.96 ... if you can *open* your
> eyes and read the warning ... it actually tells you how to bypass it.
> (I think it was put more like what we have discussed here about teaching
> people to unsubscribe! and thus prevent FAQ#1 ! :-))
>
> I wonder if the guy ever installed StarOffice ... I had a tougher time
> getting Star Office to install (the /net option) than getting mplayer to
> work for me.
>
> And the Russian guys stole the code... and claimed it to be their own!
> (There was a thread on this on Slashdot too)
>
> Kingsly
>
>
>
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