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MPlayer Installation from source
Step 1
i) Get the MPlayer source
wget http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-1.0pre8.tar.bz2
ii) Get the codec essential source
wget http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/essential-20060611.tar.bz2
iii) Get the skin - I got Corelian skin
wget http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/skins/Corelian-1.1.tar.bz2
Step : 2
Before compiling MPlayer, untar essential codecs and copy all the files to /usr/lib/codecs
if codecs directory not present then create it.
Now untar and cd into mplayer source directory, and configure its source
./configure --enable-gui
make
make install (as root)
Skin: untar the skin and copy all files to /usr/local/share/mplayer/skins directory
tar jxvf Corelian-1.1.tar.bz2; mv Corelian /usr/local/share/mplayer/skins/default
see I have moved the Corelian with the name "default" to make it the default mplayer skin
Step : 3
Start mplayer by running "gmplayer" which is symbolic link to mplayer, don't forget to playback Shakira's "Hips don't lie" in your fresh mplayer :-)
if you got error saying "can't find ~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf" while starting gmplayer, then copy any .ttf font from your system to your ~/.mplayer/ and rename it as subfont.ttf
Note: This is distro independent howto for installing mplayer, pls install dependencies accordingly.
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