On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 08:15:07AM -0700, oldman wrote: > akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > >On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 09:34:55AM -0700, oldman wrote: > > > > > >>>This is not a codec problem, You need to have the mplayerplug-in > >>>installed. Probably from dag or livna repositories. > >>> > >>>Here is what I have installed, mplayerplug-in-2.80-13.1.fc3.rf > >>> > >>>Regards, > >>> > >>>John > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>mplayerplug-in-3.05-1.fc4 is available and is much better, at least for > >>FC4 > >>also I had a lot of trouble with codecs until I discovered that mplayer > >>looked for them in /usr/local/lib/win32 (note the local subdir) > >> > >>Good luck! > >> > >>Scott > >> > >> > >That is not where the w32codec rpm puts them. > > > > > That is the point. You need to have the codecs where mplayer looks > for them, not where someone else puts them. > > Scott I need to apologize. I made a soft link from /usr/local/lib/win32 to /usr/lib/win32 and the CNN video now works. Strangely but it works. Thanks for the tip. -- ======================================================================= "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain." -- Karl, as he stepped behind the computer to reboot it, during a FAT ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484
