On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 19:58 -0500, Nat Gross wrote: > Hi; > I have read and reread.... all kinds of info on mplayer codecs. > Simple question(s). > 1) WHERE do I install the codec(s)? Is it just a matter of a file copy? > 2) WHICH codec do I need for wmv, avi, and mpeg files? (The mplayer > site lists all kinds of details on so many codecs! But no info for a > newbie.) > 3) Do I *need* to involve Firefox in the mix? > > This, on FC5 32-bit, 2ghz machine. > > Thanks in advance. > -nat > Nat: download either the all-codecs or the required-codecs packages from mplayer-hq. Make the directory /usr/local/lib/win32 and using either the tar command or the archive tool extract the files to that directory. That should be all you need. Scott
