[MPlayer-users] [draft] mplayer quickstart guide

[Frederick Grim]

On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 04:29:41PM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Hi!
> 
> I have written a short mplayer quickstart guide that I want to replace
> the current README file.  The README currently just says "Go read
> DOCS/documentation.html" which is quite of reading material.  My
> README is designed to teach the basic steps to get mplayer up and
> running.  It does not intend to go in depth, for this we have the docs
> after all.
> 
> This is just a rough draft.  Please let me know what you think, so
> that I can revise it.  Is it detailed enough?  Did I miss any
> important parts?  Should I put in the commands that you use to do
> stuff like 'cp XYZ ~' or is it enough to say "Copy XYZ to your
> homedirectory"?  Is the wording clear and understandable?
> Regards
> 
> Diego
> 
> 
> 
> _________________________
> MPlayer Quickstart Guide:
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> Welcome to MPlayer, the Unix movie player.
> This document is for getting you started in a few minutes.  It cannot answer all
> your questions.  If you have problems, please read the documentation.  It is
> extensive and should answer most of your questions.  Start by reading the manpage
> and DOCS/documentation.html.
> 
> 
> ____________________________
> STEP1: Compiling the sources
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> This one is straightforward.  Unpack the sources and then run
> 
> ./configure
> make
> make install
> 
> For the last step you need to have root privileges as usual.  Configure has a
> lot of options, run './configure --help' to see them.  If you want a GUI, you
> will have to enable it with './configure --enable-gui'.
> 
> 
> ____________________________________________
> STEP2: Installing the onscreen display fonts
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> MPlayer has a nice onscreen display.  To enable it you need some fonts.  Get
> them from our homepage.
> 
> http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/dload.html
> 
> Unpack the archive and choose one of the available font sizes.  Then create the
> directory ~/.mplayer/font/ and copy the font files into that directory.
> 
> 
> ______________________________
> STEP3: Installing the GUI skin
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> If you want to have a GUI in addition to the command line, you need a skin.
> Download a skin from the download page
> 
> http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/dload.html
> 
> unpack it and put the contents in ~/.mplayer/Skin/default/.
> 
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  Looks fine but I would add a bit about getting and installing the w32 codecs.  
  imho it would be nice if all these codecs were in the package or maybe
  a little shell script that wgetted them all... hmmm maybe I'll just
  write that up... Sorry for the Joycean email...

               
Fred