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Date:      Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:13:09 +0100
From:      RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mplayer on 6.2
Message-ID:  <20070629131309.1898906d@gumby.homeunix.com.>
In-Reply-To: <55850.74.64.6.149.1183094671.squirrel@mail.el.net>
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On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:24:31 -0400 (EDT)
"kalin mintchev" <kalin@el.net> wrote:

> 
> >
> > cd /usr/ports/multimedia/win32-codecs && make install
> 
> yea...  i did that...  it broke somewhere..  or yea..  right here:
> => Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this
> => port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/win32 and try again.
> 
> i just don't have the patience for this ports thing anymore....
> just made that directory and stuck the codecs there and stuff appears
> to be working now.... but thanks....

That particular port is just a automated way of downloading and
installing binaries. It's an easy way of keeping on top of
vulnerabilies, and codec improvements.




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