Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:46:03 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn <gljennjohn@googlemail.com> To: Thomas Zander <thomas.e.zander@googlemail.com> Cc: FreeBSD - Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: CFT: mplayer and mencoder updates Message-ID: <20111230104603.43c299f6@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <CAFU734w2qFQcNGtpy8hVwKiJKiCRgRE5Q3pzaXfSYQcVdcsuZA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFU734xS3cbk3SGWpZFfccwcsThTf35KprmbHMiPGzd6qGbTYg@mail.gmail.com> <CAFU734w2qFQcNGtpy8hVwKiJKiCRgRE5Q3pzaXfSYQcVdcsuZA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:07:58 +0100 Thomas Zander <thomas.e.zander@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > thank you all for your comments on the first iteration of the ports. > A heavily revised version can be found on > http://www.rrr.de/~riggs/mplayer/m20111230.tar.bz2 > > Changes: > - reduce the number of explicit --enable-<feature> where it seemed > reasonable, hence deviate less from the intention of the configure > script > - remove patching and reinplacing homegrown tweaks whenever possible, > hence deviate less from the intention of the configure script > - fix the reported pthread issue > - always use internal libass > - adopt patches to support 24 bit OSS output and keep volume during seek > - use newer gcc and binutils thus enabling significant speed-ups (and > also, since most mplayer and ffmpeg development is done on newer gcc > and binutils than we have in the base system, it's slowly getting > tedious to ensure compatibility with older toolchain) > > Caveats: > - bluray does not work right now -> keep it/turn it off in OPTIONS for now > > I hope the refactoring (removing mostly) of the tweaks to the > configure and build environment does not impose noticeable changes for > most users, but we may encounter difficulties in some configurations I > couldn't check. > Please give it a try! > > As always, comments, suggestions and especially patches are more than welcome. > I see that some Makefiles under mplayer explicitly use gcc46. Is that really necessary? I like mplayer but I'm not interested in installing an entire gcc46 tool chain just to get the latest version. -- Gary Jennejohn
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