From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 10 11:12:40 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C12F37B401 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 11:12:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.de [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2FE1143FDD for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 11:12:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from blueeskimo@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 1920 invoked by uid 65534); 10 Jun 2003 18:12:37 -0000 Received: from dsl-cust-203.openweb.ca (EHLO [64.39.186.203]) (64.39.186.203) by mail.gmx.net (mp011) with SMTP; 10 Jun 2003 20:12:37 +0200 From: Adam To: freebsd-questions In-Reply-To: <20030610173924.GA253@pooh.nagual.st> References: <20030610173924.GA253@pooh.nagual.st> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1055268639.99614.3.camel@jake> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.3.92 (Preview Release) Date: 10 Jun 2003 14:12:37 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: mplayer X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 18:12:40 -0000 On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 13:39, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: > I thought I'd install the mplayer port plus the mplayer-skins and have > fun playing my DivX or Quicktime movies. ** wrong ** > > Running a GENERICS kernel mplayer complains about having to recompile > the kernel w/ some extra options. I can't seem to find these > instructions in the dox though, so I'll reluctantly ask you: > > What do I need to succesfully run mplayer. I mean: which port(s) and > which kernel options need be set? > > An info page on FreeBSD and mplayer is also welcome ;-) For starters, you'll need to compile in support for your soundcard. The handbook goes over this in great detail: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/sound-setup.html Beyond that, as long as your video driver is working OK, you should be able to use mplayer just fine. Please note the differences between 4.x and 5.x in setting up sound devices. Be sure you are reading the correct instructions for setting it up in 4.x (more steps). -- Adam