mplayer

[Joshua Lokken]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Hoogendijk" <dick at nagual.st>
To: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 10:39 AM
Subject: mplayer


> 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 ;-)
>

AFAIK, I've never needed special kernel options to run mplayer.  Could you
post the exact message(s) you're getting?  What version of FreeBSD?

Joshua