Subject: Re: Mpeg Playback in NetBSD
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Sung Nae Cho <sucho2@vt.edu>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/26/2002 10:41:26
> Is there any consensus on which mpeg player works best in NetBSD?
>
>mplayer (in pkgsrc).
>
>In fact, it's about the only one that's half-way decent. (mtv is
>completely closed-source and has been broken for ages; mpeg_play can't
>even parse audio tracks.)
>
>
>--
>Chris,,
>(who actually spent this morning calculating 388x288 modelines..)




Actually, gmplayer is more attractive!


cd /usr/pkgsrc/graphics/gmplayer
make update && make CLEANDEPENDS=yes clean && make distclean

To run, type:

gmplayer -vo x11

Then  open whichever MPEG file that you desire to run.



Yours sincerely,
Sung N. Cho,
Friday, July 26, 2002.