[mythtv-users] Myth Next Step - Actually running it :-)
Dan Morphis
dan at milkcarton.com
Sun Aug 1 03:13:04 EDT 2004
Russ wrote:
> > MythTV does NOT use mplayer. MythTV handles playing the video
> > internally. MythDVD and MythVideo *can* be configured to use
> > mplayer, but MythTV does not use, or require mplayer.
>
>
> I am not going to say this is right or not since I have absolutely no
> idea. What I do know is that when I tried to install MythTV rpm it
> told me I could not till I installed Mplayer.
Probably because the package maintainer set mplayer up as a dependancy.
I can tell you with out a doubt that mplayer is NOT required to use
MythTV. But, just because a package maintainer set it up as a
dependancy, doesn't mean it's required for mythtv. More than likely,
you tried to install "mythtv-suite", part of "mythtv-suite" (as defined
by the package maintainer) is mythvideo. The package maintainer more
than likey set mplayer as a dependancy for mythvideo. If Axel hasn't
ignored this thread, maybe he could weigh in.
-dan
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