[mythtv-users] mplayer/xine both crash playing WMA files

[Dan Robinson]

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 11:28:40 +0200 (CEST), Mark Wormgoor
<mark at wormgoor.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > 1.) The w32codec package wasn't installed by default, so after
> > installing that I tried to play a .wmv home movie that used to play OK
> > on fc1 mplayer/xine and both segfault with the w32codec installed.  I
> > found this thread on atrpms, but it was some months ago and the
> > resolution wasn't clear.  Has anyone else had success using atrpms
> > installed mplayer/xine to play .wmv files in FC2?
> 
> There seems to be a problem with prelink and the win32codecs / wine.
> I added this to /etc/rc.d/rc.local:
> echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/exec-shield
> echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/exec-shield-randomize
> 
> and changed this line in /etc/sysconfig/prelink:
> PRELINK_OPTS="-mR --no-exec-shield"
> 
> Then, rm /etc/prelink.cache and run /etc/cron.daily/prelink.
> 
> Hope that helps you.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Mark
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Just done a quick test and it seems to work.  Many thanks for this Mark.