FedoraNews.org: Tutorial: mplayerplug-in | Linux Today

FedoraNews.org: Tutorial: mplayerplug-in

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 5, 2004

[ Thanks to Thomas
Chung
for this link. ]

“In this tutorial you will learn how to get the source for
mplayerplug-in from CVS and create and install a rpm package for
Fedora Core 1. mplayerplug-in is a browser plugin that uses mplayer
to play videos from websites. Although, mplayerplug-in project DO
provide a binary rpm for Fedora Core 1, this is a good excercise to
learn how to use CVS and how to compile a rpm package from a
tarball if the tarball contains a rpm spec file. This tutorial also
covers how you can install win32 codecs for QuickTime so you can
play QuickTime movies from mozilla…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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