Compiling avifile

[Net Llama]

--- Bill Davidson <harley7 at mnsi.net> wrote:
> I tried MPlayer first actually. ./configure didn't get any further
> than 
> checking my compiler: gcc2.96. Is it really that bad? I tried it with

The early versions were horribly broken.  Later versions are ok, but far
from standard.  2.95.x or 3.x is standard.

> One question though. Why replace the libavcodec directory in the
> MPlayer 
> directory with another one? Or did I misinterpret something? I hope I
> made 
> that clear.

The replacement codec is better optimized, or something like that.  See
the MPlayer Install guide for their technical explanation.

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