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diff --git a/doc/faq/faq.sgml b/doc/faq/faq.sgml index 35a2a65c8..5952072ff 100644 --- a/doc/faq/faq.sgml +++ b/doc/faq/faq.sgml @@ -731,13 +731,13 @@ </para> <para> Possibly the most convenient way to get the Quicktime DLLs is to download - them from the mplayer website - <ulink url="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/"> - http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/ + them from the MPlayer website + <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/dload.html"> + http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/dload.html </ulink>. - The package is called "QuickTime6 DLLs". Unpack it and move everything you find + The package is called "essential". Unpack it and move everything you find inside to <filename>/usr/lib/win32</filename> (actually you can place them - anywhere you want, e.g. someplace in your homedirectory, but then you'll + anywhere you want, e.g. someplace in your home directory, but then you'll have to set <parameter>codec.win32_path</parameter> in your xine config file accordingly). Restart xine then and you should be able to watch Quicktime trailers. @@ -751,21 +751,23 @@ <para> The situation with real files and streams is pretty similar to the situation with Quicktime Streams (see above). The newer real audio and video formats - are only supported by using binary-only codecs which are available from - real networks but are not included in xine. - </para> - <para> - One way to get these codecs is to download and install RealPlayer from - RealNetworks, for example in <filename>/usr/local/RealPlayer8</filename> or - <filename>/opt/RealPlayer8</filename>. If you installed it in one of these - places, xine should automatically find and use the real binary codecs. - If it doesn't work, try to find out the exact path to where the real codecs - are installed on your system (look for a file named <filename>rv30.so.6.0</filename> - which should reside in a directory called <filename>Codecs</filename> in the - directory where you have installed RealPlayer in) and set - <parameter>codec.real_codecs_path</parameter> in your xine config file - accordingly. + are only supported by using binary-only codecs which are not included in + xine. </para> + <para> + Possibly the most convenient way to get the Real codecs is to download + them from the MPlayer website + <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/dload.html"> + http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/dload.html + </ulink>. + The package is called "essential". Unpack it and move everything you + find inside to <filename>/usr/lib/win32</filename> and set the + <parameter>codec.real_codecs_path</parameter> in your xine config file + to <filename>/usr/lib/win32</filename> (actually you can place them + anywhere you want, e.g. someplace in your home directory, but then you'll + have to set <parameter>codec.real_codecs_path</parameter> accordingly). + Restart xine then and you should be able to watch Real files/streams. + </para> </sect3> <sect3 id="realnetworkstreams"> <title>What about (live) network streams (pnm://, rtsp:// style urls)?</title> @@ -792,14 +794,14 @@ you'll need to install windows binary codecs (.DLLs). </para> <para> - Possibly the most convenient way to get the windows DLLs is to download - them from the mplayer website - <ulink url="http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/"> - http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/ + Possibly the most convenient way to get the Windows DLLs is to download + them from the MPlayer website + <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/dload.html"> + http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/dload.html </ulink>. - The package is called "Win32 Codecpack". Unpack it and move everything you find + The package is called "essential". Unpack it and move everything you find inside to <filename>/usr/lib/win32</filename> (actually you can place them - anywhere you want, e.g. someplace in your homedirectory, but then you'll + anywhere you want, e.g. someplace in your home directory, but then you'll have to set <parameter>codec.win32_path</parameter> in your xine config file accordingly). Restart xine then and you should be able to watch windows media streams. |