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On Sat, 23 Apr 2005, David Moberg wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sindi keesan" <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
>
> > On Sat, 23 Apr 2005, David Moberg wrote:
> >
> > > You can get MPlayer now:
> > >
> > > http://geocities.com/davidjmoberg/mplayer.tar.gz
> >
> >
> > Many thanks.  Why did you not name it .bz2 yourself?
>
> Geocities only allows certain extensions.

You can get 100MB webspace at sdf (and 100MB email, and 100MB home 
directory space) for $36 one-time donation.

> > > This is NOT a tarball. Please rename it to mplayer.bz2 first,
> > > then run bunzip2 on it. You should get the 5.6 or so MB file.
> > > Available output drivers:
> > >
> > > video
> > >
> > > X11, several to choose from
> > > fbdev
> > > vidix
> > > vesa
> >
> > What do you mean by vesa, svgalib?
>
> No. If you don't have X11 or FB running, MPlayer can send video
> directly to your VESA-compliant graphics card. It's full-screen,
> good quality, and very fast.

Lovely.  Does it require VESA 2.0 or will 1.2 work?

> > What is vidix?
>
> I probably added that to the list too soon. It is a small set of
> drivers for various graphics cards. Unfortunately, the drivers
> aren't included with this binary. The only reason I mentioned it
> above is because it's in MPlayer's list.
>
> > We just acquired an ATI Rage Vesa 2.0 card - do you know if this
> > handles framebuffer?
>
> It should.
>
> > > You may need full-size libc6 to access http or ftp directly.
> >
> > Such as the SW7.1 or SW8.1 packages?
>
> Does 8.1 have glibc-2.2.5?
Yes, the so library.  I installed it on top of 2.1.3 so I could use Opera 
and precompiled xpdf.  1.2MB.  I also have 2.1.3 (probably from SW71) 
which is slightly smaller.

> > Was libc5 compiled smaller
> > (with less features) than usual for BL3?
>
> No. But its networking is not as complex as glibc2.
Which is why lynx would not work offline (2.8.5).

Have you tried your Mplayer with BL3?

> David