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["David Moberg" <davidjmoberg AT lycos.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "sindi keesan" <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
 
> mplayer http:..... (url of a streaming MP3 station) got me only 
> error messages:
> 
> same thing about the codecs.conf and also
> 
> font:  can't open file:  /root/.mplayer/font/font.desc
> font:  can't open file:  /usr/share/mplayer/font/font.desc
> 
> Why do we need a font in order to listen to music?

You do not need a font.

> I had the same problem trying to play a .wav file offline.

Did you get another error message? How did you play this?
mplayer file.wav should start playing. It does here, with
nothing but BL3.

> It made /root/.mplayer/config which consists only of:
> 
> # Write your default config options here!
> 
> Should I put something here to make mplayer happier about fonts?
> Do you have a font.desc?

No. It works without it.

> mpg123 is playing 24K broadcasts beautifully at this location, 
> where I connect at 45-48K.  It skips some at the other location at 
> 42-44K.
> I interrupted some Russian monks to try out mplayer.
> 
> Mplayer told me my cpu type and speed, and that I have MMX (cpu) 
> and 3DNow and SSE2.  Also
> Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions:  MMX
> 
> Do I need MMX cpu to use this version?  Pentiums slower than 166MHz 
> don't have that.

It may need a PII. I can't figure out how to make it work on CPUs older
than the machine I compiled it on. I first compiled it on a P4, but then
it wouldn't work on my P2. So I recompiled it on my P2.

David
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