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From: swedebugia <swedebugia@riseup.net>
Subject: bug#32191: Mplayer fails to play videos
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 11:23:21 +0200
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On July 17, 2018 10:25:45 PM GMT+02:00, Andreas Enge <andreas@enge=2Efr> w=
rote:
=2E=2E=2E Snip
>
>
>I tried it on =2Emp4 files and on a =2Emov file=2E Compiling it with
>ffmpeg-3=2E4
>instead of ffmpeg-4 solves the problem=2E Now I was told that anyway I
>had
>better switch to mpv=2E
>
>So I see two possible courses of action:
>- Keep mplayer and compile it with ffmpeg-3=2E4, which requires us to
>keep also
>  this older ffmpeg package around=2E
>- Drop mplayer, and replace it by mpv (there is a field in the package
>  definition to indicate this)=2E
>
>What do you think?

I suggest we drop it=2E  Mpv can to my knowledge do all MPlayer does anywa=
y=2E=20

--=20
Cheers Swedebugia