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Installation</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="gui.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="sect1" title="2.2. Features"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="features"></a>2.2. Features</h2></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p> Decide if you need GUI. If you do, see the <a class="link" href="gui.html" title="2.3. What about the GUI?">GUI</a> section before compiling. </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> If you want to install <span class="application">MEncoder</span> (our great all-purpose encoder), see the <a class="link" href="mencoder.html" title="Chapter 10. Basic usage of MEncoder"><span class="application">MEncoder</span></a> section. </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> If you have a V4L compatible <span class="bold"><strong>TV tuner</strong></span> card, and wish to watch/grab and encode movies with <span class="application">MPlayer</span>, read the <a class="link" href="tv-input.html" title="6.1. TV input">TV input</a> section. </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> If you have a V4L compatible <span class="bold"><strong>radio tuner</strong></span> card, and wish to listen and capture sound with <span class="application">MPlayer</span>, read the <a class="link" href="radio.html" title="Chapter 7. Radio">radio</a> section. </p></li><li class="listitem"><p> There is a neat <span class="bold"><strong>OSD Menu</strong></span> support ready to be used. Check the <a class="link" href="subosd.html" title="3.2. Subtitles and OSD">OSD menu</a> section. </p></li></ul></div><p> Then build <span class="application">MPlayer</span>: </p><pre class="screen"> ./configure make make install </pre><p> </p><p> At this point, <span class="application">MPlayer</span> is ready to use. Check if you have a <tt class="filename">codecs.conf</tt> file in your home directory at (<tt class="filename">~/.mplayer/codecs.conf</tt>) left from old <span class="application">MPlayer</span> versions. If you find one, remove it. </p><p> Debian users can build a .deb package for themselves, it's very simple. Just exec </p><pre class="screen">fakeroot debian/rules binary</pre><p> in <span class="application">MPlayer</span>'s root directory. See <a class="link" href="linux.html#debian" title="9.1.1. Debian packaging">Debian packaging</a> for detailed instructions. </p><p> <span class="bold"><strong>Always browse the output of</strong></span> <tt class="filename">./configure</tt>, and the <tt class="filename">configure.log</tt> file, they contain information about what will be built, and what will not. You may also want to view <tt class="filename">config.h</tt> and <tt class="filename">config.mak</tt> files. If you have some libraries installed, but not detected by <tt class="filename">./configure</tt>, then check if you also have the proper header files (usually the -dev packages) and their version matches. The <tt class="filename">configure.log</tt> file usually tells you what is missing. </p><p> Though not mandatory, the fonts should be installed in order to gain OSD, and subtitle functionality. The recommended method is installing a TTF font file and telling <span class="application">MPlayer</span> to use it. See the <a class="link" href="subosd.html" title="3.2. 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