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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title>2.2. Features</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="default.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="MPlayer - The Movie Player"><link rel="up" href="install.html" title="Chapter 2. Installation"><link rel="prev" href="softreq.html" title="2.1. Software requirements"><link rel="next" href="gui.html" title="2.3. What about the GUI?"><link rel="preface" href="howtoread.html" title="How to read this documentation"><link rel="chapter" href="intro.html" title="Chapter 1. Introduction"><link rel="chapter" href="install.html" title="Chapter 2. Installation"><link rel="chapter" href="usage.html" title="Chapter 3. Usage"><link rel="chapter" href="advaudio.html" title="Chapter 4. Advanced audio usage"><link rel="chapter" href="cd-dvd.html" title="Chapter 5. CD/DVD usage"><link rel="chapter" href="tv.html" title="Chapter 6. TV"><link rel="chapter" href="radio.html" title="Chapter 7. Radio"><link rel="chapter" href="video.html" title="Chapter 8. Video output devices"><link rel="chapter" href="ports.html" title="Chapter 9. Ports"><link rel="chapter" href="mencoder.html" title="Chapter 10. Basic usage of MEncoder"><link rel="chapter" href="encoding-guide.html" title="Chapter 11. Encoding with MEncoder"><link rel="chapter" href="faq.html" title="Chapter 12. Frequently Asked Questions"><link rel="appendix" href="bugreports.html" title="Appendix A. How to report bugs"><link rel="appendix" href="skin.html" title="Appendix B. MPlayer skin format"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">2.2. Features</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="softreq.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 2. 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. Subtitles and OSD">Subtitles and OSD</a> section for details.
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