The release announcement summarized the change.log and mentioned in several places "bug fixes all over the place", although most of the improvements seemed to be with respect to video performance, and improvements to the "mencoder" application. The fact is, mplayer is a dynamic product with very active development, and it would be a mistake to continue using a version with known bugs when one has a choice. On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Sean McMahon wrote: > Just curious what kind of improvements you felt necessitated using pre7 of > mplayer over pre6? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charles Hallenbeck" <chuckh at hhs48.com> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 4:34 PM > Subject: Re: installing a deb package > > >> >> That package was indeed missing, so I will now recompile and see what >> happens. >> Just checked: With that package installed, alsa is autodetected! Hooray >> for our side! >> Chuck >> >> On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Lorenzo Taylor wrote: >> >>> Was there an enable-alsa or similar option in the configuration? It may be >>> disabled by default, though one douldn't think so. Also, you may be missing >>> libasound2-dev. Try >>> >>> apt-get install libasound2-dev >>> >>> as this is the development libraries for alsa. This will allow your source > to >>> compile with alsa support. >>> >>> Lorenzo >>> >> >> -- >> The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (72% of Full) >> "Things are in the saddle, and they ride mankind." Ralph Waldo Emerson >> Visit my download site at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (76% of Full) "Things are in the saddle, and they ride mankind." Ralph Waldo Emerson Visit my download site at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh
