From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 21 10:26:53 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B50CE106566B for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:26:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nawcom@nawcom.com) Received: from nlpi025.prodigy.net (nlpi025.sbcis.sbc.com [207.115.36.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82BC98FC08 for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:26:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nawcom@nawcom.com) Received: from phoenix.nawcom.com (adsl-99-150-132-222.dsl.sfldmi.sbcglobal.net [99.150.132.222]) (authenticated bits=0) by nlpi025.prodigy.net (8.13.8 smtpauth/dk/map_regex/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n1LAFMBw015192 for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:15:22 -0600 Received: from phatphuck.local (unknown [192.168.212.250]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by phoenix.nawcom.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BE9AE2E078 for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:15:17 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <499F8DFA.5010406@nawcom.com> Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:15:38 +0000 From: nawcom User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (Macintosh/20081105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Command line video player X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:26:54 -0000 Mehul Ved wrote: > Hi, > I am setting up a P1 90MHz machine for some light multimedia > playback for a friend. As of now, it is running on FreeBSD 5.5. We > have been able to play mp3's using mpd and it's doing well till now. > Next, I am looking for a video player. But, I have following problems > while proceeding : > 1) Would the machine be able to handle any kind of videos > 2) I am not able to find mplayer for 5.5 so I tried to get it's > package from 5-RELEASE, which lists lots of dependancies. How do I get > mplayer package for 5.5 > 3) Is there any other video player with lesser dependencies since the > machine has just 4GB HDD. > > the only dependencies it really has are the codecs that you want it to support. Heck, you can compile it so it only plays mp3 audio and xvid avis if you want to. So if you insist to go down the package route, i'm sure it was compiled with a ton of codecs included. if you compile it yourself, you just need to include what you want supported. And compiling those codec libraries or whatever won't take up too much disk space either. That's my suggestion to this situation you have.