Re: [gentoo-user] vlc win32codecs on amd64

[Daniel Iliev <danny@ilievnet.com>]

Steve Dibb wrote:
> kashani wrote:
>> James wrote:
>>> Hello one and all,
>>>
>>> What's the trick to getting win32codecs to install and work with
>>> vlc on amd64?
>>>
>>> Any wikis?
>>>
>>> I cannot seem to get VLC to compile in win32codecs on an amd64...
>>> Yes I realize that 'win32' and amd64 are different arches, but,
>>> surely there is a solution for this? Maybe not just with
>>> vlc but every app that can work with win32codes on amd64?
>>
>> My understanding is that win32codec is generally not 64bit safe, but
>> they'd be fine on amd64 if you're running your OS as 32bit.
>
> Close.  You can't use win32codecs on amd64 at all, unless you are
> using a 32 bit binary program with them.  Simple as that.  So VLC
> cannot use 32 bit binary codecs, unless someone made a vlc 32-bit
> binary and put it in the tree.
>
> Steve


Additionally: mplayer-bin is in amd64's portage and mplayer-bin can use
win32codecs

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Best regards,
Daniel


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