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@@ -494,6 +494,11 @@ to gain root.</LI>
make
make install</PRE>
+<P>At this point, <B>MPlayer</B> is ready to use. The directory
+<CODE>/usr/local/share/mplayer</CODE> contains the <CODE>codecs.conf</CODE>
+file, which is used to tell the program all the codecs and their capabilities.
+This file should always be kept uptodate together with the main binary !</P>
+
<P><B>Debian users</B> can build a .deb package for themselves, it's very
simple. Just exec <CODE>fakeroot debian/rules binary</CODE> in <B>MPlayer</B>'s
root dir. Detailed instructions can be found <A HREF="documentation.html#6.1">here</A>.</P>
@@ -511,11 +516,6 @@ OSD, and subtitle functionality. Download mp-arial-iso-8859-*.zip and/or optiona
cd ~/.mplayer/font
unzip mp-arial-iso-8859-1.zip</PRE>
-<P>Only one thing remains: copy the <B>codecs.conf</B> file from the <CODE>etc</CODE>
-directory (relative to the <B>MPlayer</B> tree) to <CODE>$HOME/.mplayer/codecs.conf</CODE> .
-You should also check the manpage and <CODE>example.conf</CODE> for available options, and insert them
-into your config file, <CODE>$HOME/.mplayer/config</CODE> .</P>
-
<P><B><A NAME=1.4>1.4. What about the GUI?</A></B></P>
@@ -531,6 +531,9 @@ Then, to turn on GUI mode, you either
</UL>
</P>
+<P>HINT: use the middle button (on 2 button mice press left and right
+simultaneously) for a popup GTK menu, with DVD playing option!</P>
+
<P>As <B>MPlayer</B> doesn't have a skin included, you have to download them
if you want to use the GUI. See the <A HREF="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/dload.html">download page</A>.
They should be extracted to the usual system-wide directory (<CODE>/usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin</CODE>),