Thank you for the good tip, but I still feel a bit lost... I installed the a52dec package, but nothing happens, the codec is still missing. I feel a bit dumb here. I read the README and the INSTALL of the packages but I could not figure out what to do exactly. Shall I install the a52dec package, then install Mplayer? Or should I recompile Mplayer from source, when the a52dec is installed? There must be something trivial what I miss here. Thanks, L.S. On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 19:47, Curtis Rey wrote:

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I think, I found the answer myself:

SuSE disabled the AC3 decodingd due to potential legal issues.

I hope, I can build it myself.

http://packman.links2linux.de

Has all packages you need to get it running, built by Henne Vogelsang of SuSE fame.

It has a lot of other nice packages too

Yes, I can vouch for this. The packman stuff is tailored for SuSE and works quite nicely, The same hold true for Xine (my personal preference). Take a look. Oh, and IIRC if you get the all German site I believe you can get the english language site - the option is in the top right corner if I'm not mistaken.

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