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+MPlayer plays most MPEG, VOB, AVI, OGG/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4,
+FLI, RM, NuppelVideo, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many
+native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs. You can watch VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx,
+DivX 3/4/5 and even WMV movies, too (without the avifile library).
+
+The required codecs are available from the MPlayer site, and we have a
+SlackBuild script for them as well. If you have already installed the
+codecs on your own, then make sure the CODECSDIR variable in the script
+is defined correctly (or pass the correct value on the command line when
+running the SlackBuild script).
+
+This script is written to install the default "Blue" theme for MPlayer, and
+it will print an error (but allow you to continue) if you don't have the
+theme tarball in the build directory. You can obtain the Blue theme here:
+http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/skins/Blue-1.7.tar.bz2
+If you want to install some other theme, the script is written to support
+that, but other themes have not been tested with it. The best option for
+using additional themes/skins is to install them in $HOME/.mplayer by
+following the directions on the MPlayer homepage.