On Thu, 2002-02-07 at 20:35, dman wrote: > > Some people say 'mpeg' (or what's it called?) is far superior but it > can't be packaged due to licensing issues.
If you mean mplayer, it's because the authors discourage binary distribution of mplayer due to all the system-specific compile-time optimizations. However, if you want an mplayer package for Debian, download the mplayer source and run "debian/rules binary" and it'll build you one.
