Company: MpegTV (www.mpegtv.com)

Product: MpegTV Player (aka mtv)

Version: 1.0

Description:

MpegTV Player (mtv) is a realtime software MPEG-1 Video+Audio Player
and VCD Player. It supports full-screen mode, can play from file,
pipe, network URL, or Video CD.
    
URL: http://www.mpegtv.com/

Contact Information: info@mpegtv.com

License Terms/Restrictions:

Command-line version (mtvp) is free for non-commercial use.

Graphic version (mtv) is Shareware (US$10) for non-commercial use
and can be registered on-line at http://www.mpegtv.com/.
Commercial licenses are required for commercial or governmental
use.

Unregistered users have a 30 sec limitation on audio and
a splash screen.

See details at "http://www.mpegtv.com/download.html#price".

Installation Requirements:

1 MB on /usr/X11/bin
0.7 MB on /usr/X11/lib

You must run an X-server in order to use mtv or mtvp.
You need a audio board installed and configured if you
want to hear sound.

Installation Instructions:

mtv requires the xforms and SDL libraries.  If they are not installed
on your system, or if you are not sure, you can install them by
simply issuing the following command (you must be root):

$ rpm -Uvh xforms-*.rpm SDL-*.rpm

To install mtv, simply issue the following command (you must be root):

$ rpm -Uvh mtv-*.rpm

Post-installation Instructions:

If you use a csh-type shell, you may need to type "rehash" before
running mtv or mtvp.

If you want to use the full-screen mode, you need to run mtv as root
or mtvp must be set-iud root. To set-uid root, become root and type:

$ chown root mtvp; chmod +s mtvp

For details, see file /usr/doc/mtv/README-Fullscreen

**** SECURITY WARNING!!! ****
Setting the 's' bit of mtvp (set-uid root) creates security holes
and allows a user to perform privileged operations.  Therefore if
you have a system that must be secure, you must remove the 's' flag
(set-iud) of mtvp with:

$ chmod -s mtvp

Please refer to the mtv page at http://www.mpegtv.com/download.html
for more infos, FAQ, on-line manual, links to MPEG bitstreams etc.

-- MpegTV
