MPlayer requirements ==================== Intro ***** This document is to tell you what MPlayer's requirements are, and where can you find 'em. Current Minimal Requirements: ***************************** Binutils: ~~~~~~~~~ Brief: These utilities deal with object files. URL: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/binutils Checking: as --version ld --version Note: Preferred versions are: 2.9.1 - if you interest with MMX only support 2.10.1- if you interest with qualitative support of MMX2, 3dnow, K7, SSE instructions set 2.11 - was tested and works fine with mplayer (supports SSE2, IA64, AMD's x86-64 sets) GCC ~~~ Brief: Gnu Compilers Collection URL: http://gcc.gnu.org Checking: gcc --version Note: Preferred versions are 2.95.3 (2.95.2 with updated libstc++ stuff) 2.96.xx won't work, they are RedHat's UNOFFICIAL and BUGGY releases egcs-2.91.xx and early may have problems with inline assembler GLIBC ~~~~~ Brief: GNU C library URL: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/glibc Checking: ls -l /lib/libc[.-]* Note: Preferred versions are 2.1.3 or 2.2.3 make ~~~~ Brief: Make utility URL: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/make Checking: make --version Note: Preferred versions are 3.79 and 3.79.1 (previous 3.7x versions have memory leaks and can cause problems if your PC has <=32Mb of memory. As rule it's finished by segfault). XFree86 ~~~~~~~ Brief: Free port of X11 system on x86 architecture URL: http://www.xfree86.org Checking: X -version Note: Preferred versions are 4.0.3 and DRI-CVS Win32 codecs: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brief: Collection of win32 audio/video codecs. URL: ftp://thot.banki.hu/MPlayer/releases/w32codec.zip Note: Please use only this codec set (it differs from avifile's) Status/info page: http://mplayer.sourceforge.net/DOCS/codecs.html nasm ~~~~ Brief: Netwide assembler URL: http://www.web-sites.co.uk/nasm/ Note: It's required for compilation libavcodec stuff Optional Requirements: ********************** ALSA ~~~~ Brief: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture URL: http://www.alsa-project.org/ Note: Preferred version is 0.9.x+ . For details see DOCS/README DRI ~~~ Brief: The Direct Rendering Infrastructure URL: http://dri.sourceforge.net/ Note: For details see DOCS/VIDEOCARDS Utah-GLX ~~~~~~~~ Brief: An open source hardware accelerated implementation of OpenGL/GLX. URL: http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net/ Note: For detail see DOCS/VIDEOCARDS libcss ~~~~~~ Brief: libcss is required for viewing encrypted DVDs URL: http://www.linuxvideo.org/user/dl.html Note: For details see DOCS/DVD liblirc ~~~~~~~ Brief: Linux Infrared Remote Control. LIRC is a package that supports receiving and sending IR signals from/for the most common IR remote controls. URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/lirc/ Note: For details see DOCS/LIRC libpng ~~~~~~ Brief: Portable Network Graphic library URL: http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngcode.html Note: For details see DOCS/README You may need package 'zlib' too, because of libpng depends on it! libsdl ~~~~~~ Brief: Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide fast access to the graphics framebuffer and audio device URL: http://www.libsdl.org Note: Preferred versions are 1.2.0+. For details see DOCS/SDL libxmmp ~~~~~~~ Brief: Linux MultiMedia Project URL: http://www.frozenproductions.com/xmmp/ Alt URL: http://xmmp.sourceforge.net Note: For details see DOCS/ChangeLog Enjoy! MPlayer team