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                         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 or 2.10.1

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

XFree86
~~~~~~~
Brief:    Free port of X11 system on x86 architecture
URL:      http://www.xfree86.org
Checking: X -version
Note:     Preferred versions are 4.0.2 and 4.0.3

Win32 codecs:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Brief: Collection of audio/video codecs for Windows.
URL:   http://mplayer.sourceforge.net/DOCS/codecs.html
Note:  Please use only this codec set

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 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

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

xmmplib
~~~~~~~
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