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1 MPlayer requirements
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2 ====================
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3 Intro
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4 *****
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5 This document is to tell you what MPlayer's requirements are, and where can you
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6 find 'em.
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7
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8 Current Minimal Requirements:
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9 *****************************
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10
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11 Binutils:
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12 ~~~~~~~~~
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13 Brief: These utilities deal with object files.
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14 URL: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/binutils
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15 Checking: as --version
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16 ld --version
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17 Note: Preferred versions are 2.9.1 or 2.10.1
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18
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19 GCC
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20 ~~~
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21 Brief: Gnu Compilers Collection
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22 URL: http://gcc.gnu.org
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23 Checking: gcc --version
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24 Note: Preferred versions are 2.95.3 (2.95.2 with updated libstc++ stuff)
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25 2.96.xx won't work, they are RedHat's UNOFFICIAL and BUGGY releases
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26 egcs-2.91.xx and early may have problems with inline assembler
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27
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28 GLIBC
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29 ~~~~~
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30 Brief: GNU C library
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31 URL: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/glibc
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32 Checking: ls -l /lib/libc[.-]*
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33 Note: Preferred versions are 2.1.3 or 2.2.3
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34
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35 XFree86
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36 ~~~~~~~
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37 Brief: Free port of X11 system on x86 architecture
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38 URL: http://www.xfree86.org
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39 Checking: X -version
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40 Note: Preferred versions are 4.0.2 and 4.0.3
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41
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42 Win32 codecs:
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43 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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44 Brief: Collection of audio/video codecs for Windows.
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45 URL: http://mplayer.sourceforge.net/DOCS/codecs.html
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46 Note: Please use only this codec set
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47
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48 Optional Requirements:
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49 **********************
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50
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51 ALSA
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52 ~~~~
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53 Brief: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
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54 URL: http://www.alsa-project.org/
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55 Note: Preferred version is 0.9.x+ . For details see DOCS/README
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56
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57 DRI
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58 ~~~
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59 Brief: The Direct Rendering Infrastructure
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60 URL: http://dri.sourceforge.net/
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61 Note: For details see DOCS/VIDEOCARDS
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62
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63 Utah-GLX
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64 ~~~~~~~~
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65 Brief: An open source hardware accelerated implementation of GLX.
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66 URL: http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net/
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67 Note: For detail see DOCS/VIDEOCARDS
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68
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69 libcss
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70 ~~~~~~
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71 Brief: libcss is required for viewing encrypted DVDs
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72 URL: http://www.linuxvideo.org/user/dl.html
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73 Note: For details see DOCS/DVD
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74
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75 liblirc
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76 ~~~~~~~
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77 Brief: Linux Infrared Remote Control. LIRC is a package that supports receiving
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78 and sending IR signals from/for the most common IR remote controls.
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79 URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/lirc/
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80 Note: For details see DOCS/LIRC
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81
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82 libpng
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83 ~~~~~~
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84 Brief: Portable Network Graphic library
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85 URL: http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngcode.html
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86 Note: For details see DOCS/README
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87
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88 libsdl
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89 ~~~~~~
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90 Brief: Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform multimedia library designed
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91 to provide fast access to the graphics framebuffer and audio device
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92 URL: http://www.libsdl.org
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93 Note: Preferred versions are 1.2.0+. For details see DOCS/SDL
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94
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95 xmmplib
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96 ~~~~~~~
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97 Brief: Linux MultiMedia Project
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98 URL: http://www.frozenproductions.com/xmmp/
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99 Alt URL: http://xmmp.sourceforge.net
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100 Note: For details see DOCS/ChangeLog
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101
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102 Enjoy!
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103 MPlayer team
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