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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:
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18 2.9.1 - if you interest with MMX only support
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19 2.10.1- if you interest with qualitative support of
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20 MMX2, 3dnow, K7, SSE instructions set
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21 2.11 - was tested and works fine with mplayer
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22 (supports SSE2, IA64, AMD's x86-64 sets)
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24 GCC
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25 ~~~
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26 Brief: Gnu Compilers Collection
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27 URL: http://gcc.gnu.org
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28 Checking: gcc --version
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29 Note: Preferred versions are 2.95.3 (2.95.2 with updated libstc++ stuff)
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30 2.96.xx won't work, they are RedHat's UNOFFICIAL and BUGGY releases
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31 egcs-2.91.xx and early may have problems with inline assembler
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32
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33 GLIBC
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34 ~~~~~
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35 Brief: GNU C library
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36 URL: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/glibc
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37 Checking: ls -l /lib/libc[.-]*
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38 Note: Preferred versions are 2.1.3 or 2.2.3
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40 make
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41 ~~~~
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42 Brief: Make utility
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43 URL: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/make
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44 Checking: make --version
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45 Note: Preferred versions are 3.79 and 3.79.1
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46 (previous 3.7x versions have memory leaks and can cause
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47 problems if your PC has <=32Mb of memory. As rule it's
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48 finished by segfault).
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50 XFree86
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51 ~~~~~~~
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52 Brief: Free port of X11 system on x86 architecture
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53 URL: http://www.xfree86.org
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54 Checking: X -version
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55 Note: Preferred versions are 4.0.3 and DRI-CVS
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57 Win32 codecs:
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58 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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59 Brief: Collection of win32 audio/video codecs.
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60 URL: ftp://thot.banki.hu/MPlayer/releases/w32codec.zip
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61 Note: Please use only this codec set (it differs from avifile's)
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62 Status/info page: http://mplayer.sourceforge.net/DOCS/codecs.html
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64 Optional Requirements:
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65 **********************
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67 ALSA
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68 ~~~~
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69 Brief: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
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70 URL: http://www.alsa-project.org/
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71 Note: Preferred version is 0.9.x+ . For details see DOCS/README
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73 DRI
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74 ~~~
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75 Brief: The Direct Rendering Infrastructure
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76 URL: http://dri.sourceforge.net/
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77 Note: For details see DOCS/VIDEOCARDS
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79 Utah-GLX
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80 ~~~~~~~~
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81 Brief: An open source hardware accelerated implementation of OpenGL/GLX.
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82 URL: http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net/
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83 Note: For detail see DOCS/VIDEOCARDS
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85 libcss
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86 ~~~~~~
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87 Brief: libcss is required for viewing encrypted DVDs
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88 URL: http://www.linuxvideo.org/user/dl.html
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89 Note: For details see DOCS/DVD
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91 liblirc
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92 ~~~~~~~
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93 Brief: Linux Infrared Remote Control. LIRC is a package that supports receiving
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94 and sending IR signals from/for the most common IR remote controls.
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95 URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/lirc/
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96 Note: For details see DOCS/LIRC
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98 libpng
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99 ~~~~~~
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100 Brief: Portable Network Graphic library
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101 URL: http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngcode.html
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102 Note: For details see DOCS/README
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103 You may need package 'zlib' too, because of libpng depends on it!
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105 libsdl
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106 ~~~~~~
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107 Brief: Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform multimedia library designed
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108 to provide fast access to the graphics framebuffer and audio device
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109 URL: http://www.libsdl.org
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110 Note: Preferred versions are 1.2.0+. For details see DOCS/SDL
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112 libxmmp
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113 ~~~~~~~
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114 Brief: Linux MultiMedia Project
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115 URL: http://www.frozenproductions.com/xmmp/
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116 Alt URL: http://xmmp.sourceforge.net
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117 Note: For details see DOCS/ChangeLog
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118
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119 Enjoy!
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121 MPlayer team
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