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URL update, Windows port is no longer beta.

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  (<option>-ao win32</option>). Alternatives are OpenGL and SDL, but OpenGL
  performance varies greatly between systems and SDL is known to
  distort sound and video or crash on some systems. If the image is
  distorted, try turning off hardware acceleration with
  <option>-vo directx:noaccel</option>. Download
  <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta/contrib/dx7headers.tgz">DirectX 7 header files</ulink>
  to compile the DirectX video output driver. Furthermore you need to have
  DirectX 7 or later installed for the DirectX video output driver to work.
  </para>

<para><link linkend="vidix">VIDIX</link> now works under Windows as
  <option>-vo winvidix</option>, although it is still experimental
  and needs a bit of manual setup. Download
  <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta/dhahelperwin/dhahelper.sys">dhahelper.sys</ulink> or
  <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta/dhahelperwin/withmtrr/dhahelper.sys">dhahelper.sys (with MTRR support)</ulink>
  and copy it to the
  <filename class="directory">libdha/dhahelperwin</filename> directory in your
  <application>MPlayer</application> source tree.
  Open a console and change to that directory. Then type

  Configure it with <option>--prefix=/mingw</option> and install
  it before compiling <application>MPlayer</application>.</para>

<para>Complete instructions for building <application>MPlayer</application>
  and necessary libraries can be found in the
  <ulink url="http://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32-beta/contrib/MPlayer-MinGW-Howto.txt">MPlayer MinGW HOWTO</ulink>.</para>

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  (<option>-ao win32</option>). Alternatives are OpenGL and SDL, but OpenGL
  performance varies greatly between systems and SDL is known to
  distort sound and video or crash on some systems. If the image is
  distorted, try turning off hardware acceleration with
  <option>-vo directx:noaccel</option>. Download
  <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32/contrib/dx7headers.tgz">DirectX 7 header files</ulink>
  to compile the DirectX video output driver. Furthermore you need to have
  DirectX 7 or later installed for the DirectX video output driver to work.
  </para>

<para><link linkend="vidix">VIDIX</link> now works under Windows as
  <option>-vo winvidix</option>, although it is still experimental
  and needs a bit of manual setup. Download
  <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32/dhahelperwin/dhahelper.sys">dhahelper.sys</ulink> or
  <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32/dhahelperwin/withmtrr/dhahelper.sys">dhahelper.sys (with MTRR support)</ulink>
  and copy it to the
  <filename class="directory">libdha/dhahelperwin</filename> directory in your
  <application>MPlayer</application> source tree.
  Open a console and change to that directory. Then type

  Configure it with <option>--prefix=/mingw</option> and install
  it before compiling <application>MPlayer</application>.</para>

<para>Complete instructions for building <application>MPlayer</application>
  and necessary libraries can be found in the
  <ulink url="http://mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/win32/contrib/MPlayer-MinGW-Howto.txt">MPlayer MinGW HOWTO</ulink>.</para>

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