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numerous small fixes/updates

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    Make sure its <B>development package</B> is installed too otherwise
    it won't work.<BR>
    For some videocards you don't need XFree86. See list below.</LI>
  <LI><B>make</B> - suggested version is <B>always the newest</B> (at least 3.79.x). This
    usually isn't important.</LI>
  <LI><B>SDL</B> - it's not mandatory, but can help in some cases. Always
    use the newest (beginning from 1.2.x).</LI>
</UL>

<P><B><I>CODECS</I></B></P>

<UL>

<P>Then build <B>MPlayer</B>:</P>

<PRE>    ./configure
    make
    make install</PRE>

<P><B><I>ALWAYS browse the output of ./configure</I></B>, and the
<CODE>configure.log</CODE> file, they contain info about what will be built,
and what won't. You may also want to view config.h and config.mak files.</P>

  <LI>ALSA output driver in libao2</LI>
  <LI>vo_ggi output driver in libvo (www.ggi-project.org)</LI>
  <LI>xanim codecs support (incomplete yet!)</LI>
  <LI>VIVO files support</LI>
  <LI>TV grabbing support</LI>
</UL></LI>

<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:[e-mail]">Andreas Ackermann (Acki)</A></B>
<UL>
  <LI>LIRC support (see documentation)</LI>

<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:[e-mail]">Johannes Feigl</A></B>
<UL>
  <LI>german docs translation</LI>
  <LI>some improvements in configure, small patches</LI>
  <LI>found somebody (Thilo Wunderlich) how send a DVB card</LI>
</UL></LI>

</UL></P>

<P>Main testers:</P>

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    Make sure its <B>development package</B> is installed too otherwise
    it won't work.<BR>
    For some videocards you don't need XFree86. See list below.</LI>
  <LI><B>make</B> - suggested version is <B>always the newest</B> (at least 3.79.x). This
    usually isn't important.</LI>
  <LI><B>SDL</B> - it's not mandatory, but can help in some cases (bad audio,
    videocards that lag strangely with the xv driver). Always use the newest
    (beginning from 1.2.x).</LI>
</UL>

<P><B><I>CODECS</I></B></P>

<UL>

<P>Then build <B>MPlayer</B>:</P>

<PRE>    ./configure
    make
    make install</PRE>

<P><B>Debian users</B> can build a .deb package for themselves, it's very
simple. Just exec <CODE>fakeroot debian/rules binary</CODE> in <B>MPlayer</B>'s
root dir. Detailed instructions can be found <A HREF="documentation.html#6.1">here</A>.</P>

<P><B><I>ALWAYS browse the output of ./configure</I></B>, and the
<CODE>configure.log</CODE> file, they contain info about what will be built,
and what won't. You may also want to view config.h and config.mak files.</P>

  <LI>ALSA output driver in libao2</LI>
  <LI>vo_ggi output driver in libvo (www.ggi-project.org)</LI>
  <LI>xanim codecs support (incomplete yet!)</LI>
  <LI>VIVO files support</LI>
  <LI>TV grabbing support</LI>
  <LI>Quicktime hackings</LI>
  <LI>libavcodec support in MEncoder</LI>
  <LI>various stuff</LI>
</UL></LI>

<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:[e-mail]">Andreas Ackermann (Acki)</A></B>
<UL>
  <LI>LIRC support (see documentation)</LI>

<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:[e-mail]">Johannes Feigl</A></B>
<UL>
  <LI>german docs translation</LI>
  <LI>some improvements in configure, small patches</LI>
  <LI>found somebody (Thilo Wunderlich) how send a DVB card</LI>
</UL></LI>

<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:[e-mail]">Kim Minh Kaplan</A></B>
<UL>
  <LI>DVD subtitles display support</LI>
</UL></LI>

<LI><B><A HREF="mailto:[e-mail]">Brian Kuschak</A></B>
<UL>
  <LI>RTP streaming support (reading)</LI>
</UL></LI>

</UL></P>

<P>Main testers:</P>