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some fixes

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  <LI>video encoding from <B>V4L compatible TV tuners</B></LI>
  <LI>encoding/multiplexing to interleaved AVI files with proper index</LI>
  <LI>creating files from external audio stream</LI>
  <LI>1, 2 or 3 pass encoding</LI>
  <LI><B>VBR</B> MP3 audio - <B>IMPORTANT NOTE:</B> VBR MP3 audio doesn't
    always play nicely on Windows players! On the other hand, currently
    MEncoder's CBR encoding is totally broken on Win32 players :)</LI>
  <LI>PCM audio</LI>
  <LI>stream copying</LI>
  <LI>input A/V synchronizing (PTS-based, can be disabled with -mc 0 option)</LI>
  <LI>FPS correction with <CODE>-ofps</CODE> option (useful when encoding
    29.97fps VOB to 24fps AVI)</LI>

<H4>Software requirements:</H4>

<UL>
  <LI><B>binutils</B> - suggested version is <B>2.11.x</B> . This program is
    responsible for generating MMX/3DNow!/etc instructions, thus very important.</LI>
  <LI><B>gcc</B> - suggested versions are: <B>2.95.3</B>, <B>2.95.4</B> and <B>3.1</B>.
    <B>NEVER</B> use 2.96 or 3.0.x! They generate faulty code for MPlayer.
    If you decide to change gcc from 2.96, then don't decide in favor of 3.0.x
    just because it's newer! Early releases of 3.0.x were even more buggy than
    2.96. So downgrade to 2.95.x (downgrade libstdc++ too, other programs may
    need it) or don't up/downgrade at all (but in this case, be prepared for

<H2><A NAME="gui">1.3 What about the GUI?</A></H2>

<P>The GUI needs GTK (it isn't GTK, but the panels are). The skins are stored
  in PNG format, so gtk, libpng (and their devel stuff) has to be installed. 
  You can build it by specifying <CODE>--enable-gui</CODE> during
  <CODE>./configure</CODE>. Then, to turn on GUI mode, you either</P>
  <UL>
    <LI>specify <CODE>gui=yes</CODE> in your config file</LI>
    <LI><CODE>ln -s $PREFIX/bin/mplayer $PREFIX/bin/gmplayer</CODE> ,

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  <LI>video encoding from <B>V4L compatible TV tuners</B></LI>
  <LI>encoding/multiplexing to interleaved AVI files with proper index</LI>
  <LI>creating files from external audio stream</LI>
  <LI>1, 2 or 3 pass encoding</LI>
  <LI><B>VBR</B> MP3 audio - <B>IMPORTANT NOTE:</B> VBR MP3 audio doesn't
    always play nicely on Windows players!</LI>
  <LI>PCM audio</LI>
  <LI>stream copying</LI>
  <LI>input A/V synchronizing (PTS-based, can be disabled with -mc 0 option)</LI>
  <LI>FPS correction with <CODE>-ofps</CODE> option (useful when encoding
    29.97fps VOB to 24fps AVI)</LI>

<H4>Software requirements:</H4>

<UL>
  <LI><B>binutils</B> - suggested version is <B>2.11.x</B> . This program is
    responsible for generating MMX/3DNow!/etc instructions, thus very important.</LI>
  <LI><B>gcc</B> - suggested versions are: <B>2.95.3</B> (maybe <B>2.95.4</B>) and <B>3.2+</B>.
    <B>NEVER</B> use 2.96 or 3.0.x! They generate faulty code for MPlayer.
    If you decide to change gcc from 2.96, then don't decide in favor of 3.0.x
    just because it's newer! Early releases of 3.0.x were even more buggy than
    2.96. So downgrade to 2.95.x (downgrade libstdc++ too, other programs may
    need it) or don't up/downgrade at all (but in this case, be prepared for

<H2><A NAME="gui">1.3 What about the GUI?</A></H2>

<P>The GUI needs GTK 1.2.x (it isn't fully GTK, but the panels are). The skins are stored
  in PNG format, so gtk, libpng (and their devel stuff, usually called gtk-dev and libpng-dev) has to be installed. 
  You can build it by specifying <CODE>--enable-gui</CODE> during
  <CODE>./configure</CODE>. Then, to turn on GUI mode, you either</P>
  <UL>
    <LI>specify <CODE>gui=yes</CODE> in your config file</LI>
    <LI><CODE>ln -s $PREFIX/bin/mplayer $PREFIX/bin/gmplayer</CODE> ,