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Software requirements</h2></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p> <span class="bold"><strong>binutils</strong></span> - recommended version is <span class="bold"><strong>2.11.x</strong></span>. </p></li><li><p> <span class="bold"><strong>gcc</strong></span> - recommended versions are 2.95 and 3.4+. 2.96 and 3.0.x are known to generate faulty code, 3.1 and 3.2 also had problems, 3.3 some minor ones. On PowerPC, use 4.x. </p></li><li><p> <span class="bold"><strong>Xorg/XFree86</strong></span> - recommended version is 4.3 or later. Make sure the <span class="bold"><strong>development packages</strong></span> are installed, too, otherwise it won't work. You don't absolutely need X, some video output drivers work without it. </p></li><li><p> <span class="bold"><strong>make</strong></span> - recommended version is 3.79.x or later. To build the XML documentation you need 3.80. </p></li><li><p> <span class="bold"><strong>FreeType</strong></span> - 2.0.9 or later is required for the OSD and subtitles </p></li><li><p> <span class="bold"><strong>ALSA</strong></span> - optional, for ALSA audio output support. At least 0.9.0rc4 is required. </p></li><li><p> <span class="bold"><strong>libjpeg</strong></span> - required for the optional JPEG video output driver </p></li><li><p> <span class="bold"><strong>libpng</strong></span> - required for the optional PNG video output driver </p></li><li><p> <span class="bold"><strong>directfb</strong></span> - optional, 0.9.13 or later required for the directfb video output driver </p></li><li><p> <span class="bold"><strong>lame</strong></span> - 3.90 or later is recommended, necessary for encoding MP3 audio with <span class="application">MEncoder</span>. </p></li><li><p> <span class="bold"><strong>zlib</strong></span> - recommended, necessary for compressed MOV header and PNG support </p></li><li><p> <span class="bold"><strong><a class="ulink" href="http://www.live555.com/mplayer/" target="_top">LIVE555 Streaming Media</a></strong></span> - optional, needed for some RTSP/RTP streams </p></li><li><p> <span class="bold"><strong>cdparanoia</strong></span> - optional, for CDDA support </p></li><li><p> <span class="bold"><strong>libxmms</strong></span> - optional, for XMMS input plugin support. 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