Contrib Status

This page lists the libraries needed to have a fully featured VLC media player.
The additional information in the table refers to the VLC contrib build system (located in extras/contrib). These versions are against the trunk version.

For information on how to compile VLC media player on your platform see the Build VLC media player box on the Developer Corner's page.

Codecs

Contrib Status

Contrib lib	VLC version	Most recent version	Compile	Win32	BeOS	MacOSX	*Nix	WinCE	Where ?	License	Comment
libvorbis	1.2.3	1.2.3	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	-	Xiph.org	BSD-like
libogg	1.1.4	1.1.4	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	X	Xiph.org	BSD-like
libtheora	1.1.0	1.1.0	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	-	Xiph.org	BSD-like
speex	1.2rc1	1.2rc1	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	-	Speex.org	BSD-like
flac	1.2.1	1.2.1	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	-	Flac	BSD-like
x264	svn	svn	Up-to-date	X	-	X	X	-	SVN	GPLv2+
a52	0.7.4	0.7.4	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	-	liba52.sf	GPLv2+	Not likely to be updated
MPEG2DEC	0.5.1	0.5.1	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	X	libmpeg2.sf	GPLv2+	Not likely to be updated
faad2	2.7	2.7	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	-	audiocoding	GPLv2+
faac	1.28	1.28	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	-	audiocoding	LGPL for modifications
lame	3.98.2	3.98.2	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	-	sf.net	GPLv2+
FFmpeg	SVN	SVN	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	X	SVN	GPLv2/3/LGPL
libmad	0.15.1b	0.15.1b	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	-	SF	GPLv2+
dirac	1.0.2	1.0.2	Up-to-date	X	-	X	X	-	dirac.sf	GPLv2/LGPL 2.1/MIT
liboil	0.3.16	0.3.16	Up-to-date	X	-	X	X	-	liboil.fdesktop	Two-Clause BSD
schroedinger	1.0.8	1.0.8	Up-to-date	X	-	X	X	-	diracvideo.org	GPLv2/LGPL 2.1/MIT
libdca	SVN	SVN	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	-	SVN	GPLv2+
twolame	0.3.12	0.3.12	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	-	twolame.org	LGPL 2.1+
libmpcdec	1.2.6	1.2.6	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	-	musepack	BSD
Tremor	SVN	SVN	Up-to-date	-	-	-	-	-	SVN	BSD-like
libass	Git	Git	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	-	Git	GPLv2+

Muxers

Contrib Status

Contrib lib	VLC version	Most recent version	Compile	Win32	BeOS	MacOSX	*Nix	WinCE	Where	License	Comment
libebml	0.7.8	0.7.8	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	-	matroska.org	LGPLv2.1
libmatroska	0.8.1	0.8.1	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	-	matroska.org	LGPLv2.1
libdvbpsi	0.1.6	0.1.6	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	X	libdvbpsi	GPLv2+
libmodplug	0.8.7	0.8.7	Up-to-date	X	-	X	X	-	modplug sur sf.net	Public domain

Access

Contrib Status

Contrib lib	VLC version	Most recent version	Compile	Win32	BeOS	MacOSX	*Nix	WinCE	Where ?	License	Comment
shout	2.2.2	2.2.2	Up-to-date	X	-	X	-	-	xiph.org	LGPLv2.1+
libdvdcss	1.2.9	1.2.9	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	-	libdvdcss on v.o	GPLv2+
libdvdnav	CVS	CVS	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	-	dvd.sf.net	GPLv2+
livedotcom	latest trunk	latest trunk	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	X	live555	LGPLv2.1+
libcddb	1.3.2	1.3.2	Up-to-date	-	-	X	-	-	libcddb.sf.net	GPLv2+
libcdio	0.79	0.81	untested ???	-	-	X	-	-	gnu.org	GPLv2+
VCDimager	0.7.23	0.7.23	Up-to-date	-	-	X	-	-	vcdimager	GPLv2+
libgpg-error	1.7	1.7	Up-to-date	X	-	X	X	-	gnupg.org	LGPLv2.1+
libgcrypt	1.4.4	1.4.4	Up-to-date	X	-	X	X	-	gnupg.org	LGPLv2.1+
gnuTLS	2.8.3	2.8.3	Up-to-date	X	-	X	X	-	gnu.org	LGPLv2.1+(core)/GPLv3(extra)
Opendaap	0.4.0	0.4.0	Up-to-date	-	-	X	-	-
libxml2	2.7.3	2.7.3	Up-to-date	X	-	-	X	-	xmlsoft ftp	Open Source

Images

Contrib Status

Contrib lib	VLC version	Most recent version	Compile	Win32	BeOS	MacOSX	*Nix	WinCE	Where	License	Comment
libpng	1.2.40	1.2.40	Up-to-date	X	-	X	X	-	libpng.org
libjpeg	7	7	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	-	ijg.org
libtiff	3.9.1	3.9.1	Up-to-date	X	-	X	-	-	Main libtiff ftp
SDL	1.2.14	1.2.14	Up-to-date	X	-	X	-	-	libsdl.org	LGPLv2.1+
SDL_image	1.2.8	1.2.8	Up-to-date	X	-	X	-	-	libsdl.org	LGPLv2.1+

Tools

Contrib Status

Contrib lib	VLC version	Most recent version	Compile	Win32	BeOS	MacOSX	*Nix	WinCE	Where !	License	Comment
Autoconf	2.61	2.63	untested ???	-	X	X	-	-	Gnu(slow)	We don't care
automake	1.9.6	1.10.1	untested ???	-	X	X	-	-	Gnu(slow)	We don't care
Pkgconfig	0.20.0	0.23	untested ???	-	-	X	-	-	fd.org	We don't care	Don't update Rev.17486
Perl	5.8.8	5.10.0	untested ???	-	X	-	-	-	Perl	We don't care
libtool	1.5.24	1.5.26	untested ???	-	X	X	-	-	GNU-libtool	We don't care	Not tested yet and not usefull.
libiconv	1.13.1	1.13.1	Up-to-date	X	X	-	X	X	Gnu	LGPLv2.0+	Not tested yet and not usefull.
gettext	0.17	0.17	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	-	Gnu(slow)	LGPLv2.1+
freetype2	2.3.11	2.3.11	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	-	freetype.org	FreeType+GPLv2+
fribidi	0.19.2	0.19.2	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	-	fribidi.org	LGPLv2.1+
zlib	1.2.3	1.2.3	Up-to-date	X	-	-	X	-	zlib	Free

Others

Contrib Status

Contrib lib	VLC version	Most recent version	Compile	Win32	BeOS	MacOSX	*Nix	WinCE	Comment
libid3tag	0.15.1b	0.15.1b	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	-
taglib	1.5	1.5	Up-to-date	X	X	-	-	-	http://developer.kde.org/~wheeler/taglib.html
goom2k4	2k4-0	2k4-0	Up-to-date	X	-	X	X	-
libcaca	0.99-beta16	0.99-beta16	Up-to-date	X	-	X	X	-
glib	1.2.10	1.2.10	Up-to-date	-	-	X	-	-	v. gtk 1.2+
libidl	0.6.8	0.8.6	Up-to-date	-	-	X	-	-	Not up-to-date, but We don't need about new versions, since we don't really build it. Mirror has changed. It is now on gnome site
glib-win32	19990228 ~ 1.2.0	1.2.10	Up-to-date	X	-	-	-	-	Not up-to-date, but We don't need about new versions, since we don't really build it.
libidl-win32	0.6.3	0.8.6	Up-to-date	X	-	-	-	-	Not up-to-date, but We don't need about new versions, since we don't really build it. Mirror has changed. It is now on gnome site
gecko	1.7.5	1.8b1	Up-to-date	-	-	X	-	-	Not up-to-date, but We don't need about new versions, since we don't really build it.
gecko-win32	1.8b1	1.8b1	Up-to-date	X	-	-	-	-	Not up-to-date, but We don't need about new versions, since we don't really build it.
Qt	4.3	4.3	Up-to-date	X	-	-	X	-
portaudio	19	19	Up-to-date	Yes	-	-	-	-	Commented for Win32
Clinkcc	171	171	Up-to-date	-	-	-	-	-	Commented for MacOSX
Upnp	1.3.1	1.3.1	Up-to-date	-	-	-	-	-	Commented
expat	2.0.0	2.0.1	untested ???	-	-	-	-	-	Commented for MacOSX
yasm	0.7.2	0.8.0	untested ???	-	-	X	-	-	For Intel-based Macs
Contrib lib	VLC version	Most recent version	Compile	Win32	BeOS	MacOSX	*Nix	WinCE	Comment