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This page list the libraries needed to have a fully featured {{VLC}}.
The additional information in the table refer to the VLC contrib build system (located in extras/contrib).
These versions are against the trunk version.

=== Codecs ===

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|+ '''Contrib Status''' 
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! Contrib lib !! VLC version !! Most recent version !! Compile !! Win32 !! BeOS !! MacOSX !! *Nix !! WinCE !!  Where ? !! Comment 
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! libvorbis 
|| 1.2.0 ||  1.2.0 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{unNeeded}} || [http://www.xiph.org/downloads/ Xiph.org] || 
|-
! libogg
|| 1.1.3 || 1.1.3 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}} || [http://www.xiph.org/downloads/ Xiph.org]|| 
|-
! libtheora
|| 1.0beta1 || 1.0beta1 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  ||  {{unNeeded}} || [http://www.xiph.org/downloads/ Xiph.org] || 
|-
! speex
|| 1.2beta2 || 1.2beta2 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{unNeeded}} || [http://www.speex.org/downloads/ Speex.org]|| 
|-
! flac
||  1.2.1 ||  1.2.1 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{unNeeded}} || [http://flac.sourceforge.net/ flac.sf] || 
|-
! x264 
|| svn || svn || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}} ||{{unNeeded}}  || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} ||{{unNeeded}} || SVN ||
|-
! a52
||  0.7.4 ||  0.7.4 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  ||{{unNeeded}} || [http://liba52.sf.net liba52.sf] || Not likely to be updated
|- 
! MPEG2DEC
|| 0.4.1 || 0.4.1 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  ||{{unNeeded}} || [http://libmpeg2.sf.net libmpeg2.sf]  || Not likely to be updated
|-
! faad2
|| cvs-20040923 || 2.6 || {{untested}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}} || || Licence problem!
|-
! faac
|| 1.26 ||  1.26 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{unNeeded}} || [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=704 sf.net] ||
|-
! lame
|| 3.97 ||  3.97 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  ||  {{unNeeded}} ||  [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=290&package_id=309 sf.net] ||Not likely to be updated
|-
! FFmpeg
|| SVN ||  SVN ||  {{up-to-date}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} || SVN ||
|-
! libmad
||  0.15.1b ||  0.15.1b || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{unNeeded}} || [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12349&package_id=86999 SF] ||
|-
! dirac
|| 0.7.0 || 0.7.0 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  ||{{unNeeded}} ||  {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{unNeeded}} || [http://dirac.sf.net dirac.sf] ||  
|-
! libdca
|| SVN ||  SVN || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || SVN ||
|-
! twolame
|| 0.3.10 || 0.3.10 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} ||  {{unNeeded}} || [http://www.twolame.org/ twolame.org] ||
|-
! libmpcdec
|| 1.2.6 || 1.2.6 || {{Up-to-date}} || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || [http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=src musepack] || 
|-
! Tremor
|| SVN || SVN || {{up-to-date}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{Needed}} || SVN || 
|-
|}

=== Muxers ===
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|+ '''Contrib Status''' 
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! Contrib lib !! VLC version !! Most recent version !! Compile !! Win32 !! BeOS !! MacOSX !! *Nix !! WinCE !! Where !! Comment
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! libebml
|| 0.7.7 ||  0.7.7 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{unNeeded}} || [http://www.matroska.org/downloads/linux.html matroska.org] ||
|- 
! libmatroska
||  0.8.1 || 0.8.1 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || [http://www.matroska.org/downloads/linux.html matroska.org] ||
|-
! libdvbpsi
|| 0.1.5 || 0.1.5 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} || [http://www.videolan.org/developers/libdvbpsi.html libdvbpsi] ||
|-
|}

=== Access ===

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|+ '''Contrib Status''' 
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! Contrib lib !! VLC version !! Most recent version !! Compile !! Win32 !! BeOS !! MacOSX !! *Nix !! WinCE !! Where ? !! Comment
|-
! shout
||  2.2.2 ||  2.2.2 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} ||  {{unNeeded}} || [http://downloads.us.xiph.org/releases/libshout/ xiph.org] ||
|- 
! libdvdcss
|| 1.2.9 ||  1.2.9 ||  {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || [http://download.videolan.org/pub/libdvdcss/?C=N;O=D libdvdcss on v.o] ||
|-
! libdvdnav
|| CVS  || CVS || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || [http://dvd.sourceforge.net/] ||
|-
! livedotcom
|| latest trunk || latest trunk || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || [http://www.live555.com/mediaServer/#downloading live555]||
|-
! libcddb
|| 1.3.0 || 1.3.0 || {{up-to-date}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} ||  {{unNeeded}} || [http://libcddb.sourceforge.net/download.html libcddb.sf.net] ||
|-
! libcdio
|| 0.78.2 || 0.78.2 || {{up-to-date}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || [http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libcdio/?M=D gnu.org] ||
|-
! VCDimager
|| 0.7.23 || 0.7.23 || {{Up-to-date}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || [http://www.vcdimager.org/pub/vcdimager/vcdimager-0.7/ vcdimager] ||
|-
! libgpg-error
|| 1.5 || 1.5 || {{Up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  ||{{unNeeded}} ||  {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  ||  {{unNeeded}} || [http://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgpg-error/ gnupg.org] || 
|- 
! libgcrypt 
|| 1.2.3 || 1.2.4 || {{No}} ||  {{Needed}}  ||{{unNeeded}} ||  {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{unNeeded}} || [ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/ gnupg.org] || Does not seem to compile on MingW32
|- 
! gnuTLS
|| 1.6.3 || 2.0.1 || {{untested}} ||  {{Needed}}  ||{{unNeeded}} ||  {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  ||  {{unNeeded}} || [http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/news.html gnu.org] ||
|- 
! Opendaap
|| 0.4.0 || 0.4.0 || {{Up-to-date}}||{{unNeeded}} ||{{unNeeded}} ||{{Needed}} ||{{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || ||
|-
! libxml2
|| 2.6.30 || 2.6.30 || {{Up-to-date}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || [ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/ xmlsoft ftp] ||
|-
|}

=== Images ===
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|+ '''Contrib Status''' 
|-
! Contrib lib !! VLC version !! Most recent version !! Compile !! Win32 !! BeOS !! MacOSX !! *Nix !! WinCE !! Where !! Comment
|-
! libpng
|| 1.2.21 || 1.2.22 || {{untested}} ||{{Needed}}  ||{{unNeeded}} ||  {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{unNeeded}} || [http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html libpng.org]
|- 
! libjpeg
|| 6b || 6b || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} ||  {{unNeeded}} || [http://www.ijg.org/files/ ijg.org] || Rare updates
|-
! libtiff
|| 3.8.2 || 3.8.2 || {{up-to-date}} ||{{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}}|| {{Needed}}|| {{unNeeded}}|| {{unNeeded}}|| [ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/pub/libtiff/ Main libtiff ftp] || Rare updates
|-
! SDL
|| 1.2.12 || 1.2.12 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}}|| {{Needed}}|| {{unNeeded}}|| {{unNeeded}}|| [http://www.libsdl.org/download-1.2.php libdsl.org] ||
|-
! SDL_image 
|| 1.2.6 || 1.2.6 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}}|| {{Needed}}|| {{unNeeded}}|| {{unNeeded}}|| [http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/ libdsl.org] ||
|-
|}

=== Tools ===
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|+ '''Contrib Status''' 
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! Contrib lib !! VLC version !! Most recent version !! Compile !! Win32 !! BeOS !! MacOSX !! *Nix !! WinCE !! Where ! || Comment
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! Autoconf 
| 2.61 || 2.61 || {{up-to-date}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || [http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/?M=D Gnu(slow)] ||
|-
! automake
| 1.9.6 ||  1.9.6 || {{up-to-date}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || [http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/?M=D Gnu(slow)] ||
|-
! Pkgconfig
| 0.20.0 ||  0.22.0 || {{untested}} ||{{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}}|| {{Needed}}|| {{unNeeded}}|| {{unNeeded}} || [http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/wiki/ fd.org] || Don't update [http://trac.videolan.org/vlc/changeset/17486 Rev.17486]
|-
! Perl
| 5.8.8 ||  5.8.8 ||  {{up-to-date}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || [http://www.perl.org Perl] ||
|-
! libtool 
| 1.5.24 ||  1.5.24 || {{up-to-date}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || [http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/ GNU-libtool] || Not tested yet and not usefull.
|- 
! libiconv
| 1.9.2 ||  1.11 || {{untested}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}}|| {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || [http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/#downloading Gnu] || Not tested yet and not usefull.
|-
! gettext 
|| 0.16.1 ||  0.16.1 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{unNeeded}} || [http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/ Gnu(slow)] ||
|-
! freetype2
||  2.3.5 ||  2.3.5 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{unNeeded}} ||  [http://freetype.org/index2.html freetype.org] || 
|-
! fribidi 
|| 0.10.4 || 0.10.9 ||  {{untested}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  ||  {{unNeeded}} || [http://fribidi.org/wiki/ fribidi.org] || Patches are useless for 0.10.5. Not compiling because of libtool, neither on gcc and mingw - 0.10.7 does not compile with mingw32
|-
! libunicows
|| 1.1.1 || 1.1.1 || {{up-to-date}} ||{{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || [http://libunicows.sourceforge.net/ libunicows] ||  
|-
! zlib
|| 1.2.3 || 1.2.3 || {{Up-to-date}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} || [http://www.zlib.net/ zlib] ||
|-
|}

=== Others ===
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|+ '''Contrib Status''' 
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! Contrib lib !! VLC version !! Most recent version !! Compile !! Win32 !! BeOS !! MacOSX !! *Nix !! WinCE !! Comment
|-
!libid3tag
|| 0.15.1b ||  0.15.1b ||  {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{unNeeded}} ||
|-
!taglib
|| 1.4 || 1.4 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} ||http://developer.kde.org/~wheeler/taglib.html
|-
! goom2k4
||  2k4-0 ||   2k4-0 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  ||{{unNeeded}} ||  {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  ||  {{unNeeded}} ||
|-
! libcaca
|| 0.9 || 0.9 || {{up-to-date}}|| {{Needed}}  ||{{unNeeded}} ||  {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{unNeeded}} ||  0.99-beta2 is not a release version ?
|-
! libmodplug
|| 0.8 ||  0.8 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} ||
|-
! glib
|| 1.2.10 || 1.2.10 || {{Up-to-date}}||{{unNeeded}} ||{{unNeeded}} ||{{Needed}} ||{{unNeeded}} ||  {{unNeeded}} ||v. gtk 1.2+
|-
! libidl 
|| 0.6.8 || 0.8.6 ||  {{Up-to-date}} ||{{unNeeded}} ||{{unNeeded}}||{{Needed}} ||{{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || ''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}} || {{Needed}} ||{{unNeeded}} ||{{unNeeded}} ||{{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || ''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}}  ||{{Needed}} ||{{unNeeded}} ||{{unNeeded}} ||{{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || ''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}}  ||{{unNeeded}} ||{{unNeeded}} ||{{Needed}} ||{{unNeeded}} ||  {{unNeeded}} ||''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}} || {{Needed}} ||{{unNeeded}} ||{{unNeeded}} ||{{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} ||''Not up-to-date, but We don't need about new versions'', since we don't really build it.
|-
! wxWidgets
|| 2.6.3 || 2.6.3 || {{Up-to-date}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} ||
|-
! Qt
|| 4.2.3 || 4.2.3|| {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || 
|-
! portaudio
|| 19 || 19 || {{up-to-date}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} ||  {{unNeeded}} ||Commented for Win32
|-
! Clinkcc
|| 171 || 171  || {{up-to-date}}|| {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || Commented for MacOSX
|-
! Upnp
|| 1.3.1 || 1.3.1 || {{up-to-date}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || Commented
|-
! expat
|| 2.0.0 || 2.0.0  || {{up-to-date}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} ||  {{unNeeded}} ||Commented for MacOSX
|-
! NASM
|| Cvs 2006-01 || CVS || {{up-to-date}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || For MacTels. Need to update cvs ???
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! Contrib lib !! VLC version !! Most recent version !! Compile !! Win32 !! BeOS !! MacOSX !! *Nix !! WinCE !! Comment
|}

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