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This page lists the libraries needed to have a fully featured {{VLC}}. <br />
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}} on your platform see the [[Developers_Corner|Build VLC media player]] box on the Developer Corner's page. 

=== 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] || 
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! libogg
|| 1.1.3 || 1.1.3 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}} || [http://www.xiph.org/downloads/ Xiph.org]|| 
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! libtheora
|| 1.0beta2 || 1.0beta2 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  ||  {{unNeeded}} || [http://www.xiph.org/downloads/ Xiph.org] || 
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! speex
|| 1.2beta3 || 1.2beta3 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{unNeeded}} || [http://www.speex.org/downloads/ Speex.org]|| 
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! flac
||  1.2.1 ||  1.2.1 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{unNeeded}} || [http://flac.sourceforge.net/ flac.sf] || 
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! x264 
|| svn || svn || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}} ||{{unNeeded}}  || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} ||{{unNeeded}} || SVN ||
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! 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
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! 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
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! faad2
|| 2.6.1 || 2.6.1 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}} || [http://www.audiocoding.com/faad2.html audiocoding] ||
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! faac
|| 1.26 ||  1.26 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{unNeeded}} || [http://www.audiocoding.com/faac.html audiocoding] ||
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! 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
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! FFmpeg
|| SVN ||  SVN ||  {{up-to-date}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} || SVN ||
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! 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] ||
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! dirac
|| 0.9.1 || 0.9.1 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  ||{{unNeeded}} ||  {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{unNeeded}} || [http://dirac.sourceforge.net dirac.sf] ||  
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! libdca
|| SVN ||  SVN || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || SVN ||
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! twolame
|| 0.3.12 || 0.3.12 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} ||  {{unNeeded}} || [http://www.twolame.org/ twolame.org] ||
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! libmpcdec
|| 1.2.6 || 1.2.6 || {{Up-to-date}} || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || [http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=src musepack] || 
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! Tremor
|| SVN || SVN || {{up-to-date}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{Needed}} || SVN || 
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=== 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] ||
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! libmatroska
||  0.8.1 || 0.8.1 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || [http://www.matroska.org/downloads/linux.html matroska.org] ||
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! libdvbpsi
|| 0.1.6 || 0.1.6 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} || [http://www.videolan.org/developers/libdvbpsi.html libdvbpsi] ||
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|}

=== 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
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! shout
||  2.2.2 ||  2.2.2 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} ||  {{unNeeded}} || [http://downloads.us.xiph.org/releases/libshout/ xiph.org] ||
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! 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] ||
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! libdvdnav
|| CVS  || CVS || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || [http://dvd.sourceforge.net/ dvd.sf.net] ||
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! livedotcom
|| latest trunk || latest trunk || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || [http://www.live555.com/mediaServer/#downloading live555]||
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! libcddb
|| 1.3.0 || 1.3.0 || {{up-to-date}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} ||  {{unNeeded}} || [http://libcddb.sourceforge.net/download.html libcddb.sf.net] ||
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! libcdio
|| 0.79 || 0.79 || {{up-to-date}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || [http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libcdio/?M=D gnu.org] ||
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! 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] ||
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! libgpg-error
|| 1.6 || 1.6 || {{Up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  ||{{unNeeded}} ||  {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  ||  {{unNeeded}} || [http://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgpg-error/ gnupg.org] || 
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! libgcrypt 
|| 1.4.0 || 1.4.0 || {{Up-to-date}} ||  {{Needed}}  ||{{unNeeded}} ||  {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{unNeeded}} || [ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/ gnupg.org] || 
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! gnuTLS
|| 2.2.2 || 2.2.2 || {{Up-to-date}} ||  {{Needed}}  ||{{unNeeded}} ||  {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  ||  {{unNeeded}} || [http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/news.html gnu.org] ||
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! Opendaap
|| 0.4.0 || 0.4.0 || {{Up-to-date}}||{{unNeeded}} ||{{unNeeded}} ||{{Needed}} ||{{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || ||
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! libxml2
|| 2.6.31 || 2.6.31 || {{Up-to-date}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || [ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/ xmlsoft ftp] ||
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=== Images ===
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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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! libpng
|| 1.2.25 || 1.2.25 || {{up-to-date}} ||{{Needed}}  ||{{unNeeded}} ||  {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{unNeeded}} || [http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html libpng.org]
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! libjpeg
|| 6b || 6b || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} ||  {{unNeeded}} || [http://www.ijg.org/files/ ijg.org] || Rare updates
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! 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
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! SDL
|| 1.2.13 || 1.2.13 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}}|| {{Needed}}|| {{unNeeded}}|| {{unNeeded}}|| [http://www.libsdl.org/download-1.2.php libdsl.org] ||
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! 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] ||
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=== 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)] ||
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! automake
| 1.9.6 ||  1.10.1 || {{untested}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || [http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/?M=D Gnu(slow)] ||
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! Pkgconfig
| 0.20.0 ||  0.23 || {{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]
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! Perl
| 5.8.8 ||  5.10.0 ||  {{untested}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || [http://www.perl.org Perl] ||
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! libtool 
| 1.5.24 ||  1.5.26 || {{untested}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || [http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/ GNU-libtool] || Not tested yet and not usefull.
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! libiconv
| 1.9.2 ||  1.12 || {{untested}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}}|| {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || [http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/#downloading Gnu] || Not tested yet and not usefull.
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! gettext 
|| 0.16.1 ||  0.17 || {{untested}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{unNeeded}} || [http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/ Gnu(slow)] ||
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! freetype2
||  2.3.5 ||  2.3.5 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{unNeeded}} ||  [http://freetype.org/index2.html freetype.org] || 
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! fribidi 
|| 0.10.9 || 0.10.9 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  ||  {{unNeeded}} || [http://fribidi.org/wiki/ fribidi.org] || 
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! libunicows
|| 1.1.1 || 1.1.1 || {{up-to-date}} ||{{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || [http://libunicows.sourceforge.net/ libunicows] ||  
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! zlib
|| 1.2.3 || 1.2.3 || {{Up-to-date}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} || [http://www.zlib.net/ zlib] ||
|-
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=== 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
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!libid3tag
|| 0.15.1b ||  0.15.1b ||  {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{unNeeded}} ||
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!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}} ||
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! libcaca
|| 0.9 || 0.9 || {{up-to-date}}|| {{Needed}}  ||{{unNeeded}} ||  {{Needed}}  || {{Needed}}  || {{unNeeded}} ||  0.99-beta2 is not a release version ?
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! libmodplug
|| 0.8.4 ||  0.8.4 || {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{Needed}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} ||
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! glib
|| 1.2.10 || 1.2.10 || {{Up-to-date}}||{{unNeeded}} ||{{unNeeded}} ||{{Needed}} ||{{unNeeded}} ||  {{unNeeded}} ||v. gtk 1.2+
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! 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
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! 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.
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! 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.
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! wxWidgets
|| 2.6.3 || 2.6.3 || {{Up-to-date}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} ||
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! Qt
|| 4.2.3 || 4.2.3|| {{up-to-date}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{Needed}} || {{unNeeded}} || 
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! portaudio
|| 19 || 19 || {{up-to-date}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} ||  {{unNeeded}} ||Commented for Win32
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! Clinkcc
|| 171 || 171  || {{up-to-date}}|| {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || Commented for MacOSX
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! Upnp
|| 1.3.1 || 1.3.1 || {{up-to-date}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || Commented
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! expat
|| 2.0.0 || 2.0.1  || {{untested}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} || {{unNeeded}} ||  {{unNeeded}} ||Commented for MacOSX
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! 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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