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 in VLC 1.1; in contrib in VLC 2.0+). These versions are against the trunk version.

For information on how to compile VLC media player (including the contribs) 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	MacOSX	*Nix	WinCE	Where ?	License	Comment
libvorbis	1.3.2	1.3.2	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-	Xiph.org	BSD-like
libogg	1.3.0	1.3.0	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	Xiph.org	BSD-like
libtheora	1.1.1	1.1.1	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-	Xiph.org	BSD-like
speex	1.2rc1	1.2rc1	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-	Xiph.org	BSD-like
flac	1.2.1	1.2.1	Up-to-date	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	-	liba52.sf	GPLv2+	Not likely to be updated
MPEG2DEC	0.5.1	0.5.1	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	libmpeg2.sf	GPLv2+	Not likely to be updated
faad2	2.7	2.7	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-	audiocoding	GPLv2+
faac	1.28	1.28	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-	audiocoding	LGPL for modifications
lame	3.99.1	3.99.1	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-	sf.net	LGPLv2+
FFmpeg	SVN	SVN	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	SVN	GPLv2/3/LGPL
libmad	0.15.1b	0.15.1b	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-	SF	GPLv2+
orc	0.4.16	0.4.16	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-	orc	Two-Clause BSD
schroedinger	1.0.10	1.0.10	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-	diracvideo.org	GPLv2/LGPL 2.1/MIT
libdca	SVN	SVN	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-	SVN	GPLv2+
twolame	0.3.13	0.3.13	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-	twolame.org	LGPL 2.1+
libmpcdec	SVN	SVN	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-	musepack	BSD
Tremor	SVN	SVN	Up-to-date	-	-	-	-	SVN	BSD-like
libass	0.10.0	0.10.0	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-	Google Code	Simplified 2-clause BSD license

Demuxers and Muxers

Contrib Status

Contrib lib	VLC version	Most recent version	Compile	Win32	MacOSX	*Nix	WinCE	Where	License	Comment
libebml	1.2.2	1.2.2	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-	matroska.org	LGPLv2.1+
libmatroska	1.3.0	1.3.0	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-	matroska.org	LGPLv2.1+
libdvbpsi	0.2.2	0.2.2	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	libdvbpsi	LGPLv2.1+
libmodplug	0.8.8.4	0.8.8.4	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-	modplug sur sf.net	Public domain
GME	0.5.5	0.5.5	Up-to-date	X				GME on Google	LGPLv2.1+

Access

Contrib Status

Contrib lib	VLC version	Most recent version	Compile	Win32	MacOSX	*Nix	WinCE	Where ?	License	Comment
shout	2.2.2	2.2.2	Up-to-date	X	X	-	-	icecast.org	LGPLv2.1+
libdvdcss	1.2.11	1.2.11	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-	libdvdcss on v.o	GPLv2+
libdvdread	4.2.0	4.2.0	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-	dvd.sf.net	GPLv2+
libdvdnav	4.2.0	4.2.0	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-	dvd.sf.net	GPLv2+
livedotcom	latest trunk	latest trunk	Up-to-date	X	X	X	X	live555	LGPLv2.1+
libcddb	1.3.2	1.3.2	Up-to-date	X	X	-	-	libcddb.sf.net	LGPLv2+
libcdio	0.80	0.82	untested ???	-	X	-	-	gnu.org	GPLv2+
VCDimager	0.7.23	0.7.23	Up-to-date	-	X	-	-	vcdimager	GPLv2+
libgpg-error	1.10	1.10	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-	gnupg.org	LGPLv2.1+
libgcrypt	1.5.0	1.5.0	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-	gnupg.org	LGPLv2.1+
gnuTLS	2.12.7	2.12.7	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	2.7.8	2.7.8	Up-to-date	X	-	X	-	xmlsoft ftp	MIT License

Images

Contrib Status

Contrib lib	VLC version	Most recent version	Compile	Win32	MacOSX	*Nix	WinCE	Where	License	Comment
libpng	1.5.6	1.5.6	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-	libpng.org	Very open license, approaching BSD 2-clause
libjpeg	8c	8c	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-	ijg.org	1. We don't promise that this software works. 2. You can use this software for whatever you want. You don't have to pay us. 3. You may not pretend that you wrote this software. If you use it in a program, you must acknowledge somewhere in your documentation that you've used the IJG code.
libtiff	3.9.5	3.9.5	Up-to-date	X	X	-	-	Main libtiff ftp	BSD with Copyright attribution
SDL	1.2.14	1.2.14	Up-to-date	X	X	-	-	libsdl.org	LGPLv2.1+
SDL_image	1.2.10	1.2.10	Up-to-date	X	X	-	-	libsdl.org	LGPLv2.1+

Tools

Contrib Status

Contrib lib	VLC version	Most recent version	Compile	Win32	MacOSX	*Nix	WinCE	Where !	License	Comment
Autoconf	2.68	2.68	Up-to-date	-	X	-	-	Gnu(slow)	We don't care
automake	1.11	1.11	Up-to-date	-	X	-	-	Gnu(slow)	We don't care
Pkgconfig	0.26	0.26	Up-to-date	-	X	-	-	fd.org	We don't care
libtool	2.2.10	2.2.10	Up-to-date	-	X	-	-	GNU-libtool	We don't care
libiconv	1.13.1	1.13.1	Up-to-date	X	-	X	X	Gnu	LGPLv2.0+
gettext	0.18.1.1	0.18.1.1	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-	Gnu(slow)	LGPLv2.1+
freetype2	2.4.8	2.4.8	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-	freetype.org	FreeType+GPLv2+
fribidi	0.19.2	0.19.2	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-	fribidi.org	LGPLv2.1+
zlib	1.2.5	1.2.5	Up-to-date	X	-	X	-	zlib	Free

Others

Contrib Status

Contrib lib	VLC version	Most recent version	Compile	Win32	MacOSX	*Nix	WinCE	Where	License	Comment
taglib	1.7	1.7	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-	http://developer.kde.org/~wheeler/taglib.html
goom2k4	2k4-0	2k4-0	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-
projectM	2.0.1	2.0.1	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-	http://sourceforge.net/projects/projectm/files/	LGPLv2.1+
libcaca	0.99-beta17	0.99-beta17	Up-to-date	X	X	X	-
Qt	4.3	4.6	Up-to-date	X	-	X	-
portaudio	19	19	Up-to-date	Yes	-	-	-			Commented for Win32
Upnp	1.6.13	1.6.13	Up-to-date	-	-	-	-	http://pupnp.sourceforge.net/
expat	2.0.0	2.0.1	untested ???	-	-	-	-			Commented for MacOSX
yasm	1.1.0	1.1.0	untested ???	-	X	-	-			For Intel-based Macs
SQLite	3.6	3.6
Contrib lib	VLC version	Most recent version	Compile	Win32	MacOSX	*Nix	WinCE			Comment

Single command installation in Ubuntu

$ sudo apt-get -y install libvorbis-dev libogg-dev libtheora-dev speex libspeex-dev flac libflac-dev \
  x264 libx264-dev a52-0.7.4 liba52-0.7.4-dev mpeg2dec libmpeg2-4-dev faad libfaad-dev faac libfaac-dev \
  lame libmp3lame-dev ffmpeg libavdevice-dev libmad0 libmad0-dev dirac libdirac-dev liboil-dev libschroedinger-dev \
  libdca-dev twolame libtwolame-dev libmpcdec-dev libvorbisidec1 libvorbisidec-dev libass-dev libass4 libebml2 \
  libebml-dev libmatroska2 libmatroska-dev libdvbpsi6 libdvbpsi-dev libmodplug1 libmodplug-dev libshout3 libshout3-dev \
  libdvdread4 libdvdnav4 libdvdnav-dev livemedia-utils liblivemedia-dev libcddb2 libcddb2-dev libcdio10 libcdio-dev \
  libcdio-utils vcdimager libvcdinfo0 libvcdinfo-dev libgpg-error0 libgpg-error-dev libgcrypt11 libgcrypt11-dev \
  gnutls-bin libgnutls26 libgnutls-dev libdap10 libdap-bin libdap-dev libxml2 libxml2-dev libpng12-0 libpng12-dev \
  libjpeg8 libtiff4 libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-image1.2 libsdl-image1.2-dev libc-bin gettext libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev \
  libfribidi-dev libfribidi0 zlib1g zlib1g-dev libtag1-dev libcaca0 libcaca-dev caca-utils libqt4-core libqt4-dev \
  libportaudio2 libportaudio-dev libupnp-dev libupnp4 libupnp3 libexpat1 libexpat1-dev yasm libxcb-xv0 libxcb-xv0-dev \
  libx11-xcb1 libx11-xcb-dev

Single command installation on Fedora

$ yum install a52dec a52dec-devel caca-utils dirac dirac-devel expat expat-devel faac faac-devel faad2 faad2-devel ffmpeg \
  ffmpeg-libs flac flac-devel fribidi-devel gettext gnutls gnutls-devel gnutls-utils lame lame-devel live555 live555-devel \
  libass libass-devel libcaca libcaca-devel libcddb libcddb-devel libcdio libcdio-devel libdap libdap-devel libdca-devel \
  libdvbpsi libdvbpsi-devel libdvdnav libdvdnav-devel libdvdread libebml libebml-devel freetype freetype-devel fribidi \
  libgcrypt libgcrypt-devel libgpg-error libgpg-error-devel libjpeg-turbo libmad libmad-devel libmatroska libmatroska-devel \
  libmodplug libmodplug-devel libmpcdec-devel libmpeg2-devel libogg-devel liboil-devel libpng libpng-devel libshout \
  libshout-devel libtheora-devel libtiff libupnp libupnp-devel libvorbis-devel libX11 libX11-devel libxcb libxcb-devel \
  libxml2 libxml2-devel mpeg2dec portaudio-devel qt4 qt4-devel schroedinger-devel SDL-devel SDL_image SDL_image-devel speex \
  speex-devel taglib-devel twolame twolame-devel vcdimager vcdimager-devel vcdimager-libs x264 x264-devel yasm zlib zlib-devel

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