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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 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 |
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| libogg | 1.1.4 | 1.1.4 | Up-to-date | X | X | X | X | X | Xiph.org | BSD-like |
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| libtheora | 1.0 | 1.0 | Up-to-date | X | X | X | X | - | Xiph.org | BSD-like |
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| speex | 1.2rc1 | 1.2rc1 | Up-to-date | X | X | X | X | - | Speex.org | BSD-like |
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| flac | 1.2.1 | 1.2.1 | Up-to-date | X | X | X | X | - | flac.sf | BSD-like |
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| x264 | svn | svn | Up-to-date | X | - | X | X | - | SVN | GPLv2+ |
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| 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+ |
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| faac | 1.28 | 1.28 | Up-to-date | X | X | X | X | - | audiocoding | LGPL for modifications |
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| lame | 3.98.2 | 3.98.2 | Up-to-date | X | X | X | X | - | sf.net | GPLv2+ |
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| FFmpeg | SVN | SVN | Up-to-date | X | X | X | X | X | SVN | GPLv2/3/LGPL |
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| libmad | 0.15.1b | 0.15.1b | Up-to-date | X | X | X | X | - | SF | GPLv2+ |
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| dirac | 1.0.2 | 1.0.2 | Up-to-date | X | - | X | X | - | dirac.sf | GPLv2/LGPL 2.1/MIT |
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| liboil | 0.3.16 | 0.3.16 | Up-to-date | X | - | X | X | - | liboil.fdesktop | Two-Clause BSD | |
| schroedinger | 1.0.7 | 1.0.7 | Up-to-date | X | - | X | X | - | diracvideo.org | GPLv2/LGPL 2.1/MIT |
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| libdca | SVN | SVN | Up-to-date | X | X | X | X | - | SVN | GPLv2+ |
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| twolame | 0.3.12 | 0.3.12 | Up-to-date | X | X | X | X | - | twolame.org | LGPL 2.1 |
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| libmpcdec | 1.2.6 | 1.2.6 | Up-to-date | X | X | X | X | - | musepack | BSD |
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| Tremor | SVN | SVN | Up-to-date | - | - | - | - | - | SVN | BSD-like |
Muxers
| 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 |
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| libmatroska | 0.8.1 | 0.8.1 | Up-to-date | X | X | X | X | - | matroska.org | LGPLv2.1 |
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| libdvbpsi | 0.1.6 | 0.1.6 | Up-to-date | X | X | X | X | - | libdvbpsi | GPLv2+ |
Access
| 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 | ||
| 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 | - | - | libcddb.sf.net | ||
| libcdio | 0.79 | 0.81 | untested ??? | - | - | X | - | - | gnu.org | ||
| VCDimager | 0.7.23 | 0.7.23 | Up-to-date | - | - | X | - | - | vcdimager | ||
| libgpg-error | 1.7 | 1.7 | Up-to-date | X | - | X | X | - | gnupg.org | ||
| libgcrypt | 1.4.4 | 1.4.4 | Up-to-date | X | - | X | X | - | gnupg.org | ||
| gnuTLS | 2.8.1 | 2.8.1 | Up-to-date | X | - | X | X | - | gnu.org | ||
| 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 |
Images
| Contrib lib | VLC version | Most recent version | Compile | Win32 | BeOS | MacOSX | *Nix | WinCE | Where | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libpng | 1.2.37 | 1.2.37 | Up-to-date | X | - | X | X | - | libpng.org | |
| libjpeg | 6b | 6b | Up-to-date | X | X | X | X | - | ijg.org | Rare updates |
| libtiff | 3.8.2 | 3.8.2 | Up-to-date | X | - | X | - | - | Main libtiff ftp | Rare updates |
| SDL | 1.2.13 | 1.2.13 | Up-to-date | X | - | X | - | - | libsdl.org | |
| SDL_image | 1.2.7 | 1.2.7 | Up-to-date | X | - | X | - | - | libsdl.org |
Tools
| Contrib lib | VLC version | Most recent version | Compile | Win32 | BeOS | MacOSX | *Nix | WinCE | Where ! | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autoconf | 2.61 | 2.63 | untested ??? | - | X | X | - | - | Gnu(slow) | |
| automake | 1.9.6 | 1.10.1 | untested ??? | - | X | X | - | - | Gnu(slow) | |
| Pkgconfig | 0.20.0 | 0.23 | untested ??? | - | - | X | - | - | fd.org | Don't update Rev.17486 |
| Perl | 5.8.8 | 5.10.0 | untested ??? | - | X | - | - | - | Perl | |
| libtool | 1.5.24 | 1.5.26 | untested ??? | - | X | X | - | - | GNU-libtool | Not tested yet and not usefull. |
| libiconv | 1.9.2 | 1.12 | untested ??? | X | X | - | X | X | Gnu | Not tested yet and not usefull. |
| gettext | 0.16.1 | 0.17 | untested ??? | X | X | X | X | - | Gnu(slow) | |
| freetype2 | 2.3.9 | 2.3.9 | Up-to-date | X | X | X | X | - | freetype.org | |
| fribidi | 0.19.2 | 0.19.2 | Up-to-date | X | X | X | X | - | fribidi.org | |
| libunicows | 1.1.1 | 1.1.1 | Up-to-date | X | - | - | - | - | libunicows | |
| zlib | 1.2.3 | 1.2.3 | Up-to-date | X | - | - | X | - | zlib |
Others
| 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 | 0.9 | 0.9 | Up-to-date | X | - | X | X | - | 0.99-beta2 is not a release version ? |
| libmodplug | 0.8.4 | 0.8.4 | 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. |
| wxWidgets | 2.6.3 | 2.6.3 | Up-to-date | X | - | - | X | - | |
| Qt | 4.3 | 4.3 | Up-to-date | X | - | - | X | - | |
| portaudio | 19 | 19 | Up-to-date | - | - | - | - | - | 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 |
