xine - Multimedia player (CD, VCD, DVD, AVI, MOV, WMV, MP3, ...) HOWTO

ChangeLog


2008/04/09	- xine-lib 1.1.7 -> 1.1.11.1
		- xine-ui 0.99.4 -> 0.99.5
		- gxine 0.5.11 -> 0.5.901
		- Added libcaca prerequisite for xine-ui, note about
		  the latest beta not working
		- Updated Slackware notes for 12.0
2008/04/08	- Change download URL from download.sf.net to
		  downloads.sf.net
		- Updated Slackware note for 12.0
2007 Jul 03	- Clarified libdca/libdts prerequisite
2007 Jun 07	- xine-lib 1.1.4 -> 1.1.7
		- Removed bison prerequisite for xine-lib, configure doesn't
		  seem to be looking for it any more
		- xine-ui 0.99.4 -> 0.99.5
2007 Feb 08	- xine-lib 1.1.2 -> 1.1.4
		- Removed gawk, grep, sed links (now at the top)
		- gxine 0.5.7 -> 0.5.11
Dec 28, 2006	- Changed dts link to point to the new howto
Aug 11, 2006	- Added example of using cacaxine to watch TV
Aug 2, 2006	- xine-lib 1.1.1 -> 1.1.2
		- gxine 0.5.5 -> 0.5.7
Mar 10, 2006	- gxine 0.5.4 -> 0.5.5
		- Only run removepkg when it exists
Jan 27, 2006	- gxine 0.5.3 -> 0.5.4
Jan 4, 2006	- gxine 0.5.1 -> 0.5.3
		- Added notes about setting up lirc rc file for xine-ui and
		  gxine
Dec 29, 2005	- Updated lirc link to point to the howto
Dec 14, 2005	- Changed rte prerequisite link to point to the new howto
		- xine-lib 1.0.2 -> 1.1.1
		- Added file prerequisite link
		- Removed libpng prerequisite link
		- Added note about a52dec being included
		- Added note about libmad being included
		- Added libcdio prerequisite link
		- Added libvcdinfo prerequisite link
		- Added note about dts being included
		- Added transfig prerequisite link
		- gxine 0.4.8 -> 0.5.1
		- Added libjs prerequisite link
Dec 8, 2005	- Changed polypaudio prerequisite link to point to the new
		  howto
Sep 21, 2005	- Moved source directory (see note <a href="howtos.php?msd">here</a>)
		- Updated Slackware notes to include 10.2
		- Changed md5sum verification to output OK (or not)
		- Removed make, gcc, binutils, and fileutils/coreutils links
		- Rearranged options to shut up new version of find
		- root.root -> root:root, run when $UID = 0
		- Added note about xine-lib 1.2.0
		- xine-lib 1.0 -> 1.0.2
		- xine-ui 0.99.3 -> 0.99.4
		- gxine 0.4.1 -> 0.4.8
Jan 6, 2005	- xine-lib 1rc7 -> 1.0
		- Use download.sf.net instead of just the aleron mirror
		- Updated notes about versions that come with Slack to include
		  Slackware 10.0
		- xine-lib: Added note about ffmpeg to the bottom of the
		  prerequisite list
		- xine-lib: Added note to the xvid prerequisite
		- xine-lib: Added polypaudio prerequisite
		- xine-lib: Added libdvdnav prerequisite
		- xine-lib: Added libsmbclient prerequisite and note about
		  how to build it in
		- xine-ui 0.99.2 -> 0.99.3
		- Removed note about building with freetype >= 2.1.7, it
		  compiled fine without the patch for me using freetype
		  2.1.9
		- xine-ui: added two more skins
		- gxine 0.3.3 -> 0.4.1
		- gxine: updated glib, gtk+ prerequisites to be >= 2.4.0
		- gxine: changed to the installed path of the desktop icon
Nov 12, 2004	- xine-lib 1rc5 -> 1rc7
		- Changed libstk link to my howto
Jul 13, 2004	- Added installation of 11 more skins
Jul 12, 2004	- xine-ui 0.9.23 -> 0.99.2
Jul 9, 2004	- xine-lib 1rc3c -> 1rc5
Apr 14, 2004	- Removed a note I left in there
Apr 8, 2004	- xine-lib 1rc3b -> 1rc3c
		- Added " or coreutils" to the fileutils prerequisite
		- Added optional prerequisite caca
		- Added minimum version of a few prerequisites
Mar 27, 2004	- xine-lib 1rc3a -> 1rc3b
		- Changed the gnome-vfs prerequisite to link to the howto
		- Removed gpg verification of the tarball, no signature is
		  available, put md5sum verification (md5sum from the
		  announcement) in it's place
		- Updated the aalib prerequisite for xine-ui to point to
		  the howto instead of the home page
Mar 5, 2004	- Added note about a build error I got with xine-ui
Dec 31, 2003	- Changed aalib prereq to a link to my howto
Dec 29, 2003	- xine-lib 1rc2 -> 1rc3a
		- Added gpg verification of the xine-lib tarball
		- xine-ui 0.9.22 -> 0.9.23
		- Create ~/installed/xine/skins with mode 700
		- Alphebetized the skin download URLs to make it easier to
		  compare the list to the list on the web site
		- Added the Sunset skin
Dec 6, 2003	- Added a link to the curl howto for the curl prereq
Nov 12, 2003	- Added note about other frontends
Nov 6, 2003	- First entry

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