[9681d3f] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY vlc-download-http
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| 8 | "http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/&vlc-version;/vlc-&vlc-version;.tar.xz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY vlc-download-ftp
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| 10 | "ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/&vlc-version;/vlc-&vlc-version;.tar.xz">
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[52b1b8c] | 11 | <!ENTITY vlc-md5sum "5ad114755670e4881a2b35354e2f79bc">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY vlc-size "17 MB">
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[54c019b] | 13 | <!ENTITY vlc-buildsize "300 MB">
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| 14 | <!ENTITY vlc-time "2.5 SBU">
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[9681d3f] | 15 | ]>
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| 16 |
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[09adf3d] | 17 | <sect1 id="vlc" xreflabel="VLC-&vlc-version;">
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[9681d3f] | 18 | <?dbhtml filename="vlc.html"?>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <sect1info>
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| 21 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 22 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 23 | </sect1info>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <title>VLC-&vlc-version;</title>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <indexterm zone="vlc">
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| 28 | <primary sortas="a-VLC">VLC</primary>
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| 29 | </indexterm>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 32 | <title>Introduction to VLC</title>
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| 33 |
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[09b87984] | 34 | <para>
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| 35 | <application>VLC</application> is a media player, streamer, and encoder.
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| 36 | It can play from many inputs like files, network streams, capture device,
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| 37 | desktops, or DVD, SVCD, VCD, and audio CD. It can play most audio and
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| 38 | video codecs (MPEG 1/2/4, H264, VC-1, DivX, WMV, Vorbis, AC3, AAC, etc.),
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| 39 | but can also convert to different formats and/or send streams through the
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| 40 | network.
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| 41 | </para>
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[9681d3f] | 42 |
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| 43 | &lfs70_checked;
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[54c019b] | 44 |
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[9681d3f] | 45 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 46 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 47 | <listitem>
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[09b87984] | 48 | <para>
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| 49 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&vlc-download-http;"/>
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| 50 | </para>
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[9681d3f] | 51 | </listitem>
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| 52 | <listitem>
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[09b87984] | 53 | <para>
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| 54 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&vlc-download-ftp;"/>
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| 55 | </para>
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[9681d3f] | 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | <listitem>
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[09b87984] | 58 | <para>
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| 59 | Download MD5 sum: &vlc-md5sum;
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| 60 | </para>
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[9681d3f] | 61 | </listitem>
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| 62 | <listitem>
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[09b87984] | 63 | <para>
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| 64 | Download size: &vlc-size;
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| 65 | </para>
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[9681d3f] | 66 | </listitem>
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| 67 | <listitem>
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[09b87984] | 68 | <para>
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| 69 | Estimated disk space required: &vlc-buildsize;
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| 70 | </para>
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[9681d3f] | 71 | </listitem>
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| 72 | <listitem>
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[09b87984] | 73 | <para>
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| 74 | Estimated build time: &vlc-time;
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| 75 | </para>
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[9681d3f] | 76 | </listitem>
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| 77 | </itemizedlist>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">VLC Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 80 |
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| 81 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 82 | <para role="required">
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[09b87984] | 83 | <xref linkend="dbus"/>
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[9681d3f] | 84 | </para>
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[54c019b] | 85 |
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| 86 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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[7c3af4bb] | 87 | <para role="recommended">
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[09b87984] | 88 | <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>,
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| 89 | <xref linkend="ffmpeg"/>,
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| 90 | <xref linkend="libmad"/>,
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| 91 | <xref linkend="liba52"/> and
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| 92 | <xref linkend="qt4"/> (<application>Qt4</application> is required for the
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| 93 | graphical user interface. Without Qt4 you will only be able to use the
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| 94 | command line or <application>ncurses</application> interface)
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| 95 | </para>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional input drivers and libraries</bridgehead>
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[9681d3f] | 98 | <para role="optional">
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[09b87984] | 99 | <xref linkend="libproxy"/>,
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| 100 | <ulink url="http://www.live555.com/">Live555</ulink>,
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| 101 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libdc1394/">DC1394</ulink>,
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| 102 | <xref linkend="libdv"/>,
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| 103 | <xref linkend="libdvdread"/>,
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| 104 | <xref linkend="libdvdnav"/>,
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| 105 | <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/developers/libbluray.html">libbluray</ulink>,
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| 106 | <ulink url="http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wiki/">OpenCV</ulink>,
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| 107 | <xref linkend="samba3"/>,
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| 108 | <xref linkend="gvfs"/>,
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| 109 | <ulink url="http://wiki.videolan.org/Libvcdinfo">libvcdinfo</ulink> and
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| 110 | <ulink url="http://libcddb.sourceforge.net/">libcddb</ulink>.
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| 111 | </para>
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[54c019b] | 112 |
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| 113 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional mux/demux plugins</bridgehead>
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[9681d3f] | 114 | <para role="optional">
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[09b87984] | 115 | <ulink url="http://code.google.com/p/game-music-emu/">Game Music Emu</ulink>,
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| 116 | <xref linkend="libogg"/>,
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| 117 | <ulink url="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Libshout">libshout</ulink>,
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| 118 | <ulink url="http://modplug-xmms.sourceforge.net/">libmod</ulink> and
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| 119 | <ulink url="http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=home">Musepack</ulink>.
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| 120 | </para>
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[9681d3f] | 121 |
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| 122 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional codec plugins</bridgehead>
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| 123 | <para role="optional">
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[09b87984] | 124 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libshine-fxp/">Shine</ulink>,
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| 125 | <ulink url="http://www.khronos.org/openmax/">OpenMAX</ulink>,
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| 126 | <ulink url="http://www.splitted-desktop.com/static/libva/">libva</ulink>,
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| 127 | <xref linkend="faad2"/>,
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| 128 | <ulink url="http://www.twolame.org/">Twolame</ulink>,
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| 129 | <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/developers/libdca.html">libdca</ulink>,
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| 130 | <xref linkend="flac"/>,
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| 131 | <xref linkend="libmpeg2"/>,
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| 132 | <xref linkend="libvorbis"/>,
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| 133 | <xref linkend="speex"/>,
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| 134 | <xref linkend="libtheora"/>,
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| 135 | <ulink url="http://diracvideo.org/download/dirac-research/">Dirac</ulink>,
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| 136 | <ulink url="http://diracvideo.org/download/schroedinger/">Schroedinger</ulink>,
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| 137 | <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
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| 138 | <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html">libx264</ulink>,
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| 139 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/fluidsynth/">FluidSynth</ulink>,
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| 140 | <ulink url="http://zapping.sourceforge.net/ZVBI/index.html">Zapping VBI</ulink>,
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| 141 | <ulink url="http://code.google.com/p/libass/">libass</ulink>,
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| 142 | <ulink url="http://code.google.com/p/libkate/">libkate</ulink> and
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| 143 | <ulink url="http://code.google.com/p/libtiger/">libtiger</ulink>.
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| 144 | </para>
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[54c019b] | 145 |
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[9681d3f] | 146 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional video plugins</bridgehead>
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| 147 | <para role="optional">
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[09b87984] | 148 | <xref linkend="sdl"/>,
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| 149 | <xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
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| 150 | <xref linkend="fribidi"/>,
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| 151 | <xref linkend="fontconfig"/>,
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| 152 | <xref linkend="aalib"/> and
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| 153 | <ulink url="http://caca.zoy.org/">libcaca</ulink>.
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| 154 | </para>
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[54c019b] | 155 |
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[9681d3f] | 156 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional audio plugins</bridgehead>
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| 157 | <para role="optional">
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[09b87984] | 158 | <xref linkend="pulseaudio"/>,
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| 159 | <ulink url="http://www.portaudio.com/">PortAudio</ulink>,
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| 160 | <ulink url="http://jackaudio.org/">JACK</ulink> and
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| 161 | <ulink url="http://www.mega-nerd.com/SRC/">libsamplerate</ulink>.
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| 162 | </para>
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[54c019b] | 163 |
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[9681d3f] | 164 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional interface plugins</bridgehead>
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[09b87984] | 165 | <para role="optional">
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| 166 | <ulink url="http://www.lirc.org/">LIRC</ulink> and
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| 167 | <ulink url="http://www.feep.net/libtar/">libtar</ulink>.
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| 168 | </para>
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[54c019b] | 169 |
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[9681d3f] | 170 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional visualization plugins</bridgehead>
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| 171 | <para role="optional">
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[09b87984] | 172 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/goom/">Goom</ulink> and
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| 173 | <ulink url="http://projectm.sourceforge.net/">projectM</ulink>.
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| 174 | </para>
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[54c019b] | 175 |
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[9681d3f] | 176 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional service discovery plugins</bridgehead>
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| 177 | <para role="optional">
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[09b87984] | 178 | <ulink url="http://libmtp.sourceforge.net/">MTP</ulink> and
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| 179 | <ulink url="http://pupnp.sourceforge.net/">UPnP</ulink>.
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| 180 | </para>
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[54c019b] | 181 |
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[09b87984] | 182 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional miscellaneous dependencies</bridgehead>
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[9681d3f] | 183 | <para role="optional">
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[09b87984] | 184 | <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>,
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| 185 | <xref linkend="gnutls"/>,
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| 186 | <xref linkend="libnotify"/>,
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| 187 | <xref linkend="taglib"/>,
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| 188 | <ulink url="http://medialibrary.sourceforge.net/">MediaLibrary</ulink>,
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| 189 | <xref linkend="sqlite"/> and
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| 190 | <ulink url="http://www.lua.org/">Lua</ulink>.
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| 191 | </para>
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| 192 |
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| 193 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 194 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/vlc"/>
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| 195 | </para>
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[9681d3f] | 196 | </sect2>
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| 197 |
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| 198 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 199 | <title>Installation of VLC</title>
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| 200 |
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[09b87984] | 201 | <para>
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| 202 | Install <application>VLC</application> by running the following commands:
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| 203 | </para>
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[9681d3f] | 204 |
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| 205 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 206 | --disable-lua &&
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| 207 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 208 |
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[09b87984] | 209 | <para>
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| 210 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>
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| 211 | </para>
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[9681d3f] | 212 |
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[09b87984] | 213 | <para>
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| 214 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 215 | </para>
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[9681d3f] | 216 |
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| 217 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 218 | </sect2>
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| 219 |
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| 220 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 221 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 222 |
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[09b87984] | 223 | <para>
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| 224 | <parameter>--disable-lua</parameter>: The package fails to install if
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| 225 | <application>Lua</application> is missing. Omit this option if you have
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| 226 | installed <application>Lua</application>.
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| 227 | </para>
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| 228 |
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| 229 | <para>
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| 230 | <parameter>--disable-avcodec</parameter>: Use this switch if you don't
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| 231 | have <application>FFmpeg</application> installed.
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| 232 | </para>
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| 233 |
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| 234 | <para>
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| 235 | <parameter>--disable-mad</parameter>: Use this switch if you don't
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| 236 | have <application>libmad</application> installed.
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| 237 | </para>
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| 238 |
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| 239 | <para>
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| 240 | <parameter>--disable-a52</parameter>: Use this switch if you don't have
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| 241 | <application>liba52</application> installed.
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| 242 | </para>
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[9681d3f] | 243 | </sect2>
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| 244 |
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| 245 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 246 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 247 |
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| 248 | <segmentedlist>
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| 249 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 250 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 251 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 252 |
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| 253 | <seglistitem>
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| 254 | <seg>cvlc, qvlc, rvlc, svlc, vlc and vlc-wrapper</seg>
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| 255 | <seg>libvlccore.so, libvlc.so and several libraries in
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[09b87984] | 256 | /usr/lib/vlc/plugins.</seg>
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[9681d3f] | 257 | <seg>/usr/lib/vlc, /usr/include/vlc, /usr/share/vlc and
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[09b87984] | 258 | /usr/share/doc/vlc.</seg>
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[9681d3f] | 259 | </seglistitem>
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| 260 | </segmentedlist>
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| 261 |
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| 262 | <variablelist>
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| 263 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 264 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 265 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 266 |
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| 267 | <varlistentry id="cvlc">
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| 268 | <term><command>cvlc</command></term>
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| 269 | <listitem>
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[09b87984] | 270 | <para>
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| 271 | is a script to run VLC with the dummy interface.
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| 272 | </para>
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[9681d3f] | 273 | <indexterm zone="vlc cvlc">
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| 274 | <primary sortas="b-cvlc">cvlc</primary>
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| 275 | </indexterm>
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| 276 | </listitem>
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| 277 | </varlistentry>
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| 278 |
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| 279 | <varlistentry id="qvlc">
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| 280 | <term><command>qvlc</command></term>
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| 281 | <listitem>
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[09b87984] | 282 | <para>
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| 283 | is a script to run <application>VLC</application> with the
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| 284 | <application>QT4</application> interface.
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| 285 | </para>
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[9681d3f] | 286 | <indexterm zone="vlc qvlc">
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| 287 | <primary sortas="b-qvlc">qvlc</primary>
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| 288 | </indexterm>
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| 289 | </listitem>
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| 290 | </varlistentry>
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| 291 |
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| 292 | <varlistentry id="rvlc">
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| 293 | <term><command>rvlc</command></term>
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| 294 | <listitem>
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[09b87984] | 295 | <para>
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| 296 | is a script to run <application>VLC</application> with a command
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| 297 | line interface.
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| 298 | </para>
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[9681d3f] | 299 | <indexterm zone="vlc rvlc">
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| 300 | <primary sortas="b-rvlc">rvlc</primary>
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| 301 | </indexterm>
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| 302 | </listitem>
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| 303 | </varlistentry>
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| 304 |
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| 305 | <varlistentry id="svlc">
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| 306 | <term><command>svlc</command></term>
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| 307 | <listitem>
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[09b87984] | 308 | <para>
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| 309 | is a script to run <application>VLC</application> with the skins
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| 310 | interface.
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| 311 | </para>
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[9681d3f] | 312 | <indexterm zone="vlc svlc">
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| 313 | <primary sortas="b-svlc">svlc</primary>
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| 314 | </indexterm>
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| 315 | </listitem>
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| 316 | </varlistentry>
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| 317 |
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| 318 | <varlistentry id="vlc-prog">
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| 319 | <term><command>vlc</command></term>
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| 320 | <listitem>
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[09b87984] | 321 | <para>
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| 322 | is the <application>VLC</application> media player.
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| 323 | </para>
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[9681d3f] | 324 | <indexterm zone="vlc vlc-prog">
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| 325 | <primary sortas="b-vlc">vlc</primary>
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| 326 | </indexterm>
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| 327 | </listitem>
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| 328 | </varlistentry>
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| 329 |
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| 330 | <varlistentry id="vlc-wrapper">
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| 331 | <term><command>vlc-wrapper</command></term>
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| 332 | <listitem>
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[09b87984] | 333 | <para>
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| 334 | is a wrapper to drop privileges with <application>VLC</application>
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| 335 | </para>
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[9681d3f] | 336 | <indexterm zone="vlc vlc-wrapper">
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| 337 | <primary sortas="b-vlc-wrapper">vlc-wrapper</primary>
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| 338 | </indexterm>
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| 339 | </listitem>
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| 340 | </varlistentry>
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| 341 | </variablelist>
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| 342 | </sect2>
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| 343 | </sect1>
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