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Allow shared libavcodec, but explain the implications.

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lists. Binary packages MUST include both the man page and HTML
documentation. Translated versions SHOULD be included, even if your
package management system does not provide specific support for
internationalization.

Libavcodec MUST always be in the latest development version and it MUST
be linked statically into the mplayer binary, because MPlayer requires a
recent libavcodec snapshot. While some distributions provide FFmpeg
packages containing a shared libavcodec library, they are often based on the
last "release" version of FFmpeg, which is quite old and will usually not
function correctly with MPlayer.

Support for binary codecs SHOULD be present to the extent that the combination
of operating system and CPU architecture permits, but it MUST NOT result in a
hard dependency on a binary codecs package. MPlayer is fully functional without
external binary codecs. If you package binary codecs yourself, package the

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lists. Binary packages MUST include both the man page and HTML
documentation. Translated versions SHOULD be included, even if your
package management system does not provide specific support for
internationalization.

Libavcodec MUST always be in the latest development version and it SHOULD
be linked statically into the mplayer binary, because MPlayer requires a
recent libavcodec snapshot. It is acceptable to use a shared (again, recent)
version of libavcodec, but you must be aware that this disables some of
MPlayer's functions (for example, some postprocessing filters) and sacrifices
speed.

Support for binary codecs SHOULD be present to the extent that the combination
of operating system and CPU architecture permits, but it MUST NOT result in a
hard dependency on a binary codecs package. MPlayer is fully functional without
external binary codecs. If you package binary codecs yourself, package the