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Install the required software and hardware</TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="receive.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect1" ><H1 CLASS="sect1" ><A NAME="AEN457" ></A >2.2. Install VLS</H1 ><DIV CLASS="sect2" ><H2 CLASS="sect2" ><A NAME="AEN459" ></A >2.2.1. Windows</H2 ><P > Download the ZIP file from the <A HREF="http://www.videolan.org/streaming/download-vls-windows.html" TARGET="_top" >VLS Windows download page</A >, unzip-it and run <TT CLASS="filename" >setup.exe</TT > .</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect2" ><H2 CLASS="sect2" ><A NAME="AEN464" ></A >2.2.2. GNULinux & Mac OS X</H2 ><DIV CLASS="simplesect" ><H3 CLASS="simplesect" ><A NAME="AEN466" ></A >2.2.2.1. Install the libraries</H3 ><P > Many libraries are needed for particular uses </P ><P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P ><EM >libdvbpsi</EM > (always needed) </P ></LI ><LI ><P ><EM >libdvdcss</EM > if you want to be able to access encrypted DVDs ,</P ></LI ><LI ><P ><EM >libdvdread</EM > if you want to be able to stream DVDs ,</P ></LI ><LI ><P ><EM >libdvb</EM > if you want to be able to stream from a DVB card (a satellite card or a digital terrestial TV card) .</P ></LI ></UL ><P > Download the libraries from the <A HREF="http://www.videolan.org/streaming/download-vls-sources.html" TARGET="_top" >VLS sources download page</A > .</P ><P > For each library, uncompress, configure (unless for <EM >libdvb</EM > which doesn't have a <EM >./configure</EM >), compile and install :</P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="screen" > <TT CLASS="prompt" >% </TT ><TT CLASS="userinput" ><B >tar xvzf library.tar.gz</B ></TT > <TT CLASS="prompt" >% </TT ><TT CLASS="userinput" ><B >cd library</B ></TT > <TT CLASS="prompt" >% </TT ><TT CLASS="userinput" ><B >./configure</B ></TT > <TT CLASS="prompt" >% </TT ><TT CLASS="userinput" ><B >make</B ></TT > <TT CLASS="prompt" ># </TT ><TT CLASS="userinput" ><B >make install</B ></TT > </PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><P > Check that the configuration file <TT CLASS="filename" >/etc/ld.so.conf</TT > contains the following line :</P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="programlisting" > /usr/local/lib </PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><P > If the line is not present, add-it and then run :</P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="screen" > <TT CLASS="prompt" ># </TT ><TT CLASS="userinput" ><B >ldconfig</B ></TT > </PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="simplesect" ><H3 CLASS="simplesect" ><A NAME="AEN505" ></A >2.2.2.2. Install VLS</H3 ><P > Download the sources of the latest release : get the file <TT CLASS="filename" >vls-version.tar.gz</TT > from the <A HREF="http://www.videolan.org/streaming/download-vls-sources.html" TARGET="_top" >VLS sources download page</A >. Uncompress-it and generate <EM >./configure</EM > :</P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="screen" > <TT CLASS="prompt" >% </TT ><TT CLASS="userinput" ><B >tar xvzf vls-version.tar.gz</B ></TT > <TT CLASS="prompt" >% </TT ><TT CLASS="userinput" ><B >cd vls-version</B ></TT > </PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><P > To get the list of configuration options, do </P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="screen" > <TT CLASS="prompt" >% </TT ><TT CLASS="userinput" ><B >./configure --help</B ></TT > </PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><P > Then configure vls :</P ><P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P > if you want a basic VLS without DVD support, do :</P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="screen" > <TT CLASS="prompt" >% </TT ><TT CLASS="userinput" ><B >./configure --disable-dvd</B ></TT > </PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></LI ><LI ><P > if you want a VLS with DVD support, do :</P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="screen" > <TT CLASS="prompt" >% </TT ><TT CLASS="userinput" ><B >./configure</B ></TT > </PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></LI ><LI ><P > if you want a VLS with DVB support, do :</P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="screen" > <TT CLASS="prompt" >% </TT ><TT CLASS="userinput" ><B >./configure --enable-dvb --with-dvb=PATH_TO_DVB_DRIVERS --with-libdvb=PATH_TO_LIBDVB</B ></TT > </PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></LI ></UL ><P > Then, compile and install :</P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><FONT COLOR="#000000" ><PRE CLASS="screen" > <TT CLASS="prompt" >% </TT ><TT CLASS="userinput" ><B >make</B ></TT > <TT CLASS="prompt" ># </TT ><TT CLASS="userinput" ><B >make install</B ></TT > </PRE ></FONT ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><P > You can also do a <B CLASS="command" >make uninstall</B >, <B CLASS="command" >make clean</B > or <B CLASS="command" >make distclean</B > as needed .</P ></DIV ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="x282.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="receive.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Install VLC</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="install.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Receive and save a stream</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >