

  This archive contains an unstable version 0.33.2 alpha of Avifile library,
an AVI player and a couple of sample apps.

  Requirements:
 Linux ( tested with RedHat 6.1 and Slackware 7.0,  should theoretically
work on all modern distributions ).
 Win32 binaries for compression/decompression of video ( available from site ).
 Most test programs expect to find 384*288*24 BMP file './uncompr.bmp'.
 Processor: Intel Pentium or compatible. Pentium II-350 or better recommended. 

  Requirements for 'aviplay' sample:
 XFree86 3.x or 4.x with shared memory extension support.
 Qt library ver. 1.4 or 2.x. ( For RedHat users: it is typically contained in
 RPM qt-devel-x.xx-x. Make sure that it's installed. If you've built Qt from sources,
 environment variable QTDIR should point at root of installation. )
 (Optional) sound card.

  Installation ( ideal variant ):

 mkdir /usr/lib/win32
 unzip ./binaries.zip -d /usr/lib/win32
 tar zxf ./avifile-x.xx.tar. gz
 cd avifile
 ./configure
 make
 make install
 aviplay <your-file>
  
  WARNING: Some installation paths have changed. You should manually remove
 /usr/lib/libaviplay.so and /usr/local/avifile directory to avoid collisions
 if you've got 0.32 or earlier installed.
  
  ./configure options:
 
 --enable-release       Builds a release version of library. You
                        won't notice much improvement in performance.
			The only reason to do it is to save disk space.
 --enable-loader-out    Causes Win32 loader to verbosely output
                        everything it does. You probably won't need this.
 --enable-esd		Enables test support of audio playback through EsounD.
 --disable-mmx		Disables MMX code.
 --enable-quiet		Library compiled with this flag won't write anything to 
                        stdout except initialization and critical messages.

 --prefix=<your-directory>
     			Where to install library. Default is /usr/local.
 --with-qt-dir=<your-directory> 
 --with-qt-includes=<your-directory>
 --with-qt-libraries=<your-directory>
                        Specify these options if ./configure fails
			to find your Qt installation, if you receive
			strange Qt-related errors or if you want to
			build 'aviplay' for an alternative version of Qt. 
			
  XMPS plug-in installation: ( you need to have compiled and installed library )

 cd xmps-addon
 make
 make install

  REPORTING BUGS:
 
 Please include at least output log and gdb backtrace in case of segfault 
 or lock-up. Backtrace is desired for all running threads: 
  info threads
  thread 1
  bt
  thread 2
  ...
  
  
  
 Your comments are welcome. Mail them at divx@euro.ru.
  
  