Video playback is based on the ubiquitous Berkeley MPEG player, mpeg_play v2.2. Audio is played through a slightly modified mpegsound library, part of Splay v0.8.2.

This library is distributed under the Gnu Library Public License (LGPL) version 2. In addition to the terms and conditions of the LGPL, we require that SMPEG only be distributed with the following legend in the documentation: "This product includes code from the Berkeley MPEG1 Software-only Video Decoder."

LokiTV and smplay are simple video players provided to test the library. The library interface is 'documented' in SDL_mpeg.h.

This is a work in progress. Only 16 bit color depth is supported. On slower systems performance is less than spectacular with choppy video and broken audio. Currently it has only been tested on Linux (i386, ppc, & alpha).

License: free

Additional System Requirements:

• Simple DirectMedia Layer v0.11.2 or higher
• 16 bit X display
• Qt 1.44 is needed for the LokiTV player.