vlc player installation problem..

[buddyburton]

vlc player installation problem....fedora 6
hi friens.,
i am using fedora 6.,
when i am trying to install vlc-0.8.6 it shows me following error

checking libmodplug/modplug.h usability... no
checking libmodplug/modplug.h presence... no
checking for libmodplug/modplug.h... no
checking mpcdec/mpcdec.h usability... no
checking mpcdec/mpcdec.h presence... no
checking for mpcdec/mpcdec.h... no
checking id3tag.h usability... no
checking id3tag.h presence... no
checking for id3tag.h... no
checking for ffmpeg-config... no
checking for FFMPEG... no
checking ffmpeg/avcodec.h usability... no
checking ffmpeg/avcodec.h presence... no
checking for ffmpeg/avcodec.h... no
configure: error: Missing header file ffmpeg/avcodec.h.

i put here some "no" only., it shows so many....

how can i know what libraries, codes needed and how can i install those missing codecs and libraries

thank you

[xtophe]

Why you don't :
use a recent distribution Fedora 12 is out
use a recent VLC (1.0.4)
use the package provided by your distribution
?

To answer your question:
http://wiki.videolan.org/Contrib_Status