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+this is a generic bug report form that should help you making bug reports
+(e.g. to post them on the xine-user mailing list at
+ <xine-user@lists.sourceforge.net>)
+
+Just use it as a checklist or copy/paste it into your bug report and replace
+the quoted lines ("> ...") with the corresponding information!
+
+
+> subject
+> -------
+> 
+> _please_ give a meaningful subject! Something like "horizontal bars while 
+> playing" is good, something like "xine bug" is not.
+
+
+bug description
+---------------
+
+> short, but complete, problem description
+
+
+xine console output
+-------------------
+
+> please _always_ include the complete console output xine produces.
+> It contains important information about the hardware xine detected and
+> what modules are used for audio/video output on your configuration.
+
+> you can produce a suitable log file with these command(s):
+> xine [options] 2>&1 |tee /tmp/xine.log
+> if the resulting /tmp/xine.log is very big, you may compress it with
+> "gzip -9 /tmp/xine.log" before attaching it to your bug report.
+
+
+xine version used
+-----------------
+
+> release/CVS ? is it a debug version (did you a make debug?)
+> Is the bug new with this release?
+> If you don't use the current release: Why not?/Please recheck with the
+> current version, first!
+
+
+information about your operating system/software
+------------------------------------------------
+
+> operating system, e.g. linux, kernel 2.2.16
+
+> X server, e.g. xfree 4.01, mga drivers
+
+> audio driver, e.g. alsa 0.5.9d
+
+
+information about your hardware configuration
+---------------------------------------------
+
+> CPU, e.g. P II 400
+
+> graphics card, e.g. Matrox G400, 32 MB RAM
+
+> sound card, e.g. SB Live
+