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+Mixxx 1.12.0
+
+* HOMEPAGE *************************************************
+http://www.mixxx.org
+
+
+* ABOUT ****************************************************
+Mixxx is open source software for DJ'ing. You can perform
+live beatmixes with MP3s, OGGs, and other formats. Mixxx
+also supports a number of DJ MIDI controllers.
+Mixxx works on Linux, Windows and MacOS X.
+
+Mixxx is released under GPL v2. See LICENSE file in this
+directory for a copy of the licence.
+
+* NEWS *****************************************************
+
+Check the Mixxx blog to find out what's new in this version:
+http://mixxxblog.blogspot.com
+
+* UPGRADING ************************************************
+
+We recommend deleting your old skins directory before
+installing a new version of Mixxx. SCONS may not properly
+overwrite your skins directory when you do a "scons install",
+and it might cause Mixxx to crash on launch.
+You can delete it by running:
+
+   $ sudo rm -rf /usr/share/mixxx/skins
+   $ sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/mixxx/skins
+
+
+* INSTALL **************************************************
+Mixxx has the following dependencies:
+- libid3tag
+- libmad
+- libogg
+- libvorbis
+- libvorbisfile
+- libsndfile
+- libflac
+- libshout
+- libhss1394
+- taglib (New in 1.9!)
+- PortAudio-v19
+- portmidi
+- QT 4.6+
+- scons
+- protocol-buffers
+- libusb-1.0
+- libmp4v2 (optional, m4a support)
+- libfaad (optional, m4a support)
+- vamp-plugin-sdk (optional, internal version included)
+
+NOTE: If you want JACK support in Mixxx, make sure you
+compile PortAudio-v19 with JACK support first.
+
+Mixxx's build system is now SCONS as of Mixxx 1.6.0.
+To compile Mixxx using SCONS, go into the "mixxx"
+directory and run:
+
+   $ scons
+
+SCONS does both dependency checking and building, so it will
+tell you if you're missing any of the dependencies listed above.
+It's also possible to specify a prefix path and additional
+build flags, for example:
+
+   $ scons prefix=/usr
+
+To install Mixxx after compilation, run:
+
+   $ sudo scons prefix=/usr install
+
+A full list of scons flags is available by running:
+
+   $ scons --help
+
+WARNING: We do not recommend building Mixxx with any
+flags other than the defaults if you are going to use Mixxx
+for live performance. Features that are disabled by default
+may not compile or may be unstable. Be forewarned.
+
+More detailed compiling instructions are available for your
+platform on our wiki:
+    http://www.mixxx.org/wiki/
+
+* HERCULES DJ CONSOLE USERS ON LINUX ***********************
+
+Please see: http://www.mixxx.org/wiki/doku.php/hercules
+You may need to install the official Hercules Linux drivers
+from: http://www.hercules.com/
+
+* REINSTALLING MIXXX ***************************************
+
+Linux users may need to manually remove their Mixxx
+installation directory if they need to reinstall. (This does
+not apply when reinstalling from a DEB package.) Mixxx's
+share directory can be removed by running:
+
+   $ sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/mixxx/
+
+or
+
+   $ sudo rm -rf /usr/share/mixxx/
+
+* USAGE ****************************************************
+Please see the manual, included in this directory,
+Mixxx-Manual.pdf or at:
+
+    http://www.mixxx.org/manual
+
+* CONTACT **************************************************
+To contact the lead developer, send an email to
+rryan@mixxx.org or subscribe to
+mixxx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net and send a message to the
+list.
+
+* QT *******************************************************
+On some platforms, Mixxx may come with a pre-built copy of
+Qt. This code is licensed under the LGPL and source for this
+library may be obtained from:
+
+    http://qt-project.org/downloads
+
+* Microsoft Runtimes ***************************************
+On Microsoft platforms, Mixxx may come with runtime dlls
+copyright of Microsoft. These are distributed for the
+purpose of allowing Mixxx to run only as per the license
+agreement for Visual Studio 2005.