diff --git a/multimedia/xvidcore/README b/multimedia/xvidcore/README
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+Xvid is an ISO MPEG-4 compliant video codec. It is an open source
+project that is developed and maintained by people from all over
+the world. Xvid claims to be the best currently available MPEG-4
+video codec solution, and it is free software.
+
diff --git a/multimedia/xvidcore/slack-desc b/multimedia/xvidcore/slack-desc
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+xvidcore: Xvid (MPEG-4 Compliant Video Codec)
+xvidcore:
+xvidcore: Xvid is an ISO MPEG-4 compliant video codec. It is an open source
+xvidcore: project that is developed and maintained by people from all over
+xvidcore: the world. Xvid claims to be the best currently available MPEG-4
+xvidcore: video codec solution, and it is free software.
+xvidcore:
+xvidcore: Homepage: http://www.xvid.org/
+xvidcore:
+xvidcore:
+xvidcore:
diff --git a/multimedia/xvidcore/xvidcore.SlackBuild b/multimedia/xvidcore/xvidcore.SlackBuild
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Slackware build script for Xvid
+
+# Copyright 2007  MagicMan <MagicMan07@bluebottle.com>
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
+# permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+#
+# 1. Redistributions of this script must retain the above copyright
+#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
+# WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO
+# EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+# PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
+# OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
+# WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
+# OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
+# ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+# Modified by the SlackBuilds.org project
+
+if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
+    echo "This script must be run as root!"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+PRGNAM=xvidcore
+VERSION=1.1.2
+ARCH=${ARCH:-i486}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
+CWD=`pwd`
+TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
+PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
+OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
+
+PDOCS="AUTHORS ChangeLog ChangeLog-1.0 CodingStyle LICENSE README TODO doc"
+
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+fi
+
+rm -rf $PKG
+mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
+cd $TMP || exit 1
+rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+tar -xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.* || exit 1
+cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION || exit 1
+
+chown -R root:root .
+chmod -R u+w,go+r-w,a-s .
+
+cd build/generic || exit 1
+CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+./configure \
+  --prefix=/usr \
+  --sysconfdir=/etc \
+  --localstatedir=/var \
+  --disable-static \
+  || exit 1
+
+make || exit 1
+make install DESTDIR=$PKG || exit 1
+
+find $PKG | xargs file | grep "executable" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
+find $PKG | xargs file | grep "shared object" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
+
+cd $TMP/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a $PDOCS $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
+
+# Per doc/INSTALL, let's create some symlinks to the shared object
+# This should be safe, as the maintainers assure that they won't change the 
+# major library number unless there is an incompatible ABI change
+( cd $PKG/usr/lib
+  ln -s libxvidcore.so.4.1 libxvidcore.so.4
+  ln -s libxvidcore.so.4.1 libxvidcore.so
+)
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/install
+cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
+
+cd $PKG
+/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.tgz
diff --git a/multimedia/xvidcore/xvidcore.info b/multimedia/xvidcore/xvidcore.info
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+PRGNAM="xvidcore"
+VERSION="1.1.2"
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.xvid.org/"
+DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.xvid.org/downloads/xvidcore-1.1.2.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="f748d835037fbe314a5fae8880c32f29"
+MAINTAINER="MagicMan"
+EMAIL="MagicMan07@bluebottle.com"
+APPROVED="robw810"