+--- vlc-2.1.5/configure.ac~ 2014-10-07 18:53:53.000000000 +0200
++++ vlc-2.1.5/configure.ac 2014-10-07 18:56:10.350367495 +0200
+@@ -2242,9 +2242,6 @@
+ [ --enable-avcodec libavcodec codec (default enabled)])
+ AS_IF([test "${enable_avcodec}" != "no"], [
+ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(AVCODEC,[libavcodec >= 53.34.0 libavutil >= 51.22.0], [
+- PKG_CHECK_EXISTS([libavcodec < 56],, [
+- AC_MSG_ERROR([libavcodec versions 56 and later are not supported yet.])
+- ])
+ VLC_SAVE_FLAGS
+ CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} ${AVCODEC_CFLAGS}"
+ CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} ${AVCODEC_CFLAGS}"