diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index e52b604f2d..380fbe8a1c 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ DIST_SUBDIRS=gst-libs gst sys ext examples tools gconf testsuite
 EXTRA_DIST=gst-plugins.spec depcomp gst-element-check.m4 \
            gstreamer-libs.pc.in gstreamer-libs-uninstalled.pc.in \
            gstreamer-play.pc.in gstreamer-play-uninstalled.pc.in \
-	   AUTHORS COPYING README RELEASE \
+	   AUTHORS COPYING README RELEASE REQUIREMENTS \
 	   ChangeLog autogen.sh common m4
 
 dist-hook:
diff --git a/REQUIREMENTS b/REQUIREMENTS
index 7a418b1269..59631e8cf0 100644
--- a/REQUIREMENTS
+++ b/REQUIREMENTS
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ libHermes	(for colorspace conversions; you need this for any video work)
 			http://www.clanlib.org/hermes/
 libghttp	(for httpsrc)
 			http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/libghttp/
-libaudiofile    (for afsrc/afsink)
+libaudiofile    (for afsrc/afsink
 			http://oss.sgi.com/projects/audiofile/
 libmad          (for the mad mp3 decoder plugin)
 			http://www.mars.org/home/rob/proj/mpeg/
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ libshout	(for the shoutcast plugin)
 			http://www.icecast.org
 libasound	(for the alsa src/sink plugin)
 			http://alsa-project.org/
-ortp		(for the rtp sink plugin)
+librtp		(for the rtp sink plugin)
 			http://www.linphone.org/ortp/
 aalib		(for the aa sink plugin)
 			http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/aalib/
@@ -78,12 +78,6 @@ mpeg2dec/a52dec	(for mpeg2 related plugins and dvd playback)
 			http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/
 			and http://liba52.sourceforge.net/
 		>=	v0.3.0/v0.7.2
-avifile		(for the avi windows decoder plugins)
-                        http://avifile.sourceforge.net/
-			you might want to get the windows libraries 
-			from http://divx.euro.ru/ and put the .dll files 
-			in /usr/lib/win32/
-		>= 	0.6.0 (cvs)
 libswfdec	(for the swfdec plugin)
 			ftp://ftp.comedi.org/pub/libswfdec/
 		>=	0.1.1
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 905b35c71c..071c471e80 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -704,24 +704,10 @@ GST_CHECK_FEATURE(MJPEGTOOLS, [mjpegtools], jpegmmxenc jpegmmxdec, [
 dnl *** mpeg2dec ***
 translit(dnm, m, l) AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_MPEG2DEC, true)
 GST_CHECK_FEATURE(MPEG2DEC, [mpeg2dec], mpeg2dec, [
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBMPEG2, libmpeg2 >= 0.3.0,
-      HAVE_LIBMPEG2="yes", HAVE_LIBMPEG2="no")
-  AC_SUBST(LIBMPEG2_CFLAGS)
-  AC_SUBST(LIBMPEG2_LIBS)
-
-  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBCPUACCEL, libcpuaccel >= 0.3.0,
-      HAVE_LIBCPUACCEL="yes", HAVE_LIBCPUACCEL="no")
-  AC_SUBST(LIBCPUACCEL_CFLAGS)
-  AC_SUBST(LIBCPUACCEL_LIBS)
-
-  HAVE_MPEG2DEC="no"
-  if test x$HAVE_LIBMPEG2 = xyes -a x$HAVE_LIBCPUACCEL = xyes; then
-    HAVE_MPEG2DEC="yes"
-    MPEG2DEC_CFLAGS="$LIBMPEG2_CFLAGS $LIBCPUACCEL_CFLAGS"
-    MPEG2DEC_LIBS="$LIBMPEG2_LIBS $LIBCPUACCEL_LIBS"
-    AC_SUBST(MPEG2DEC_CFLAGS)
-    AC_SUBST(MPEG2DEC_LIBS)
-  fi
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES(MPEG2DEC, libmpeg2 >= 0.3.0,
+      HAVE_MPEG2DEC="yes", HAVE_MPEG2DEC="no")
+  AC_SUBST(MPEG2DEC_CFLAGS)
+  AC_SUBST(MPEG2DEC_LIBS)
 ])
 
 dnl *** openquicktime ***
diff --git a/gst-plugins.spec.in b/gst-plugins.spec.in
index 6dc82e4b15..47f64104d2 100644
--- a/gst-plugins.spec.in
+++ b/gst-plugins.spec.in
@@ -822,8 +822,8 @@ Plug-ins for playback of AVI format media files.
 @USE_MPEG2DEC_TRUE@Summary:GStreamer plug-ins for MPEG video playback and encoding.
 @USE_MPEG2DEC_TRUE@Group:         Libraries/Multimedia
 @USE_MPEG2DEC_TRUE@Requires:      gstreamer-plugins = %{version}
-@USE_MPEG2DEC_TRUE@Requires:      mpeg2dec => 0.2.1
-@USE_MPEG2DEC_TRUE@BuildRequires: mpeg2dec-devel => 0.2.1
+@USE_MPEG2DEC_TRUE@Requires:      mpeg2dec => 0.3.1
+@USE_MPEG2DEC_TRUE@BuildRequires: mpeg2dec-devel => 0.3.1
 @USE_MPEG2DEC_TRUE@Obsoletes:     gstreamer-mpeg1
 @USE_MPEG2DEC_TRUE@Obsoletes:     gstreamer-mpeg2
 @USE_MPEG2DEC_TRUE@Obsoletes:     gstreamer-mpeg2dec
@@ -1530,6 +1530,8 @@ This package contains a basic audio and video playback library.
 /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Dec 15 2002 Christian Schaller <Uraeus@linuxrising.org>
+- Update mpeg2dec REQ to be 0.3.1
 * Tue Dec 10 2002 Thomas Vander Stichele <thomas at apestaart dot org>
 - only install schema once
 - move out devel lib stuff to -devel package