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+autom4te.cache
+config.h*
+config.log
+config.status
+config.guess
+config.sub
+config.rpath
+configure
+libtool
+stamp-h
+stamp-h.in
+stamp-h1
+gst-element-check-*.m4
+ltmain.sh
+missing
+mkinstalldirs
+compile
+install-sh
+depcomp
+autoregen.sh
+ABOUT-NLS
+_stdint.h
+
+/m4
+
+.deps
+.libs
+*.lo
+*.la
+*.o
+Makefile.in
+Makefile
+*~
+*.swp
+
+debian.upstream/changelog
+debian.upstream/control
+debian.upstream/gstreamer0.10-vaapi-doc.install
+debian.upstream/gstreamer0.10-vaapi.install
+debian.upstream/libgstvaapi-dev.install
+debian.upstream/libgstvaapi-glx-0.install
+debian.upstream/libgstvaapi-x11-0.install
+debian.upstream/libgstvaapi0.install
+docs/reference/libs/libs-docs.xml
+docs/reference/plugins/plugins-docs.xml
+gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapimarshal.c
+gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapimarshal.h
+gst-libs/gst/vaapi/stamp-marshal
+gtk-doc.make
+pkgconfig/gstreamer-vaapi-0.10.pc
+pkgconfig/gstreamer-vaapi-glx-0.10.pc
+pkgconfig/gstreamer-vaapi-x11-0.10.pc
+tests/test-decode
+tests/test-display
+tests/test-surfaces
+tests/test-textures
+tests/test-windows
+