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README

-What is it?
-===========
-
-Parole is a modern simple media player based on the GStreamer framework and written to fit well
-in the Xfce desktop. Parole features playback of local media files, DVD/CD and live streams.
-Parole is extensible via plugins, for a complete how to write a plugin for Parole see
-the Plugins API documentation and the plugins directory which contains some useful examples.
-
-Required packages
-=================
-Parole depends on the following packages:
-
- - Gtk 3.20 or above.
- - Glib 2.32 or above.
- - Gio 2.32 or above.
- - DBus 0.60 or above.
- - DBus glib 0.70 or above.
- - GStreamer: base, video, interface and GStreamer X, version 1.0.0 or above.
- - libxfce4ui 4.11.0 or above.
- - libxfce4util 4.10.0 or above.
-
-How to report bugs?
-===================
-
-Bugs should be reported to the Xfce bug tracking system
-(https://bugzilla.xfce.org, product Parole). You will need to
-create an account for yourself.

README.md

-Parole
-======
+[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPL%20v2-blue.svg)](https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/parole/-/blob/master/COPYING)
+
+# parole
+
+Parole is a modern simple media player based on the GStreamer framework and 
+written to fit well in the Xfce desktop. Parole features playback of local 
+media files, DVD/CD and live streams.
+
+Parole is extensible via plugins, for a complete how-to on writing a plugin for
+Parole, see the Plugins API documentation and the plugins directory which 
+contains some useful examples.
+
+----
+
+### Homepage
+
+[Parole documentation](https://docs.xfce.org/apps/parole/start)
+
+### Changelog
+
+See [NEWS](https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/parole/-/blob/master/NEWS) for details on changes and fixes made in the current release.
+
+### Source Code Repository
+
+[Parole source code](https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/parole)
+
+### Download a Release Tarball
+
+[Parole archive](https://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/parole)
+    or
+[Parole tags](https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/parole/-/tags)
+
+### Installation
+
+From source code repository: 
+
+    % cd parole
+    % ./autogen.sh
+    % make
+    % make install
+
+From release tarball:
+
+    % tar xf parole-<version>.tar.bz2
+    % cd parole-<version>
+    % ./configure
+    % make
+    % make install
+
+### Reporting Bugs
+
+Visit the [reporting bugs](https://docs.xfce.org/apps/parole/bugs) page to view currently open bug reports and instructions on reporting new bugs or submitting bugfixes.
 
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