needs the EPOCH hammer because the old beta numbering didn't parse correctly
new version uses cmake... no sound yet until eric@ commits his fix to
pulseaudio (which is currently #@!#@!@ broken)
zap WITH_GTK2 since it's only a loading screen and this makes for a shitload
of libraries for about nothing.
Audio/video synch is not perfect, but it's a good basis for further work
anyway