Dependencies should either be modified to include SDL, or alternatively you can apply a patch like the one I'm about to attach.
Created attachment 75998 [details, diff] mpeg4ip-1.4.1-disable-sdl-test.patch After applying this patch, configure complains a few times about not being able to find "sdl-config" but it continues anyway and the library installed OK.
ok.. I've added it to the cvs.. thanks for the patch