%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ VLC VLC is a media player, streamer, and encoder. It can play from many inputs like files, network streams, capture device, desktops, or DVD, SVCD, VCD, and audio CD. It can play most audio and video codecs (MPEG 1/2/4, H264, VC-1, DivX, WMV, Vorbis, AC3, AAC, etc.), but can also convert to different formats and/or send streams through the network. &lfs70_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &vlc-md5sum; Download size: &vlc-size; Estimated disk space required: &vlc-buildsize; Estimated build time: &vlc-time; VLC Dependencies Required Recommended , , , and (Qt4 is required for the graphical user interface. Without Qt4 you will only be able to use the command line or ncurses interface) Optional input drivers and libraries , Live555, DC1394, , , , libbluray, OpenCV, , , libvcdinfo and libcddb. Optional mux/demux plugins Game Music Emu, , libshout, libmod and Musepack. Optional codec plugins Shine, OpenMAX, libva, , Twolame, libdca, , , , , , Dirac, Schroedinger, , libx264, FluidSynth, Zapping VBI, libass, libkate and libtiger. Optional video plugins , , , , and libcaca. Optional audio plugins , PortAudio, JACK and libsamplerate. Optional interface plugins LIRC and libtar. Optional visualization plugins Goom and projectM. Optional service discovery plugins MTP and UPnP. Optional miscellaneous dependencies , , , , MediaLibrary, and Lua. User Notes: Install VLC by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --disable-lua && make To test the results, issue: make check Now, as the root user: make install --disable-lua: The package fails to install if Lua is missing. Omit this option if you have installed Lua. --disable-avcodec: Use this switch if you don't have FFmpeg installed. --disable-mad: Use this switch if you don't have libmad installed. --disable-a52: Use this switch if you don't have liba52 installed. Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories cvlc, qvlc, rvlc, svlc, vlc and vlc-wrapper libvlccore.so, libvlc.so and several libraries in /usr/lib/vlc/plugins. /usr/lib/vlc, /usr/include/vlc, /usr/share/vlc and /usr/share/doc/vlc. Short Descriptions cvlc is a script to run VLC with the dummy interface. cvlc qvlc is a script to run VLC with the QT4 interface. qvlc rvlc is a script to run VLC with a command line interface. rvlc svlc is a script to run VLC with the skins interface. svlc vlc is the VLC media player. vlc vlc-wrapper is a wrapper to drop privileges with VLC vlc-wrapper