%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ VLC VLC is a media player, streamer, and encoder. It can play from many inputs, such as files, network streams, capture devices, desktops, or DVD, SVCD, VCD, and audio CD. It can use most audio and video codecs (MPEG 1/2/4, H264, VC-1, DivX, WMV, Vorbis, AC3, AAC, etc.), and it can also convert to different formats and/or send streams through the network. &lfs78_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; Additional Downloads Required patch: VLC Dependencies Recommended , , , , , and , Optional features and packages Optional input plugins , , , , , , , libbluray, libdc1394, libcddb, libproxy, Live555, and VCDImager (requires ) Optional mux/demux plugins , Game Music Emu, libdvbpsi, libshout, libmatroska (requires libebml), libmodplug, Musepack, and sidplay-libs Optional codec plugins , , , , , , , , , , , Dirac, FluidSynth, libdca, libkate, OpenMAX, Schroedinger, Tremor, Twolame, and Zapping VBI Optional video plugins , , , , , , (with SDL_image), and libcaca Optional audio plugins , , and JACK Optional interface plugins (required for the graphical user interface), (for some plugins, but currently broken with Qt-5.5), libtar, and LIRC Optional visualisations and video filter plugins Goom and projectM Optional service discovery plugins , libmtp and libupnp Miscellaneous options , , , , and (runtime) User Notes: If both Qt4 and Qt5 are installed, Qt5 needs to be hidden from PKG_CONFIG_PATH, due to a bug. Temporarily do it by issuing: SAVEPATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH && PKG_CONFIG_PATH="\ `echo $PKG_CONFIG_PATH | sed 's@:/opt/qt5/lib/pkgconfig@@'`" If you wish to avoid many invalid warnings, issue: sed -i '/seems to be moved/s/^/#/' autotools/ltmain.sh Install VLC by running the following commands: patch -Np1 -i ../vlc-&vlc-version;-ffmpeg3-1.patch && CXX="g++ -std=c++11" \ CFLAGS="-DLUA_COMPAT_5_1" \ OPENCV_LIBS="-L/usr/share/OpenCV" \ ./configure --prefix=/usr && make Again, if both Qt4 and 5 are installed, restore PKG_CONFIG_PATH: PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$SAVEPATH && unset SAVEPATH To test the results, issue: make -k check. Tests must be run from an active X session. One test fails for unknown reasons. Now, as the root user: If the XORG_PREFIX is not /usr, make sure the LIBRARY_PATH environment variable is set properly when doing the install, For example: sudo make LIBRARY_PATH=$XORG_PREFIX/lib ... install. make docdir=/usr/share/doc/vlc-&vlc-version; install CXX="g++ -std=c++11": This environment variable is needed for compatibility with . CFLAGS="-DLUA_COMPAT_5_1": This environment variable is needed for compatibility with . OPENCV_LIBS="-L/usr/share/OpenCV" This environment variable helps the linker to find libippicv.a installed by OpenCV 3. --enable-opencv=no: This switch disables OpenCV suport. --disable-lua: Use this switch if you don't have Lua installed. --disable-mad: Use this switch if you don't have libmad installed. --disable-avcodec --disable-swscale: Use these switches if you don't have FFmpeg installed. --disable-a52: Use this switch if you don't have liba52 installed. --disable-xcb: Use this switch if you don't have X Window System installed. --disable-alsa: Use this switch if you don't have ALSA installed. --disable-libgcrypt: Use this switch if you don't have libgcrypt installed. There are many options to VLC's configure command. Check the configure --help output for a complete list. Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories cvlc, nvlc, qvlc, rvlc, svlc, vlc and vlc-wrapper libvlccore.so, libvlc.so and many plugins in /usr/lib/vlc/plugins /usr/{include,lib,share}/vlc and /usr/share/doc/vlc-&vlc-version; Short Descriptions cvlc is a script to run VLC with the dummy interface. cvlc nvlc is a script to run VLC with the ncurses interface. nvlc qvlc is a script to run VLC with the Qt 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