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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY vlc-download-http
8 "http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/&vlc-version;/vlc-&vlc-version;.tar.xz">
9 <!ENTITY vlc-download-ftp
10 "ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/&vlc-version;/vlc-&vlc-version;.tar.xz">
11 <!ENTITY vlc-md5sum "3941b561f590cc95ca5e795213cba2f2">
12 <!ENTITY vlc-size "19 MB">
13 <!ENTITY vlc-buildsize "494 MB (additional 1 MB for the tests)">
14 <!ENTITY vlc-time "4.7 SBU (additional less than 0.1 SBU for the tests)">
15]>
16
17<sect1 id="vlc" xreflabel="VLC-&vlc-version;">
18 <?dbhtml filename="vlc.html"?>
19
20 <sect1info>
21 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
22 <date>$Date$</date>
23 </sect1info>
24
25 <title>VLC-&vlc-version;</title>
26
27 <indexterm zone="vlc">
28 <primary sortas="a-VLC">VLC</primary>
29 </indexterm>
30
31 <sect2 role="package">
32 <title>Introduction to VLC</title>
33
34 <para>
35 <application>VLC</application> is a media player, streamer, and encoder.
36 It can play from many inputs like files, network streams, capture device,
37 desktops, or DVD, SVCD, VCD, and audio CD. It can play most audio and
38 video codecs (MPEG 1/2/4, H264, VC-1, DivX, WMV, Vorbis, AC3, AAC, etc.),
39 but can also convert to different formats and/or send streams through the
40 network.
41 </para>
42
43 &lfs76_checked;
44
45 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
46 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
47 <listitem>
48 <para>
49 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&vlc-download-http;"/>
50 </para>
51 </listitem>
52 <listitem>
53 <para>
54 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&vlc-download-ftp;"/>
55 </para>
56 </listitem>
57 <listitem>
58 <para>
59 Download MD5 sum: &vlc-md5sum;
60 </para>
61 </listitem>
62 <listitem>
63 <para>
64 Download size: &vlc-size;
65 </para>
66 </listitem>
67 <listitem>
68 <para>
69 Estimated disk space required: &vlc-buildsize;
70 </para>
71 </listitem>
72 <listitem>
73 <para>
74 Estimated build time: &vlc-time;
75 </para>
76 </listitem>
77 </itemizedlist>
78
79 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">VLC Dependencies</bridgehead>
80
81 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
82 <para role="recommended">
83 <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>,
84 <xref linkend="ffmpeg"/>,
85 <xref linkend="liba52"/>,
86 <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>
87 <xref linkend="libmad"/>,
88 <xref linkend="lua"/>, and
89 <xref linkend="x-window-system"/>
90 </para>
91
92 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional features and packages</bridgehead>
93 <para role="optional">
94 <xref linkend="dbus"/>
95 </para>
96
97 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional input plugins</bridgehead>
98 <para role="optional">
99 <xref linkend="libdv"/>,
100 <xref linkend="libdvdcss"/>,
101 <xref linkend="libdvdread"/>,
102 <xref linkend="libdvdnav"/>,
103 <xref linkend="samba"/>,
104 <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/developers/libbluray.html">libbluray</ulink>,
105 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libdc1394/">libdc1394</ulink>,
106 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libcddb/">libcddb</ulink>,
107 <ulink url="http://code.google.com/p/libproxy/">libproxy</ulink>,
108 <ulink url="http://www.live555.com/">Live555</ulink>,
109 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencvlibrary/">OpenCV</ulink>,
110 <ulink url="http://linuxtv.org/downloads/v4l-utils/">Video4Linux</ulink>, and
111 <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/">VCDImager</ulink>
112 (requires <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/libcdio/">libcdio</ulink>)
113 </para>
114
115 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional mux/demux plugins</bridgehead>
116 <para role="optional">
117 <xref linkend="libogg"/>,
118 <ulink url="http://code.google.com/p/game-music-emu/">Game Music Emu</ulink>,
119 <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/developers/libdvbpsi.html">libdvbpsi</ulink>,
120 <ulink url="http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/libshout/">libshout</ulink>,
121 <ulink url="http://dl.matroska.org/downloads/libmatroska/">libmatroska</ulink>
122 (requires <ulink url="http://dl.matroska.org/downloads/libebml/">libebml</ulink>),
123 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/modplug-xmms/">libmodplug</ulink>,
124 <ulink url="http://www.musepack.net/">Musepack</ulink>, and
125 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/sidplay2/">sidplay-libs</ulink>,
126 </para>
127
128 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional codec plugins</bridgehead>
129 <para role="optional">
130 <xref linkend="faad2"/>,
131 <xref linkend="flac"/>,
132 <xref linkend="libass"/>,
133 <xref linkend="libmpeg2"/>,
134 <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
135 <xref linkend="libtheora"/>,
136 <xref linkend="libva"/>,
137 <xref linkend="libvorbis"/>,
138 <xref linkend="opus"/>,
139 <xref linkend="speex"/>,
140 <xref linkend="x264"/>,
141 <ulink url="http://diracvideo.org/download/dirac-research/">Dirac</ulink>,
142 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/fluidsynth/">FluidSynth</ulink>,
143 <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/developers/libdca.html">libdca</ulink>,
144 <ulink url="http://code.google.com/p/libkate/">libkate</ulink>,
145 <ulink url="http://code.google.com/p/libtiger/">libtiger</ulink>,
146 <ulink url="http://www.khronos.org/openmax/">OpenMAX</ulink>,
147 <ulink url="http://diracvideo.org/download/schroedinger/">Schroedinger</ulink>,
148 <ulink url="http://wiki.xiph.org/Tremor">Tremor</ulink>,
149 <ulink url="http://www.twolame.org/">Twolame</ulink>, and
150 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/zapping/">Zapping VBI</ulink>
151 </para>
152
153 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional video plugins</bridgehead>
154 <para role="optional">
155 <xref linkend="aalib"/>,
156 <xref linkend="fontconfig"/>,
157 <xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
158 <xref linkend="fribidi"/>,
159 <xref linkend="librsvg"/>,
160 <xref linkend="libvdpau"/>,
161 <xref linkend="sdl"/>
162 (with <ulink url="http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/">SDL_image</ulink>), and
163 <ulink url="http://caca.zoy.org/">libcaca</ulink>
164 </para>
165
166 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional audio plugins</bridgehead>
167 <para role="optional">
168 <xref linkend="pulseaudio"/>,
169 <xref linkend="libsamplerate"/>, and
170 <ulink url="http://jackaudio.org/">JACK</ulink>
171 </para>
172
173 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional interface plugins</bridgehead>
174 <para role="optional">
175 <xref linkend="qt4"/> (required for the graphical user interface),
176 <ulink url="http://pkgbuild.com/~giovanni/libtar/">libtar</ulink>, and
177 <ulink url="http://www.lirc.org/">LIRC</ulink>
178 </para>
179
180 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional visualisations and video filter plugins</bridgehead>
181 <para role="optional">
182 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/goom/">Goom</ulink> and
183 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/projectm/">projectM</ulink>
184 </para>
185
186 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional service discovery plugins</bridgehead>
187 <para role="optional">
188 <xref linkend="avahi"/>,
189 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libmtp/">libmtp</ulink> and
190 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pupnp/">libupnp</ulink>
191 </para>
192
193 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Miscellaneous options</bridgehead>
194 <para role="optional">
195 <xref linkend="gnutls"/>,
196 <xref linkend="libnotify"/>,
197 <xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
198 <xref linkend="taglib"/>, and
199 <xref linkend="xdg-utils"/> (runtime)
200 </para>
201
202 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
203 User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/vlc"/>
204 </para>
205 </sect2>
206
207 <sect2 role="installation">
208 <title>Installation of VLC</title>
209
210 <para>
211 Install <application>VLC</application> by running the following commands:
212 </para>
213
214<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
215make</userinput></screen>
216
217 <para>
218 To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
219 </para>
220
221 <para>
222 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
223 </para>
224
225<screen role="root"><userinput>make docdir=/usr/share/doc/vlc-&vlc-version; install</userinput></screen>
226
227 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
228 href="../../xincludes/update-icons-and-desktop.xml"/>
229
230 </sect2>
231
232 <sect2 role="commands">
233 <title>Command Explanations</title>
234
235 <para>
236 <option>--disable-lua</option>: Use this switch if you don't have
237 <application>Lua</application> installed.
238 </para>
239
240 <para>
241 <option>--disable-mad</option>: Use this switch if you don't
242 have <application>libmad</application> installed.
243 </para>
244
245 <para>
246 <option>--disable-avcodec --disable-swscale</option>: Use these switches
247 if you don't have <application>FFmpeg</application> installed.
248 </para>
249
250 <para>
251 <option>--disable-a52</option>: Use this switch if you don't have
252 <application>liba52</application> installed.
253 </para>
254
255 <para>
256 <option>--disable-xcb</option>: Use this switch if you don't have
257 <application>X Window System</application> installed.
258 </para>
259
260 <para>
261 <option>--disable-alsa</option>: Use this switch if you don't have
262 <application>ALSA</application> installed.
263 </para>
264
265 <para>
266 <option>--disable-libgcrypt</option>: Use this switch if you don't
267 have <application>libgcrypt</application> installed.
268 </para>
269
270 <note>
271 <para>
272 There are many options to <application>VLC</application>'s
273 <command>configure</command> command. Check the
274 <command>configure --help</command> output for a complete list.
275 </para>
276 </note>
277
278 </sect2>
279
280 <sect2 role="content">
281 <title>Contents</title>
282
283 <segmentedlist>
284 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
285 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
286 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
287
288 <seglistitem>
289 <seg>
290 cvlc, nvlc, qvlc, rvlc, svlc, vlc and vlc-wrapper
291 </seg>
292 <seg>
293 libvlccore.so, libvlc.so and several plugins in
294 /usr/lib/vlc/plugins
295 </seg>
296 <seg>
297 /usr/include/vlc,
298 /usr/lib/vlc,
299 /usr/share/vlc and
300 /usr/share/doc/vlc-&vlc-version;
301 </seg>
302 </seglistitem>
303 </segmentedlist>
304
305 <variablelist>
306 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
307 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
308 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
309
310 <varlistentry id="cvlc">
311 <term><command>cvlc</command></term>
312 <listitem>
313 <para>
314 is a script to run VLC with the dummy interface.
315 </para>
316 <indexterm zone="vlc cvlc">
317 <primary sortas="b-cvlc">cvlc</primary>
318 </indexterm>
319 </listitem>
320 </varlistentry>
321
322 <varlistentry id="nvlc">
323 <term><command>nvlc</command></term>
324 <listitem>
325 <para>
326 is a script to run VLC with the ncurses interface.
327 </para>
328 <indexterm zone="vlc nvlc">
329 <primary sortas="b-nvlc">nvlc</primary>
330 </indexterm>
331 </listitem>
332 </varlistentry>
333
334 <varlistentry id="qvlc">
335 <term><command>qvlc</command></term>
336 <listitem>
337 <para>
338 is a script to run <application>VLC</application> with the
339 <application>Qt</application> interface.
340 </para>
341 <indexterm zone="vlc qvlc">
342 <primary sortas="b-qvlc">qvlc</primary>
343 </indexterm>
344 </listitem>
345 </varlistentry>
346
347 <varlistentry id="rvlc">
348 <term><command>rvlc</command></term>
349 <listitem>
350 <para>
351 is a script to run <application>VLC</application> with a command
352 line interface.
353 </para>
354 <indexterm zone="vlc rvlc">
355 <primary sortas="b-rvlc">rvlc</primary>
356 </indexterm>
357 </listitem>
358 </varlistentry>
359
360 <varlistentry id="svlc">
361 <term><command>svlc</command></term>
362 <listitem>
363 <para>
364 is a script to run <application>VLC</application> with the skins
365 interface.
366 </para>
367 <indexterm zone="vlc svlc">
368 <primary sortas="b-svlc">svlc</primary>
369 </indexterm>
370 </listitem>
371 </varlistentry>
372
373 <varlistentry id="vlc-prog">
374 <term><command>vlc</command></term>
375 <listitem>
376 <para>
377 is the <application>VLC</application> media player.
378 </para>
379 <indexterm zone="vlc vlc-prog">
380 <primary sortas="b-vlc">vlc</primary>
381 </indexterm>
382 </listitem>
383 </varlistentry>
384
385 <varlistentry id="vlc-wrapper">
386 <term><command>vlc-wrapper</command></term>
387 <listitem>
388 <para>
389 is a wrapper to drop privileges with <application>VLC</application>.
390 </para>
391 <indexterm zone="vlc vlc-wrapper">
392 <primary sortas="b-vlc-wrapper">vlc-wrapper</primary>
393 </indexterm>
394 </listitem>
395 </varlistentry>
396
397 </variablelist>
398
399 </sect2>
400
401</sect1>
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