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Disable incompatible libvpx in vlc.

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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 "https://download.videolan.org/vlc/&vlc-version;/vlc-&vlc-version;.tar.xz">
8 <!ENTITY vlc-download-ftp " ">
9 <!ENTITY vlc-md5sum "4ff71d262e070fd19f86a1c3542c7b4e">
10 <!ENTITY vlc-size "25 MB">
11 <!ENTITY vlc-buildsize "714 MB (add 13 MB for tests)">
12 <!ENTITY vlc-time "2.1 SBU (using parallelism=4; add 0.2 SBU for tests)">
13]>
14
15<sect1 id="vlc" xreflabel="VLC-&vlc-version;">
16 <?dbhtml filename="vlc.html"?>
17
18 <sect1info>
19 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
20 <date>$Date$</date>
21 </sect1info>
22
23 <title>VLC-&vlc-version;</title>
24
25 <indexterm zone="vlc">
26 <primary sortas="a-VLC">VLC</primary>
27 </indexterm>
28
29 <sect2 role="package">
30 <title>Introduction to VLC</title>
31
32 <para>
33 <application>VLC</application> is a media player, streamer, and encoder.
34 It can play from many inputs, such as files, network streams, capture
35 devices, desktops, or DVD, SVCD, VCD, and audio CD. It can use most audio
36 and video codecs (MPEG 1/2/4, H264, VC-1, DivX, WMV, Vorbis, AC3, AAC,
37 etc.), and it can also convert to different formats and/or send streams
38 through the network.
39 </para>
40
41 &lfs84_checked;
42
43 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
44 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
45 <listitem>
46 <para>
47 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&vlc-download-http;"/>
48 </para>
49 </listitem>
50 <listitem>
51 <para>
52 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&vlc-download-ftp;"/>
53 </para>
54 </listitem>
55 <listitem>
56 <para>
57 Download MD5 sum: &vlc-md5sum;
58 </para>
59 </listitem>
60 <listitem>
61 <para>
62 Download size: &vlc-size;
63 </para>
64 </listitem>
65 <listitem>
66 <para>
67 Estimated disk space required: &vlc-buildsize;
68 </para>
69 </listitem>
70 <listitem>
71 <para>
72 Estimated build time: &vlc-time;
73 </para>
74 </listitem>
75 </itemizedlist>
76
77 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">VLC Dependencies</bridgehead>
78
79 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
80 <para role="recommended">
81 <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>,
82 <xref linkend="ffmpeg"/>,
83 <xref linkend="liba52"/>,
84 <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>
85 <xref linkend="libmad"/>,
86 <xref linkend="lua"/>, and
87 <xref linkend="x-window-system"/>,
88 </para>
89
90 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional features and packages</bridgehead>
91 <para role="optional">
92 <xref linkend="dbus"/>
93 </para>
94
95 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional input plugins</bridgehead>
96 <para role="optional">
97
98 <xref linkend="libcddb"/>,
99 <xref linkend="libdv"/>,
100 <xref linkend="libdvdcss"/>,
101 <xref linkend="libdvdread"/>,
102 <xref linkend="libdvdnav"/>,
103 <xref linkend="opencv"/> (currently broken),
104 <xref linkend="samba"/>,
105 <xref linkend="v4l-utils"/>,
106 <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/developers/libbluray.html">libbluray</ulink>,
107 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libdc1394/">libdc1394</ulink>,
108 <ulink url="https://github.com/libproxy/libproxy">libproxy</ulink>,
109 <ulink url="http://www.live555.com/">Live555</ulink>, and
110 <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/">VCDImager</ulink>
111 (requires <xref linkend="libcdio"/>)
112 </para>
113
114 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional mux/demux plugins</bridgehead>
115 <para role="optional">
116 <xref linkend="libogg"/>,
117 <ulink url="https://github.com/kode54/Game_Music_Emu">Game Music Emu</ulink>,
118 <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/developers/libdvbpsi.html">libdvbpsi</ulink>,
119 <ulink url="http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/libshout/">libshout</ulink>,
120 <ulink url="http://dl.matroska.org/downloads/libmatroska/">libmatroska</ulink>
121 (requires <ulink url="http://dl.matroska.org/downloads/libebml/">libebml</ulink>),
122 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/modplug-xmms/">libmodplug</ulink>,
123 <ulink url="http://www.musepack.net/">Musepack</ulink>, and
124 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/sidplay2/">sidplay-libs</ulink>
125 </para>
126
127 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional codec plugins</bridgehead>
128 <para role="optional">
129 <xref linkend="faad2"/>,
130 <xref linkend="flac"/>,
131 <xref linkend="libass"/>,
132 <xref linkend="libmpeg2"/>,
133 <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
134 <xref linkend="libtheora"/>,
135 <xref linkend="libva"/>,
136 <xref linkend="libvorbis"/>,
137 <xref linkend="opus"/>,
138 <xref linkend="speex"/>,
139 <xref linkend="x264"/>,
140 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/dirac/">Dirac</ulink>,
141 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/fluidsynth/">FluidSynth</ulink>,
142 <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/developers/libdca.html">libdca</ulink>,
143 <ulink url="http://code.google.com/p/libkate/">libkate</ulink>,
144 <ulink url="http://www.khronos.org/openmax/">OpenMAX</ulink>,
145 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/schrodinger/">Schroedinger</ulink>,
146 <ulink url="http://wiki.xiph.org/Tremor">Tremor</ulink>,
147 <ulink url="http://www.twolame.org/">Twolame</ulink>, and
148 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/zapping/">Zapping VBI</ulink>
149 </para>
150
151 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional video plugins</bridgehead>
152 <para role="optional">
153 <xref linkend="aalib"/>,
154 <xref linkend="fontconfig"/>,
155 <xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
156 <xref linkend="fribidi"/>,
157 <xref linkend="librsvg"/>,
158 <xref linkend="libvdpau"/>,
159 <xref linkend="sdl"/>
160 (with <ulink url="http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/">SDL_image</ulink>), and
161 <ulink url="http://caca.zoy.org/">libcaca</ulink>
162 </para>
163
164 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional audio plugins</bridgehead>
165 <para role="optional">
166 <xref linkend="pulseaudio"/>,
167 <xref linkend="libsamplerate"/>, and
168 <ulink url="http://jackaudio.org/">JACK</ulink>
169 </para>
170
171 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional interface plugins</bridgehead>
172 <para role="optional">
173 <xref linkend="qt5"/> (required for the graphical user interface),
174 <ulink url="http://pkgbuild.com/~giovanni/libtar/">libtar</ulink>, and
175 <ulink url="http://www.lirc.org/">LIRC</ulink>
176 </para>
177
178 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional visualisations and video filter plugins</bridgehead>
179 <para role="optional">
180 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/goom/">Goom</ulink> and
181 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/projectm/">projectM</ulink>
182 </para>
183
184 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional service discovery plugins</bridgehead>
185 <para role="optional">
186 <xref linkend="avahi"/>,
187 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libmtp/">libmtp</ulink> and
188 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pupnp/">libupnp</ulink>
189 </para>
190
191 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Miscellaneous options</bridgehead>
192 <para role="optional">
193 <xref linkend="gnutls"/>,
194 <xref linkend="libnotify"/>,
195 <xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
196 <xref linkend="taglib"/>,
197 <xref role="runtime" linkend="xdg-utils"/> (runtime), and
198 <ulink url="http://www.ambilight4pc.com/atmolight.html">AtmoLight</ulink>
199 </para>
200
201 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
202 User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/vlc"/>
203 </para>
204 </sect2>
205
206 <sect2 role="installation">
207 <title>Installation of VLC</title>
208
209 <para>
210 Install <application>VLC</application> by running the following commands:
211 </para>
212
213 <screen><userinput>sed -i '/vlc_demux.h/a #define LUA_COMPAT_APIINTCASTS' modules/lua/vlc.h &amp;&amp;
214
215BUILDCC=gcc ./configure --prefix=/usr \
216 --disable-opencv \
217 --disable-vpx &amp;&amp;
218
219make</userinput></screen>
220
221 <para>
222 To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
223 </para>
224
225 <para>
226 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
227 </para>
228
229<screen role="root"><userinput>make docdir=/usr/share/doc/vlc-&vlc-version; install</userinput></screen>
230
231 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
232 href="../../xincludes/update-icons-and-desktop.xml"/>
233
234 </sect2>
235
236 <sect2 role="commands">
237 <title>Command Explanations</title>
238
239 <para>
240 <command>sed ... modules/lua/...</command>: This command allows
241 building with the current version of <xref linkend="lua"/>.
242 </para>
243
244 <para>
245 <option>--disable-opencv</option>: This switch is required to disable
246 <application>opencv</application> which is not compatible with this
247 version of <application>vlc</application>.
248 </para>
249
250 <para>
251 <option>--disable-vpx</option>: This switch is required to disable
252 <application>libvpx</application>. The latest version is not compatible
253 with this version of <application>vlc</application>.
254 </para>
255
256 <para>
257 <option>--disable-lua</option>: Use this switch if you don't have
258 <application>Lua</application> installed.
259 </para>
260
261 <para>
262 <option>--disable-mad</option>: Use this switch if you don't
263 have <application>libmad</application> installed.
264 </para>
265
266 <para>
267 <option>--disable-avcodec --disable-swscale</option>: Use these switches
268 if you don't have <application>FFmpeg</application> installed.
269 </para>
270
271 <para>
272 <option>--disable-a52</option>: Use this switch if you don't have
273 <application>liba52</application> installed.
274 </para>
275
276 <para>
277 <option>--disable-xcb</option>: Use this switch if you don't have
278 <application>X Window System</application> installed.
279 </para>
280
281 <para>
282 <option>--disable-alsa</option>: Use this switch if you don't have
283 <application>ALSA</application> installed.
284 </para>
285
286 <para>
287 <option>--disable-libgcrypt</option>: Use this switch if you don't
288 have <application>libgcrypt</application> installed.
289 </para>
290
291 <note>
292 <para>
293 There are many options to <application>VLC</application>'s
294 <command>configure</command> command. Check the
295 <command>configure --help</command> output for a complete list.
296 </para>
297 </note>
298
299 </sect2>
300
301 <sect2 role="content">
302 <title>Contents</title>
303
304 <segmentedlist>
305 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
306 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
307 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
308
309 <seglistitem>
310 <seg>
311 cvlc, nvlc, qvlc, rvlc, svlc, vlc and vlc-wrapper
312 </seg>
313 <seg>
314 libvlccore.so, libvlc.so, and many plugins in
315 /usr/lib/vlc/plugins
316 </seg>
317 <seg>
318 /usr/{include,lib,share}/vlc and
319 /usr/share/doc/vlc-&vlc-version;
320 </seg>
321 </seglistitem>
322 </segmentedlist>
323
324 <variablelist>
325 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
326 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
327 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
328
329 <varlistentry id="cvlc">
330 <term><command>cvlc</command></term>
331 <listitem>
332 <para>
333 is a script to run VLC with the dummy interface.
334 </para>
335 <indexterm zone="vlc cvlc">
336 <primary sortas="b-cvlc">cvlc</primary>
337 </indexterm>
338 </listitem>
339 </varlistentry>
340
341 <varlistentry id="nvlc">
342 <term><command>nvlc</command></term>
343 <listitem>
344 <para>
345 is a script to run VLC with the ncurses interface.
346 </para>
347 <indexterm zone="vlc nvlc">
348 <primary sortas="b-nvlc">nvlc</primary>
349 </indexterm>
350 </listitem>
351 </varlistentry>
352
353 <varlistentry id="qvlc">
354 <term><command>qvlc</command></term>
355 <listitem>
356 <para>
357 is a script to run <application>VLC</application> with the
358 <application>Qt</application> interface.
359 </para>
360 <indexterm zone="vlc qvlc">
361 <primary sortas="b-qvlc">qvlc</primary>
362 </indexterm>
363 </listitem>
364 </varlistentry>
365
366 <varlistentry id="rvlc">
367 <term><command>rvlc</command></term>
368 <listitem>
369 <para>
370 is a script to run <application>VLC</application> with a command
371 line interface.
372 </para>
373 <indexterm zone="vlc rvlc">
374 <primary sortas="b-rvlc">rvlc</primary>
375 </indexterm>
376 </listitem>
377 </varlistentry>
378
379 <varlistentry id="svlc">
380 <term><command>svlc</command></term>
381 <listitem>
382 <para>
383 is a script to run <application>VLC</application> with the skins
384 interface.
385 </para>
386 <indexterm zone="vlc svlc">
387 <primary sortas="b-svlc">svlc</primary>
388 </indexterm>
389 </listitem>
390 </varlistentry>
391
392 <varlistentry id="vlc-prog">
393 <term><command>vlc</command></term>
394 <listitem>
395 <para>
396 is the <application>VLC</application> media player.
397 </para>
398 <indexterm zone="vlc vlc-prog">
399 <primary sortas="b-vlc">vlc</primary>
400 </indexterm>
401 </listitem>
402 </varlistentry>
403
404 <varlistentry id="vlc-wrapper">
405 <term><command>vlc-wrapper</command></term>
406 <listitem>
407 <para>
408 is a wrapper to drop privileges with <application>VLC</application>.
409 </para>
410 <indexterm zone="vlc vlc-wrapper">
411 <primary sortas="b-vlc-wrapper">vlc-wrapper</primary>
412 </indexterm>
413 </listitem>
414 </varlistentry>
415
416 </variablelist>
417
418 </sect2>
419
420</sect1>
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