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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 "7e68f9e2d307eb7cc16e7345cda9e978">
10 <!ENTITY vlc-size "25 MB">
11 <!ENTITY vlc-buildsize "912 MB (add 38 MB for tests)">
12 <!ENTITY vlc-time "2.0 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 &lfs91_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="desktop-file-utils"/>,
83 <xref linkend="ffmpeg"/>,
84 <xref linkend="liba52"/>,
85 <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>
86 <xref linkend="libmad"/>,
87 <xref linkend="lua"/>, and
88 <xref linkend="x-window-system"/>,
89 </para>
90
91 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional features and packages</bridgehead>
92 <para role="optional">
93 <xref linkend="dbus"/>,
94 <xref linkend="libidn"/>, and
95 <xref linkend="libssh2"/>
96 </para>
97
98 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional input plugins</bridgehead>
99 <para role="optional">
100 <xref linkend="libarchive"/>,
101 <xref linkend="libcddb"/>,
102 <xref linkend="libdv"/>,
103 <xref linkend="libdvdcss"/>,
104 <xref linkend="libdvdread"/>,
105 <xref linkend="libdvdnav"/>,
106 <xref linkend="opencv"/> (currently broken),
107 <xref linkend="samba"/>,
108 <xref linkend="v4l-utils"/>,
109 <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/developers/libbluray.html">libbluray</ulink>,
110 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libdc1394/">libdc1394</ulink>,
111 <ulink url="https://github.com/sahlberg/libnfs">libnfs</ulink>,
112 <ulink url="https://github.com/libproxy/libproxy">libproxy</ulink>,
113 <ulink url="https://sourceforge.net/projects/libraw1394/">libraw1394</ulink>,
114 <ulink url="http://www.live555.com/">Live555</ulink>, and
115 <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/">VCDImager</ulink>
116 (requires <xref linkend="libcdio"/>)
117 </para>
118
119 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional mux/demux plugins</bridgehead>
120 <para role="optional">
121 <xref linkend="libogg"/>,
122 <ulink url="https://github.com/kode54/Game_Music_Emu">Game Music Emu</ulink>,
123 <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/developers/libdvbpsi.html">libdvbpsi</ulink>,
124 <ulink url="http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/libshout/">libshout</ulink>,
125 <ulink url="http://dl.matroska.org/downloads/libmatroska/">libmatroska</ulink>
126 (requires <ulink url="http://dl.matroska.org/downloads/libebml/">libebml</ulink>),
127 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/modplug-xmms/">libmodplug</ulink>,
128 <ulink url="http://www.musepack.net/">Musepack</ulink>, and
129 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/sidplay2/">sidplay-libs</ulink>
130 </para>
131
132 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional codec plugins</bridgehead>
133 <para role="optional">
134 <xref linkend="faad2"/>,
135 <xref linkend="flac"/>,
136 <xref linkend="libass"/>,
137 <xref linkend="libmpeg2"/>,
138 <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
139 <xref linkend="libtheora"/>,
140 <xref linkend="libva"/>,
141 <xref linkend="libvorbis"/>,
142 <xref linkend="opus"/>,
143 <xref linkend="speex"/>,
144 <xref linkend="x264"/>,
145 <ulink url="https://aomedia.googlesource.com/aom/">aom</ulink>,
146 <ulink url="https://github.com/nkoriyama/aribb24">aribb24</ulink>,
147 <ulink url="https://code.videolan.org/videolan/dav1d">dav1d</ulink>,
148 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/dirac/">Dirac</ulink>,
149 <ulink url="https://github.com/divideconcept/FluidLite">FluidLite</ulink>,
150 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/fluidsynth/">FluidSynth</ulink>,
151 <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/developers/libdca.html">libdca</ulink>,
152 <ulink url="https://wiki.xiph.org/index.php/OggKate">libkate</ulink>,
153 <ulink url="http://www.khronos.org/openmax/">OpenMAX</ulink>,
154 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/schrodinger/">Schroedinger</ulink>,
155 <ulink url="https://github.com/toots/shine">Shine</ulink>,
156 <ulink url="https://sourceforge.net/p/soxr/wiki/Home/">SoX</ulink>,
157 <ulink url="http://wiki.xiph.org/Tremor">Tremor</ulink>,
158 <ulink url="http://www.twolame.org/">Twolame</ulink>, and
159 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/zapping/">Zapping VBI</ulink>
160 </para>
161
162 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional video plugins</bridgehead>
163 <para role="optional">
164 <xref linkend="aalib"/>,
165 <xref linkend="fontconfig"/>,
166 <xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
167 <xref linkend="fribidi"/>,
168 <xref linkend="librsvg"/>,
169 <xref linkend="libvdpau"/>,
170 <xref linkend="sdl"/>
171 (with <ulink url="http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/release-1.2.html">SDL_image</ulink>),
172 <ulink url="http://caca.zoy.org/">libcaca</ulink>, and
173 <ulink url="https://github.com/Intel-Media-SDK/MediaSDK">libmfx</ulink>
174 </para>
175
176 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional audio plugins</bridgehead>
177 <para role="optional">
178 <xref linkend="pulseaudio"/>,
179 <xref linkend="libsamplerate"/>,
180 <ulink url="https://github.com/videolabs/libspatialaudio">spatialaudio</ulink>, and
181 <ulink url="http://jackaudio.org/">JACK</ulink>
182 </para>
183
184 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional interface plugins</bridgehead>
185 <para role="optional">
186 <xref linkend="qt5"/> (required for the graphical user interface),
187 <ulink url="https://repo.or.cz/w/libtar.git/">libtar</ulink>,
188 <ulink url="https://libvnc.github.io/">libvncclient</ulink>,
189 <ulink url="http://www.lirc.org/">LIRC</ulink>, and
190 <ulink url="http://www.freerdp.com/">freerdp</ulink>
191 </para>
192
193 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional visualisations and video filter plugins</bridgehead>
194 <para role="optional">
195 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/goom/">Goom</ulink>,
196 <ulink url="https://www.vsxu.com">libvsxu</ulink>, and
197 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/projectm/">projectM</ulink>
198 </para>
199
200 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional service discovery plugins</bridgehead>
201 <para role="optional">
202 <xref linkend="avahi"/>,
203 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libmtp/">libmtp</ulink> and
204 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pupnp/">libupnp</ulink>
205 </para>
206
207 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Miscellaneous options</bridgehead>
208 <para role="optional">
209 <xref linkend="gnutls"/>,
210 <xref linkend="libnotify"/>,
211 <xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
212 <xref linkend="taglib"/>,
213 <xref role="runtime" linkend="xdg-utils"/> (runtime),
214 <ulink url="https://www.team-mediaportal.com/extensions/mp2-plugins/atmolight">AtmoLight</ulink>,
215 <ulink url="https://github.com/videolabs/libmicrodns">libmicrodns</ulink>,
216 <ulink url="https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/">protobuf</ulink>, and
217 <ulink url="https://www.srtalliance.org/">srt</ulink>
218 </para>
219
220 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
221 User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/vlc"/>
222 </para>
223 </sect2>
224
225 <sect2 role="installation">
226 <title>Installation of VLC</title>
227
228 <para>
229 Install <application>VLC</application> by running the following commands:
230 </para>
231
232 <screen><userinput>sed -i '/vlc_demux.h/a #define LUA_COMPAT_APIINTCASTS' modules/lua/vlc.h &amp;&amp;
233sed -i '/LIBSSH2_VERSION_NUM/s/10801/10900/' modules/access/sftp.c &amp;&amp;
234sed -i '/#include &lt;QWidget&gt;/a\#include &lt;QPainterPath&gt;/' \
235 modules/gui/qt/util/timetooltip.hpp &amp;&amp;
236sed -i '/#include &lt;QPainter&gt;/a\#include &lt;QPainterPath&gt;/' \
237 modules/gui/qt/components/playlist/views.cpp \
238 modules/gui/qt/dialogs/plugins.cpp &amp;&amp;
239
240BUILDCC=gcc ./configure --prefix=/usr \
241 --disable-opencv \
242 --disable-vpx &amp;&amp;
243
244make</userinput></screen>
245
246 <para>
247 To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
248 </para>
249
250 <para>
251 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
252 </para>
253
254<screen role="root"><userinput>make docdir=/usr/share/doc/vlc-&vlc-version; install</userinput></screen>
255
256 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
257 href="../../xincludes/update-icons-and-desktop.xml"/>
258
259 </sect2>
260
261 <sect2 role="commands">
262 <title>Command Explanations</title>
263
264 <para>
265 <command>sed ... modules/lua/...</command>: This command allows
266 building with the current version of <xref linkend="lua"/>.
267 </para>
268
269 <para>
270 <command>sed ... modules/access/sftp.c</command>: This command fixes
271 building with <xref linkend="libssh2"/>.
272 </para>
273
274 <para>
275 <command>sed ... a\#include &lt;QPainterPath&gt;/ ...</command>: These two
276 sed commands fix building with Qt-5.15.0.
277
278 </para>
279
280 <para>
281 <parameter>--disable-opencv</parameter>: This switch is required to disable
282 <application>opencv</application> which is not compatible with this
283 version of <application>vlc</application>.
284 </para>
285
286 <para>
287 <parameter>--disable-vpx</parameter>: This switch is required to disable
288 <application>libvpx</application>. The latest version is not compatible
289 with this version of <application>vlc</application>.
290 </para>
291
292 <para>
293 <option>--disable-lua</option>: Use this switch if you don't have
294 <application>Lua</application> installed.
295 </para>
296
297 <para>
298 <option>--disable-mad</option>: Use this switch if you don't
299 have <application>libmad</application> installed.
300 </para>
301
302 <para>
303 <option>--disable-avcodec --disable-swscale</option>: Use these switches
304 if you don't have <application>FFmpeg</application> installed.
305 </para>
306
307 <para>
308 <option>--disable-a52</option>: Use this switch if you don't have
309 <application>liba52</application> installed.
310 </para>
311
312 <para>
313 <option>--disable-xcb</option>: Use this switch if you don't have
314 <application>X Window System</application> installed.
315 </para>
316
317 <para>
318 <option>--disable-alsa</option>: Use this switch if you don't have
319 <application>ALSA</application> installed.
320 </para>
321
322 <para>
323 <option>--disable-libgcrypt</option>: Use this switch if you don't
324 have <application>libgcrypt</application> installed.
325 </para>
326
327 <para>
328 <option>--disable-sftp</option>: The default is to build the sftp
329 module if <xref linkend="libssh2"/> is installed. Use this switch
330 if you do not want to build this module.
331 </para>
332
333 <note>
334 <para>
335 There are many options to <application>VLC</application>'s
336 <command>configure</command> command. Check the
337 <command>configure --help</command> output for a complete list.
338 </para>
339 </note>
340
341 </sect2>
342
343 <sect2 role="content">
344 <title>Contents</title>
345
346 <segmentedlist>
347 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
348 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
349 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
350
351 <seglistitem>
352 <seg>
353 cvlc, nvlc, qvlc, rvlc, svlc, vlc and vlc-wrapper
354 </seg>
355 <seg>
356 libvlccore.so, libvlc.so, and many plugins in
357 /usr/lib/vlc/plugins
358 </seg>
359 <seg>
360 /usr/{include,lib,share}/vlc,
361 /usr/share/kde4, and
362 /usr/share/doc/vlc-&vlc-version;
363 </seg>
364 </seglistitem>
365 </segmentedlist>
366
367 <variablelist>
368 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
369 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
370 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
371
372 <varlistentry id="cvlc">
373 <term><command>cvlc</command></term>
374 <listitem>
375 <para>
376 is a script to run VLC with the dummy interface.
377 </para>
378 <indexterm zone="vlc cvlc">
379 <primary sortas="b-cvlc">cvlc</primary>
380 </indexterm>
381 </listitem>
382 </varlistentry>
383
384 <varlistentry id="nvlc">
385 <term><command>nvlc</command></term>
386 <listitem>
387 <para>
388 is a script to run VLC with the ncurses interface.
389 </para>
390 <indexterm zone="vlc nvlc">
391 <primary sortas="b-nvlc">nvlc</primary>
392 </indexterm>
393 </listitem>
394 </varlistentry>
395
396 <varlistentry id="qvlc">
397 <term><command>qvlc</command></term>
398 <listitem>
399 <para>
400 is a script to run <application>VLC</application> with the
401 <application>Qt</application> interface.
402 </para>
403 <indexterm zone="vlc qvlc">
404 <primary sortas="b-qvlc">qvlc</primary>
405 </indexterm>
406 </listitem>
407 </varlistentry>
408
409 <varlistentry id="rvlc">
410 <term><command>rvlc</command></term>
411 <listitem>
412 <para>
413 is a script to run <application>VLC</application> with a command
414 line interface.
415 </para>
416 <indexterm zone="vlc rvlc">
417 <primary sortas="b-rvlc">rvlc</primary>
418 </indexterm>
419 </listitem>
420 </varlistentry>
421
422 <varlistentry id="svlc">
423 <term><command>svlc</command></term>
424 <listitem>
425 <para>
426 is a script to run <application>VLC</application> with the skins
427 interface.
428 </para>
429 <indexterm zone="vlc svlc">
430 <primary sortas="b-svlc">svlc</primary>
431 </indexterm>
432 </listitem>
433 </varlistentry>
434
435 <varlistentry id="vlc-prog">
436 <term><command>vlc</command></term>
437 <listitem>
438 <para>
439 is the <application>VLC</application> media player.
440 </para>
441 <indexterm zone="vlc vlc-prog">
442 <primary sortas="b-vlc">vlc</primary>
443 </indexterm>
444 </listitem>
445 </varlistentry>
446
447 <varlistentry id="vlc-wrapper">
448 <term><command>vlc-wrapper</command></term>
449 <listitem>
450 <para>
451 is a wrapper to drop privileges with <application>VLC</application>.
452 </para>
453 <indexterm zone="vlc vlc-wrapper">
454 <primary sortas="b-vlc-wrapper">vlc-wrapper</primary>
455 </indexterm>
456 </listitem>
457 </varlistentry>
458
459 </variablelist>
460
461 </sect2>
462
463</sect1>
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