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VLC 2.0.4, mtdev 1.1.3, Desktop File Utils 0.21.

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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 "f36dab8f126922c56b372388b7fade47">
12 <!ENTITY vlc-size "18 MB">
13 <!ENTITY vlc-buildsize "500 MB">
14 <!ENTITY vlc-time "4.0 SBU">
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 &lfs72_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">Required</bridgehead>
82 <para role="required">
83 <xref linkend="dbus"/>
84 </para>
85
86 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
87 <para role="recommended">
88 <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>,
89 <xref linkend="ffmpeg"/>,
90 <xref linkend="libmad"/>,
91 <xref linkend="liba52"/> and
92 <xref linkend="qt"/> (<application>Qt</application> is required for the
93 graphical user interface. Without Qt you will only be able to use the
94 command line or <application>ncurses</application> interface)
95 </para>
96
97 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional input drivers and libraries</bridgehead>
98 <para role="optional">
99 <ulink url="http://code.google.com/p/libproxy/">Libproxy</ulink>,
100 <ulink url="http://www.live555.com/">Live555</ulink>,
101 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libdc1394/">DC1394</ulink>,
102 <xref linkend="libdv"/>,
103 <xref linkend="libdvdread"/>,
104 <xref linkend="libdvdnav"/>,
105 <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/developers/libbluray.html">libbluray</ulink>,
106 <ulink url="http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wiki/">OpenCV</ulink>,
107 <xref linkend="samba3"/>,
108 <xref linkend="gvfs"/>,
109 <ulink url="http://wiki.videolan.org/Libvcdinfo">libvcdinfo</ulink> and
110 <ulink url="http://libcddb.sourceforge.net/">libcddb</ulink>.
111 </para>
112
113 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional mux/demux plugins</bridgehead>
114 <para role="optional">
115 <ulink url="http://code.google.com/p/game-music-emu/">Game Music Emu</ulink>,
116 <xref linkend="libogg"/>,
117 <ulink url="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Libshout">libshout</ulink>,
118 <ulink url="http://modplug-xmms.sourceforge.net/">libmod</ulink> and
119 <ulink url="http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=home">Musepack</ulink>.
120 </para>
121
122 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional codec plugins</bridgehead>
123 <para role="optional">
124 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libshine-fxp/">Shine</ulink>,
125 <ulink url="http://www.khronos.org/openmax/">OpenMAX</ulink>,
126 <ulink url="http://www.splitted-desktop.com/static/libva/">libva</ulink>,
127 <xref linkend="faad2"/>,
128 <ulink url="http://www.twolame.org/">Twolame</ulink>,
129 <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/developers/libdca.html">libdca</ulink>,
130 <xref linkend="flac"/>,
131 <xref linkend="libmpeg2"/>,
132 <xref linkend="libvorbis"/>,
133 <xref linkend="speex"/>,
134 <xref linkend="libtheora"/>,
135 <ulink url="http://diracvideo.org/download/dirac-research/">Dirac</ulink>,
136 <ulink url="http://diracvideo.org/download/schroedinger/">Schroedinger</ulink>,
137 <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
138 <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html">libx264</ulink>,
139 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/fluidsynth/">FluidSynth</ulink>,
140 <ulink url="http://zapping.sourceforge.net/ZVBI/index.html">Zapping VBI</ulink>,
141 <ulink url="http://code.google.com/p/libass/">libass</ulink>,
142 <ulink url="http://code.google.com/p/libkate/">libkate</ulink> and
143 <ulink url="http://code.google.com/p/libtiger/">libtiger</ulink>.
144 </para>
145
146 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional video plugins</bridgehead>
147 <para role="optional">
148 <xref linkend="sdl"/>,
149 <xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
150 <xref linkend="fribidi"/>,
151 <xref linkend="fontconfig"/>,
152 <xref linkend="aalib"/> and
153 <ulink url="http://caca.zoy.org/">libcaca</ulink>.
154 </para>
155
156 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional audio plugins</bridgehead>
157 <para role="optional">
158 <xref linkend="pulseaudio"/>,
159 <ulink url="http://www.portaudio.com/">PortAudio</ulink>,
160 <ulink url="http://jackaudio.org/">JACK</ulink> and
161 <ulink url="http://www.mega-nerd.com/SRC/">libsamplerate</ulink>.
162 </para>
163
164 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional interface plugins</bridgehead>
165 <para role="optional">
166 <ulink url="http://www.lirc.org/">LIRC</ulink> and
167 <ulink url="http://www.feep.net/libtar/">libtar</ulink>.
168 </para>
169
170 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional visualization plugins</bridgehead>
171 <para role="optional">
172 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/goom/">Goom</ulink> and
173 <ulink url="http://projectm.sourceforge.net/">projectM</ulink>.
174 </para>
175
176 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional service discovery plugins</bridgehead>
177 <para role="optional">
178 <ulink url="http://libmtp.sourceforge.net/">MTP</ulink> and
179 <ulink url="http://pupnp.sourceforge.net/">UPnP</ulink>.
180 </para>
181
182 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional miscellaneous dependencies</bridgehead>
183 <para role="optional">
184 <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>,
185 <xref linkend="gnutls"/>,
186 <xref linkend="libnotify"/>,
187 <xref linkend="taglib"/>,
188 <ulink url="http://medialibrary.sourceforge.net/">MediaLibrary</ulink>,
189 <xref linkend="sqlite"/> and
190 <ulink url="http://www.lua.org/">Lua</ulink>.
191 </para>
192
193 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
194 User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/vlc"/>
195 </para>
196 </sect2>
197
198 <sect2 role="installation">
199 <title>Installation of VLC</title>
200
201 <para>
202 Install <application>VLC</application> by running the following commands:
203 </para>
204
205<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-lua &amp;&amp;
206make</userinput></screen>
207
208 <para>
209 To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>
210 </para>
211
212 <para>
213 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
214 </para>
215
216<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
217 </sect2>
218
219 <sect2 role="commands">
220 <title>Command Explanations</title>
221
222 <para>
223 <parameter>--disable-lua</parameter>: The package fails to install if
224 <application>Lua</application> is missing. Omit this option if you have
225 installed <application>Lua</application>.
226 </para>
227
228 <para>
229 <parameter>--disable-avcodec</parameter>: Use this switch if you don't
230 have <application>FFmpeg</application> installed.
231 </para>
232
233 <para>
234 <parameter>--disable-mad</parameter>: Use this switch if you don't
235 have <application>libmad</application> installed.
236 </para>
237
238 <para>
239 <parameter>--disable-a52</parameter>: Use this switch if you don't have
240 <application>liba52</application> installed.
241 </para>
242 </sect2>
243
244 <sect2 role="content">
245 <title>Contents</title>
246
247 <segmentedlist>
248 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
249 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
250 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
251
252 <seglistitem>
253 <seg>
254 cvlc, qvlc, rvlc, svlc, vlc and vlc-wrapper
255 </seg>
256 <seg>
257 libvlccore.so, libvlc.so and several libraries in
258 /usr/lib/vlc/plugins
259 </seg>
260 <seg>
261 /usr/lib/vlc,
262 /usr/include/vlc,
263 /usr/share/vlc and
264 /usr/share/doc/vlc
265 </seg>
266 </seglistitem>
267 </segmentedlist>
268
269 <variablelist>
270 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
271 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
272 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
273
274 <varlistentry id="cvlc">
275 <term><command>cvlc</command></term>
276 <listitem>
277 <para>
278 is a script to run VLC with the dummy interface.
279 </para>
280 <indexterm zone="vlc cvlc">
281 <primary sortas="b-cvlc">cvlc</primary>
282 </indexterm>
283 </listitem>
284 </varlistentry>
285
286 <varlistentry id="qvlc">
287 <term><command>qvlc</command></term>
288 <listitem>
289 <para>
290 is a script to run <application>VLC</application> with the
291 <application>Qt</application> interface.
292 </para>
293 <indexterm zone="vlc qvlc">
294 <primary sortas="b-qvlc">qvlc</primary>
295 </indexterm>
296 </listitem>
297 </varlistentry>
298
299 <varlistentry id="rvlc">
300 <term><command>rvlc</command></term>
301 <listitem>
302 <para>
303 is a script to run <application>VLC</application> with a command
304 line interface.
305 </para>
306 <indexterm zone="vlc rvlc">
307 <primary sortas="b-rvlc">rvlc</primary>
308 </indexterm>
309 </listitem>
310 </varlistentry>
311
312 <varlistentry id="svlc">
313 <term><command>svlc</command></term>
314 <listitem>
315 <para>
316 is a script to run <application>VLC</application> with the skins
317 interface.
318 </para>
319 <indexterm zone="vlc svlc">
320 <primary sortas="b-svlc">svlc</primary>
321 </indexterm>
322 </listitem>
323 </varlistentry>
324
325 <varlistentry id="vlc-prog">
326 <term><command>vlc</command></term>
327 <listitem>
328 <para>
329 is the <application>VLC</application> media player.
330 </para>
331 <indexterm zone="vlc vlc-prog">
332 <primary sortas="b-vlc">vlc</primary>
333 </indexterm>
334 </listitem>
335 </varlistentry>
336
337 <varlistentry id="vlc-wrapper">
338 <term><command>vlc-wrapper</command></term>
339 <listitem>
340 <para>
341 is a wrapper to drop privileges with <application>VLC</application>.
342 </para>
343 <indexterm zone="vlc vlc-wrapper">
344 <primary sortas="b-vlc-wrapper">vlc-wrapper</primary>
345 </indexterm>
346 </listitem>
347 </varlistentry>
348
349 </variablelist>
350
351 </sect2>
352
353</sect1>
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