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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 "452d3423bcbaf1b85faebab0c45a7ecf">
10 <!ENTITY vlc-size "25 MB">
11 <!ENTITY vlc-buildsize "918 MB (add 37 MB for tests)">
12 <!ENTITY vlc-time "2.0 SBU (using parallelism=4; add 0.4 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 &lfs10_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="https://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;
233
234BUILDCC=gcc ./configure --prefix=/usr \
235 --disable-opencv \
236 --disable-vpx &amp;&amp;
237
238make</userinput></screen>
239
240 <para>
241 To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
242 </para>
243
244 <para>
245 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
246 </para>
247
248<screen role="root"><userinput>make docdir=/usr/share/doc/vlc-&vlc-version; install</userinput></screen>
249
250 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
251 href="../../xincludes/update-icons-and-desktop.xml"/>
252
253 </sect2>
254
255 <sect2 role="commands">
256 <title>Command Explanations</title>
257
258 <para>
259 <command>sed ... modules/lua/...</command>: This command allows
260 building with the current version of <xref linkend="lua"/>.
261 </para>
262
263 <!--<para>
264 <command>sed ... a\#include &lt;QPainterPath&gt;/ ...</command>: These two
265 sed commands fix building with Qt-5.15.0.
266 </para>-->
267
268 <para>
269 <parameter>--disable-opencv</parameter>: This switch is required to disable
270 <application>opencv</application> which is not compatible with this
271 version of <application>vlc</application>.
272 </para>
273
274 <para>
275 <parameter>--disable-vpx</parameter>: This switch is required to disable
276 <application>libvpx</application>. The latest version is not compatible
277 with this version of <application>vlc</application>.
278 </para>
279
280 <para>
281 <option>--disable-lua</option>: Use this switch if you don't have
282 <application>Lua</application> installed.
283 </para>
284
285 <para>
286 <option>--disable-mad</option>: Use this switch if you don't
287 have <application>libmad</application> installed.
288 </para>
289
290 <para>
291 <option>--disable-avcodec --disable-swscale</option>: Use these switches
292 if you don't have <application>FFmpeg</application> installed.
293 </para>
294
295 <para>
296 <option>--disable-a52</option>: Use this switch if you don't have
297 <application>liba52</application> installed.
298 </para>
299
300 <para>
301 <option>--disable-xcb</option>: Use this switch if you don't have
302 <application>X Window System</application> installed.
303 </para>
304
305 <para>
306 <option>--disable-alsa</option>: Use this switch if you don't have
307 <application>ALSA</application> installed.
308 </para>
309
310 <para>
311 <option>--disable-libgcrypt</option>: Use this switch if you don't
312 have <application>libgcrypt</application> installed.
313 </para>
314
315 <para>
316 <option>--disable-sftp</option>: The default is to build the sftp
317 module if <xref linkend="libssh2"/> is installed. Use this switch
318 if you do not want to build this module.
319 </para>
320
321 <note>
322 <para>
323 There are many options to <application>VLC</application>'s
324 <command>configure</command> command. Check the
325 <command>configure --help</command> output for a complete list.
326 </para>
327 </note>
328
329 </sect2>
330
331 <sect2 role="content">
332 <title>Contents</title>
333
334 <segmentedlist>
335 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
336 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
337 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
338
339 <seglistitem>
340 <seg>
341 cvlc, nvlc, qvlc, rvlc, svlc, vlc and vlc-wrapper
342 </seg>
343 <seg>
344 libvlccore.so, libvlc.so, and many plugins in
345 /usr/lib/vlc/plugins
346 </seg>
347 <seg>
348 /usr/{include,lib,share}/vlc,
349 /usr/share/kde4, and
350 /usr/share/doc/vlc-&vlc-version;
351 </seg>
352 </seglistitem>
353 </segmentedlist>
354
355 <variablelist>
356 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
357 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
358 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
359
360 <varlistentry id="cvlc">
361 <term><command>cvlc</command></term>
362 <listitem>
363 <para>
364 is a script to run VLC with the dummy interface.
365 </para>
366 <indexterm zone="vlc cvlc">
367 <primary sortas="b-cvlc">cvlc</primary>
368 </indexterm>
369 </listitem>
370 </varlistentry>
371
372 <varlistentry id="nvlc">
373 <term><command>nvlc</command></term>
374 <listitem>
375 <para>
376 is a script to run VLC with the ncurses interface.
377 </para>
378 <indexterm zone="vlc nvlc">
379 <primary sortas="b-nvlc">nvlc</primary>
380 </indexterm>
381 </listitem>
382 </varlistentry>
383
384 <varlistentry id="qvlc">
385 <term><command>qvlc</command></term>
386 <listitem>
387 <para>
388 is a script to run <application>VLC</application> with the
389 <application>Qt</application> interface.
390 </para>
391 <indexterm zone="vlc qvlc">
392 <primary sortas="b-qvlc">qvlc</primary>
393 </indexterm>
394 </listitem>
395 </varlistentry>
396
397 <varlistentry id="rvlc">
398 <term><command>rvlc</command></term>
399 <listitem>
400 <para>
401 is a script to run <application>VLC</application> with a command
402 line interface.
403 </para>
404 <indexterm zone="vlc rvlc">
405 <primary sortas="b-rvlc">rvlc</primary>
406 </indexterm>
407 </listitem>
408 </varlistentry>
409
410 <varlistentry id="svlc">
411 <term><command>svlc</command></term>
412 <listitem>
413 <para>
414 is a script to run <application>VLC</application> with the skins
415 interface.
416 </para>
417 <indexterm zone="vlc svlc">
418 <primary sortas="b-svlc">svlc</primary>
419 </indexterm>
420 </listitem>
421 </varlistentry>
422
423 <varlistentry id="vlc-prog">
424 <term><command>vlc</command></term>
425 <listitem>
426 <para>
427 is the <application>VLC</application> media player.
428 </para>
429 <indexterm zone="vlc vlc-prog">
430 <primary sortas="b-vlc">vlc</primary>
431 </indexterm>
432 </listitem>
433 </varlistentry>
434
435 <varlistentry id="vlc-wrapper">
436 <term><command>vlc-wrapper</command></term>
437 <listitem>
438 <para>
439 is a wrapper to drop privileges with <application>VLC</application>.
440 </para>
441 <indexterm zone="vlc vlc-wrapper">
442 <primary sortas="b-vlc-wrapper">vlc-wrapper</primary>
443 </indexterm>
444 </listitem>
445 </varlistentry>
446
447 </variablelist>
448
449 </sect2>
450
451</sect1>
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