1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY vlc-download-http
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8 | "http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/&vlc-version;/vlc-&vlc-version;.tar.xz">
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9 | <!ENTITY vlc-download-ftp
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10 | "ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/&vlc-version;/vlc-&vlc-version;.tar.xz">
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11 | <!ENTITY vlc-md5sum "6445eb55aa087f30abe27423535e1ab8">
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12 | <!ENTITY vlc-size "18 MB">
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13 | <!ENTITY vlc-buildsize "as much as 600 MB, but likely around 500 MB">
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14 | <!ENTITY vlc-time "4.0 SBU">
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15 | ]>
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16 |
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17 | <sect1 id="vlc" xreflabel="VLC-&vlc-version;">
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18 | <?dbhtml filename="vlc.html"?>
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19 |
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20 | <sect1info>
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21 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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22 | <date>$Date$</date>
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23 | </sect1info>
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24 |
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25 | <title>VLC-&vlc-version;</title>
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26 |
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27 | <indexterm zone="vlc">
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28 | <primary sortas="a-VLC">VLC</primary>
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29 | </indexterm>
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30 |
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31 | <sect2 role="package">
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32 | <title>Introduction to VLC</title>
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33 |
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34 | <para>
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35 | <application>VLC</application> is a media player, streamer, and encoder.
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36 | It can play from many inputs like files, network streams, capture device,
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37 | desktops, or DVD, SVCD, VCD, and audio CD. It can play most audio and
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38 | video codecs (MPEG 1/2/4, H264, VC-1, DivX, WMV, Vorbis, AC3, AAC, etc.),
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39 | but can also convert to different formats and/or send streams through the
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40 | network.
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41 | </para>
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42 |
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43 | &lfs74_checked;
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44 |
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45 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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46 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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47 | <listitem>
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48 | <para>
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49 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&vlc-download-http;"/>
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50 | </para>
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51 | </listitem>
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52 | <listitem>
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53 | <para>
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54 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&vlc-download-ftp;"/>
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55 | </para>
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56 | </listitem>
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57 | <listitem>
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58 | <para>
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59 | Download MD5 sum: &vlc-md5sum;
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60 | </para>
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61 | </listitem>
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62 | <listitem>
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63 | <para>
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64 | Download size: &vlc-size;
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65 | </para>
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66 | </listitem>
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67 | <listitem>
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68 | <para>
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69 | Estimated disk space required: &vlc-buildsize;
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70 | </para>
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71 | </listitem>
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72 | <listitem>
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73 | <para>
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74 | Estimated build time: &vlc-time;
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75 | </para>
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76 | </listitem>
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77 | </itemizedlist>
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78 |
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79 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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80 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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81 | <listitem>
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82 | <para>
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83 | Required patch:
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84 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/vlc-&vlc-version;-opencv_fixes-1.patch"/>
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85 | </para>
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86 | </listitem>
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87 | <listitem>
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88 | <para>
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89 | Required patch:
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90 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/vlc-&vlc-version;-live_fixes-1.patch"/>
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91 | </para>
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92 | </listitem>
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93 | </itemizedlist>
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94 |
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95 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">VLC Dependencies</bridgehead>
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96 |
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97 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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98 | <para role="recommended">
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99 | <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>,
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100 | <xref linkend="dbus"/>,
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101 | <xref linkend="ffmpeg"/>,
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102 | <xref linkend="gnutls"/>,
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103 | <xref linkend="liba52"/>,
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104 | <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>,
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105 | <xref linkend="libmad"/>,
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106 | <xref linkend="libva"/>,
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107 | <xref linkend="lua"/> and
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108 | <xref linkend="qt4"/> (<application>Qt</application> is required for the
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109 | graphical user interface; without <application>Qt</application> you will
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110 | only be able to use the command line or <application>ncurses</application>
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111 | interface)
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112 | </para>
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113 |
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114 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional input drivers and libraries</bridgehead>
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115 | <para role="optional">
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116 | <ulink url="http://code.google.com/p/libproxy/">libproxy</ulink>,
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117 | <ulink url="http://www.live555.com/">Live555</ulink>,
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118 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libdc1394/">libdc1394</ulink>,
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119 | <xref linkend="libdv"/>,
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120 | <xref linkend="libdvdread"/>,
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121 | <xref linkend="libdvdnav"/>,
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122 | <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/developers/libbluray.html">libbluray</ulink>,
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123 | <ulink url="http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wiki/">OpenCV</ulink>,
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124 | <xref linkend="samba"/>,
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125 | <ulink url="http://linuxtv.org/downloads/v4l-utils/">Video4Linux</ulink>,
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126 | <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/vcdimager/">VCDImager</ulink>
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127 | (requires <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/libcdio/">libcdio</ulink>)
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128 | and <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libcddb/">libcddb</ulink>
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129 | </para>
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130 |
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131 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional mux/demux plugins</bridgehead>
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132 | <para role="optional">
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133 | <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/developers/libdvbpsi.html">libdvbpsi</ulink>,
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134 | <ulink url="http://code.google.com/p/game-music-emu/">Game Music Emu</ulink>,
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135 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/sidplay2/">sidplay-libs</ulink>,
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136 | <xref linkend="libogg"/>,
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137 | <ulink url="http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/libshout/">libshout</ulink>,
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138 | <ulink url="http://dl.matroska.org/downloads/libmatroska/">libmatroska</ulink>
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139 | (requires <ulink url="http://dl.matroska.org/downloads/libebml/">libebml</ulink>),
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140 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/modplug-xmms/">libmodplug</ulink> and
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141 | <ulink url="http://www.musepack.net/">Musepack</ulink>
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142 | </para>
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143 |
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144 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional codec plugins</bridgehead>
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145 | <para role="optional">
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146 | <ulink url="http://www.khronos.org/openmax/">OpenMAX</ulink>,
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147 | <xref linkend="faad2"/>,
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148 | <ulink url="http://www.twolame.org/">Twolame</ulink>,
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149 | <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/developers/libdca.html">libdca</ulink>,
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150 | <xref linkend="flac"/>,
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151 | <xref linkend="libmpeg2"/>,
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152 | <xref linkend="libvorbis"/>,
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153 | <ulink url="http://wiki.xiph.org/Tremor">Tremor</ulink>,
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154 | <xref linkend="speex"/>,
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155 | <ulink url="http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/opus/">Opus</ulink>,
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156 | <xref linkend="libtheora"/>,
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157 | <ulink url="http://diracvideo.org/download/dirac-research/">Dirac</ulink>,
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158 | <ulink url="http://diracvideo.org/download/schroedinger/">Schroedinger</ulink>,
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159 | <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
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160 | <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html">libx264</ulink>,
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161 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/fluidsynth/">FluidSynth</ulink>,
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162 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/zapping/">Zapping VBI</ulink>,
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163 | <ulink url="http://code.google.com/p/libass/">libass</ulink>,
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164 | <ulink url="http://code.google.com/p/libkate/">libkate</ulink> and
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165 | <ulink url="http://code.google.com/p/libtiger/">libtiger</ulink>
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166 | </para>
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167 |
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168 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional video plugins</bridgehead>
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169 | <para role="optional">
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170 | <xref linkend="sdl"/>
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171 | (with <ulink url="http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/">SDL_image</ulink>),
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172 | <xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
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173 | <xref linkend="fontconfig"/>,
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174 | <xref linkend="fribidi"/>,
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175 | <xref linkend="librsvg"/>,
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176 | <xref linkend="aalib"/> and
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177 | <ulink url="http://caca.zoy.org/">libcaca</ulink>
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178 | </para>
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179 |
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180 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional audio plugins</bridgehead>
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181 | <para role="optional">
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182 | <xref linkend="pulseaudio"/>,
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183 | <ulink url="http://www.portaudio.com/">PortAudio</ulink>,
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184 | <ulink url="http://jackaudio.org/">JACK</ulink> and
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185 | <xref linkend="libsamplerate"/>
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186 | </para>
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187 |
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188 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional interface plugins</bridgehead>
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189 | <para role="optional">
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190 | <xref linkend="xcb-util-keysyms"/>,
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191 | <ulink url="http://www.lirc.org/">LIRC</ulink> and
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192 | <ulink url="http://www.feep.net/libtar/">libtar</ulink>
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193 | </para>
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194 |
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195 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional visualization plugins</bridgehead>
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196 | <para role="optional">
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197 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/goom/">Goom</ulink> and
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198 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/projectm/">projectM</ulink>
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199 | </para>
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200 |
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201 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional service discovery plugins</bridgehead>
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202 | <para role="optional">
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203 | <xref linkend="avahi"/>,
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204 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libmtp/">libmtp</ulink> and
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205 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pupnp/">libupnp</ulink>
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206 | </para>
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207 |
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208 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional miscellaneous dependencies</bridgehead>
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209 | <para role="optional">
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210 | <xref linkend="libxml2"/>,
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211 | <xref linkend="taglib"/>,
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212 | <xref linkend="libnotify"/> and
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213 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/medialibrary/">MediaLibrary</ulink>
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214 | (requires <xref linkend="sqlite"/>)
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215 | </para>
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216 |
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217 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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218 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/vlc"/>
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219 | </para>
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220 | </sect2>
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221 |
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222 | <sect2 role="installation">
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223 | <title>Installation of VLC</title>
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224 |
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225 | <para>
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226 | Install <application>VLC</application> by running the following commands:
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227 | </para>
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228 |
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229 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../vlc-&vlc-version;-opencv_fixes-1.patch &&
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230 | patch -Np1 -i ../vlc-&vlc-version;-live_fixes-1.patch &&
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231 | sed -i 's:libsmbclient.h:samba-4.0/&:' configure.ac modules/access/smb.c &&
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232 | ./bootstrap &&
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233 |
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234 | ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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235 | make</userinput></screen>
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236 |
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237 | <para>
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238 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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239 | </para>
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240 |
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241 | <para>
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242 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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243 | </para>
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244 |
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245 | <note>
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246 | <para>
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247 | If the XORG_PREFIX is not /usr, make sure the LIBRARY_PATH
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248 | environment variable is set properly when doing the install, For example:
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249 | <command>sudo make LIBRARY_PATH=$XORG_PREFIX/lib ... install</command>.
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250 | </para>
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251 | </note>
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252 |
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253 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make docdir=/usr/share/doc/vlc-&vlc-version; install</userinput></screen>
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254 |
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255 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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256 | href="../../xincludes/update-icons-and-desktop.xml"/>
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257 |
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258 | </sect2>
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259 |
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260 | <sect2 role="commands">
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261 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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262 |
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263 | <para>
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264 | <command>sed -i ...</command>: This sed fixes compilation with
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265 | <application>Samba</application> 4.
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266 | </para>
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267 |
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268 | <para>
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269 | <command>./bootstrap</command>: This command is required because the patch
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270 | modifies <application>Autotools</application> files and
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271 | <application>VLC</application> uses a custom reconfiguration system.
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272 | </para>
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273 |
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274 | <para>
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275 | <option>--disable-lua</option>: Use this switch if you don't have
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276 | <application>Lua</application> installed.
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277 | </para>
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278 |
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279 | <para>
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280 | <option>--disable-dbus</option>: Use this switch if you don't have
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281 | <application>D-Bus</application> installed.
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282 | </para>
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283 |
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284 | <para>
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285 | <option>--disable-avcodec</option>: Use this switch if you don't
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286 | have <application>FFmpeg</application> installed.
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287 | </para>
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288 |
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289 | <para>
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290 | <option>--disable-a52</option>: Use this switch if you don't have
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291 | <application>liba52</application> installed.
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292 | </para>
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293 |
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294 | <para>
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295 | <option>--disable-libgcrypt</option>: Use this switch if you don't
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296 | have <application>libgcrypt</application> installed.
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297 | </para>
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298 |
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299 | <para>
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300 | <option>--disable-mad</option>: Use this switch if you don't
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301 | have <application>libmad</application> installed.
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302 | </para>
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303 |
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304 | <para>
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305 | <option>--enable-shine</option>: Use this option if you wish to build the
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306 | <application>Shine</application> plugin.
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307 | </para>
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308 |
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309 | <para>
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310 | <option>--enable-faad</option>: Use this option if you have
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311 | <application>FAAD</application> installed and wish to build the
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312 | <application>FAAD</application> plugin.
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313 | </para>
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314 |
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315 | <para>
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316 | <option>--enable-tremor</option>: Use this option if you have
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317 | <application>Tremor</application> installed and wish to build the
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318 | <application>Tremor</application> plugin.
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319 | </para>
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320 |
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321 | <para>
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322 | <option>--enable-aa</option>: Use this option if you have
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323 | <application>AAlib</application> installed and wish to build the
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324 | <application>AAlib</application> plugin.
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325 | </para>
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326 |
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327 | </sect2>
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328 |
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329 | <sect2 role="content">
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330 | <title>Contents</title>
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331 |
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332 | <segmentedlist>
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333 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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334 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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335 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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336 |
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337 | <seglistitem>
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338 | <seg>
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339 | cvlc, qvlc, rvlc, svlc, vlc and vlc-wrapper
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340 | </seg>
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341 | <seg>
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342 | libvlccore.so, libvlc.so and several libraries in
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343 | /usr/lib/vlc/plugins
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344 | </seg>
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345 | <seg>
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346 | /usr/include/vlc,
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347 | /usr/lib/vlc,
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348 | /usr/share/vlc and
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349 | /usr/share/doc/vlc-&vlc-version;
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350 | </seg>
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351 | </seglistitem>
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352 | </segmentedlist>
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353 |
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354 | <variablelist>
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355 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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356 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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357 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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358 |
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359 | <varlistentry id="cvlc">
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360 | <term><command>cvlc</command></term>
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361 | <listitem>
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362 | <para>
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363 | is a script to run VLC with the dummy interface.
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364 | </para>
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365 | <indexterm zone="vlc cvlc">
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366 | <primary sortas="b-cvlc">cvlc</primary>
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367 | </indexterm>
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368 | </listitem>
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369 | </varlistentry>
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370 |
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371 | <varlistentry id="qvlc">
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372 | <term><command>qvlc</command></term>
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373 | <listitem>
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374 | <para>
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375 | is a script to run <application>VLC</application> with the
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376 | <application>Qt</application> interface.
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377 | </para>
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378 | <indexterm zone="vlc qvlc">
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379 | <primary sortas="b-qvlc">qvlc</primary>
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380 | </indexterm>
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381 | </listitem>
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382 | </varlistentry>
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383 |
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384 | <varlistentry id="rvlc">
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385 | <term><command>rvlc</command></term>
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386 | <listitem>
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387 | <para>
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388 | is a script to run <application>VLC</application> with a command
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389 | line interface.
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390 | </para>
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391 | <indexterm zone="vlc rvlc">
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392 | <primary sortas="b-rvlc">rvlc</primary>
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393 | </indexterm>
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394 | </listitem>
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395 | </varlistentry>
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396 |
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397 | <varlistentry id="svlc">
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398 | <term><command>svlc</command></term>
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399 | <listitem>
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400 | <para>
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401 | is a script to run <application>VLC</application> with the skins
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402 | interface.
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403 | </para>
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404 | <indexterm zone="vlc svlc">
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405 | <primary sortas="b-svlc">svlc</primary>
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406 | </indexterm>
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407 | </listitem>
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408 | </varlistentry>
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409 |
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410 | <varlistentry id="vlc-prog">
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411 | <term><command>vlc</command></term>
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412 | <listitem>
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413 | <para>
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414 | is the <application>VLC</application> media player.
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415 | </para>
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416 | <indexterm zone="vlc vlc-prog">
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417 | <primary sortas="b-vlc">vlc</primary>
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418 | </indexterm>
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419 | </listitem>
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420 | </varlistentry>
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421 |
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422 | <varlistentry id="vlc-wrapper">
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423 | <term><command>vlc-wrapper</command></term>
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424 | <listitem>
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425 | <para>
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426 | is a wrapper to drop privileges with <application>VLC</application>.
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427 | </para>
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428 | <indexterm zone="vlc vlc-wrapper">
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429 | <primary sortas="b-vlc-wrapper">vlc-wrapper</primary>
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430 | </indexterm>
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431 | </listitem>
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432 | </varlistentry>
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433 |
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434 | </variablelist>
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435 |
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436 | </sect2>
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437 |
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438 | </sect1>
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