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WebKitGTK+ 1.10.2 and VLC 2.0.5.

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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 "4f959c0766ada8cea5a72c65fce94ebe">
12 <!ENTITY vlc-size "18 MB">
13 <!ENTITY vlc-buildsize "600 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="gnutls"/>,
91 <xref linkend="liba52"/>,
92 <xref linkend="libgcrypt"/>,
93 <xref linkend="libmad"/> and
94 <xref linkend="qt"/> (<application>Qt</application> is required for the
95 graphical user interface. Without Qt you will only be able to use the
96 command line or <application>ncurses</application> interface)
97 </para>
98
99 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional input drivers and libraries</bridgehead>
100 <para role="optional">
101 <ulink url="http://code.google.com/p/libproxy/">Libproxy</ulink>,
102 <ulink url="http://www.live555.com/">Live555</ulink>,
103 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libdc1394/">DC1394</ulink>,
104 <xref linkend="libdv"/>,
105 <xref linkend="libdvdread"/>,
106 <xref linkend="libdvdnav"/>,
107 <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/developers/libbluray.html">libbluray</ulink>,
108 <ulink url="http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wiki/">OpenCV</ulink>,
109 <xref linkend="samba3"/>,
110 <xref linkend="gvfs"/>,
111 <ulink url="http://wiki.videolan.org/Libvcdinfo">libvcdinfo</ulink> and
112 <ulink url="http://libcddb.sourceforge.net/">libcddb</ulink>.
113 </para>
114
115 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional mux/demux plugins</bridgehead>
116 <para role="optional">
117 <ulink url="http://code.google.com/p/game-music-emu/">Game Music Emu</ulink>,
118 <xref linkend="libogg"/>,
119 <ulink url="http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Libshout">libshout</ulink>,
120 <ulink url="http://modplug-xmms.sourceforge.net/">libmod</ulink> and
121 <ulink url="http://www.musepack.net/index.php?pg=home">Musepack</ulink>.
122 </para>
123
124 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional codec plugins</bridgehead>
125 <para role="optional">
126 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libshine-fxp/">Shine</ulink>,
127 <ulink url="http://www.khronos.org/openmax/">OpenMAX</ulink>,
128 <ulink url="http://www.splitted-desktop.com/static/libva/">libva</ulink>,
129 <xref linkend="faad2"/>,
130 <ulink url="http://www.twolame.org/">Twolame</ulink>,
131 <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/developers/libdca.html">libdca</ulink>,
132 <xref linkend="flac"/>,
133 <xref linkend="libmpeg2"/>,
134 <xref linkend="libvorbis"/>,
135 <xref linkend="speex"/>,
136 <xref linkend="libtheora"/>,
137 <ulink url="http://diracvideo.org/download/dirac-research/">Dirac</ulink>,
138 <ulink url="http://diracvideo.org/download/schroedinger/">Schroedinger</ulink>,
139 <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
140 <ulink url="http://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html">libx264</ulink>,
141 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/fluidsynth/">FluidSynth</ulink>,
142 <ulink url="http://zapping.sourceforge.net/ZVBI/index.html">Zapping VBI</ulink>,
143 <ulink url="http://code.google.com/p/libass/">libass</ulink>,
144 <ulink url="http://code.google.com/p/libkate/">libkate</ulink> and
145 <ulink url="http://code.google.com/p/libtiger/">libtiger</ulink>.
146 </para>
147
148 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional video plugins</bridgehead>
149 <para role="optional">
150 <xref linkend="sdl"/>,
151 <xref linkend="freetype2"/>,
152 <xref linkend="fribidi"/>,
153 <xref linkend="fontconfig"/>,
154 <xref linkend="aalib"/> and
155 <ulink url="http://caca.zoy.org/">libcaca</ulink>.
156 </para>
157
158 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional audio plugins</bridgehead>
159 <para role="optional">
160 <xref linkend="pulseaudio"/>,
161 <ulink url="http://www.portaudio.com/">PortAudio</ulink>,
162 <ulink url="http://jackaudio.org/">JACK</ulink> and
163 <ulink url="http://www.mega-nerd.com/SRC/">libsamplerate</ulink>.
164 </para>
165
166 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional interface plugins</bridgehead>
167 <para role="optional">
168 <ulink url="http://www.lirc.org/">LIRC</ulink> and
169 <ulink url="http://www.feep.net/libtar/">libtar</ulink>.
170 </para>
171
172 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional visualization plugins</bridgehead>
173 <para role="optional">
174 <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/goom/">Goom</ulink> and
175 <ulink url="http://projectm.sourceforge.net/">projectM</ulink>.
176 </para>
177
178 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional service discovery plugins</bridgehead>
179 <para role="optional">
180 <ulink url="http://libmtp.sourceforge.net/">MTP</ulink> and
181 <ulink url="http://pupnp.sourceforge.net/">UPnP</ulink>.
182 </para>
183
184 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional miscellaneous dependencies</bridgehead>
185 <para role="optional">
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-a52</parameter>: Use this switch if you don't have
235 <application>liba52</application> installed.
236 </para>
237
238 <para>
239 <parameter>--disable-libgcrypt</parameter>: Use this switch if you don't
240 have <application>libgcrypt</application> installed.
241 </para>
242
243
244 <para>
245 <parameter>--disable-mad</parameter>: Use this switch if you don't
246 have <application>libmad</application> installed.
247 </para>
248
249 </sect2>
250
251 <sect2 role="content">
252 <title>Contents</title>
253
254 <segmentedlist>
255 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
256 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
257 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
258
259 <seglistitem>
260 <seg>
261 cvlc, qvlc, rvlc, svlc, vlc and vlc-wrapper
262 </seg>
263 <seg>
264 libvlccore.so, libvlc.so and several libraries in
265 /usr/lib/vlc/plugins
266 </seg>
267 <seg>
268 /usr/lib/vlc,
269 /usr/include/vlc,
270 /usr/share/vlc and
271 /usr/share/doc/vlc
272 </seg>
273 </seglistitem>
274 </segmentedlist>
275
276 <variablelist>
277 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
278 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
279 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
280
281 <varlistentry id="cvlc">
282 <term><command>cvlc</command></term>
283 <listitem>
284 <para>
285 is a script to run VLC with the dummy interface.
286 </para>
287 <indexterm zone="vlc cvlc">
288 <primary sortas="b-cvlc">cvlc</primary>
289 </indexterm>
290 </listitem>
291 </varlistentry>
292
293 <varlistentry id="qvlc">
294 <term><command>qvlc</command></term>
295 <listitem>
296 <para>
297 is a script to run <application>VLC</application> with the
298 <application>Qt</application> interface.
299 </para>
300 <indexterm zone="vlc qvlc">
301 <primary sortas="b-qvlc">qvlc</primary>
302 </indexterm>
303 </listitem>
304 </varlistentry>
305
306 <varlistentry id="rvlc">
307 <term><command>rvlc</command></term>
308 <listitem>
309 <para>
310 is a script to run <application>VLC</application> with a command
311 line interface.
312 </para>
313 <indexterm zone="vlc rvlc">
314 <primary sortas="b-rvlc">rvlc</primary>
315 </indexterm>
316 </listitem>
317 </varlistentry>
318
319 <varlistentry id="svlc">
320 <term><command>svlc</command></term>
321 <listitem>
322 <para>
323 is a script to run <application>VLC</application> with the skins
324 interface.
325 </para>
326 <indexterm zone="vlc svlc">
327 <primary sortas="b-svlc">svlc</primary>
328 </indexterm>
329 </listitem>
330 </varlistentry>
331
332 <varlistentry id="vlc-prog">
333 <term><command>vlc</command></term>
334 <listitem>
335 <para>
336 is the <application>VLC</application> media player.
337 </para>
338 <indexterm zone="vlc vlc-prog">
339 <primary sortas="b-vlc">vlc</primary>
340 </indexterm>
341 </listitem>
342 </varlistentry>
343
344 <varlistentry id="vlc-wrapper">
345 <term><command>vlc-wrapper</command></term>
346 <listitem>
347 <para>
348 is a wrapper to drop privileges with <application>VLC</application>.
349 </para>
350 <indexterm zone="vlc vlc-wrapper">
351 <primary sortas="b-vlc-wrapper">vlc-wrapper</primary>
352 </indexterm>
353 </listitem>
354 </varlistentry>
355
356 </variablelist>
357
358 </sect2>
359
360</sect1>
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