Introduction to VLC
VLC is a media player, streamer,
and encoder. It can play from many inputs, such as files, network
streams, capture devices, desktops, or DVD, SVCD, VCD, and audio
CD. It can use most audio and video codecs (MPEG 1/2/4, H264, VC-1,
DivX, WMV, Vorbis, AC3, AAC, etc.), and it can also convert to
different formats and/or send streams through the network.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.0
platform.
Package Information
VLC Dependencies
Recommended
alsa-lib-1.2.9, desktop-file-utils-0.26, FFmpeg-6.0,
liba52-0.7.4, libgcrypt-1.10.2 libmad-0.15.1b, Lua-5.2.4, and a graphical
environment
Optional features and packages
dbus-1.14.8, libidn-1.41, and
libssh2-1.11.0
Optional input plugins
libarchive-3.7.1, libcddb-1.3.2, libdv-1.0.0,
libdvdcss-1.4.3, libdvdread-6.1.3,
libdvdnav-6.1.1, opencv-4.8.0,
Samba-4.18.6, v4l-utils-1.24.1,
libbluray,
libdc1394,
libnfs, libproxy, libraw1394,
Live555, and
VCDImager (requires
libcdio-2.1.0)
Optional mux/demux plugins
libogg-1.3.5, Game Music Emu,
libdvbpsi,
libshout,
libmatroska
(requires libebml),
libmodplug,
Musepack, and
sidplay-libs
Optional codec plugins
FAAD2-2.10.1, FLAC-1.4.3, libaom-3.6.1, libass-0.17.1,
libmpeg2-0.5.1, libpng-1.6.40,
libtheora-1.1.1, libva-2.19.0, libvorbis-1.3.7,
Opus-1.3.1,
Speex-1.2.1, libvpx-1.13.0, x264-20230215, aribb24,
dav1d, Dirac,
FluidLite,
FluidSynth,
libdca,
libkate, OpenMAX,
Schroedinger,
Shine,
SoX, Tremor, Twolame, and Zapping
VBI
Optional video plugins
AAlib-1.4rc5, Fontconfig-2.14.2, FreeType-2.13.1, FriBidi-1.0.13, librsvg-2.56.3, libvdpau-1.5, sdl12-compat-1.2.64, libcaca, and
libmfx
Optional audio plugins
PulseAudio-16.1, libsamplerate-0.2.2, spatialaudio,
and JACK
Optional interface plugins
(Qt-5.15.10 or qt-alternate-5.15.10) (required for the
graphical user interface), libtar, libvncclient, LIRC, and freerdp
Optional visualisations and video filter plugins
Goom, libvsxu, and projectM
Optional service discovery plugins
Avahi-0.8, libmtp and libupnp
Miscellaneous options
GnuTLS-3.8.1, libnotify-0.8.2,
libxml2-2.10.4, taglib-1.13.1, xdg-utils-1.1.3 (runtime),
AtmoLight, libmicrodns,
protobuf, and
Srt
Installation of VLC
Install VLC by running the
following commands:
export LUAC=/usr/bin/luac5.2 &&
export LUA_LIBS="$(pkg-config --libs lua52)" &&
export CPPFLAGS="$(pkg-config --cflags lua52)" &&
BUILDCC=gcc ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-libva &&
make
To test the results, issue: make
check.
Now, as the root user:
make docdir=/usr/share/doc/vlc-3.0.18 install
![[Note]](../images/note.png)
Note
This package installs icon files into the /usr/share/icons/hicolor hierarchy and desktop
files into the /usr/share/applications hierarchy. You can
improve system performance and memory usage by updating
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/index.theme and
/usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache. To
perform the update you must have GTK+-2.24.33 or
GTK+-3.24.38 installed (for the icon cache)
and desktop-file-utils-0.26 (for
the desktop cache) and issue the following commands as the
root user:
gtk-update-icon-cache -qtf /usr/share/icons/hicolor &&
update-desktop-database -q
Command Explanations
export ...: These
commands ensure building with Lua-5.2.4. Upstream
does not support lua 5.4 yet.
--disable-libva: This
switch is required to disable video acceleration in VLC since it is
incompatible with ffmpeg-5, and upstream has no plans to port it
due to complexity.
--disable-vpx: Use this switch to
disable libvpx.
--disable-mad: Use this switch if you
don't have libmad installed.
--disable-avcodec --disable-swscale:
Use these switches if you don't have FFmpeg installed.
--disable-a52: Use this switch if you
don't have liba52 installed.
--disable-xcb: Use this switch if you
don't have X Window System
installed.
--disable-alsa: Use this switch if you
don't have ALSA installed.
--disable-libgcrypt: Use this switch if
you don't have libgcrypt
installed.
--disable-sftp: The default is to build
the sftp module if libssh2-1.11.0 is installed. Use this
switch if you do not want to build this module.
Note
There are many options to VLC's
configure command.
Check the configure
--help output for a complete list.