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-8.4
platform.
Package Information
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Download (HTTP): https://download.videolan.org/vlc/3.0.6/vlc-3.0.6.tar.xz
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Download MD5 sum: 4ff71d262e070fd19f86a1c3542c7b4e
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Download size: 25 MB
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Estimated disk space required: 714 MB (add 13 MB for tests)
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Estimated build time: 2.1 SBU (using parallelism=4; add 0.2
SBU for tests)
VLC Dependencies
Recommended
alsa-lib-1.1.8, FFmpeg-4.1.1, liba52-0.7.4,
libgcrypt-1.8.4 libmad-0.15.1b, Lua-5.3.5,
and X Window
System,
Optional features and packages
dbus-1.12.12
Optional input plugins
libcddb-1.3.2, libdv-1.0.0, libdvdcss-1.4.2,
libdvdread-6.0.1, libdvdnav-6.0.0,
opencv-4.0.1 (currently broken), Samba-4.9.4,
v4l-utils-1.16.3, libbluray,
libdc1394,
libproxy, Live555, and VCDImager
(requires libcdio-2.0.0)
Optional mux/demux plugins
libogg-1.3.3, Game Music Emu,
libdvbpsi,
libshout,
libmatroska
(requires libebml), libmodplug,
Musepack, and
sidplay-libs
Optional codec plugins
FAAD2-2.8.8, FLAC-1.3.2, libass-0.14.0, libmpeg2-0.5.1, libpng-1.6.36,
libtheora-1.1.1, libva-2.4.0,
libvorbis-1.3.6, Opus-1.3, Speex-1.2.0, x264-20190209-2245,
Dirac, FluidSynth,
libdca,
libkate, OpenMAX, Schroedinger,
Tremor,
Twolame, and
Zapping VBI
Optional video plugins
AAlib-1.4rc5, Fontconfig-2.13.1, FreeType-2.9.1, FriBidi-1.0.5,
librsvg-2.44.12, libvdpau-1.1.1, SDL-1.2.15 (with SDL_image),
and libcaca
Optional audio plugins
PulseAudio-12.2, libsamplerate-0.1.9, and JACK
Optional interface plugins
Qt-5.12.1 (required for the graphical user
interface), libtar, and LIRC
Optional visualisations and video filter plugins
Goom and projectM
Optional service discovery plugins
Avahi-0.7, libmtp and libupnp
Miscellaneous options
GnuTLS-3.6.6, libnotify-0.7.7,
libxml2-2.9.9, taglib-1.11.1, xdg-utils-1.1.3 (runtime), and AtmoLight
User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/vlc
Installation of VLC
Install VLC by running the
following commands:
sed -i '/vlc_demux.h/a #define LUA_COMPAT_APIINTCASTS' modules/lua/vlc.h &&
BUILDCC=gcc ./configure --prefix=/usr \
--disable-opencv \
--disable-vpx &&
make
To test the results, issue: make
check.
Now, as the root user:
make docdir=/usr/share/doc/vlc-3.0.6 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+-2.24.32 or
GTK+-3.24.5 installed (for the icon cache) and
desktop-file-utils-0.23 (for the
desktop cache) and issue the following commands as the
root user:
gtk-update-icon-cache &&
update-desktop-database
Command Explanations
sed ...
modules/lua/...: This command allows building with
the current version of Lua-5.3.5.
--disable-opencv: This switch is
required to disable opencv which
is not compatible with this version of vlc.
--disable-vpx: This switch is required
to disable libvpx. The latest
version is not compatible with this version of vlc.
--disable-lua: Use this switch if you
don't have Lua installed.
--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.
Note
There are many options to VLC's
configure command.
Check the configure
--help output for a complete list.