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-10.1
platform.
Package Information
VLC Dependencies
Recommended
alsa-lib-1.2.4, desktop-file-utils-0.26, FFmpeg-4.4,
liba52-0.7.4, libgcrypt-1.9.2 libmad-0.15.1b, Lua-5.2.4, and X Window
System,
Optional features and packages
dbus-1.12.20, libidn-1.36, and
libssh2-1.9.0
Optional input plugins
libarchive-3.5.1, libcddb-1.3.2, libdv-1.0.0,
libdvdcss-1.4.2, libdvdread-6.1.1,
libdvdnav-6.1.0, opencv-4.5.1
(currently broken), Samba-4.14.2, v4l-utils-1.20.0,
libbluray,
libdc1394,
libnfs, libproxy, libraw1394,
Live555, and
VCDImager (requires
libcdio-2.1.0)
Optional mux/demux plugins
libogg-1.3.4, Game Music Emu,
libdvbpsi,
libshout,
libmatroska
(requires libebml), libmodplug,
Musepack, and
sidplay-libs
Optional codec plugins
FAAD2-2_10_0, FLAC-1.3.3, libass-0.15.0, libmpeg2-0.5.1, libpng-1.6.37,
libtheora-1.1.1, libva-2.11.0,
libvorbis-1.3.7, Opus-1.3.1, Speex-1.2.0, x264-20210211,
aom, aribb24, dav1d,
Dirac, FluidLite,
FluidSynth,
libdca,
libkate, OpenMAX,
Schroedinger,
Shine,
SoX, Tremor, Twolame, and Zapping
VBI
Optional video plugins
AAlib-1.4rc5, Fontconfig-2.13.1, FreeType-2.10.4, FriBidi-1.0.9,
librsvg-2.50.3, libvdpau-1.4, SDL-1.2.15 (with SDL_image),
libcaca, and
libmfx
Optional audio plugins
PulseAudio-14.2, libsamplerate-0.2.1, spatialaudio,
and JACK
Optional interface plugins
Qt-5.15.2 (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-3.7.1, libnotify-0.7.9,
libxml2-2.9.10, taglib-1.12, xdg-utils-1.1.3 (runtime),
AtmoLight, libmicrodns,
protobuf, and
srt
User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/vlc
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-opencv \
--disable-vpx &&
make
To test the results, issue: make
check.
Now, as the root user:
make docdir=/usr/share/doc/vlc-3.0.12 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+-3.24.28 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-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.
--disable-sftp: The default is to build
the sftp module if libssh2-1.9.0 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.