vlc-0.8.6i (Lite - no gui)

[mikeb]

no mp4a support when viewing shoutcast tv stream.

anyone else experienced this?

mike

[abushcrafter]

Please can you recompile this with Theora video support and can I have the flags you used please?

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--enable-theora

Did you also use these ones btw?

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--enable-faad --enable-real --enable-realrtsp --enable-tremor  --enable-tarkin --enable-dirac

[technosaurus]

I'll have to check and see if the flags are still in the config.log

I basically disabled everything that was not included in default puppy so that it would compile without adding a bunch of extra libs. As for the codecs I don't recall 100%, but most likely they are automatically enabled if present, so if you have the libs and DEV files it should automatically be enabled (except for patented codecs) unless specifically disabled.

[abushcrafter]

The reason I asked is all those codecs are disable by default.

Could I have a list of everything is not included in default puppy please?

[technosaurus]

I looked for my config.log and no luck, but the process was basically to enable everything (unless you know for sure that you don't want it), let the configure script do its checks and disable as necessary. If the configure script misses something and the build fails you may need to disable the offending feature then do make clean and make again.

since there are so many this snippet may help (should give you a file called enable flags that you can edit & cut/paste)

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./configure --help |grep enable |cut -s -d " " -f 1 |tr "\n" " " >enableflags

You can do the same thing for "with" and add it to the file

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./configure --help |grep with|cut -s -d " " -f 1 |tr "\n" " " >>enableflags

as far as the other optimization flags go - they are in pet packaging 101

[dejan555]

Hey, thought I'd mention I made a no-gui package for dpup (vlc 1.0.5) and since dpup already had many libraries inside it's lightweight (pet is about 2.5 MB) but still supports many formats, see here: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 312#403312
I had to add few devel deb packages for some libs to get recognized and then compiled with whatever I could enable. Since it has no gui I made a tiny gtk launcher.
Does anyone know if there are any lightweight GTK frontends for it? You can also create rox right clicks.

BTW, here's a pic of my lousy frontend:

[technosaurus]

the only remaining (bad) gtk gui is --enable-pda otherwise you could make one using xdotool and gtkdialog (I still haven't had a chance to become proficient with xdotool)

xdotool is needed for sending keyevents although it may be possible using some advanced gtkdialog techniques

the gtkdialog tips thread has some other useful tips like finding the pid etc...

[abushcrafter]

Hey, thought I'd mention I made a no-gui package for dpup (vlc 1.0.5) and since dpup already had many libraries inside it's lightweight (pet is about 2.5 MB) but still supports many formats, see here: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 312#403312
I had to add few devel deb packages for some libs to get recognized and then compiled with whatever I could enable. Since it has no gui I made a tiny gtk launcher.
Does anyone know if there are any lightweight GTK frontends for it? You can also create rox right clicks.

BTW, here's a pic of my lousy frontend:

I quite like it.

[abushcrafter]

the only remaining (bad) gtk gui is --enable-pda

Wrong, it's very very bad .

[abushcrafter]

since there are so many this snippet may help (should give you a file called enable flags that you can edit & cut/paste)

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./configure --help |grep enable |cut -s -d " " -f 1 |tr "\n" " " >enableflags

You can do the same thing for "with" and add it to the file

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./configure --help |grep with|cut -s -d " " -f 1 |tr "\n" " " >>enableflags

I don't get this? (Need to lean bash!) Thanks for the info though.

[technosaurus]

OOps - I forgot about the 2 spaces at the beginning

./configure --help |grep enable |cut -s -d " " -f 3 |tr "\n" " " >enableflags

#configure with the help parameter and pipe the output to...
#grep each line and return only those containing "enable" to pipe into
#cut the line into pieces with the cuts at each " " and return the 3rd piece to pipe into
#tr occurences of new line characters with spaces (turns a column to a line)
#output to file "enableflags" overwriting any existing of the same name

[sc0ttman]

VLC-GTK - a frontend for vlc_nogui is here

[dejan555]

Wow man, that's cool!

Thanks for this will test it, it's much more complex then mine, dunno how it's related I just put few action buttons you added whole lotta tabbed options for managing favorites and saving settings and bring up console interface

BTW, should ticking "Enable fullscreen" start video in fullscreen immidietly?
That's one thing I noticed so far that didn't work for me.

[sc0ttman]

Wow man, that's cool!

Thanks, glad you like it..

BTW, should ticking "Enable fullscreen" start video in fullscreen immediately?

Yes, it works for me on 4.2, using technosaurus' vlc 0.8.6..
My GUI simply adds the '--fullscreen' option when vlc is executed..

Maybe open up /usr/bin/vlc-gtk and try changing the option on line 94 to '-f'...

Are you using the dpup version you posted (not 0.8.6.)?
Does your version play DVDs/Audio CDs? I couldn't get 0.8.6 to play them at all

Also, I can't get subtitles to work, either through my GUI or the terminal..

Also, my .rm and .rmvb files have no sound.. Does it need a re-compile for this?

I'm using 4.2 (TurboPup/Puppy Arcade) - and I wanna get RealMedia, DVDs and subtitles working!!

Help anyone?? I love this little player!

[dejan555]

I'm using 1.0.5 on dpup 484 beta.

cd/dvd work and subtitles too

Subtitles: I use --sub-file /path/to/file
it complained about not loading ttf font in terminal first time for subtitles so I symlinked to existant one

For cd/dvd: is it recognized as /dev/dvd or /dev/cdrom I think it takes those as default, you can also try to pass --dvd-device /dev/sr0

(Actually here's what 1.0.5 version help says for devices:
--dvd <string> DVD device
--vcd <string> VCD device
--cd-audio <string> Audio CD device
--key-audiodevice-cycle <integer>
but i think 0.8.6 had same command --dvd-device as mplayer)

EDIT: It also plays .rm files here on dpup, compiled with support for it, I couldn't imagine it will play so much formats when I compiled it, I wanted it mainly for DVDs

[sc0ttman]

Thanks for the info... Check out my post above.. I updated to 0.7, this should fix your fullscreen problem..

I have to check out dpup - sounds GOOD!

[dejan555]

Thanks sc0tman, fullscreen now works but fails to start with subtitles choosen:
change --subfile to --sub-file

[sc0ttman]

Thanks sc0tman, fullscreen now works but fails to start with subtitles choosen:
change --subfile to --sub-file

Will do... But I think I made enough version for one day!! I'll post it tomorrow!

EDIT: vlc-gtk moved to its own thread...

[sc0ttman]

Following dejan555s advice, I got subtitles and DVD/VCD playback working great..

The only problems remaining (that I care about) with 0.8.6 are the following:

1. No Audio CD playback.. I get

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[00000249] main input error: no suitable access module for `cdda://'

I get this on all my CDs, even when I specify the drive..

2. No audio on realmedia files such as .rm and .rmvb

I'm using 4.2 (TurboPup)... Any help people? I'm all out of ideas!

[flexxx]

hi,

any specific reason you get stuck to vlc 0.8, while version 1 and beyond
has been released a good while ago!?

thxs
alex