VLC-GTK 2.8.1 (Oct 3rd, 2017)

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#31 Post by ttuuxxx »

maybe you could upload my vlc-0.8.6h-commandline.pet some place else because Eric shutdown puppylinux.ca and the link for it in your first post is now dead.
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#32 Post by sc0ttman »

ttuuxxx wrote:maybe you could upload my vlc-0.8.6h-commandline.pet some place else because Eric shutdown puppylinux.ca and the link for it in your first post is now dead.
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Thanks.. Added new links to main post...
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#33 Post by sc0ttman »

updated to 2.2, see main post, mainly bugfixes,

better on screen playback controls
better performance
more reliability...
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#34 Post by Roy »

Just installed on a SMP version of Puppy 4.2

Complains of missing libxdo.so.2 and doesn't run.

-Roy

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#35 Post by sc0ttman »

Roy wrote:Just installed on a SMP version of Puppy 4.2

Complains of missing libxdo.so.2 and doesn't run.

-Roy
whoops.... i'll upload a new one shortly...

also.. if anyone is interested..

i tried vlc-gtk with the dpup vlc pet file on lupq and the on screen gui didnt work well at all..

the on screen controls are probably only gonna work on 4.2, if at all!
(unless someone who is good with bash/xdotool can do it...)
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fixed and re-uploaded

#36 Post by sc0ttman »

I have fixed the 2.2 package, and re-uploaded

- I added some required xdotool libs
- I also updated the timing of the on screen controls
- and it will now make a symlink for gtkdialog if not found

If anyone uses this, and it does or doesn't work, I'd like to know which vlc package and puppy version you're using (please)!
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#37 Post by BarryK »

Great news, I have compiled the latest VLC, version 1.1.5, for Wary 5.0. It handles all the audio/video formats including WebM. See my blog announcement:

http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02070

My 'vlc_nogui' PET is only 1.7MB, and I was able to get vlc-gtk to work with it, however as stated in my blog, I had to edit the /usr/bin/gtk-vlc script.

...note, I took out the "rxvt -e", don't understand why that is there. I added "-I dummy" to the vlc commandline -- but perhaps the vlc configuration file could be set to "dummy" interface as default.

There is one remaining problem, the on-screen controls do not work. I think that I need help with that.

Note, my vlc_nogui package might even work in Puppy 4.x, as VLC is written in C (not C++ which could cause trouble) and Wary uses the same Xorg 7.3 version as does Puppy 4.x. Oh, but Puppy 4.x does not have all the dependencies -- Wary has many more multimedia packages. So, it might be made to run, after installing all the deps. Maybe.

Anyway, Wary is supposed to be the successor to Puppy 4.x :)
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#38 Post by dejan555 »

BarryK wrote: ...note, I took out the "rxvt -e", don't understand why that is there. I added "-I dummy" to the vlc commandline -- but perhaps the vlc configuration file could be set to "dummy" interface as default.

There is one remaining problem, the on-screen controls do not work. I think that I need help with that.
I think sc0tman brings up console just because of controls problem - vlc console interface has some basic controls.
Keyboard shortcuts should work ok though for video - Ctrl + arrows control volume and jumping back and forth some seconds, also there are much more shortcuts for switching subtitles and chapters which I don't remember now.

dummy interface on the other hand doesn't have any controls I think and can be started with cvlc wrapper too.
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#39 Post by sc0ttman »

dejan555 wrote:
BarryK wrote: ...note, I took out the "rxvt -e", don't understand why that is there. I added "-I dummy" to the vlc commandline -- but perhaps the vlc configuration file could be set to "dummy" interface as default.

There is one remaining problem, the on-screen controls do not work. I think that I need help with that.
I think sc0tman brings up console just because of controls problem - vlc console interface has some basic controls.
Keyboard shortcuts should work ok though for video - Ctrl + arrows control volume and jumping back and forth some seconds, also there are much more shortcuts for switching subtitles and chapters which I don't remember now.

dummy interface on the other hand doesn't have any controls I think and can be started with cvlc wrapper too.
I added the 'rxvt -e' because on Puppy 4.2 (TurboPup/PuppyArcade/Puplite) vlc will not load up or play anything otherwise.. (The code came from dejan555, but didn't work on 4.2 until I added the 'rxvt -e' bit.... maybe I missed a trick, not sure..)

It also seems to be a good idea for music playback, until I make some on screen controls specific to music file playback ( I didn't do that, as I don't see many people wanting vlc-gtk for music playback..)

I wish I could do without the popup rxvt window though - at least for video playback!
...I hate the extra rxvt window popping up, but it is a necessity on my all 4.2s!

I was unable to make the on screen controls work with version later than 0.8.6, but I will have another go with this one.

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#40 Post by dejan555 »

sc0ttman wrote: I added the 'rxvt -e' because on Puppy 4.2 (TurboPup/PuppyArcade/Puplite) vlc will not load up or play anything otherwise..
Oh I don't remember you had to use it.
The code came from dejan555
That lousy Xdialog window with only few options :roll:
Yours is much more advanced.

EDIT:Oh lol I didn't realize you have controls bar since ver. 2.1 till I looked at new screenshot. :lol:
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#41 Post by sc0ttman »

dejan555 wrote:
sc0ttman wrote:I added the 'rxvt -e' because on Puppy 4.2 (TurboPup/PuppyArcade/Puplite) vlc will not load up or play anything otherwise..
Oh I don't remember you had to use it.
Maybe I'm just being stupid, but that is the only way I got the no_gui vlcs to *show* anything on my 4.2s :oops:
(But I know nothing of the 'dummy' interface, etc...)
dejan555 wrote:
sc0ttman wrote:The code came from dejan555
That lousy Xdialog window with only few options :roll:
Yours is much more advanced.
:lol: haha, not trying to blame you for any problems, by the way...

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Also, about the on screen controls if anyone wants to give it a go:

The trick is getting xdotool to find and attach itself to the right window, the rest is easy...

But I found different versions of xdotool behave/work differently..
..and none worked perfectly as far as I could tell, unless I was using it wrong!! ;)
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#42 Post by dejan555 »

Hmm, so you're using some kind of mouse/kbd emulation for controls, it emulates keyboard shortcuts on vlc output window or similar?

I was searching to find out more about it's dbus interface but couldn't find much info/or understand but I think it's not well maintained anymore.
Too bad they're focusing on qt frontends now.
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#43 Post by sc0ttman »

dejan555 wrote:Hmm, so you're using some kind of mouse/kbd emulation for controls, it emulates keyboard shortcuts on vlc output window or similar?
Yes, when you click a button in the on-screen controls gui, it makes xdotool send a key command to the chosen vlc window (ctrl+right, etc)..

(vlc-gtk also supports 'RejoystickCC' - a tool of mine found in Puppy Arcade - so you can use your joypad to control vlc during playback :D
... but its a separate thing from xdotool)
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#44 Post by grimoire »

ttuuxxx wrote:also way back in the beginning of vlc there was a gtk version, I don't know if it would be possible to update it to a newer base or not, but just an idea.
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I've just remember the gtk version of vlc during the release of 4.2 it's kind a buggy, lacks of codecs and crashes when you use skins. :D

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#45 Post by BarryK »

I have fixed vlc-gtk so that it now works nicely in Wary, including the control panel. I also made some improvements to the two scripts. Blog announcement:

http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02078

I gave it version number 2.2.1, and I separated xdotool out to its own package.

This should work in all modern puppies, but only tested in Wary 5.0. I tried to put in special testing for older vlc versions, as my version 1.1.5 has some differences from the older PETs linked earlier in this thread.

So it will be interesting to see if my scripts work with the older vlc versions.

Note, I have put my initials "BK" where I have made changes in the scripts.
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#46 Post by sc0ttman »

Hi Barry,

I tested your new vlc-gtk (2.2.1), only briefly, but it seems that it works fine in Puplite (4.2) as well...
I used vlc-0.8.6h_commandline (from ttuuxxx)..

I just installed the pet, haven't got time to look at the changes right now, but it integrate them into a slight update that I had already made, but not yet posted.
My update also enables on screen controls for DVD and VCD, and has better icons.

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#47 Post by caieng »

This thread is intimidating, at least to me.

I installed Wary 5.0, without problem.

Then, the adventure began, two hours later, still no success, hence this message.

yes, I am annoyed.

Yes, I do not think that a distro as SLICK, and obviously EXCELLENT, as is Wary 5.0, should present these kinds of problems to a naive user.

YES, I did search, the forum, and BK's home pages, and,
YES, I did download ttuuxx's VLC "pet" package.

and
YES, I do observe VLC when I invoke the multimedia drop down menu.

BUT,

NO. It does not work. After rebooting, I invoke SeaMonkey, my browser of choice by the way, I click on OGG or aaC+ or MP3 icons at http://www.listenlive.eu/classical.html
and VLC not only doesn't appear, it isn't even offered as a choice for the user to select.

Thinking that I have done something wrong, I next investigate SeaMonkey "Preferences", and discover that there too, VLC is not offered to the user.

Why?

THIS IS ABSURD.

two choices:

a. the logical choice, put VLC where it belongs, into the CDROM used for installation.
(and get rid of the utterly useless, currently extant, streaming audio players)

This is the method employed by my current default distribution: CrunchBang XFCE, as well as by other, less performant distros, like Ultimate LXDE.

or,

b. If BK and the rest of the developers want to continue to compel the user to do the work, instead, by demanding download of VLC from a central repository of preconfigured packages, as this community so irritatingly calls "pup",
THEN PLEASE produce a single file (not hidden in the LUCID repository, for heaven's sake, how annoying do you suppose that is, to go to the WARY repository, and NOT find it, but instead, discover that it is sequestered anonymously in the WRONG location). This is the method employed by my plan B, aka PCLinuxOS LXDE, another first rate distro, which compels use of synaptic package manager, which works VERY WELL, in my experience.

The third method, i.e. the one employed by WARY at present, compelling the user to figure it out, is a FAILURE.

I have no idea what in the world these comments mean:
http://bkhome.org/blog/?viewDetailed=02078
To me, this may as well be written in Sanskrit.

One ought not require a doctorate in linuxology to enjoy the excellent performance of VLC running on Wary.

If Wary can't permit a user to make a single mouse click (WORST case) to enable VLC, instead of compelling the user to watch helplessly as the wretched streaming audio players on the naked version of Wary, stumble and fumble around, then, WARY joins the other coasters, along with suse, fedora, lint, ubuntu, and the rest of the junk that parades about as having a head on their shoulders. Of course, in the BEST case, WARY 5.1 will incorporate VLC, into the CDROM installation disk, just like CrunchBang and Ultimate, thereby obviating a need for the user to waste his/her time on this foolishness.....I hope someone, (that's you BK!!!) has a REASON for excluding VLC. I sure don't want to read any nonsense about "keeping the size of Wary small enough to fit on the CDROM")

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#48 Post by Bert »

I downloaded and installed the VLC announced on Barry's blog, including its dependancies.
Playing back audio and video from HD is working fine, but how do I enable watching internet video streams? When I click 'play' after entering the URL, nothing happens.
This is in Lucid Puppy 5.2, with Cjromium 10 as browser.
Do I need to install something else?
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#49 Post by trapster »

Which url?
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#50 Post by Bert »

trapster wrote:Which url?
No matter what url.
Do you have 1 url that works for you?
Thanks :wink:
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