vlc 0.8.1 now in portage

[ChrisWhite]

Boy, I'm going to regret this.

Ok folks, I just tossed vlc 0.8.1 into portage. Save a nice MOZILLA_CONFIG error I had to fix on the way, it should be dandy. Test away as I plan to make it stable.

[matlj]

Hi,

What is this MOZILLA_CONFIG thing ?

I get the following error when trying to build :

Making all in mozilla
make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/vlc-0.8.1/work/vlc-0.8.1/mozilla'
/usr/lib/mozilla/xpidl -I/usr/share/idl/mozilla \
-I/usr/lib/mozilla/include/idl \
-m header -o vlcintf ./vlcintf.idl
make[2]: /usr/lib/mozilla/xpidl : commande introuvable
make[2]: *** [vlcintf.h] Erreur 127
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/vlc-0.8.1/work/vlc-0.8.1/mozilla'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Erreur 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/vlc-0.8.1/work/vlc-0.8.1'
make: *** [all] Erreur 2


Thanks in advance

[honigsalz]

same error here

[pem]

Save a nice MOZILLA_CONFIG error I had to fix on the way, it should be dandy. Test away as I plan to make it stable.

It means that the mozilla plugin does not compile. If you don't use it, just type in:

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USE="-mozilla" emerge vlc

[pem]

@ChrisWhite:
Except for the mozilla plugins, which I was not using anyway, everything seems to work flawlessly. I haven't tested everything yet but rest assured that I will share my feedback if anything shows up.

Thanks for this great job.

[vsovic]

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sova portage # ln -s /usr/bin/xpidl /usr/lib/mozilla/xpidl
sova portage # emerge -av vlc

These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating dependencies ...done!
[ebuild   R   ] media-video/vlc-0.8.1  -3dfx +X +a52 +aalib +alsa (-altivec) +arts -bidi +cdda -cddb -cdio -debug -dts +dvb +dvd +esd -faad -fbcon +ffmpeg +flac -freetype -ggi -gnutls -hal +httpd* -joystick -libcaca -lirc +live* +mad -matroska +mozilla +mpeg2 +ncurses +nls +ogg +opengl +oss +stream -svg +svga -theora +utf8 -v4l +vcd* -vlm +vorbis +wxwindows* -xosd +xv 0 kB

Total size of downloads: 0 kB

Do you want me to merge these packages? [Yes/No]

[Hauser]

Audio does not work here. When I play a DVD, I get:

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[00000284] a52 decoder: A/52 channels:6 samplerate:48000 bitrate:384000
ALSA lib setup.c:548:(add_elem) Cannot obtain info for CTL elem (MIXER,'IEC958 Playback Default',0,0,0): No such file or directory
[00000255] main audio output error: couldn't find a filter for the first part of the conversion
[00000255] main audio output error: couldn't set an input pipeline

I have tried all kinds of audio related settings, still no luck. Mplayer works fine though.

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DVD successfully opened.
Cache fill: 18.36% (1540096 bytes)    MPEG-PS file format detected.
VIDEO:  MPEG2  720x576  (aspect 3)  25.000 fps  9800.0 kbps (1225.0 kbyte/s)
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52
Using SSE optimized IMDCT transform
AC3: 5.1 (3f+2r+lfe)  48000 Hz  384.0 kbit/s
Using MMX optimized resampler
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, 16 bit (0x10), ratio: 48000->192000 (384.0 kbit)
Selected audio codec: [a52] afm:liba52 (AC3-liba52)
==========================================================================
vo: X11 running at 1280x800 with depth 16 and 16 bpp (":0" => local display)
Disabling DPMS
==========================================================================

BTW where is this 'jump' option? With some earlier version, when you use gnome-vlc and right-click, you can select 'jump' option which allows you to jump to any specified place (hh:mm:ss) in the movie.

[Hauser]

Just compiled 0.7.2-r1, no problem with sound either:

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$ vlc
VLC media player 0.7.2 Bond
Fontconfig warning: line 470: unknown element "other_family"
[00000217] main input: playlist item `dvdsimple:///dev/dvd@1:2'
[00000221] freetype video output error: failed to load font file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/timesbd.ttf
[00000220] a52 decoder: A/52 channels:6 samplerate:48000 bitrate:384000

[ChrisWhite]

Is everyone here on the same mozilla (1.7.5?), and somehow everyone that gets these errors pastes them in a language I don't know . LC_ALL=C LANG=C emerge vlc next time, otherwise I'll have no idea what the error is .

[bnomis]

I get the error below because the configure script hard codes XPIDL to /usr/lib/mozilla/xpidl (which does not exist) if it is not called --with-mozilla-sdk-path

Suggest the ebuild file is patched to massage the configure script so that is looks for xpidl in /usr/bin/xpidl for mozilla

symlink /usr/lib/xpidl -> /usr/bin/xpidl for a quick fix

BTW: the equivalent file for Firefox and Thunderbird is in /usr/lib/MozillaFirefox and /usr/lib/MozillaThunderbird

make[2]: /usr/lib/mozilla/xpidl: Command not found
make[2]: *** [vlcintf.h] Error 127
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/vlc-0.8.1/work/vlc-0.8.1/mozilla'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/vlc-0.8.1/work/vlc-0.8.1'
make: *** [all] Error 2

[ChrisWhite]

Yah, it was an "I don't know where I'm looking for xpidl" issue . I just fixed it now with some quick sed-ing and the update is in portage. Things should build . (ps. by now, I mean JUST now, so it'll take a while to hit the tree).

[()]

Not directly related to v0.8.1, but is anyone else able to run vlc in fullscreen? Fullscreen works fine in other programs like mplayer and xine, but vlc crashes :\

[pem]

No problem here. However, there's may be an issue about your Xvideo extension. I've helped out a guy on this issue. Just to be sure, you can turn their use off and check if it's related. Just choose a different video setting under vlc (parameter>preferences>general settings>video>video output module>X11 video output)

[()]

Looks like the only video module that will work in fullscreen is SDL, I tried experimenting a little earlier, but only with a few different options. Maybe a CFLAGS issue?

[JOS654]

mmm i built the vlc without the ffmpeg support but now i cant merge it with the ffmpeg use flag

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snip
checking for main in -lebml... yes
checking libmodplug/modplug.h usability... no
checking libmodplug/modplug.h presence... no
checking for libmodplug/modplug.h... no
checking mad.h usability... yes
checking mad.h presence... yes
checking for mad.h... yes
checking for mad_bit_init in -lmad... yes
checking id3tag.h usability... yes
checking id3tag.h presence... yes
checking for id3tag.h... yes
checking zlib.h usability... yes
checking zlib.h presence... yes
checking for zlib.h... yes
checking for ffmpeg-config... no
checking ffmpeg/avcodec.h usability... yes
checking ffmpeg/avcodec.h presence... yes
checking for ffmpeg/avcodec.h... yes
checking postproc/postprocess.h usability... no
checking postproc/postprocess.h presence... no
checking for postproc/postprocess.h... no
configure: error: Missing header file postproc/postprocess.h.

!!! ERROR: media-video/vlc-0.8.1 failed.
!!! Function econf, Line 449, Exitcode 1
!!! econf failed
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message.

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Calculating dependencies ...done!
[ebuild   R   ] media-video/vlc-0.8.1  -3dfx +X +a52 +aalib +alsa (-altivec) -arts -bidi -cdda +cddb -cdio -debug -dts -dvb +dvd +esd -faad +fbcon +ffmpeg* +flac -freetype -ggi -gnutls -hal -httpd -joystick -libcaca -lirc -live +mad +matroska +mozilla -mpeg2 +ncurses +nls +ogg +opengl +oss -stream +svg +svga +theora +utf8 -v4l +vcd -vlm +vorbis +wxwindows -xosd +xv 0 kB 

emerge info

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Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/x86/2004.2, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.9-gentoo-r13 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r13 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16
Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r5
Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1
Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.90.0.1.1-r3
Headers:  sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1-r2
Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r7
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -mfpmath=sse -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -mmmx -msse -msse2 -ffast-math -fprefetch-loop-arrays -ftracer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
COMPILER=""
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4 -mfpmath=sse -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -mmmx -msse -msse2 -ffast-math -fprefetch-loop-arrays -ftracer"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X a52 aac aalib acl alsa apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cddb cdr crypt cups dga divx4linux dvd dvdr dvdread encode esd fam fbcon ffmpeg flac foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imagemagick imap imlib jabber java jpeg lcms ldap libwww links mad matroska mbox mikmod mmx mmx2 motif mozilla mp3 mpeg msn ncurses network nls nptl ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pdflib png ppds python qt quicktime readline samba sane sasl scanner sdl slang spell sse sse2 ssl svg svga tcltk tcpd theora tiff transcode truetype unicode usb utf8 vcd videos vorbis wmf wxwindows x x86 xine xml xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib"

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[bnomis]

Confirming works for me. Thanks.

[k4hlid]

i still cant get vlc 0.8.1 to compile even with:

ln -s /usr/lib/MozillaFirefox/xpidl /usr/bin/xpidl
& also tried:
ln -s /usr/lib/xpidl /usr/bin/xpidl

it still says failed because it cant fix xpidl path
any ideas what i can do???

[pem]

@k4hlid:
Do you need the VLC plugin for Mozilla/Firefox?
If you don't, just type in:

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USE="-mozilla" emerge vlc

If you do, post the error message (I guess it's related to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH).

@():
SDL is using XVideo extension for fullscreen if resources are available. The library falls back to normal X11 access if it can't. Threre are also other video output module that should work properly in fullscreen in case your XVideo extension does not work. The OpenGL one is pretty slick and don't interfere to much with XComposite (interesting feature for thus who like drop shadow or trasparency features).

[k4hlid]

the same thing happens even with -mozilla
i had a good look at the output and it also says HAL library missing, Xinerama present but cannot be compiled, and not building roku HD1000 compatible video output
and then right at the end
!!! ERROR: media-video/vlc-0.8.1 failed.
!!! Function src_compile, Line 176, Exitcode 1
!!! could not fix XPIDL path
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message.

[()]

The OpenGL one is pretty slick and don't interfere to much with XComposite (interesting feature for thus who like drop shadow or trasparency features).

No workee.

[superorc12]

the same thing happens even with -mozilla
i had a good look at the output and it also says HAL library missing, Xinerama present but cannot be compiled, and not building roku HD1000 compatible video output
and then right at the end
!!! ERROR: media-video/vlc-0.8.1 failed.
!!! Function src_compile, Line 176, Exitcode 1
!!! could not fix XPIDL path
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message.

I have gotten the same thing. I have even tried to install regular mozilla and it's still like that.

[deanpence]

From my other post:

It appears there's a bug in the ebuild:

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use mozilla && \
sed -e "s:^XPIDL = .*:XPIDL = /usr/bin/xpidl:" -i mozilla/Makefile \
|| die "could not fix XPIDL path"

When `use mozilla` returns non-zero, this will always execute `die "could not fix XPIDL path"`. Better to be sure about operator precedence. Here's my fix (tested with -mozilla):

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if use mozilla ;  then
    if ! sed -e "s:^XPIDL = .*:XPIDL = /usr/bin/xpidl:" -i mozilla/Makefile
    then
        die "could not fix XPIDL path"
    fi
fi

[superorc12]

Ok I got vlc to merge finally. I was trying to use the mozilla flag to make the vlc plugin, and it still failed because of the ebuild bug. replaced the text from the last post and it worked.

[Kanniball]

I'm emerging it right now

I would like to know, if there are any way to get the plugin working with firefox, without have mozilla. (maybe a feature request).

Thanks!

[ChrisWhite]

Arg, sorry guys, some of the sed application logic was b0rk3d, but luckyduck (another media-video dev) helped fix that up real quick. As far as ffmpeg goes, please give me what version of ffmpeg you guys are using, I think there's something occuring of a similiar nature and I'd like to see if I can bring it together.