VLC 8.6h mediaplayer Lite 7.8MB pet

[ttuuxxx]

Well half success. It certainly are in one menu now but not in the one
for setting run action. And if I start with the vlc and goto a directory with files to play then it fail to play them. The program seems to be ok but nothing happens. So something goes wrong still.

I have to find the online site with all the examples again and see if that one ask for application from within seamonkey and if that allow to activate VLC in any way.

So near or close and not closure. Frustrating.

Progress finally. Not a cigar but almost.

I managed to set run actions for avi, wmv, mpg, flv and .rm files
to different players. gxine and VLC

I should try to get more codex for gxine cause it fails on some streaming videos from TV stations.

And unfortunate VLC failed on .rm but gxine did work on them so that was a good thing.

I had hoped VLC could take .rm but not those I had.

Ttuxx thanks for your help and Aitch thanks for your help.

Late at nigh now so I most likely come back tomorrow.

Hey nooby

Before we say it "Failed", Lets have a look at the stations you were trying, Can you post the links please, Lets not forget your a nooby and aren't that Linux savvy yet, But soon I bet. This VLC doesn't have the VLC plugin for mozilla, I should compile that, So there are other ways to view websites. If mplayer or xine can do it so can VLC, I haven't came across a site I couldn't view a video stream yet with VLC.
ttuuxxx

[nooby]

Yes I managed to make realplayer take BBC which failed before
you provided RP. So very greatful for that.

Unfortunately the streaming service is local due to copyright. So
you can only test it if you live in Sweden.

nyhetskanalen.se which then redirect to anytime something.

I guess they use a media player thing.

The ironic thing is that Bogdan of Nimblex fame he has built in
the needed thing in Nimblex 2008. So if I was not such a noob
I could probably start up Nimblex and go to the parts that take
care of plugins and make a copy of how he does it.

Most likely he has some Roumanian similar streaming service
that he got motivated to have in his Nimblex.

I'm not sure that slax linux has it. And Nimblex looks very much
like slax to me.

I have tried to find an international service that have same needs
but I am too noob to know how to get it.

I set a bookmark on a site wich had many different test of players?

Had they streaming too. What was the url now?

[recycler]

cpu 700mhz, ram 512mb
VLC mem 21% cpu 5%
Gxine mem 30% cpu 11%

playing an mp3 by the blue aeroplanes (no visualisation) with visuals the cpu use was around 80%

[edoc]

Getting two dependency errors on my wife's PC ... the worst place for that to happen!

/usr/lib/vlc/access/libcdda_plugin.so missing: libcddb.so.2

/usr/lib/vlc/gui/libwxwidgets_plugin.so missing: libcdio.so.7

[ttuuxxx]

Getting two dependency errors on my wife's PC ... the worst place for that to happen!

/usr/lib/vlc/access/libcdda_plugin.so missing: libcddb.so.2

/usr/lib/vlc/gui/libwxwidgets_plugin.so missing: libcdio.so.7

Strange first report of libs missing, Ok here's your missing libs
Is she using puppy 4.0?
ttuuxxx

[battleshooter]

I'm guessing Edoc's wife's computer was running Puppy 3. I'm running Pups 3 and got the same error message. I used the libs you provided, but as VLC was compiled on Puppy 4, problems arise naturally on 3.

I'm getting this when I open roll my mouse over audio or video:

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(.:636): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_menu_attach_to_widget: assertion `GTK_IS_MENU (menu)' failed

When I click Settings-Switch interface-Wxwidgets- VLC crashes and in console leaves the message "Segmentation fault" Is that normal? (Not sarcasm)

I don't know if you're really interested in these errors as VLC was compiled for Pup4, but I'd thought I'd just report them. Thanks again.

[battleshooter]

BTW, has anyone figured out how to enable wma, wmv, etc. files with VLC? Or is this another dysfunctionality using Pup3?

[mikeb]

has anyone figured out how to enable wma, wmv, etc. files with VLC?

these are handled by the compiled in ffmpeg.

I been using vlc 0.8.6c for the past year on puppy and both usually play fine but I have noticed recently certain webtv stations that used to play now do not (nasa for example)....these are stations that use wmv so I suspect that microsoft have done something to the codec format to make them unplayable on non media player software....it's what they do now and then.

If so, then a new vlc/ffmpeg version will be needed to get around this problem.

Regfards

mike

[playdayz]

Thank you for this one ttuuxxx. I was looking at media players because beep and audacious (and xmms) made me mad by not playing aac+ streams--mainly I was looking for audio players but this vlc plays video too without extra overhead. It plays aac+ audio streams. What I like best is that the memory usage is *extremely* low, significantly lower than gxine (or xine) and realplayer/helixplayer (which is also a good player imho). It reminds me of my favorite foobar2000 on windows. It is my player of choice now--I like it so much I am trying to compile 0.9.2 (which appears to be the next version after 0.8.6i (???) Do you happen to have the config command line that made it compile--it configures for me but the compile fails with "no utf8 charset conversion on this platform." I think that has to do with NLS but disabling NLS does not fix it. Anyway, it's a good one and thanks again.

[mikeb]

http://repository.slacky.eu/slackware-1 ... vlc/0.9.1/

[ttuuxxx]

Thank you for this one ttuuxxx. I was looking at media players because beep and audacious (and xmms) made me mad by not playing aac+ streams--mainly I was looking for audio players but this vlc plays video too without extra overhead. It plays aac+ audio streams. What I like best is that the memory usage is *extremely* low, significantly lower than gxine (or xine) and realplayer/helixplayer (which is also a good player imho). It reminds me of my favorite foobar2000 on windows. It is my player of choice now--I like it so much I am trying to compile 0.9.2 (which appears to be the next version after 0.8.6i (???) Do you happen to have the config command line that made it compile--it configures for me but the compile fails with "no utf8 charset conversion on this platform." I think that has to do with NLS but disabling NLS does not fix it. Anyway, it's a good one and thanks again.

I spent 4 days trying to compile 9.1 and well, The main problem for me was ffmpeg I couldn't get it compiled properly, Lots of errors.
First you have to edit the VLC code and remove the sections that stops root users from using vlc as root. This is a new security feature which goes against puppy.
vlc 9.2 looks nice, but I personally feel this version is a keeper
I even used the git to try to compile 9.2
grrrr
ttuuxxx

[vovchik]

Dear Puppians,

I got the slackware 0.9.1 package working as root by using the following little script:

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#!/bin/sh
SUDO_UID=755 vlc-wrapper "$@"

Hope that helps....

With kind regards,
vovchik

[cb88]

ttuuxxx i believe there are two versions of the ffmpeg.h header so it could be that gcc is trying to use the wrong one....

I know that the ffmpeg in T2 does this and you have to fix it manually at least in the unfixed version from the tarball on ibibliio

also instead of hacking into the code i think you can run it as the user spot but that might cause problems with Xorg

[ttuuxxx]

ttuuxxx i believe there are two versions of the ffmpeg.h header so it could be that gcc is trying to use the wrong one....

I know that the ffmpeg in T2 does this and you have to fix it manually at least in the unfixed version from the tarball on ibibliio

also instead of hacking into the code i think you can run it as the user spot but that might cause problems with Xorg

Thanks cb88 I'll give it a try on the weekend

[mikeb]

Ok i am trying this

I got the slackware 0.9.1 package working as root by using the following little script:

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#!/bin/sh
SUDO_UID=755 vlc-wrapper "$@"

On 0.9.2....just been updated.

The nearest I get gives me this.

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inhibit interface error: Failed to connect to the D-Bus session daemon: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-6GQEiZK8lT: Connection refused

Puppy and running as a user is a complete nightmare...how are you getting it to run like this?

Also is QT4 sensitive to the X version as when I tried running it on another distro (which normally uses QT3) as a user it launched but crashed as soon as trying to play a video?

Well I was hoping a qt based Vlc would be an improvement but so far it's a dead duck unless I suppose you are using this weeks ubuntu or someting
I hope compiling is going more sucessfully.

stuffed

mike

[ttuuxxx]

Ok i am trying this

Hi mike

Here's a file extract the vlc.c from in
open up your VLC source /bin/ folder and place this vlc.c file overtop the sources one.
Thats the file where I removed the non-functioning as root block so any root user can use vlc. Once you compile it.
I haven't had much time to work on It lately, I've been working full time.
Hope that helps
PS my main problem is ffmpeg if you could get that compiled on puppy with options It would help a lot
here's 2 examples of how I've tried compiling it

./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-gprof --enable-shared --enable-liba52 --enable-libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --enable-gpl --enable-static

./configure --prefix=/usr --build=i386-linux --enable-static --enable-faac --enable-faad --enable-ffmpeg --enable-jack --enable-sdl --enable-twolame --disable-hal --disable-dbus --disable-glx --disable-libgcrypt --disable-gcrypt --disable-avahi --disable-remoteosd

[playdayz]

Hello gentlemen, and also mikeb and ttuuxxx,

I have also been investigating vlc too, after ttuuxxx posted it. I found that if you compile 0.8.6 with wxgtk 2.6 instead of 2.8 (2.6.3 is available as a pet) then the skins work. The vlc forums were helpful and they strongly recommend that--I confirmed it and have vlc 0.8.6i with the whole skinpack (a zip file--some of which crash vlc, but most of them work). I just didn't think the wxwidget version looked good, especially with the x1.00 that doesn't quite fit Most of the skins are not extraordinarily good loooking though either.

Unfortunately I was just trying to get it to compile successfully so I didn't configure it (outside of disabling hal). I am going to try 0.9.2 when I get back to it. People on the forum helped me with one question I had and some older postings and the docs (?) got me on to using wxgtk 2.6--the forum members were very quick, courteous, and helpful. I hope someone beats me to 0.9.2 though I did get 0.9.2 to configure but it would not finish compiling.

MU posted wxgtk 2.6.3 here
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 18&t=14432

[mikeb]

My only stumbling block with 0.9.2 seems to be running as root in puppy....all it actually needs is the vlc binary altering...the rest from the slackware package seems happy...version 0.8.6c worked as is skins and all.

mike

[ttuuxxx]

Hello gentlemen, and also mikeb and ttuuxxx,

I have also been investigating vlc too, after ttuuxxx posted it. I found that if you compile 0.8.6 with wxgtk 2.6 instead of 2.8 (2.6.3 is available as a pet) then the skins work. The vlc forums were helpful and they strongly recommend that--I confirmed it and have vlc 0.8.6i with the whole skinpack (a zip file--some of which crash vlc, but most of them work). I just didn't think the wxwidget version looked good, especially with the x1.00 that doesn't quite fit Most of the skins are not extraordinarily good loooking though either.

Unfortunately I was just trying to get it to compile successfully so I didn't configure it (outside of disabling hal). I am going to try 0.9.2 when I get back to it. People on the forum helped me with one question I had and some older postings and the docs (?) got me on to using wxgtk 2.6--the forum members were very quick, courteous, and helpful. I hope someone beats me to 0.9.2 though I did get 0.9.2 to configure but it would not finish compiling.

MU posted wxgtk 2.6.3 here
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 18&t=14432

hi playdayz
you can have the skins working in this package also, you just have to install them, I had them running before, I didn't include any because the smallest was around 500kb and I was trying to keep this package under 10MB.
Maybe I should make a pet for it?
ttuuxxx

[mikeb]

Hello gentlemen, and also mikeb and ttuuxxx

does this mean ttuuxxx and I are not gentlemen??

have a skin...

mike