VLC for Fremantle? - maemo.org

qole · #1 2009-09-17, 16:36

Hi all,

I see by this videolan forum thread that VLC is coming to Fremantle. I would like to ask any of the developers to begin uploading what they have to extras-devel for testing.

If anyone who knows the developers, can you ping them and ask them to help here?

Even if there's no GUI yet, it would be great to have the most famous media players in the repositories.

Thanks!

sampppa · #2 2009-09-17, 16:41

I tried to build that but atleast version 1.0 didnt work out...some libraries in Fremantle are too old for VLC as usual

Maybe someone has a better luck

qole · #3 2009-09-17, 17:28

sampppa: did you try the "base port" (no UI) from Rémi Denis-Courmont that you can find here?

qole · #4 2009-09-17, 17:56

Aha! Rémi just posted some .debs to try out on his website.

From the thread I linked to above:

Quote:

Note that it will not work correctly with Scratchbox/QEMU.

No UI. Very slow XVid decoder. Missing screen unblanking. Key press misrouted. Don't expect much...

sampppa · #5 2009-09-17, 17:58

It might require even more space than mplayer

qole · #6 2009-09-17, 17:59

No kidding!

Reggie · #7 2009-09-17, 23:33

Anyone with a screenshot of VLC?

TIA.

qole · #8 2009-09-18, 00:17

Well, since there is no GUI, all you'd see is the video you're playing... Not very useful.

EDIT: And it would have to be a photograph, rather than a screenshot, because video doesn't seem to be captured by screenshot apps.

qole · #9 2009-09-22, 04:29

Good news:

VLC for Maemo 5 plays videos more smoothly than mplayer. The optimizations must be paying off.

More good news:

It is automatically put into /opt, leaving room in your base filesystem for more apps.

The bad news is, of course, that it doesn't have screen blanking, nor does it have a GUI yet. The keypresses don't work right.

But for playing difficult-to-play videos, it works great. If you don't mind tapping the screen every so often. I haven't tested streaming yet. But that should be seriously cool...

joppu · #10 2009-09-22, 05:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by qole

Good news:

VLC for Maemo 5 plays videos more smoothly than mplayer. The optimizations must be paying off.

Urgh, I can only hope MPlayer will get more optimizations. If not, I don't care since not using VLC is a matter of principle.

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