Slackware, multimedia, codecs, oh my

textillis · 07-05-2013, 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jostber

I installed Kaffeine in KDE from slackbuilds.org the other day and did not need to do anything else to watch DVDs.

Thanks Jostber. I'll give it a go and let you know how it works out.
(I've just spend a fruitless hour trying to get Alien Bob's mega pack for VLC [my preferred media player]to work and i keep getting error messages and missing software)

Edit: I just successfully got the packages, ran kaffeine, only to get this:

Code:

Read error from:
Error reading NAV packet.

sigh....

Celyr · 07-05-2013, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by textillis

Thanks Jostber. I'll give it a go and let you know how it works out.
(I've just spend a fruitless hour trying to get Alien Bob's mega pack for VLC [my preferred media player]to work and i keep getting error messages and missing software)

Here my suggestion:

download sbopkg, download queues, run vlc queue, use vlc.
Yes it's that easy.

Good luck (if you have doubts just ask)

textillis · 07-05-2013, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Celyr

Here my suggestion:

download sbopkg, download queues, run vlc queue, use vlc.
Yes it's that easy.

Good luck (if you have doubts just ask)

I appreciate this, really; but could you be a little more specific as to where I find what I'm looking for:

sbopkg = vlc.2xxx.gz, right?
queues = what? and where is it?

I would much prefer to use VLC if I can get it to work.
I'm running -current (long story, but i couldn't get my graphics to work on stable) I'm wondering: does that mean when i go to SBO for my packages that I can continue using those packages for Slackware 14?
Maybe that is why I'm having so many troubles getting packages built properly.
So far the only one i've managed to build is "flash-plugin" which is something i guess (means i can visit youporn.com when nothing else is working)

jostber · 07-05-2013, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by textillis

Thanks Jostber. I'll give it a go and let you know how it works out.
(I've just spend a fruitless hour trying to get Alien Bob's mega pack for VLC [my preferred media player]to work and i keep getting error messages and missing software)

Edit: I just successfully got the packages, ran kaffeine, only to get this:

Code:

Read error from:
Error reading NAV packet.

sigh....

If you have installed sbopkg, install libdvdcss first, and then install kaffeine:

sbopkg -i libdvdcss
sbopkg -i kaffeine

If that does not work, run kaffeine in a terminal and post the error messages here.

Alien Bob · 07-05-2013, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by textillis

I've just spend a fruitless hour trying to get Alien Bob's mega pack for VLC [my preferred media player]to work and i keep getting error messages and missing software

Why don't you help me help you by giving exact error messages as well as a description of what you did to install the vlc package and how you use it to play media? Installing and using VLC should be absolutely hassle-free.

Eric

textillis · 07-05-2013, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alien Bob

Why don't you help me help you by giving exact error messages as well as a description of what you did to install the vlc package and how you use it to play media? Installing and using VLC should be absolutely hassle-free.

Eric

Okay, thanks Eric.
1. I downloaded the build pkg to ~/.Build.
2. I tar -xzf
~/.Build populated thus:

Code:

total 58732
drwxr-xr-x  4 root  root      4096 Jul  5 15:21 ./
drwx--x--x 40 lebec users     4096 Jul  6 11:09 ../
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root    241507 Jul 28  2002 a52dec-0.7.4.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root    678891 Feb 11  2009 faac-1.28.tar.gz                                                                                                             
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root   1137407 Feb 11  2009 faad2-2.7.tar.gz                                                                                                             
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root   7123976 Jul  5 14:29 ffmpeg-23eed00.tar.gz                                                                                                        
drwxr-xr-x  2  1016 users     4096 Jul  5 12:18 flash-player-plugin/                                                                                                         
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root      2462 Jun 16 12:19 flash-player-plugin.tar.gz                                                                                                   
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root    800195 Sep  4  2011 fluidsynth-1.1.5.tar.bz2                                                                                                     
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root   4782912 Jan 27  2007 ggi-2.2.2-bundle.src.tar.bz2                                                                                                 
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root    757058 Feb  8  2005 goom-2k4-0-src.tar.gz                                                                                                        
drwxr-xr-x  2 lebec users     4096 Jul  5 15:22 kaffeine/                                                                                                                    
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root      3222 Oct  3  2012 kaffeine.tar.gz                                                                                                              
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root   1445348 Feb 29  2012 lame-3.99.5.tar.gz                                                                                                           
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root    256780 Sep 26  2011 libass-0.10.0.tar.xz                                                                                                         
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root    341679 Aug  3  2010 libavc1394-0.5.4.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root    352909 Apr  7  2009 libcddb-1.3.2.tar.bz2
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root   2240599 Oct 27  2009 libcdio-0.82.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root    585911 Jun 11  2009 libdc1394-2.1.2.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root    393291 Apr 10  2007 libdca-0.0.5.tar.bz2
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root    574565 Sep 26  2006 libdv-1.0.0.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root    330403 Nov  4  2011 libdvbpsi-0.2.2.tar.bz2
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root    102018 Jul  5 14:30 libdvdnav-20130528.tar.bz2
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root     97990 Jul  5 14:31 libdvdread-20130528.tar.bz2
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root     60802 Sep 23  2011 libebml-1.2.2.tar.bz2
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root    906896 Aug 22  2011 libkate-0.4.1.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root     80542 Sep 24  2011 libmatroska-1.3.0.tar.bz2
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root    167575 Jul  5 14:31 libmpcdec-r475.tar.bz2
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root    524776 Jul 19  2008 libmpeg2-0.5.1.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root    241953 Jun 17  2008 libopendaap-0.4.0.tar.bz2
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root    388774 Dec 27  2009 libraw1394-2.0.5.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root    464229 May 26  2012 libshout-2.3.1.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root   2111877 Jan 26  2010 libtheora-1.1.1.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root    383685 Dec 26  2010 libtiger-0.3.4.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root   1201056 Jan 30 02:50 libupnp-1.6.18.tar.bz2
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root         0 Jul  5 14:36 libva_0.32.0-1+sds2.tar.gz.FAIL
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root   1054931 Apr  8 07:06 live.2012.12.18.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root    221213 Feb 14  2012 lua-5.1.5.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root    881105 Feb 21  2012 opencore-amr-0.1.3.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root    668368 Oct  3  2011 orc-0.4.16.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root    865784 Dec  6  2009 projectM-2.0.1-Source.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root    996489 Oct  8  2010 schroedinger-1.0.10.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root   1061882 Jul 24  2008 speex-1.2rc1.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root    660415 Jan 22  2011 twolame-0.3.13.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root    420888 Apr 15  2012 v4l-utils-0.8.8.tar.bz2
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root   1009549 Jul 11  2005 vcdimager-0.7.23.tar.gz
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root  18268208 Jul 19  2012 vlc-2.0.3.tar.xz
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root   4458392 Jul  5 14:27 vlc-2.0.7.tar.xz
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root  root    115039 Jul  5 14:26 vlc.Slackbuild*
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root         0 Jul  5 14:25 vlc.Slackbuild~
-rw-r--r--  1 root  root    557774 Jul  5 14:32 x264-snapshot-20130407-2245-stable.tar.bz2
lebec@DarkDuck:~/.Builds$

3. Then I run:

./vlc.Slackbuild

and get error message:

Code:

+++ NOT building mozilla plugin - Needs Sun JDK from /extra! +++

**
** This build uses patented code (MP3 / AMR / AAC encoders)
** Run the command 'USE_PATENTS=NO ./vlc.Slackbuild ' to avoid patent issues.
**

**
**  Cleaning up old build ...
**
Source 'libva_0.32.0-1+sds2.tar.gz' not available yet...
Will download file to /home/lebec/.Builds
http://www.splitted-desktop.com/~gbeauchesne/libva/libva_0.32.0-1+sds2.tar.gz:
2013-07-06 11:16:53 ERROR 404: Not Found.
Downloading 'libva_0.32.0-1+sds2.tar.gz' failed.. aborting the build.
lebec@DarkDuck:~/.Builds$

4. I subsequently went looking for a later version of vlc: vlc-2.0.7.tar.xz, hence the presence of that file in ~/.Build

5. I probably made a hash of it and should just clean up ~/.Build and repeat.

Thanks for the help; much appreciated.

textillis · 07-05-2013, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jostber

If you have installed sbopkg, install libdvdcss first, and then install kaffeine:

sbopkg -i libdvdcss
sbopkg -i kaffeine

If that does not work, run kaffeine in a terminal and post the error messages here.

Thanks, I will resort to this if I can't get vlc to work, which Alien Bob is now giving me a hand to do, as vlc is a player I've used a lot and feel comfortable with.

regs

textillis · 07-06-2013, 12:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alien Bob

My "restricted" version of VLC (restricted in the sense that it contains code that violates stupid US patent law, and therefore can not be made available on a US server) has an internal version of libdvdcss and is totally self-contained: http://taper.alienbase.nl/mirrors/pe...ackbuilds/vlc/

Eric

Thanks for your great work: Ponce just put me onto : http://taper.alienbase.nl/mirrors/pe...ackbuilds/vlc/
which I am going to try right away.

I had been trying to work with http://taper.alienbase.nl/mirrors/pe...ackbuilds/vlc/ , which was not as approachable for someone not comfortable (yet) with long lists of disparate file types.

regs

ponce · 07-06-2013, 02:27 AM

sorry textillis, maybe I'm missing something, but is there any particular reason why you don't install the prebuilt package?

http://taper.alienbase.nl/mirrors/pe...lc/pkg64/14.0/

textillis · 07-06-2013, 07:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ponce

sorry textillis, maybe I'm missing something, but is there any particular reason why you don't install the prebuilt package?

http://taper.alienbase.nl/mirrors/pe...lc/pkg64/14.0/

This is the url I was working off, quoted in Alien's post: http://taper.alienbase.nl/mirrors/pe...ackbuilds/vlc/

Please, don't apologize: rather let me thank you: I"m going there now.

Regs

ponce · 07-06-2013, 07:33 AM

that's a slackware package, a tarball compressed with xz (not gz), that's the meaning of the extension .txz (.tgz extension is used also for slackware packages gz compressed): you install it with installpkg

Code:

installpkg vlc-2.0.7-x86_64-1alien.txz

textillis · 07-06-2013, 07:47 AM

Thanks again. Got it.
My god: it installed like lightening too!
Oh, man: I just realized my problem. (I was so focused on learning to work with SBO, that I forgot my earlier -more basic- lessons in pkg management.

Hey Ponce: sincere thanks: you saved me embarrassing myself any further.

VLC, my fav. player: installed and looking gorgeous!!!!!

(the only minor hitch during the install was that I had to include:
-disable-lua since the package couldn't find it,
but I assume lua only handles packages which I'm not going to need for normal DVD viewing)

ponce · 07-06-2013, 08:00 AM

I try to clarify a little:

- the name of a Slackware package is made by

Code:

$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.$PKGTYPE

- SlackBuilds.org hosts build scripts only, so you have to build packages from them by hand or using sbopkg (or any other build queue manager): the resulting packages may have the TAG "_SBo" at the end (the default), but you can specify also another during the build phase (but this is optional).

- AlienBOB uses the TAG "alien" for his packages.

mancha · 07-06-2013, 08:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by textillis

3. Then I run:

./vlc.Slackbuild

and get error message:

Code:

+++ NOT building mozilla plugin - Needs Sun JDK from /extra! +++

**
** This build uses patented code (MP3 / AMR / AAC encoders)
** Run the command 'USE_PATENTS=NO ./vlc.Slackbuild ' to avoid patent issues.
**

**
**  Cleaning up old build ...
**
Source 'libva_0.32.0-1+sds2.tar.gz' not available yet...
Will download file to /home/lebec/.Builds
http://www.splitted-desktop.com/~gbeauchesne/libva/libva_0.32.0-1+sds2.tar.gz:
2013-07-06 11:16:53 ERROR 404: Not Found.
Downloading 'libva_0.32.0-1+sds2.tar.gz' failed.. aborting the build.
lebec@DarkDuck:~/.Builds$

Seems there's a dangling link in vlc.SlackBuild. Try downloading libva into your ~/.Build dir then run vlc.SlackBuild. After a very quick read of the script, I believe if the source file is already in that dir, it won't attempt to download it.

--mancha

DrCube · 07-11-2013, 09:55 AM

I think you also need libdvdnav if you want DVDs to work properly.

http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14...ies/libdvdnav/

I know I accidentally forgot to install it before I installed VLC from SBO, and DVDs would play the movie (or first episode) exclusively, with no way to skip episodes or turn on the commentary, or whatever.

Then I discovered AlienBOB's prebuilt VLC and it's a lot easier to install than VLC + ffmpeg + all dependencies from SBO.

EDIT: Nevermind, guys, I see there were two whole pages of this thread I somehow missed. D'oh!