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Build VLC on Slackware 14.0

Hi all, I need a vlc package for slackware 14.0.
My system audio is based on OSSv4 (open sound system version 4).
I had installed an AlienBob precompiled package of vlc 2.1.4, but I notice some choppy sound and a bad fluency during playback.

I read about option "--enable-oss" to be used at compile time for 2.1.x vlc versions.
Now I would like to rebuild Alien's vlc package (2.1.4) with that option active. Or build a newer version of vlc...

Anyway my system is a bit outdated for building packages like VLC.

Can you give me any suggest?
How to build a new VLC version on an old Slackware-14.0?
Or instead, how to rebuild an alien bob old package? I can't find old source directory on his repo...

There is a VLC SlackBuild on SBo for 14.0. There are a lot of dependencies, but once you get all those, it should build fine. You will need to manually edit the SlackBuild to enable OSS.

https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.0/multimedia/vlc/

During compile 2.0.3 version you linked, I obtained following error:

Code:

dtv/en50221.c: In function 'en50221_SetCAPMT':

dtv/en50221.c:2234:17: error: implicit declaration of function 'dvbpsi_DeletePMT' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]

dtv/en50221.c: At top level:

dtv/en50221.c:2288:12: warning: 'en50221_OpenMMI' defined but not used [-Wunused-function]

dtv/en50221.c:2328:12: warning: 'en50221_CloseMMI' defined but not used [-Wunused-function]

dtv/en50221.c:2356:15: warning: 'en50221_GetMMIObject' defined but not used [-Wunused-function]

dtv/en50221.c:2381:13: warning: 'en50221_SendMMIObject' defined but not used [-Wunused-function]

cc1: some warnings being treated as errors

make[5]: *** [libdtv_plugin_la-en50221.lo] Errore 1

make[5]: Leaving directory `/tmp/SBo/vlc-2.0.3/modules/access'

make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Errore 1

make[4]: Leaving directory `/tmp/SBo/vlc-2.0.3/modules/access'

make[3]: *** [all] Errore 2

make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/SBo/vlc-2.0.3/modules/access'

make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Errore 1

make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/SBo/vlc-2.0.3/modules'

make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Errore 1

make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/SBo/vlc-2.0.3'

make: *** [all] Errore 2

I don't know how to solve that issue...

Have you installed all the dependencies on that page, including libdvbpsi?

A relatively new release of VLC will not compile on Slackware 14.0 where the compiler, glibc and lots of support libraries are just too old.
Is it possible for you to upgrade to a newer release of Slackware?

I've grepped the SBo dependencies for vlc-2.0.3 (https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.0/multimedia/vlc/). On my system I found or added the following deps packages (also libdvbpsi):

Code:

a52dec                        a52dec-0.7.4-i486-3alien

faad2                        faad2-2.7-i486-2_SBo

twolame                      twolame-0.3.13-i486-3sl

lua                          lua-5.1.5-i486-1sl tolua++-1.0.93-i486-2sl

portaudio                    portaudio-V19-i486-1ponce

libavc1394                    libavc1394-0.5.4-i486-4sl

libdca                        libdca-0.0.5-i486-1_SBo

libdvbpsi                    libdvbpsi-1.3.0-i486-1_SB

libdvdcss                    libdvdcss-1.2.13-i486-1_SBo

libdvdnav                    libdvdnav-4.2.0-i486-1_SBo

libmatroska                  libmatroska-1.4.2-i486-1_SBo

libmodplug                    libmodplug-0.8.8.4-i486-1sl

libmpeg2                      libmpeg2-0.5.1-i486-7sl

libshout                      libshout-2.3.1-i486-1sl

libupnp                      libupnp-1.6.17-i486-1sl

schroedinger                  schroedinger-1.0.11-i486-3sl

vcdimager                    vcdimager-0.7.24-i486-4sl

faac                          faac-1.28-i486-9sl

musepack-tools                musepack-tools-r475-i486-2_SBo

ffmpeg                        ffmpeg-2.8.7-i686_custom-1_SBo

speex                        slspeex-1.2rc1-i486-8sl

libass                        libass-0.10.0-i486-1sl, libassuan-2.0.3-i486-1

libdc1394                    libdc1394-2.2.0-i486-3sl

live555                      live555-2013.12.21-i486-1sl

Some of above packages are newer version than slack-14.0 default, rebuilt from sources.

Thanks Alien, for all your work and also for your answer.
My system should be upgraded in next weeks: I'm waiting for new hardware improvements (double RAM and an SSD new drive), then I'll install a brand new slack system (14.2) on that.
But on my current old HDD I'll keep for a while my current system 14.0: I have to migrate some configs an so on..

Anyway, your vlc package (the last one released for 14.0, vlc-2.1.4-i486-1alien.txt) was installed and working ok, a part oss support not enabled at compile time. I found it at: http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slac...s/vlc/pkg/14.0

The problem: I could try to compile that old version with your slackbuild and "--enable-oss" activated, but I can't find your "build" directory for that old version. If you have some suggest it will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again! :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by joenew (Post 5594247)

Hi all, I need a vlc package for slackware 14.0.
...
Can you give me any suggest?
...

I had trouble with newer versions of vlc using my television tuner and Alien Bob was gracious enough to point me to an older version of vlc from August 2013.

It might work...

http://www.slackware.com/~alien/vlc20/

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alien Bob

Really?

Guess I must be dreaming then ...

Code:

bash $ cat /etc/slackware-version 

Slackware 14.0

bash $ uname -a

Linux dreaming 3.2.45-smp #1 SMP Fri May 31 16:44:39 CDT 2013 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual  CPU  E2160  @ 1.80GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

bash $ gcc --version

gcc (GCC) 4.7.4

Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO

warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.



bash $ vlc --version

VLC media player 2.2.4 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.3-37-g888b7e89)

VLC version 2.2.4 Weatherwax (2.2.3-37-g888b7e89)

Compiled by root on dreaming.at-home.net (Aug 21 2016 12:53:43)

Compiler: gcc version 4.7.4 (GCC)

This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

You may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License;

see the file named COPYING for details.

Written by the VideoLAN team; see the AUTHORS file.



bash $ vlc "Ice Cube - You Know How We Do It (Part 2)-ZJmz77rL6MI-01.mp4" 

VLC media player 2.2.4 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.3-37-g888b7e89)

bash $ vlc "Funkadelic - Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You (Remix) ft. Kendrick Lamar, Ice Cube-NxKBVfPlGgE.webm" 

VLC media player 2.2.4 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.3-37-g888b7e89)

Code:

  a52dec 0.7.4                                    audio/a52dec                                      a52dec-0.7.4-i486-1_SBo

  libass 0.12.1                                    libraries/libass                                  libass-0.10.2-i486-1_SBo

  libdc1394 2.2.3                                  libraries/libdc1394                                libdc1394-2.2.0-i486-1_SBo

  libdvbpsi 1.1.1                                  libraries/libdvbpsi                                libdvbpsi-0.2.2-i486-1_SBo

  libdvdnav 4.2.0                                  libraries/libdvdnav                                libdvdnav-4.2.0-i486-1_SBo

  libmpeg2 0.5.1                                  libraries/libmpeg2                                libmpeg2-0.5.1-i486-1_SBo

  libupnp 1.6.17                                  libraries/libupnp                                  libupnp-1.6.17-i486-1_SBo

  lua 5.1.5                                        development/lua                                    lua-5.1.5-i486-1_SBo

  portaudio v19_20140130                          development/portaudio                              portaudio-V19-i486-1_SBo

  twolame 0.3.13                                  audio/twolame                                      twolame-0.3.13-i486-1_SBo

  opus 1.1.1                                      audio/opus                                        opus-1.1.1-i486-1_SBo

  libvpx 1.3.0                                    libraries/libvpx                                  libvpx-1.3.0-i486-1_SBo

  gsm 1.0.13                                      libraries/gsm                                      

    eigen3 3.2.4                                  libraries/eigen3                                  

  opencv 3.0.0                                    libraries/opencv                                  

  libtar 1.2.20                                    libraries/libtar                                  

  libkate 0.4.1                                    libraries/libkate                                  

    libmp4v2 2.0.0                                libraries/libmp4v2                                libmp4v2-2.0.0-i486-1_SBo

  faac 1.28                                        audio/faac                                        faac-1.28-i486-2_SBo

  libdca 0.0.5                                    libraries/libdca                                  libdca-0.0.5-i486-1_SBo

    libebml 1.3.1                                  libraries/libebml                                  libebml-1.2.2-i486-1_SBo

  libmatroska 1.4.2                                libraries/libmatroska                              libmatroska-1.3.0-i486-1_SBo

  libshout 2.3.1                                  libraries/libshout                                libshout-2.2.2-i486-1_SBo

  speex 1.2rc2                                    audio/speex                                        speex-1.2rc1-i486-3_SBo

  libva 1.6.2                                      libraries/libva                                    

    libdaemon 0.14                                libraries/libdaemon                                

  avahi 0.6.31                                    network/avahi                                      

    ftgl 2.1.3_rc5                                libraries/ftgl                                    

  projectM 2.1.0                                  misc/projectM                                      

  jack-audio-connection-kit 0.124.1                audio/jack-audio-connection-kit                    

  libsidplay2 2.1.1                                libraries/libsidplay2                              

  zvbi 0.2.35                                      multimedia/zvbi                                    

  faad2 2.7                                        audio/faad2                                        faad2-2.7-i486-2_SBo

  libavc1394 0.5.4                                libraries/libavc1394                              libavc1394-0.5.3-i486-2_SBo

  libmodplug 0.8.8.5                              libraries/libmodplug                              libmodplug-0.8.8.4-i486-1_SBo

    libcuefile r475                                libraries/libcuefile                              libcuefile-r453-i486-1_SBo

    libreplaygain r475                            libraries/libreplaygain                            libreplaygain-r453-i486-1_SBo

  musepack-tools r475                              audio/musepack-tools                              musepack-tools-r435-i486-1_SBo

  vcdimager 0.7.24                                multimedia/vcdimager                              vcdimager-0.7.23-i486-2_SBo

  dirac 1.0.2                                      multimedia/dirac                                  

    glfw 2.7.8                                    libraries/glfw                                    

    libjpeg-turbo 1.4.2                            libraries/libjpeg-turbo                            

    ftgl 2.1.3_rc5                                libraries/ftgl                                    

      eigen3 3.2.4                                libraries/eigen3                                  

    opencv 3.0.0                                  libraries/opencv                                  

  vsxu 0.4.2                                      graphics/vsxu                                      

    gnome-mime-data 2.18.0                        misc/gnome-mime-data                              

      ORBit2 2.14.19                              libraries/ORBit2                                  

    libbonobo 2.32.1                              libraries/libbonobo                                

  gnome-vfs 2.24.4                                system/gnome-vfs                                  

  live555 2015.12.22                              libraries/live555                                  live555-2011.12.23-i486-1_SBo

  rtmpdump 20150115_a107cef                        multimedia/rtmpdump                                

    ffmpeg 2.6.3                                  multimedia/ffmpeg                                  ffmpeg-2.6.8-i686_custom-1_SBo

  freerdp 1.2.0_beta1_android9                    network/freerdp                                    

  libdvdcss 1.2.13                                libraries/libdvdcss                                libdvdcss-1.2.11-i486-1_SBo

  fluidsynth 1.1.6                                audio/fluidsynth                                  

    orc 0.4.23                                    development/orc                                    orc-0.4.18-i486-1_SBo

  schroedinger 1.0.11                              multimedia/schroedinger                            schroedinger-1.0.11-i486-1_SBo

  libminizip 1.2.8                                libraries/libminizip                              libminizip-1.2.8-i486-1_SBo

  chromaprint 1.2                                  libraries/chromaprint                              

  libssh2 1.4.3                                    libraries/libssh2                                  libssh2-1.4.3-i486-1_SBo

  x265 1.8                                        multimedia/x265                                    

 vlc 2.1.6                                          multimedia/vlc                                    vlc-2.2.4-i586-1_SBo

I use the 14.1 SBo script to build it. And I added the following to get the ncurses interface:

Code:

> NCURSES_CFLAGS="-I/usr/include/ncursesw" \

> NCURSES_LIBS="-lncursesw" \

And I removed a few things. See below for a diff:

Code:

bash $ diff ~/.slackbuilds/14.1/multimedia/vlc/vlc.SlackBuild vlc.SlackBuild 

9c9

< # Copyright (c) 2014-2016  Christoph Willing, Brisbane, Australia

---

> # Copyright (c) 2014  Christoph Willing, Brisbane, Australia

31,32c31,32

< VERSION=${VERSION:-2.1.6}

< BUILD=${BUILD:-4}

---

> VERSION=${VERSION:-2.2.4}

> BUILD=${BUILD:-1}

37c37

<    i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;

---

>    i?86) ARCH=i586 ;;

48,49c48,49

< if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then

<  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"

---

> if [ "$ARCH" = "i586" ]; then

>  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i586 -mtune=i686"

61,71d60

< # In an ordinary virtual machine, since a different kernal is running,

< # a unique dbus id is needed.

< # However with LXC, the same kernel is used in each container,

< # so we insert an arbitrary value

< #

< grep "CONTAINER=yes" /etc/rc.d/rc.S >/dev/null 2>/dev/null

< if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then

<  mkdir -p /var/lib/dbus/

<  echo "4349d719fcf875a557a8c00400000014" > /var/lib/dbus/machine-id

< fi

< 

81,87d69

< patch -p1 < $CWD/patch-vlc-opencv3.diff

< 

< patch -p0 < $CWD/patch-freerdp.diff

< patch -p0 < $CWD/patch-freerdp_1_2.diff

< patch -p0 < $CWD/patch-projectM-fontpath.diff

< 

< patch -p0 < $CWD/patch_libavcodec_version.diff

88a71

> 

100a84,85

> NCURSES_CFLAGS="-I/usr/include/ncursesw" \

> NCURSES_LIBS="-lncursesw" \

108,110c93

<  --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux \

<  --enable-merge-ffmpeg \

<  --with-kde-solid=no

---

>  --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux

112c95

< make

---

> make -j 3

137c120

< /sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz}

---

> /sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-txz}

The vlc configure script is very robust in that you do not need all the dependencies listed. Just use the dependencies you need to play your media files.

dunno if related but slackware 14.0 got gcc-4.7.1 not 4.7.4...

Quote:

Originally Posted by ponce

dunno if related but slackware 14.0 got gcc-4.7.1 not 4.7.4...

Code:

bash $ ls -alrt /u02/LinuxDistros/slackware-14.0-local/packages/{vlc,gcc}*

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15605046 Feb 18  2016 /u02/LinuxDistros/slackware-14.0-local/packages/vlc-2.1.6-i586-3_SBo.tgz

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  9912456 Feb 19  2016 /u02/LinuxDistros/slackware-14.0-local/packages/vlc-2.2.2-i586-1_SBo.txz

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12693656 Apr 13 16:58 /u02/LinuxDistros/slackware-14.0-local/packages/gcc-4.7.4-i486-1.txz

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  5397460 Apr 13 16:58 /u02/LinuxDistros/slackware-14.0-local/packages/gcc-g++-4.7.4-i486-1.txz

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  4580540 Apr 13 16:58 /u02/LinuxDistros/slackware-14.0-local/packages/gcc-gfortran-4.7.4-i486-1.txz

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11252004 Apr 13 16:58 /u02/LinuxDistros/slackware-14.0-local/packages/gcc-gnat-4.7.4-i486-1.txz

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  8274308 Apr 13 16:58 /u02/LinuxDistros/slackware-14.0-local/packages/gcc-go-4.7.4-i486-1.txz

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 23693440 Apr 13 16:58 /u02/LinuxDistros/slackware-14.0-local/packages/gcc-java-4.7.4-i486-1.txz

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3768520 Apr 13 16:58 /u02/LinuxDistros/slackware-14.0-local/packages/gcc-objc-4.7.4-i486-1.txz

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  9913164 Aug 21 13:34 /u02/LinuxDistros/slackware-14.0-local/packages/vlc-2.2.4-i586-1_SBo.txz

As you can see I built vlc 2.2.2 before I upgraded gcc to 4.7.4.

So newer versions of vlc can be build on 14.0.

I confirm: on my system vlc-2.2.2 package can be built, using SBo script as described above by Maverick.

However issue with oss audio output persists:
If I try to reproduce an audio/video file, video reproduction seems ok, but audio is choppy...
I usually use mplayer, not vlc, so I didn't notice this VLC/OSSv4 issue. Then few days ago I read about ip tv via kodlive and vlc. So I tried it but I experiment our sound issue. I've started to think my internet connection didn't support iptv. But then I tried to reproduce a local file and choppy sound persists...

So the problem is linked to VLC and OSSv4 audio. Likely ALSA or new PulseAudio don't suffer this "bug".

Now.. Some questions:

1- For version 2.2.2, is "--enable-oss" configure switch available? Or any other way to make VLC working under OSSv4 audio system?
I tried to add it in slackbuild but I obtain following error:

Code:

  CCLD  libvlc_srtp.la

  CCLD  librtp_plugin.la

  CC    audio_output/adummy.lo

  CCLD  libadummy_plugin.la

  CC    audio_output/libafile_plugin_la-file.lo

  CCLD  libafile_plugin.la

  CC    audio_output/amem.lo

  CCLD  libamem_plugin.la

  CC    audio_output/oss.lo

audio_output/oss.c: In function ‘Start’:

audio_output/oss.c:122:22: error: ‘AFMT_S32_NE’ undeclared (first use in this function)

audio_output/oss.c:122:22: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in

audio_output/oss.c: In function ‘Pause’:

audio_output/oss.c:291:24: error: ‘SNDCTL_DSP_SILENCE’ undeclared (first use in this function)

audio_output/oss.c:291:45: error: ‘SNDCTL_DSP_SKIP’ undeclared (first use in this function)

audio_output/oss.c: In function ‘DevicesEnum’:

audio_output/oss.c:326:5: error: unknown type name ‘oss_sysinfo’

audio_output/oss.c:329:20: error: ‘SNDCTL_SYSINFO’ undeclared (first use in this function)

audio_output/oss.c:335:5: error: request for member ‘product’ in something not a structure or union

audio_output/oss.c:335:5: error: request for member ‘version’ in something not a structure or union

audio_output/oss.c:335:5: error: request for member ‘versionnum’ in something not a structure or union

audio_output/oss.c:335:5: error: request for member ‘license’ in something not a structure or union

audio_output/oss.c:338:27: error: request for member ‘numaudios’ in something not a structure or union

audio_output/oss.c:340:9: error: unknown type name ‘oss_audioinfo’

audio_output/oss.c:340:9: error: field name not in record or union initializer

audio_output/oss.c:340:9: error: (near initialization for ‘ai’)

audio_output/oss.c:342:24: error: ‘SNDCTL_AUDIOINFO’ undeclared (first use in this function)

audio_output/oss.c:348:15: error: request for member ‘caps’ in something not a structure or union

audio_output/oss.c:348:24: error: ‘PCM_CAP_HIDDEN’ undeclared (first use in this function)

audio_output/oss.c:348:39: error: ‘PCM_CAP_MODEM’ undeclared (first use in this function)

audio_output/oss.c:350:17: error: request for member ‘caps’ in something not a structure or union

audio_output/oss.c:350:25: error: ‘PCM_CAP_OUTPUT’ undeclared (first use in this function)

audio_output/oss.c:352:16: error: request for member ‘enabled’ in something not a structure or union

audio_output/oss.c:355:37: error: request for member ‘devnode’ in something not a structure or union

audio_output/oss.c:355:49: error: request for member ‘name’ in something not a structure or union

make[4]: *** [audio_output/oss.lo] Errore 1

make[4]: Leaving directory `/tmp/SBo/vlc-2.2.2/modules'

make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Errore 1

make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/SBo/vlc-2.2.2/modules'

make[2]: *** [all] Errore 2

make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/SBo/vlc-2.2.2/modules'

make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Errore 1

make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/SBo/vlc-2.2.2'

make: *** [all] Errore 2

2. Second question, is there a way to access to kodilive playlist by using MPlayer instead of VLC?

Quote:

Originally Posted by joenew (Post 5594836)

1- For version 2.2.2, is "--enable-oss" configure switch available? Or any other way to make VLC working under OSSv4 audio system?

I can't answer this question (stuck at work on a Windows computer), but I can give you information to answer it yourself.

Extract the source and then, once in that directory, run ./configure --help. That should provide you all the options the configure script supports. If you want, you can throw a pipe at the end and grep the output for oss.

Code:

./configure --help | grep -i oss

Ok, yes it is available also on 2.2.4.

- I try to build it (the last vlc version using Maverik suggested slackbuild from SBo) without oss suport enabled: the package is created and working but OSS audio choppy persists.

- I then try to rebuild it with enable-oss support. And obtained the same error relate to oss, I reported above the error code.

- Finally I tried to install Alien VlC 2.0.8 which is compiled with oss support enabled. This is working with local files, but if I try to add the same network stream I tried with other vlc versions... then vlc-2.0.8 crash too often.

You could try 2.0.9 or 2.0.10 to see if they fix your problems with crashing...

Just make some quick edits to the SlackBuild to point to the new versions and try to compile them.

Well - I think you may be out of luck with regards to oss.

A quick search brought up two vlc tickets:
https://encrypted.google.com/search?...%99+undeclared
https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/attach...-compile-error
https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/9607
https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/7212

Even AlienBOB disables oss:
http://taper.alienbase.nl/mirrors/pe...vlc.SlackBuild

Code:

# VLC 2.1 wants OSS4 which we do not have:

#--enable-oss \

https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/audio/oss/

What you could try is to upgrade oss to 4.2.2011. But since I don't use oss on my systems, I can't help you beyond this.

Like bassmadrigal has already suggested - you're probably stuck with an older version.