Thanks for the work you've done to get it running...VLC is a very important desktop app for a lot of people
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:59 AM, William Yang <wyang at tjhsst.edu> wrote: > I only have an SVR4 traditional package, which can also be installed on > OpenSolaris. If Murray hangs around here, I wouldn't mind helping him get > VLC compiled and put into his repository, however. It is, after all, on his > wishlist :) In any event, the next VLC (1.0.2?) should be significantly > easier to compile since it will have changes from the tickets I opened with > VLC's project (most have already been fixed in trunk). > > > > Unfortunately I don't have the time anymore to figure out how to do all > this myself as I am rapidly approaching the end of my free time this summer > and will be back in college full time in the fall. > > > > William > > > > *From:* chekrst at gmail.com [mailto:chekrst at gmail.com] *On Behalf Of *Che > Kristo > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 11, 2009 8:47 PM > *To:* William Yang > *Cc:* Orvar Korvar; desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org > > *Subject:* Re: [desktop-discuss] VLC on Solaris 10 > > > > If you are packaging for OpenSolaris I think it would be a good idea to > work with Murray on http://solaris.homeunix.com/ , he already has a great > IPS repository that hosts MPlayer, libdvdcss, GsStreamer plugins and so on. > VLC would be a nice addition! > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:18 AM, William Yang <wyang at tjhsst.edu> wrote: > > Well then, it seems there's quite a bit of interest?perhaps it's time for > me to fire up my OpenSolaris VM and see if I can get my own package to > easily work on it :) > > > > I'll update the thread and blog post if I get somewhere meaningful, which > hopefully I do. > > > > William > > > > *From:* desktop-discuss-bounces at opensolaris.org [mailto: > desktop-discuss-bounces at opensolaris.org] *On Behalf Of *Che Kristo > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 11, 2009 8:04 PM > *To:* Orvar Korvar > *Cc:* desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org > > > *Subject:* Re: [desktop-discuss] VLC on Solaris 10 > > > > It's good to see that someone has gone to the effort of egtting VLC > packaged for osol...i too can't seem to get it to work even with all > dependencies. I too think this needs documentation. > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 5:08 AM, Orvar Korvar < > knatte_fnatte_tjatte at yahoo.com> wrote: > > Ok, so I download all those codecs and VLC will automatically use them. I > guess I have to make VLC point to them codecs, via settings or so. However, > Ive read on your link that I need ncurses, QT4, etc etc. > > If someone has managed to get this VLC package working, maybe you can > summarize all the steps you took? e.g. > > 1. install ncurses, from opencsw > 2. install QT4, from .... > 3. Install codecs from link above > 4. install VLC > 5. config VLC > 6. done. > > Or something. > -- > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/desktop-discuss/attachments/20090812/7d44b0a8/attachment.html>
