well.... I post a message to lfs-chat so let's see what they say. cat /etc/issue;uname -a Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca \n \l Linux c521 3.13.0-37-generic #64-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 22 21:28:38 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux :-)~MIKE~(-: On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 12:24 PM, wrote: > What distro do you have (cat /etc/issue;uname -a) and which Vlc version? > It may no even be Vlc, Vlc relies on a bunch of libraries. > Installing those libraries from source looks to me like a great way to get > your system hosed. > YMMV... > ET > > Michael Havens writes: > >> Well when I run home videos the video portion of the film can't keep up >> with the audio. Likely the cpu is to blame but on another discussion board >> one guys solution was to run 1.1.10 . I am just grasping at straws here! >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 12:02 PM, wrote: >> >>> Mike, BLFS will give you a laundry list of all you need to have installed >>> to get VLC compiled. >>> I certainly admire and encourage your ambition, but this may be a little >>> bit above your head (it is almost above mine). >>> Why do you want to compile VLC anyway? >>> What's wrong with your distro's package? >>> ET >>> Michael Havens writes: >>> >>>> okay... it was late a late night when I wrote that last message but I am >>>> up >>>> now fresh (sorta). >>>> WHen I run ./configure the last line it spits out is: >>>> configure: error: Couldn't find DBus >= 1.0.0, install libdbus-dev ? >>>> Am I to assume that I need to compile libdbus-dev? >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Michael Havens >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I did try to install it with the given directions. >>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>> On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 9:17 AM, wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Cow, deer, moose, it's all meat. >>>>>> Extrapolate and interpolate! ;-) >>>>>> ET >>>>>> Michael Havens writes: >>>>>> >>>>>>> well... those instructions are for VLC version 2.1.5. >>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>>>> On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 6:19 AM, wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Enjoy: >>>>>>>> http://linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/stable/multimedia/vlc.html >>>>>>>> ET >>>>>>>> Michael Havens writes: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Well, someone told me that they run vlc 1.1.10 and that everything >>>>>>>>> runs >>>>>>>>> perfectly where they had later versions that did not run as well. >>>>>>>>> As >>>>>>>>> such >>>>>>>>> I >>>>>>>>> am trying to compile vlc for my computer. >>>>>>>>> Here is what I did: >>>>>>>>> 424 wget ' >>>>>>>>> http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.1.9/vlc-1. >>>>>>>>> 1.9.tar.bz2' >>>>>>>>> --edit-- >>>>>>>>> 427 tar -xjf vlc-1.1.10.tar.bz2 >>>>>>>>> 428 ls >>>>>>>>> 429 cd vlc-1.1.10/ >>>>>>>>> --edit-- >>>>>>>>> 433 ./configure >>>>>>>>> configure: error: Couldn't find DBus >= 1.0.0, install libdbus-dev >>>>>>>>> ? >>>>>>>>> 435 sudo apt-get install libdbus-dev >>>>>>>>> Reading package lists... Done >>>>>>>>> Building dependency tree >>>>>>>>> Reading state information... Done >>>>>>>>> E: Unable to locate package libdbus-dev >>>>>>>>> (after searching for how to install the program found that >>>>>>>>> installing >>>>>>>>> libhal-dev installs libdbus-dev) >>>>>>>>> 436 sudo apt-get install libhal-dev >>>>>>>>> Reading package lists... Done >>>>>>>>> Building dependency tree >>>>>>>>> Reading state information... Done >>>>>>>>> E: Unable to locate package libhal-dev >>>>>>>>> 437 sudo dpkg -i libdbus-dev >>>>>>>>> dpkg: error processing archive libdbus-dev (--install): >>>>>>>>> cannot access archive: No such file or directory >>>>>>>>> Errors were encountered while processing: >>>>>>>>> libdbus-dev >>>>>>>>> --edit-- >>>>>>>>> 439 sudo dpkg --install libhal-dev >>>>>>>>> dpkg: error processing archive libhal-dev (--install): >>>>>>>>> cannot access archive: No such file or directory >>>>>>>>> Errors were encountered while processing: >>>>>>>>> libhal-dev >>>>>>>>> 440 history >>>>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> >>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >