[SOLVED] vlc installation

[p.falk]

Hello,

I just wanted to install vlc on xbian 1.0 beta 1.1 but got an error, that it depends on vlc-nox and that is not going to be installed, if I want to install that, there is the next broken dependency.
Is there a good installation guide out there, or are there alternative sources for vlc that I should use?

Thanks for your support
Peter

[IriDium]

I'm not too sure why you want to?

As far as I know vlc is not hardware accelerated whereas the standard omxplayer is.

If you still want to install vlc then you will need to supply the command used to install it and the errors you get.

Please read "Read before you post" a link is in my signature.

[p.falk]

Hello

Thanks for your hints...
why vlc -> cvlc seemed to be the best command line application for recording IP TV streams on the PI, I do not see any possiblity to do that with omxplayer (is there?)

here the info about my settings:
Software
XBian version: XBian 1.0 Beta 1.1
XBMC version: Frodo 12.2
Overclock settings: default

Hardware
Power supply rating:
RPi model (model A/B 256mb/512mb): B 512mb
SD card size and make/type: 32G
Network (wireless or LAN): LAN
Connected devices (TV, USB, network storage, etc.): TV

and here the error message, when attempting to install vlc:

Terminal

apt-get install vlc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
vlc : Depends: vlc-nox (= 2.0.3-5) but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: vlc-plugin-notify (= 2.0.3-5) but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: vlc-plugin-pulse (= 2.0.3-5) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Thanks for any support on this.

greetings
Peter

[effemmeffe]

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[IriDium]

My guess would be that because Xbian is on the "bleeding edge" the package developer has not kept up with developments.

In this case I would suggest, for your task, that you try another distro or wait a bit and see if anyone else has any ideas.

[CurlyMo]

The problem is one of the dependencies of vlc-nox:

Code:

root@pi:~# apt-get install libtag1-vanilla
Pakketlijsten worden ingelezen... Klaar
Boom van vereisten wordt opgebouwd
De status informatie wordt gelezen... Klaar
De volgende pakketten zijn automatisch geïnstalleerd en zijn niet langer nodig:
  apt-show-versions bc exfat-fuse exfat-utils fbset fontconfig-config gettext
  ir-keytable libaacs0 libafpclient0 libapt-pkg-perl libass-dev libass4
  libbluetooth3 libbluray-dev libbluray1 libcroco3 libenca-dev libenca0
  libfontconfig1 libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6-dev libgettextpo0
  libhal-storage1 libhal1 libiw30 libjasper-dev libjasper1 libjson0
  liblockfile-bin liblockfile1 libmad0 libplist1 libsqlite0 libtiff4
  libunistring0 lockfile-progs lsof pv python-sqlite ttf-dejavu-core
  unattended-upgrades update-notifier-common upstart wireless-tools
  xbian-package-libshairport xbian-package-lirc xbian-package-usbmount
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
De volgende pakketten zullen VERWIJDERD worden:
  xbian-package-cec xbian-package-config-shell xbian-package-config-xbmc
  xbian-package-libtag xbian-package-upstart-xbmc-bridge xbian-package-xbmc
  xbian-package-xbmc-scripts xbian-package-zram-swap xbian-update
De volgende NIEUWE pakketten zullen geïnstalleerd worden:
  libtag1-vanilla
WAARSCHUWING: De volgende essentiële pakketten zullen verwijderd worden.
Dit dient NIET gedaan te worden tenzij u precies weet wat u doet!
  xbian-update xbian-package-zram-swap (vanwege xbian-update)
  xbian-package-upstart-xbmc-bridge (vanwege xbian-update) xbian-package-xbmc
  (vanwege xbian-update) xbian-package-config-shell (vanwege xbian-update)
0 pakketten opgewaardeerd, 1 pakketten nieuw geïnstalleerd, 9 te verwijderen en 0 niet opgewaardeerd.
Er moeten 210 kB aan archieven opgehaald worden.
Door deze operatie zal er 71,0 MB schijfruimte vrijkomen.
U staat op het punt om iets te doen wat mogelijk schadelijk is.
Als u wilt doorgaan, dient u de zin 'Ja, doe wat ik zeg!' in te typen.
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[mk01]

(25th Sep, 2013 05:56 AM)p.falk Wrote:  The following packages have unmet dependencies:
vlc : Depends: vlc-nox (= 2.0.3-5) but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: vlc-plugin-notify (= 2.0.3-5) but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: vlc-plugin-pulse (= 2.0.3-5) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.[/term]

vlc-nox depends on libtag1c2a which will not be installed due to conflict with xbian-package-libtag.

similar problem to mopidy installation (there is issue & resolution at github - can't find now the link).

but basic steps:

Code:

sudo -i
cd /tmp
wget http://ivka57.dyndns-ip.com/pool/main/x/xbian-package-libtag/xbian-package-libtag_1.0-2_armhf.deb
wget http://ivka57.dyndns-ip.com/pool/main/libt/libtag1c2a/libtag1c2a_1.7.2-1_armhf.deb
dpkg -i *.deb

then you can proceed installing vlc again.

[p.falk]

yes, that solved the problem - vlc is now installed and working!

Thanks a lot!

[mk01]

(2nd Oct, 2013 05:14 AM)p.falk Wrote:  yes, that solved the problem - vlc is now installed and working!

@p.falk,

just one additional step I missed, but can save you unexpected troubles. mark the libtag1c2a as hold.

"apt-mark hold libtag1c2a"

this will tell apt not to update this automatically. it would reinstall the meta package from us, install full library possibly breaking XBMC - as this requires lib tag 1.8 what is provided in xbian-package-libtag, but Debian 7 is (and probably will stay) with 1.7.x

thanks.

[duno]

Is this still working for RC2?

Would like to make a live (real time) stream as

Code:

raspivid -o - -t 9999999 |cvlc -vvv stream:///dev/stdin --sout '#standard{access=http,mux=ts,dst=:8554}' :demux=h264

The "old" motion can't do that ...

[p.falk]

Hi Duno,

I can't tell, as I still have 1.0 beta 2 installed, but with the latest updates.

Best regards
Peter

[duno]

(13th Jun, 2014 06:24 AM)p.falk Wrote:  I can't tell, as I still have 1.0 beta 2 installed, but with the latest updates.

Hi Peter,
I also had 1.0 RC2 on my card. But now, after I installed all the old packages my Xbian is hangin on boot up with "no telnet" or sometning like that ...

In the moment I am using my other, wheezy (backup) card.

I thought vlc (cvlc) is the easyest way to stream videos in realtime. But on Xbian it seems to be a problem (?).

Or is there another way for streaming videos from a capture device* or the original Raspberry Cam?

* v4l-dvb

BTW.: Why is this thread marked as [SOLVED] ?

[rikardo1979]

(15th Jun, 2014 06:40 AM)duno Wrote:  

(13th Jun, 2014 06:24 AM)p.falk Wrote:  I can't tell, as I still have 1.0 beta 2 installed, but with the latest updates.

Hi Peter,
I also had 1.0 RC2 on my card. But now, after I installed all the old packages my Xbian is hangin on boot up with "no telnet" or sometning like that ...

In the moment I am using my other, wheezy (backup) card.

I thought vlc (cvlc) is the easyest way to stream videos in realtime. But on Xbian it seems to be a problem (?).

Or is there another way for streaming videos from a capture device* or the original Raspberry Cam?

* v4l-dvb

BTW.: Why is this thread marked as [SOLVED] ?

its marked as solved because the OP of this thread said that previous answer solved his issue

(2nd Oct, 2013 05:14 AM)p.falk Wrote:  yes, that solved the problem - vlc is now installed and working!

Thanks a lot!

[duno]

(15th Jun, 2014 07:01 PM)rikardo1979 Wrote:   its marked as solved because the OP of this thread said that previous answer solved his issue

So I have to make a new thread like "How to install VLC under Xbian 1.0 RC2" ?

[rikardo1979]

(16th Jun, 2014 02:22 AM)duno Wrote:  

(15th Jun, 2014 07:01 PM)rikardo1979 Wrote:   its marked as solved because the OP of this thread said that previous answer solved his issue

So I have to make a new thread like "How to install VLC under Xbian 1.0 RC2" ?

no, there is no need.the thread is still open so you can discuss here if you think you get your answers