VLC 8.6h mediaplayer Lite 7.8MB pet
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The compiling story, vlc 1.0.6 lucid pet, are during the pages of the Next Step Towards Lucid Puppy 5.1 - Luci-206: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=55740
There is no dedicated compiling page unfortunately. Most new packages for Lucid Puppy are along that thread. But you could ask playdayz or 01micko about your problems. They are usually very helpful.
There is no dedicated compiling page unfortunately. Most new packages for Lucid Puppy are along that thread. But you could ask playdayz or 01micko about your problems. They are usually very helpful.
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I have the same problem with media connectivity on 4.2 as well..willem1940NLD wrote:Puppy Lupu 501; I downloaded VLC but cannot get it to work yet in/with firefox, although i also took the firefox addon mediaplayer connectivity.. Suppose possible plugins (gxine) may cause a conflict.
Although it did work on one site, with QuickTime videos..
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I also downloaded pulseaudio which sometimes seems to help .... but, like experienced before in SUSE distros, critical dependency base files libiconv perlapi-5.10.0 missing.
Further, i remember from VLC forum, newer ALSA is still under construction.
http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=77733
Further, i remember from VLC forum, newer ALSA is still under construction.
http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=77733
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pemasu wrote:Use vlc 1.0.6 lucid pet. From the puppy lucid repo in the PPM or from quickpet installer, might need updated version. There is also straight link:
http://www.smokey01.com/01micko/lucid/V ... -Lucid.pet
U/P > puppy : linux
Vlc 1.0.6 made from the ubuntu binaries works fine in Lucid Puppy.
This worked perfectly.
Thank you.Every one I tried before failed.
System specs:
Puppy 5.01
933 MHz
512 MB RAM
Downloaded the .Pet file,
clicked it.
Presto.
NOTE: VLC Player only works for me when I have MPlayer installed (from Puppy Package Manager). When I uninstalled Mplayer (thinking I didn't need it) I found that VLC no longer looked or worked the same.
I reinstalled MPlayer and VLC fired right back up.
Last edited by Nican Tlaca on Fri 16 Jul 2010, 09:15, edited 1 time in total.
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I'll give this a try ... although it is a rather old VLC version (1.1.0 around and 1.1.1 coming soon)Nican Tlaca wrote:pemasu wrote:Use vlc 1.0.6 lucid pet. From the puppy lucid repo in the PPM or from quickpet installer, might need updated version. There is also straight link:
http://www.smokey01.com/01micko/lucid/V ... -Lucid.pet
U/P > puppy : linux
Vlc 1.0.6 made from the ubuntu binaries works fine in Lucid Puppy.
This worked perfectly.
Thank you.Every one I tried before failed.
System specs:
Puppy 5.01
933 MHz
512 MB RAM
Downloaded the .Pet file,
clicked it.
Presto.
http://www.videolan.org/
bbs
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Strange ... 1.0.6 does NOT work for me; firefox doesnt see it and clicking in menu renders a disformed & frozen window I have to use "kill" against.
Could Ext4 format be of influence? Seems to be the only difference.
Puppy lupu 501
1000MHz, RAM 780MB, 2xHD 80GB, 2xSWAP 2GB
MPlayer (other pet) working better than native Gxine; Mplayer removed temporarily for the purpose, VLCplayer removed & reinstalled, 2x computer restart between all actions.
Very sorry indeed.
Could Ext4 format be of influence? Seems to be the only difference.
Puppy lupu 501
1000MHz, RAM 780MB, 2xHD 80GB, 2xSWAP 2GB
MPlayer (other pet) working better than native Gxine; Mplayer removed temporarily for the purpose, VLCplayer removed & reinstalled, 2x computer restart between all actions.
Very sorry indeed.
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willem1940NLD wrote:I'll give this a try ... although it is a rather old VLC version (1.1.0 around and 1.1.1 coming soon)Nican Tlaca wrote:pemasu wrote:Use vlc 1.0.6 lucid pet. From the puppy lucid repo in the PPM or from quickpet installer, might need updated version. There is also straight link:
http://www.smokey01.com/01micko/lucid/V ... -Lucid.pet
U/P > puppy : linux
Vlc 1.0.6 made from the ubuntu binaries works fine in Lucid Puppy.
This worked perfectly.
Thank you.Every one I tried before failed.
System specs:
Puppy 5.01
933 MHz
512 MB RAM
Downloaded the .Pet file,
clicked it.
Presto.
http://www.videolan.org/
bbs
I should add that it only works for me after I have installed Mplayer from the Puppy Package Manager.
When uninstalled MPlayer, VLC no longer worked.
I reinstalled MPlayer and it went right back to working.
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I left MPlayer installed. VLC won't work for me without it.willem1940NLD wrote:Strange ... 1.0.6 does NOT work for me; firefox doesnt see it and clicking in menu renders a disformed & frozen window I have to use "kill" against.
Could Ext4 format be of influence? Seems to be the only difference.
Puppy lupu 501
1000MHz, RAM 780MB, 2xHD 80GB, 2xSWAP 2GB
MPlayer (other pet) working better than native Gxine; Mplayer removed temporarily for the purpose, VLCplayer removed & reinstalled, 2x computer restart between all actions.
Very sorry indeed.
I also have AlsaPlayer installed, although I don't think that has anything to with it.
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(*.wmv)
Added Mplayer again. Opening from menu o.k now. Firefox doesnt see, just uses MPlayer .....
Installed Firefox Addon Mediaplayer Connectivity. Mplayer, but mention: "New Face Failed ..." click o.k, extra "DVD-player(!)" comes in.
Confusing to me, but *.wmv video so far seems better, more stable than before, no parttime blurrings seen yet.
All a bit complicated, but will keep it this way for the time being.
Added Mplayer again. Opening from menu o.k now. Firefox doesnt see, just uses MPlayer .....
Installed Firefox Addon Mediaplayer Connectivity. Mplayer, but mention: "New Face Failed ..." click o.k, extra "DVD-player(!)" comes in.
Confusing to me, but *.wmv video so far seems better, more stable than before, no parttime blurrings seen yet.
All a bit complicated, but will keep it this way for the time being.
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Pity. Found old 'tricky" wmv streams back on web, that in the good old days got a remark by VLC and were played without sound ... now totally refused.
Uninstalling Firefox Addon Mediaplayer Connectivity which in my experience does not like "plugins" (don't know how to uninstall existing plugins Gxine & Mplayer).
No substantial improvements so far.
Uninstalling Firefox Addon Mediaplayer Connectivity which in my experience does not like "plugins" (don't know how to uninstall existing plugins Gxine & Mplayer).
No substantial improvements so far.
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Have you downloaded and installed the .Pet file that makes VLC the default video player?willem1940NLD wrote:(*.wmv)
Added Mplayer again. Opening from menu o.k now. Firefox doesnt see, just uses MPlayer .....
Installed Firefox Addon Mediaplayer Connectivity. Mplayer, but mention: "New Face Failed ..." click o.k, extra "DVD-player(!)" comes in.
Confusing to me, but *.wmv video so far seems better, more stable than before, no parttime blurrings seen yet.
All a bit complicated, but will keep it this way for the time being.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=31890
It's at the top of the page, right below the first screenshot. Shouldn't need a Firefox plugin after that.
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Maybe/maybenot; lost count and meanwhile removed everything "vlc" ... not the first time and not my first distro.
Think i really better wait till ALSA -,-,24 is available.
Edit: no, it was this link
Trust Rémy on VLC forum knows best: recent VLC not compatible with antiquated ALSA (version - - 24 or higher required).
Think i really better wait till ALSA -,-,24 is available.
Edit: no, it was this link
But i already had a much newer pet/VLC a few hours ago, which did not work either in puppy lupu 501, although I must believe it was good for at least puppy-4-series.pemasu wrote:
Use vlc 1.0.6 lucid pet. From the puppy lucid repo in the PPM or from quickpet installer, might need updated version. There is also straight link:
http://www.smokey01.com/01micko/lucid/V ... -Lucid.pet
U/P > puppy : linux
Vlc 1.0.6 made from the ubuntu binaries works fine in Lucid Puppy.
Trust Rémy on VLC forum knows best: recent VLC not compatible with antiquated ALSA (version - - 24 or higher required).
I've been looking for a lighter mediaplayer for Dpup, and I found that this VLC pet installs and plays mp3s without a hitch. I did some tests to compare its use of resources with that of mplayer. I ran VLC from the commandline and mplayer from its GUI.
For an mp3, top showed VLC using 12% CPU and 17% MEM and mplayer using 14% CPU and 5% MEM (and bmp used 18% CPU and 8% MEM).
But I need help in interpreting the results from Puppy's htop ....
The Puppy Process Manager uses htop and showed only 1 process for mplayer, viz., gmplayer
but nine VLC processes while running VLC. The highest VLC process was using 18% CPU and 3.2% MEM, the next used from 3% to 5% CPU and 3.2% MEM and the remainder were as shown below. Should I add all of these together to find the total usage by VLC, or would this be counting some resources multiple times?
CPU[||||||| 16.8%] Tasks: 59 total, 2 running
Mem[||||||||||||||||||||||||||||121/629MB] Load average: 0.55 0.43 0.38
Swp[| 0/1466MB] Uptime: 09:43:21
PID USER PRI NI VIRT RES SHR S CPU% MEM% TIME+ Command
20172 root 19 -1 108M 20564 13836 R 18.0 3.2 0:01.81 vlc November_Rain
20171 root 20 0 108M 20564 13836 S 3.0 3.2 0:00.45 vlc November_Rain
17954 root 20 0 108M 20564 13836 S 2.0 3.2 0:14.97 vlc November_Rain
20170 root 20 0 108M 20564 13836 S 0.0 3.2 0:00.04 vlc November_Rain
17955 root 20 0 108M 20564 13836 S 0.0 3.2 0:00.56 vlc November_Rain
17957 root 20 0 108M 20564 13836 S 0.0 3.2 0:00.19 vlc November_Rain
17956 root 20 0 108M 20564 13836 S 0.0 3.2 0:00.14 vlc November_Rain
17959 root 20 0 108M 20564 13836 S 0.0 3.2 0:00.12 vlc November_Rain
17958 root 20 0 108M 20564 13836 S 0.0 3.2 0:00.06 vlc November_Rain
Regardless, it seems that the installed mplayer is little different from VLC in its CPU loading but mplayer uses much less memory, at least when playing mp3s. I tried an mp4 video clip that works with mplayer, but VLC complains: no suitable decoder module for fourcc 'avc1'
Edit: just out of interest, I started mplayer from the CLI and top shows mplayer using 0% CPU and 4% MEM so I guess this means mplayer is already among the lightest mmplayers?
For an mp3, top showed VLC using 12% CPU and 17% MEM and mplayer using 14% CPU and 5% MEM (and bmp used 18% CPU and 8% MEM).
But I need help in interpreting the results from Puppy's htop ....
The Puppy Process Manager uses htop and showed only 1 process for mplayer, viz., gmplayer
but nine VLC processes while running VLC. The highest VLC process was using 18% CPU and 3.2% MEM, the next used from 3% to 5% CPU and 3.2% MEM and the remainder were as shown below. Should I add all of these together to find the total usage by VLC, or would this be counting some resources multiple times?
CPU[||||||| 16.8%] Tasks: 59 total, 2 running
Mem[||||||||||||||||||||||||||||121/629MB] Load average: 0.55 0.43 0.38
Swp[| 0/1466MB] Uptime: 09:43:21
PID USER PRI NI VIRT RES SHR S CPU% MEM% TIME+ Command
20172 root 19 -1 108M 20564 13836 R 18.0 3.2 0:01.81 vlc November_Rain
20171 root 20 0 108M 20564 13836 S 3.0 3.2 0:00.45 vlc November_Rain
17954 root 20 0 108M 20564 13836 S 2.0 3.2 0:14.97 vlc November_Rain
20170 root 20 0 108M 20564 13836 S 0.0 3.2 0:00.04 vlc November_Rain
17955 root 20 0 108M 20564 13836 S 0.0 3.2 0:00.56 vlc November_Rain
17957 root 20 0 108M 20564 13836 S 0.0 3.2 0:00.19 vlc November_Rain
17956 root 20 0 108M 20564 13836 S 0.0 3.2 0:00.14 vlc November_Rain
17959 root 20 0 108M 20564 13836 S 0.0 3.2 0:00.12 vlc November_Rain
17958 root 20 0 108M 20564 13836 S 0.0 3.2 0:00.06 vlc November_Rain
Regardless, it seems that the installed mplayer is little different from VLC in its CPU loading but mplayer uses much less memory, at least when playing mp3s. I tried an mp4 video clip that works with mplayer, but VLC complains: no suitable decoder module for fourcc 'avc1'
Edit: just out of interest, I started mplayer from the CLI and top shows mplayer using 0% CPU and 4% MEM so I guess this means mplayer is already among the lightest mmplayers?
ttuuxx,
I have just ended a thread which began with me trying to use your VLC PET to watch Apple Movie trailers (and other .mov files available only as RTSP streams). You're welcome to read it, but its wordy as hell:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=58767
The conclusion is that I would need your VLC pet (vlc-0.8.6h-engv5-1) recompiled with live555:
http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/
....and using the configure options:
I really hate to ask, but is there any way that you (or any other kind soul with the know-how) could rebuild it, incorporating the two modifications listed above?
Pleeeeeease?
I have just ended a thread which began with me trying to use your VLC PET to watch Apple Movie trailers (and other .mov files available only as RTSP streams). You're welcome to read it, but its wordy as hell:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=58767
The conclusion is that I would need your VLC pet (vlc-0.8.6h-engv5-1) recompiled with live555:
http://www.live555.com/liveMedia/public/
....and using the configure options:
Code: Select all
./configure --enable-livedotcom --with-livedotcom-tree=/usr/local/lib/live/
Pleeeeeease?
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Just in-case anybody was wondering....
This seems to be solved...
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 781#445781
If so please mark it solved, and update your first post in this thread
Puppylover 4 eva...
Paul
This seems to be solved...
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 781#445781
If so please mark it solved, and update your first post in this thread
Puppylover 4 eva...
Paul