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TiborB

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Registered: 2008-12-09

Posts: 103

VLC and OSS not working together

Hi
I know there is this thread: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=136085 but without conclusion.

I have been using Open sound system v 4.2 and there is no out-of-box support for oss in current VLC build. I tried to recompile with "--enable-oss" and the process died with:

....
oss.c:388:25: error: ‘PCM_CAP_OUTPUT’ undeclared (first use in this function)
         if (!(ai.caps & PCM_CAP_OUTPUT))
                         ^
oss.c:390:16: error: request for member ‘enabled’ in something not a structure or union
         if (!ai.enabled)
                ^
oss.c:393:37: error: request for member ‘devnode’ in something not a structure or union
         aout_HotplugReport (aout, ai.devnode, ai.name);
                                     ^
oss.c:393:49: error: request for member ‘name’ in something not a structure or union
         aout_HotplugReport (aout, ai.devnode, ai.name);

So what should I do to get it working? Or should I simply leave OSS form something else? Or find alternative to vlc (I need to watch LAN video streams)?

Anybody else coping with this problem?

Thanks

TiborB

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Registered: 2008-12-09

Posts: 103

Re: VLC and OSS not working together

Well, I tried to compile the old PKGBUILD for version 2.0.7  and it failed with:

checking for AVCODEC... yes
configure: error: libavcodec versions 55 and later are not supported yet.

I dont want to downgrade also this package...

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: VLC and OSS not working together

The devs dropped oss and I think you should try something else.
Instead of OSS you can try ALSA or PA, instead of vlc, you can try mpv.

You can also have a look at some vlc builds in the AUR https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?O=0 … _Search=Go

Last edited by karol (2013-10-25 09:35:03)

TiborB

Member

Registered: 2008-12-09

Posts: 103

Re: VLC and OSS not working together

So leaving the OSS is the way to go It is sad for me as I leaved alsa for OSS few years ago and was very satisfied.

Thus my question is not relevant anymore. Thanks