VLC and SSR still uses Qt4, why?

feskyde · 2016-02-27 20:36:56

I noted that in a lot of distros VLC and SimpleScreenRecorder are compiled against Qt5 libraries, but in Arch they're compiled using Qt4 libraries...

WorMzy · 2016-02-27 20:45:36

VLC's dev pages and wiki still list qt4 as a dependency:
http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc.html
https://wiki.videolan.org/Contrib_Status

Arch typically follows upstream unless there is a good reason not to.

EDIT: Simple Screen Recorder also lists qt4 as a dependency: https://github.com/MaartenBaert/ssr

Last edited by WorMzy (2016-02-27 20:48:13)

feskyde · 2016-02-27 20:52:19

WorMzy wrote:

VLC's dev pages and wiki still list qt4 as a dependency:
http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc.html
https://wiki.videolan.org/Contrib_Status
Arch typically follows upstream unless there is a good reason not to.
EDIT: Simple Screen Recorder also lists qt4 as a dependency: https://github.com/MaartenBaert/ssr

Thanks!

WorMzy · 2016-02-28 12:36:08

Please remember to mark your thread as solved by editing your first post and amending the title.

graysky · 2016-02-28 12:42:20

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/47714

pb · 2016-02-28 13:07:36

You can read this: https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/11772 It's rather old, but still valid. Even with this patch I cannot build either VLC 2.2.x or 3.x (nightly) on pure Qt5 because default GUI (skin2 or something like that) is still on Qt4.

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#1 2016-02-27 20:36:56

VLC and SSR still uses Qt4, why?

#2 2016-02-27 20:45:36

Re: VLC and SSR still uses Qt4, why?

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Re: VLC and SSR still uses Qt4, why?

#4 2016-02-28 12:36:08

Re: VLC and SSR still uses Qt4, why?

#5 2016-02-28 12:42:20

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Re: VLC and SSR still uses Qt4, why?

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