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chilebiker

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From: Zurich, Switzerland

Registered: 2006-07-18

Posts: 161

Re: 27 dependencies for vlc?

Same here - when I saw all those dependencies I did a quick pacman -Rs vlc!

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wuischke

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From: Suisse Romande

Registered: 2007-01-06

Posts: 630

Re: 27 dependencies for vlc?

Just out of curiousity: Is there a difference between a small VLC package with many small dependencies compared to one big VLC package (probably duplicating dependencies) which prompts you to uninstall vlc?

I have done no comparision, but I can't imagine the size to be much different.

zenos

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Registered: 2008-09-23

Posts: 23

Re: 27 dependencies for vlc?

I uninstalled the new version because I didn't want qt and jack installed on my system along with the 15 other dependencies that came with it.  It's my fault for not paying attention untill after I said yes to the upgrade. Lesson learned.

Xyne

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Registered: 2008-08-03

Posts: 6,963

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Re: 27 dependencies for vlc?

Just out of curiousity: Is there a difference between a small VLC package with many small dependencies compared to one big VLC package (probably duplicating dependencies) which prompts you to uninstall vlc?

I have done no comparision, but I can't imagine the size to be much different.

qt's install size, not counting dependencies, is about 65 MB, so there is a difference. That's a bit unpalatable for minimalists. (I'm still using VLC, but I wasn't happy with all the new dependencies either)

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moljac024

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2008-01-29

Posts: 2,676

Re: 27 dependencies for vlc?

Actually, I just switched to SMPlayer. I was trying to avoid Qt, and that was one advantage VLC had. I won't tolerate it anymore. SMPlayer is way more smooth...

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nolochemical

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From: St. catharines, Ontario,Canada

Registered: 2009-05-25

Posts: 18

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Re: 27 dependencies for vlc?

That sucks.. qt looks great, but way too much bloat. Seems its a shared package though.. skype + vlc are using it so its not the end of the world. They should just try Tkinter or back to gtk+, for the smaller footprint.

Was thinking about smplayer; yet depends on qt4. What is eveyone else doing for shoutcast TV support?

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DevoidOfWindows

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Registered: 2009-05-24

Posts: 133

Re: 27 dependencies for vlc?

Apparently vlc now is pimped out with a qt interface by default:
http://wiki.videolan.org/Interface
Hence the qt deps

Thats cool if you use KDE or don't mind mixing qt and gtk apps. Maybe we'll have a fork? vlc-qt and vlc-gtk? Anyway I'll stick with the old vlc for now. The funny thing is I installed 0.9.3 on my windows box and noticed the shiny new interface but didn't realize it was qt based.

I see nothing wrong here.  [Screenshot:  VLC 0.9.9a-3, GTK]

Last edited by DevoidOfWindows (2009-05-27 05:47:07)