FS#14980 - [vlc] don't have libass (advanced subtitles) support

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Marcos Roriz (marcosRz) - Saturday, 06 June 2009, 22:39 GMT
Last edited by Giovanni Scafora (giovanni) - Saturday, 18 July 2009, 14:38 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 2
Private No

Details

Description:
Current vlc pkg doesnt have libass support, i.e., vlc can't handle advanced subtitles. This is due to the software not been configured with this option.

Example of the Problem:

VLC (Not Handling ASS) --> http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/5746/capturadetela14.png
SMPlayer (Handling ASS because use internal lib) --> http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/5615/capturadetela15.png

How to Fix:
* Add the option on the configuration script of the pkg
./configure --help|grep ass
It's either --enable-ass or --enable-libass

Additional info:
* [00000001] main libvlc debug: VLC media player - version 0.9.9a Grishenko - (c) 1996-2009 the VideoLAN team
* [00000001] main libvlc debug: libvlc was configured with ./configure '--prefix=/usr' '--enable-dvdread' '--enable-jack' '--enable-dvdnav' '--disable-rpath' '--enable-qt4' '--enable-faad' '--enable-alsa' '--enable-skins2' '--enable-dvb' '--enable-v4l' '--enable-theora' '--enable-flac' '--enable-snapshot' '--enable-hal' '--enable-dbus' '--enable-ogg' '--enable-dbus-control' '--enable-shared' '--enable-nls' '--enable-lirc' '--enable-shout' '--enable-pvr' '--enable-release' '--program-suffix=' '--enable-realrtsp' '--enable-loader' '--enable-live555' '--with-live555-tree=/usr/lib/live-media' 'CFLAGS=-march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe' 'CXXFLAGS=-march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe' 'PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/kde/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/qt/lib/pkgconfig'

Steps to reproduce:
* Install VLC
* Play some softsub video file with ass.
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Closed by  Giovanni Scafora (giovanni)
Saturday, 18 July 2009, 14:38 GMT
Reason for closing:  Implemented
Additional comments about closing:  Added libass support in vlc-1.0.0-4 for both arch
Comment by Marcos Roriz (marcosRz) - Saturday, 06 June 2009, 22:51 GMT
Forgot to tell:
* Thats why this file is missing:
/usr/lib/vlc/codec/liblibass_plugin.so

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Comment by Anonymous Submitter - Sunday, 07 June 2009, 16:20 GMT
libass is in AUR, so at the moment I won't add this support.
Comment by Giovanni Scafora (giovanni) - Saturday, 18 July 2009, 14:37 GMT
I just moved libass and enca packages from AUR to extra adding libass support to extra/vlc.

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