vlc Wayland

bivan · Yesterday 22:19:05

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/VLC_me … nd_support

env -u DISPLAY vlc

no longer works:

[a@c481efec-ceab-4412-be10-13e5557b4369 ~]$ env -u DISPLAY vlc
VLC media player 3.0.24 Vetinari (revision 3.0.24-0-g6de05adcba)
[00005620a0951f60] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[00005620a0881d10] main libvlc error: interface "globalhotkeys,none" initialization failed
[00005620a0881d10] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[00005620a0919d40] main playlist: playlist is empty
[00005620a0951f60] [cli] lua interface: Listening on host "*console".
VLC media player 3.0.24 Vetinari
Command Line Interface initialized. Type `help' for help.
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so how to? Yes https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vlc-git supports Wayland but bad GUI, I prefer https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/vlc/ , maybe others vlc vs vlc-git ?

seth · Today 09:19:13

Have you actually read the link you posted?

the wiki wrote:

Note that although the --enable-wayland build flag is used in the vlc PKGBUILD (which currently uses VLC version 3.0), Xwayland is used anyway, as Wayland support on VLC 3 is broken.

bivan · Today 09:40:28

Yes obviously, but as I said "no longer works", it worked before: https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/xorg-xeyes/ didn't follow the pointer over env -u DISPLAY vlc , only vlc it follows.

I also found vlc X consumes more GPU than vlc-git Wayland, vlc vs vlc-git 1 - 1...

seth · Today 09:48:46

The wiki clearly states that only vlc-git works on wayland (which matches your experience) while your post seems to claim the opposite was true - sure you didn't simply use vlc-git before?
=> downgrade VLC to confirm your assessment.

vlc vs vlc-git 1 - 1...

I've no idea what you're trying to say here.

bivan · Today 10:03:34

The wiki states also env -u DISPLAY vlc works on Wayland, but unfortunately no longer, so this wiki page should be updated, I haven't Alzheimer it was vlc.

1 - 1 is a score, vlc good GUi - vlc-git consumes less GPU.

Well I guess I'll use vlc-git, I just don't understand why that awful GUI, maybe I'll complain to https://forum.videolan.org/ .

seth · Today 10:10:01

The wiki states also env -u DISPLAY vlc works on Wayland

… and apparently fails because

the wiki wrote:

Wayland support on VLC 3 is broken

What "awful gui"?
Afaict vlc uses qt5 and vlc-git uses qt6, are you talking about the used Qt style plugin/color configuration?

bivan · Today 10:21:17

env -u DISPLAY vlc worked (xeyes didn't follow), the only issue I encountered was the fullscreen panel at the center of the display, not at the bottom.

Indeed qt5 so 1 - 2.

vlc-git has a bad GUI design, bad workflow compared to vlc, just stuck to the good old GUI videolan...

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seth · Today 14:12:10

so 1 - 2

I still have absolutely no idea what you're trying to say.

main interface error: no suitable interface module

So do you have https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/vlc-gui-qt/ and does eg. qt5ct run as native wayland client?
Did you try to downgrade vlc to the previous version to confirm that that (still) works as native wayland client?

vlc-git has a bad GUI design, bad workflow compared to vlc

You'll have to take that upstream, pretty sure that eventually vlc4 will replace vlc3 in the repos.

bivan · Today 14:53:49

1 - 2 : vlc good GUi - vlc-git consumes less GPU, qt6 (vlc qt5).

Yes I've vlc-gui-qt & no I haven't qt5ct .

Unfortunately:

[a@aa07f43d-c0d8-4574-b681-827dc157fefb ~]$ sudo downgrade vlc
find: ‘/tmp/0’: No such file or directory
warning: no /tmp/0/ cache exists, creating...
:: Retrieving packages...
 vlc-3.0.23_2-16-x86_64                                                                                             6.4 MiB  4.96 MiB/s 00:01 [#######################################################################################] 100%
loading packages...
resolving dependencies...
warning: cannot resolve "vlc-gui-qt=3.0.23_2", a dependency of "vlc"
:: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
      vlc

:: Do you want to skip the above package for this upgrade? [y/N] 
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: unable to satisfy dependency 'vlc-gui-qt=3.0.23_2' required by vlc

VLC 4 in https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/ ? But it's nightly https://nightlies.videolan.org/ , indeed I found a bug: reclicking the fullscreen button doesn't work, have to move the pointer...

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seth · Today 15:00:48

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_Linux_Archive
The idea was to check whether *any* qt5 process works as native wayland client (qt5ct just being a lightweight and reasonable example)

So far VLC4 isn't in extra because I think there's not even a final release.
It's just something you need to expect to happen so accustom to the GUI now to avoid having to deal with that later.

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