VLC media player for Familiar Linux

Download Options

A feed for Familiar Linux version 0.5 and 0.6 is available at the URL http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/ipkg-feed/armv4l to get VLC easily. There are packages available for Familiar Linux Gtk+ and GPE.

Packages upto VLC version 0.4.4 support Familiar Linux version 0.5.
Packages from VLC version 0.4.5 onwards support Familiar Linux version 0.6.

Upgrading from previous version of vlc

If upgrading from a previous vlc (vlc, gpe-vlc and opie-vlc) version, then you'll have to uninstall the additional package called ffmpeg or libffmpeg. VLC no longer requires this shared library.

• Uninstall ffmpeg with: ipkg remove ffmpeg
• Uninstall libffmpeg with: ipkg remove libffmpeg

Familiar Linux Gtk+/GPE

The packages for Familiar GPE are being split up in two separate uses.

• One for use on small sized flash discs iPAQ's, like H3600 and H3800.
• The other for more functionality and codec support targeted at PXA (XScale) iPAQ's.

The latest VLC packages for Familiar Linux 0.7.1 are here:

GPE (H3600/H3800)

Interface and Codecs (they come in the same package):

• GPE interface: gpe-vlc-h3600_0.7.1_arm.ipk

Required libraries:

The following libraries are needed for this version:

• FFmpeg libraries: libffmpeg-h3600_20040103_arm.ipk
• Flac libraries: libflac_1.1.0_arm.ipk
• Mpeg2dec library: libmpeg2dec_0.4.0_arm.ipk
• MAD libraries: libmad0_0.15.0b_arm.ipk
• ID3Tag library: libid3tag0_0.15.0b_arm.ipk

GPE (PXA/XScale)

Interface and Codecs (they no longer come in the same package):

• GPE interface: gpe-vlc_0.7.1_arm.ipk

Required libraries:

The following libraries are needed for this version:

• FFmpeg libraries: libffmpeg_20040103_arm.ipk
• Flac libraries: libflac_1.1.0_arm.ipk
• MAD libraries: libmad0_0.15.0b_arm.ipk
• ID3Tag library: libid3tag0_0.15.0b_arm.ipk
• A52 (AC3) library: liba52_0.7.4_arm.ipk
• FAAC library: libfaac_1.23.1_arm.ipk
• MP3lame library: libmp3lame_3.93.1_arm.ipk
• FAAD library: libfaad_2.0-200401242_arm.ipk
• Mpeg2dec library: libmpeg2dec_0.4.0_arm.ipk
• OpenSLP Service Location Protocol library: libslp_1.0.11_arm.ipk

Familiar Linux Opie

Latest VLC package for Familiar Opie is 0.6.0:

Interface:

• Commandline interface: opie-vlc_0.6.0_arm.ipk

Required libraries:

The library libffmpeg is no longer required for this version of VLC.

• opie-libsdl_1.2.5_arm.ipk

Older versions

Older version for your iPaq configuration:

• Use the older directory of our ipkg-feed
• Or browsing our FTP site.

Source code

If you want, you can download the source code of VLC media player.