https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=469822
Bug ID: 469822
Summary: Please be more explicit about whether to package with
VLC or not
Classification: Applications
Product: Elisa
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
Elisa currently has libVLC set as a recommended package, but not all distros
seem to compile with VLC. This comment from a merge request (
https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/elisa/-/merge_requests/400#note_606702 )
seems to indicate that the VLC backend is purely to allow Elisa to play
patented codecs on Windows without the user having to manually install codecs.
Hence, it makes me wonder if we should recommend that package maintainers
should package Elisa *without* VLC.
If the Qt6 ffmpeg backend allows us to use patented codecs on Windows then the
VLC backend will become obsolete anyway, so it's likely we'll drop the VLC
backend at some point in the future. Might as well start pushing for it now,
right?
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