On Sep 5, 2025, at 11:24, Gerben Wierda wrote:
> 
> After installing libaacs with MacPorts and performing the following copy 
> commands:
> 
> cd /opt/local/lib
> sudo cp libaacs* libgpg-error.* libgcrypt* libintl.* libiconv.* /usr/local/lib
> 
> VLC has all it needs in terms of dynamic libraries for Blu-ray (apart from 
> what needs to be installed in ~/Library/Preferences/aacs). This is an 
> imperfect solution as it requires manual actions every time after a MacPorts 
> update of the same libraries.

If you symlink them instead of copying, you won't need to redo it after port 
updates. 

> A better solution would be to enable VLC to use MacPorts /opt/local. Has 
> anyone done this? Without a recompile of VLC maybe?

You'd have to ask the developers of VLC if that is an existing feature or can 
be added. It sounds like a good idea to be able to configure within VLC where 
these libraries are looked for. 

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