Build issues with vlc 2.0.1 on SL6.2 [SOLVED]

[tux99]

I maintain a VLC 2.0 package for SL / Centos / RHEL 6.x distros in my repo at http://pkgrepo.linuxtech.net/el6/ .

VLC 2.0.0 builds fine, but on the same build server with all the same dependency libraries installed I get an error during the compilation stage with VLC 2.0.1.
The error is the one visible in the following pastebin: http://pastebin.com/CTn424bb
(I didn't create that pastebin, someone else did, but my error is identical)
Edit to add: here is a more complete error output (including possibly related warnings before) as I get it: http://pastebin.com/Ansf17FT

My build parameters are:

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configure \ --enable-shared \ --disable-static \ --disable-rpath \ --disable-optimizations \ --enable-mmx \ --enable-sse \ --enable-ncurses \ --enable-pvr \ --enable-faad \ --enable-sftp \ --enable-kate make

The whole rpm spec-file is here: http://pkgrepo.linuxtech.net/el6/testin ... s/vlc.spec

Can anyone please tell me if there is a fix for this? I have searched the ML and the web but found no further reference to this issue apart from the above pastebin.

[nkoriyama]

Use newer FFmpeg/Libav.

[tux99]

Use newer FFmpeg/Libav.

Hmmm, VLC 2.0.1 is a minor bugfix release, surely if VLC 2.0.0 builds and works fine with the ffmpeg version I'm using (0.6.5) then VLC 2.0.1 is supposed to build and work with the same ffmpeg version too?

Also I can't just switch ffmpeg version as a lot of other packages depend on it.

[nkoriyama]

You can link FFmpeg/Libav statically using the VLC contribs system, and it doesn't affect any other packages.
http://wiki.videolan.org/UnixCompile

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% cd contrib % mkdir native % cd native % ../bootstrap % make .ffmpeg

[tux99]

You can link FFmpeg/Libav statically using the VLC contribs system, and it doesn't affect any other packages.

Yes I know I can do that, but static linking is considered very bad practice on Linux (for many good reasons).

What I have the impression is that this is a bug/regression in 2.0.1. Surely the ffmpeg version requirements shouldn't change in a simple bugfix release of VLC?
Like I said earlier, VLC 2.0.0 builds and runs perfectly fine with ffmpeg 0.6.5.

[nkoriyama]

It should work with older FFmpeg/Libav (llibavcodec < 54).
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.0. ... cdbdbc0db3
But if it doesn't work, it seems a bug.

[tux99]

It should work with older FFmpeg/Libav (llibavcodec < 54).
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.0. ... cdbdbc0db3
But if it doesn't work, it seems a bug.

Ok, thanks for your help, I have done a bug report for this now:
https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/6695

[tux99]

It looks like I'm not the only one any more hitting this bug, these people have the same problem:

http://www.mandrivalinux.eu/showthread. ... post779400

http://vlcore.vectorlinux.com/buildbot/ ... stdio/text

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Will be fixed in 2.0.2

[tux99]

Will be fixed in 2.0.2

That's great thanks!
Do you already have a patch that I could apply to 2.0.1 directly? Is it already fixed in git currently?
I would be glad to test it.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

latest git of the 2.0 branch.

[tux99]

I think the patch was not 100% effective yet. I tried building the latest 2.0 branch git checkout and now I get:

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Making all in avcodec make[5]: Entering directory `/home/packager/rpm/BUILD/vlc-2.0/modules/codec/avcodec' make all-am make[6]: Entering directory `/home/packager/rpm/BUILD/vlc-2.0/modules/codec/avcodec' CC libavcodec_plugin_la-avcodec.lo avcodec.c: In function 'OpenDecoder': avcodec.c:248: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions CC libavcodec_plugin_la-video.lo video.c:100: warning: 'AVPaletteControl' is deprecated video.c: In function 'DecodeVideo': video.c:649: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions CC libavcodec_plugin_la-subtitle.lo CC libavcodec_plugin_la-audio.lo audio.c:44:36: error: libavutil/audioconvert.h: No such file or directory audio.c: In function 'InitDecoderConfig': audio.c:102: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions audio.c: In function 'DecodeAudio': audio.c:328: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned integer expressions audio.c:328: warning: signed and unsigned type in conditional expression make[6]: *** [libavcodec_plugin_la-audio.lo] Error 1 make[6]: Leaving directory `/home/packager/rpm/BUILD/vlc-2.0/modules/codec/avcodec' make[5]: *** [all] Error 2 make[5]: Leaving directory `/home/packager/rpm/BUILD/vlc-2.0/modules/codec/avcodec' make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/packager/rpm/BUILD/vlc-2.0/modules/codec' make[3]: *** [all] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/packager/rpm/BUILD/vlc-2.0/modules/codec' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/packager/rpm/BUILD/vlc-2.0/modules' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/packager/rpm/BUILD/vlc-2.0' make: *** [all] Error 2

libavutil/audioconvert.h doesn't exist in ffmpeg 0.6.5.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Fixed.

[tux99]

Fixed.

Many thanks! I can confirm that the latest 2.0 git builds fine with ffmpeg 0.6.5.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

CCool.