Difference between revisions of "VSG:DVD:Nvidia"
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== Installing VLC on Debian GNU/Linux == | == Installing VLC on Debian GNU/Linux == | ||
| − | If you are using Debian | + | If you are using Debian Jessie, Stretch, Buster or Sid then you can install VLC using the APT package manager. |
| − | For more up to date packages, please take the VLC packages from | + | For more up to date packages, please take the VLC packages from jessie-backports-sloppy or stretch-backports. |
Just log into a terminal, "Accessories>Terminal" as root, using either '''sudo''' or '''su''', (if this is confusing, type "man sudo" or "man su", '''without''' the quotation marks, for detailed instructions) then type the following and you are done: | Just log into a terminal, "Accessories>Terminal" as root, using either '''sudo''' or '''su''', (if this is confusing, type "man sudo" or "man su", '''without''' the quotation marks, for detailed instructions) then type the following and you are done: | ||
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vlc-plugin-svgalib - SVGAlib video output plugin for VLC | vlc-plugin-svgalib - SVGAlib video output plugin for VLC | ||
mozilla-plugin-vlc - the VLC plugin for Mozilla based browsers | mozilla-plugin-vlc - the VLC plugin for Mozilla based browsers | ||
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== Nvidia problem with VLC in Debian == | == Nvidia problem with VLC in Debian == | ||
Revision as of 07:19, 21 January 2019
Installing VLC on Debian GNU/Linux
If you are using Debian Jessie, Stretch, Buster or Sid then you can install VLC using the APT package manager.
For more up to date packages, please take the VLC packages from jessie-backports-sloppy or stretch-backports.
Just log into a terminal, "Accessories>Terminal" as root, using either sudo or su, (if this is confusing, type "man sudo" or "man su", without the quotation marks, for detailed instructions) then type the following and you are done:
# apt-get install vlc
Look out there are many deprecated vlc based packages like gnome-vlc etc. Just installing vlc will do.
Many vlc plugins can be installed afterwards (some of these are no longer used and are "dummy packages"):
vlc-plugin-alsa - ALSA audio output plugin for VLC (install it if sound doesn't work) vlc-plugin-arts - aRts audio output plugin for VLC (install it if sound still doesn't work and you're using KDE) vlc-plugin-esd - Esound audio output plugin for VLC (install it if sound still doesn't work and you're using Gnome) vlc-plugin-ggi - GGI video output plugin for VLC vlc-plugin-glide - Glide video output plugin for VLC vlc-plugin-sdl - SDL video and audio output plugin for VLC vlc-plugin-svgalib - SVGAlib video output plugin for VLC mozilla-plugin-vlc - the VLC plugin for Mozilla based browsers
Nvidia problem with VLC in Debian
If you use nvidia-xconfig it's possible that the screen goes into standby when playing a movie with vlc. To correct the problem, we must comment (put a # in front of the line) on the option "DPMS" in your file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'.
