How to use libvlc in my Flatpak

mfat · March 2, 2025, 10:16pm

My pyqt5 app relies on vlc for video playback.

I can add build instructions to the manifest to build from source but that way I won’t get through flathub vetting process.

What’s the best way to access/bundle vlc?

hub · March 3, 2025, 12:24am

What make you think that?

mfat · March 3, 2025, 12:34am

Isn’t network access during buid prohibited?

faveoled · March 3, 2025, 11:01am

Here’s how KDE Elisa builds libvlc:

github.com/flathub/org.kde.elisa

org.kde.elisa.json

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              ],
              "sources": [
                  {
                      "type": "archive",
                      "url": "https://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-4.4.5.tar.xz",
                      "sha256": "f9514e0d3515aee5a271283df71636e1d1ff7274b15853bcd84e144be416ab07"
                  }
              ]
          },
          {
              "name": "libvlc",
              "config-opts": [
                  "BUILDCC=gcc",
                  "--disable-lua",
                  "--disable-a52",
                  "--disable-qt",
                  "--disable-ncurses",
                  "--disable-udev"
              ],
              "sources": [
                  {

razzeee · March 3, 2025, 12:53pm

Yes, but everything you put into the manifest will get downloaded, before going offline and building.