tags 699832 + help
thanks
Hello,
You can override/extend the paths that VLC searches for plugins using the
VLC_PLUGIN_PATH environment variable. Note that adding plugins while running
is not supported (they will be ignored).
If that's not enough, I don't really see any alternative to patching VLC in
Debian. Union FS is a hack and TBH, I have no plan to support this in upstream
VLC especially not unless it gets accepted in the upstream Linux kernel.
Regards,
Le mardi 5 février 2013 19:44:17, Ivan Shmakov a écrit :
> Package: vlc-nox
> Version: 2.0.3-4
>
> In order to allow for “relocation”, vlc(1) (cvlc(1)) reads the
> /proc/${PID}/maps file to infer the ‘lib’ directory location.
>
> This fails, however, for Debian Live systems, as there ‘maps’
> will point to somewhere on the bottom layer of the Aufs stack
> (as used for the root FS), typically mounted to
> /lib/live/mount/medium, and not to /usr/lib/vlc.
>
> Therefore, should any additional VLC plugins be installed during
> such a system's uptime, they won't be available to VLC. Worse
> still, an attempt to perform an upgrade of the VLC packages may
> leave VLC in an inconsistent state, with an upgraded binary
> trying to access the plugins belonging to the version the Debian
> Live image in question was initially made. (My guess is that
> the use of the “persistence” Debian Live feature may complicate
> the things even further.)
>
> Obviously, there should be a way for the user to override the
> ‘lib’ directory location inferred from the ‘maps’ file contents.
> (Ideally, such a feature is to be activated automagically when
> VLC is used on a Debian Live system.)
--
Rémi Denis-Courmont
http://www.remlab.net/
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