Unofficial VLCplayer AppImage, VLC version (3.0.11.1) build from source.
AppImage is a format for distributing portable software on Linux without needing superuser permissions to install the application It tries also to allow Linux distribution-agnostic binary software deployment for application developers, also called Upstream packaging. Released first in 2004 under the name klik, it was continuously developed, then renamed in 2011 to PortableLinuxApps and later in 2013 to AppImage. wikipedia
Download the AppImage from here.
As with most things you download from the Internet nowadays, you can't. But you can inspect the source code, improve it, decide for yourself whether to download the AppImage from the link above or create your own fork.
This AppImage has been tested on the following GNU / Linux distros.
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Blu-rays
- AACS (install libaacs libbdplus on your distro) https://vlc-bluray.whoknowsmy.name/ and http://fvonline-db.bplaced.net/
- alternative install makemkv https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7009
- Arch wiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Hardware_video_acceleration
- NVIDIA "vdpau" (mesa-vdpau-drivers;libvdpau)
- intel "vaapi"(libva )
- AMD "vaapi" and "vdpau"
- chromecast:"protobuf" bug in gnutls-bin, preventing it from working correctly (during the build the binary was segfaulting)on Ubuntu xenial https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/18329
- aom: dav1d support enabled
- srt in version of vlc appimage "3.0.11.1"
- crystalhd: unusble without firmware (#934242)
- d3d11va: Windows only
- decklink: not in Debian/Ubuntu xenial
- directx: Windows only
- dxva2: Windows only
- fluidlite: fluidsynth is enabled
- freerdp: scheduled for removal (#888323)
- goom: not in Debian/Ubuntu xenial
- gst-decode: not needed when having libavcodec
- libtar: security issue (#737534)
- macosx : MacOX only
- mfx: currently not supported on Linux
- opencv: developer plugin not required by end users
- projectm: broken
- schroedinger: removed from Debian/Ubuntu xenial (#845037)
- sparkle: MacOS X only
- telx: incompatible with zvbi
- vpx: not needed when having libavcodec
- vsxu: not in Debian/Ubuntu xenial
- wasapi: Windows only
This repo is mainly based on the work of icflorescu, Anupam Basak and darealshinji.
This repo is ISC-Licensed. Please refer to this page for VLC-related licensing stuff.
