Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.4-426

Chapter 42. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

xine-lib-1.2.13

Introduction to Xine Libraries

The Xine Libraries package contains xine libraries. These are useful for interfacing with external plug-ins that allow the flow of information from the source to the audio and video hardware.

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Package Information

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Xine Libraries Dependencies

Required

a graphical environment, FFmpeg-7.1.2, and at least one of: alsa-lib-1.2.14, PulseAudio-17.0, or JACK

Recommended

libdvdnav-6.1.1

Optional

AAlib-1.4rc5, FAAD2-2.11.2, FLAC-1.5.0, gdk-pixbuf-2.44.2, GLU-9.0.3, ImageMagick-7.1.2-1, liba52-0.8.0, libdvdcss-1.4.3, libmad-0.15.1b, libmng-2.0.3, libnsl-2.0.1, libva-2.22.0 (requires GLU-9.0.3), libvdpau-1.5, libvorbis-1.3.7, libvpx-1.15.2, Mesa-25.2.2, Samba-4.23.1, sdl12-compat-1.2.68, Speex-1.2.1, Doxygen-1.15.0 (to create the API documentation), v4l-utils-1.32.0 DirectFB, libbluray, libcaca, libdca, libFAME, libmodplug, libtheora, musepack, VCDImager, and WavPack,

Installation of Xine Libraries

First, fix building this package with ffmpeg-7.0 and later: 

patch -Np1 -i ../xine-lib-1.2.13-upstream_fixes-1.patch

Next, fix building this package with gcc-15.x: 

patch -Np1 -i ../xine-lib-1.2.13-gcc15_fixes-1.patch

Install Xine Libraries by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr          \
            --disable-vcd          \
            --with-external-dvdnav \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/xine-lib-1.2.13 &&
make

To create the API documentation, Doxygen must be installed and issue the following command: 

doxygen doc/Doxyfile

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install
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When installing, the Makefile does some additional linking. If you do not have Xorg in /usr, the LIBRARY_PATH variable needs to be defined for the root user. If using sudo to assume root, use the -E option to pass your current environment variables for the install process.

If you built the API documentation, issue the following commands as the root user to install it: 

install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/xine-lib-1.2.13/api &&
install -v -m644    doc/api/* \
                    /usr/share/doc/xine-lib-1.2.13/api

Command Explanations

--disable-vcd: This switch is required to compile Xine Lib without VCDImager installed. Remove this option if you have installed VCDImager.

--with-external-dvdnav: This switch is required, because internal libraries cannot decrypt DVD.

--docdir=/usr/share/doc/xine-lib-1.2.13: This switch causes the documentation to be installed into a versioned directory instead of the default /usr/share/doc/xine-lib.

--disable-vaapi: use this switch if libva-2.22.0 is installed and GLU-9.0.3 is not, to prevent a build failure.

Contents

Installed Programs: xine-config and xine-list-1.2
Installed Libraries: libxine.so and numerous plugin modules and video extensions under /usr/lib/xine/plugins/2.8
Installed Fonts: Output display engine fonts located in /usr/share/xine-lib/fonts
Installed Directories: /usr/include/xine, /usr/lib/xine, /usr/share/xine-lib, and /usr/share/doc/xine-lib-1.2.13

Short Descriptions

xine-config

provides information to programs trying to link with the xine libraries

xine-list-1.2

is used to get supported file type information from xine-lib

libxine.so

provides the API for processing audio/video files