include vlc in qt application

abhay · wrote on 12 Nov 2016, 20:27

Hello!I am developing a qt application with vlc-qt.Can anyone tell me how to include vlc package in my qt application?As of now my app is working if one installs vlc in the machine.I want to include vlc in my application.

SGaist · 12 Nov 2016, 22:50

Hi,

You should take a look at the vlc-qt examples repo. They also provide the deployment step.

abhay · S SGaist 12 Nov 2016, 22:43

@SGaist I used vlc-qt source code for my application.I want to create a standalone package without vlc or libvlc being installed.Can you tell me how can I do that?

SGaist · 12 Nov 2016, 22:56

Which OS are you targeting ?

abhay · S SGaist 12 Nov 2016, 22:55

@SGaist linux only.I am working on linuxmint

SGaist · 12 Nov 2016, 23:03

Then follow the Linux deployment guide.

abhay · 12 Nov 2016, 23:14

@SGaist I deployed my app by linuxdeployqt tool.My app is working perfectly.But it's running only on machines which have vlc or libvlc.I want to bind the app into my appimage.But I am not able to do so.Can you tell me briefly how can I bind libvlc and my app,so that users without vlc also can run my app?Thanks!

SGaist · 12 Nov 2016, 23:14

Did you use the -bundle-non-qt-libs option of that tool ?

abhay · S SGaist 12 Nov 2016, 23:13

@SGaist Yes.But no luck :(

Tikani · 12 Nov 2016, 23:15

@abhay you can do a static link in case you are writing app under GPL licence and your code is open sourced.

abhay · 12 Nov 2016, 23:20

@Tikani I am sorry.I don't know how to create a static link.Can you tell me how to do this? Thanks! and my code is under GPL license

Tikani · 11 Dec 2016, 23:32

@abhay At first you need a static version of Qt environment. To get this one you need to build a Qt from source with -static parameter. Start from this link. Perhaps, you will have to get the sources of libvlc and recompile it as a static library, but I do not quite sure. Depends on what you will find in libvlc-dev package if you use sources from official mint repos. But you can download the freshest sources tarball from VLC site. In official repos packages are slightly outdated, usually.

SGaist · 12 Nov 2016, 23:24

@Tikani, @abhay doesn't struggle with Qt, it's vlc that is giving him a hard time to bundle.

@abhay, are you only missing the vlc libraries or is there anything else that is not pulled in ?

abhay · S SGaist 12 Nov 2016, 23:23

@SGaist only vlc libraries.Qt is fine

SGaist · 12 Nov 2016, 23:32

Did you increase the log level of linuxdeployqt ? That might give you hints of what is happening.

You may have to tweak the tool a bit to make it include the vlc libraries.

abhay · S SGaist 12 Nov 2016, 23:30

@SGaist Did you mean --verbose? I set the default value only.

SGaist · 12 Nov 2016, 23:52

Put it at 4

abhay · 12 Nov 2016, 23:55

@SGaist Same error man :(

abhay · A abhay 12 Nov 2016, 23:52

@abhay and I think range is from 0-3 only I think.Although if you give more than 3 it will take same as 3 I think

SGaist · 13 Nov 2016, 00:15

Setting the verbosity up won't fix the problem, however it should help you get information on what is happening. Maybe tell you why what dependency is ignored.

From a quick look at linuxdeployqt, it might be because vlc is installed in a system folder which will be avoided by the tool.