vlc-plugins split - is there a list of what used to be included?
Arch devs, Updates tonight showed 20+ new vlc-plugins that are now separate from the main vlc package. The wiki is silent on which were included. There are a number of reddit threads from the last day about vlc no longer working due to the plugin issue, is there a list of what (which plugins) used to be included by vlc before the package was split? I see there is a plugins-all which presumably installs every plugin, but I can't tell if that is wildly over-inclusive compared to what vlc used to provide by default. Is there a way to figure out what used to be in the default Arch vlc package that now must be separately installed as a plugin to ensure the same functionality? The old package before the split used to work quite well without any muss or fuss. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
Hi, Not a dev but I did run into this problem and fixed it by installing just the extra plugin package with sudo pacman -S vlc-plugins-extra. Should you still not be able to play a certain media you can install the necessary codec or use the lazy option and just install the vlc-plugins-all package and not worry about it anymore. Met vriendelijke groeten | Kind regards Dimitri Forster On Fri, Jul 11, 2025, 12:50 AM David C Rankin <drankinatty@gmail.com> wrote:
Arch devs,
Updates tonight showed 20+ new vlc-plugins that are now separate from the main vlc package. The wiki is silent on which were included. There are a number of reddit threads from the last day about vlc no longer working due to the plugin issue, is there a list of what (which plugins) used to be included by vlc before the package was split?
I see there is a plugins-all which presumably installs every plugin, but I can't tell if that is wildly over-inclusive compared to what vlc used to provide by default.
Is there a way to figure out what used to be in the default Arch vlc package that now must be separately installed as a plugin to ensure the same functionality? The old package before the split used to work quite well without any muss or fuss.
-- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
Hi, not a dev, too. But didn’t the package log help to figure out, what you need? See Split the package based on plugins with external dependencies <https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/vlc/-/commit/d476e0267ca5e6952a740381b03eb42a1cbf7359> that is linked on the package page Arch Linux - vlc 3.0.21-26 (x86_64) <https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/vlc/>. Mit freundlichen Grüßen | Kind regards Uwe Am 11.07.25 um 05:50 schrieb David C Rankin:
Arch devs,
Updates tonight showed 20+ new vlc-plugins that are now separate from the main vlc package. The wiki is silent on which were included. There are a number of reddit threads from the last day about vlc no longer working due to the plugin issue, is there a list of what (which plugins) used to be included by vlc before the package was split?
I see there is a plugins-all which presumably installs every plugin, but I can't tell if that is wildly over-inclusive compared to what vlc used to provide by default.
Is there a way to figure out what used to be in the default Arch vlc package that now must be separately installed as a plugin to ensure the same functionality? The old package before the split used to work quite well without any muss or fuss.
On 7/11/25 5:12 AM, Uwe Koloska wrote:
Hi,
not a dev, too. But didn’t the package log help to figure out, what you need?
See Split the package based on plugins with external dependencies <https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/vlc/-/commit/ d476e0267ca5e6952a740381b03eb42a1cbf7359> that is linked on the package page Arch Linux - vlc 3.0.21-26 (x86_64) <https://archlinux.org/ packages/extra/x86_64/vlc/>.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen | Kind regards Uwe
Thanks Uwe, But I'm not sure looking at the diff helps. Unless we know whether "All" plugins were originally included, or some subset, then all we see in the PKGBUILD diff is apparently everything with external dependencies apart from gcc-libs, glibc and libvlc being moved to subpackages? The remaining 900+ lines of PKGBUILD isn't going to be clear to your average Arch user. Even those familiar with what a PKGBUILD is will need to go through and create a list of what moved and what wasn't there originally. Were "All" originally in the Arch VLC package? If so, then a list from the link can be made. It would be helpful if the wiki was updated with a short discussion about the change beyond saying "see optional dependencies". That's not really helpful to figure this out. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
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