VLC 3 - MATE fullscreen (PPA is obsolete)

*** THIS PPA IS NOW OBSOLETE --- please use ppa:savoury1/vlc3 instead! ***

Note about full screen issues: A long standing bug [1] first reported over three years ago (July 2019) related to VLC > 3.0.3 for users of particular desktop environments has now been fixed at last in latest VLC 3.0.18 with some changes [2] to how VLC handles the playback bar in fullsreen mode! So all users of this PPA should now use the main VLC PPA (ppa:savoury1/vlc3).

[1] https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/22563
[2] https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/commit/d68b590f

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Builds of VLC 3.0.17.4 (and fix fullscreen with MATE) for Xenial & newer.

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UPDATE (24 May 2022): Anyone with no audio since the recent VLC update at this PPA (package versions 3.0.17.4-2+mate~XX.04.sav0) should be able to fix this issue by removing "vlc-plugin-pipewire" such as with the command:

  sudo apt-get purge vlc-plugin-pipewire

See https://bugs.launchpad.net/savos/+bug/1974089 for more details on bug.

This new vlc-plugin-pipewire package will now be on all those systems that updated to the mentioned VLC package version, if "Recommends" packages are auto-installed. This seems to be Focal and newer series (same as Debian), but seems to not be so with default installations of earlier series (ie. Bionic). An update to VLC here today has demoted the vlc-plugin-pipewire package from Recommends to Suggests to fix the issue. *** END UPDATE ***

This PPA contains a patched version of VLC with one commit relative to Qt reverted, due that commit causing issues in fullscreen mode when using MATE and Unity (and possibly other) desktop environments. See the links below for details about this Qt related issue in VLC 3.0.4 and higher.

Due the version string for VLC here (+mate added to Debian pkg version) it will supersede the regular VLC build also published on this Launchpad site (see ppa:savoury1/vlc). Thus, only add this PPA to your system if you are sure you need the fullscreen bugfix that affects MATE (and other) DEs!

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                    VLC - media player (Xenial & newer)
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dav1d (1.0.0), fluidsynth (2.2.8), gpac (2.0.0), libdvdnav (6.1.1), libdvdread (6.1.3), libebml (1.4.4), liblivemedia (2022.10.01), libmatroska (1.7.1), libplacebo (4.208.0), libtorrent-rasterbar (1.2.15 Focal / 1.2.11 final Py 2.7 version), lirc (0.10.1 bugfix), protobuf (3.12.4), sndio (1.9.0), srt (1.5.0), taglib (1.12), vlc (3.0.17.4), vlc-plugin-bittorrent (2.14), vlc-plugin-pipewire (3), x264 (0.164.3098 = libx264-164), x265 (3.5 = libx265-199)

Xenial & Bionic: libgcrypt20, libgpg-error, libmicrodns (0.1.0), libnfs (4.0.0), libspatialaudio (0.3.0+git20180730)

Xenial only: libepoxy (1.4.3)

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*** Install ***

VLC here requires FFmpeg >= 4.4 so do these steps for a successful install:

  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg4
  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:savoury1/vlc3
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install vlc

For _all_ latest dependencies (beyond minimum needed for VLC and FFmpeg):

  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:savoury1/graphics
  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:savoury1/multimedia
  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg4
  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:savoury1/vlc3
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
  sudo apt-get install vlc

*** Build ***

This PPA has build dependencies on:

  ppa:savoury1/build-tools
  ppa:savoury1/backports
  ppa:savoury1/graphics
  ppa:savoury1/multimedia
  ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg4

Note: With backported protobuf >= 3 chromecast support builds on Xenial.

*** Fullscreen ***

VideoLAN Forums: VLC 3.0.4 fullscreen bug (Ubuntu 18.04)

https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=147281

According to Rémi Denis-Courmont (lead VLC developer) it is not a VLC bug:

https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=147281#p486323

It appears to be an unresolved issue between Qt and some desktop managers. If using MATE or Unity (or another affected desktop manger) reverting this single commit changing a single line of code fixes the issue immediately:

http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commitdiff;h=d60312d3ad4c4e27f3455b4f579999b826d3948c

Other links referencing a fullscreen bug in VLC 3.0.4 and higher:

https://github.com/linuxmint/mint19.2-beta/issues/74
https://github.com/mate-desktop/marco/issues/514
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mate/+bug/1813203
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1098732/vlc-3-0-4-fullscreen-bug-ubuntu-18-04

*** Credits ***

- Creators of VLC: Rémi Denis-Courmont and the entire VLC team
  https://www.videolan.org/videolan/team/

- Package code: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
  https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/vlc