The GUI version of VLC needs any one of the Desktop Environments.
Gnome Can be installed on FreeBSD 8.1 using the following link:
https://envotechie.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/installing-gnome-on-freebsd/ .
XFCE can be installed on FreeBSD 8.1 using the following link:
https://envotechie.wordpress.com/2010/12/17/installing-xfce4-on-freebsd-8-1/ .
To install VLC with default installation options use the following command
# pkg_add -r vlc
However, to install VLC with custom installation option use the following procedure Before installation of the components, Download the compressed snapshot of the ports collection, using the following command
# portsnap fetch
Now extract the snapshot into /usr/ports using the following command
# portsnap extract
If the ports collection are already present in the path /usr/ports we need not use the two commands above VLC installation
# cd /usr/ports/multimedia/vlc
Run the following command to install VLC
# make install
Select the decoders and other options for VLC:
FFmpeg is an open source library for encoding and decoding different types of media files, generally MPEG and MPEG-based files.
Choosing the ffmpeg options:
Choosing binutils option:
Choosing gmp options:
Choosing orc options:
choosing libvpx options:
Choosing x264 /AVC encoder options:
Choosing gpac-libgpac options:
Choosing taglib options:
Choosing libsndfile options:
Finally run the following command# make clean
