Re: [PATCH 0/2] vdpau and vdpauinfo

[Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>]

On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 10:27:24PM +0200, Efraim Flashner wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Dec 2015 00:51:34 -0500
> Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 04:45:05PM +0200, Efraim Flashner wrote:
> > > 2 new packages, useful for some of the video programs
> > > 
> > > Efraim Flashner (2):
> > >   gnu: Add libvdpau.
> > >   gnu: Add vdpauinfo.  
> > 
> > Are these useful as inputs to programs like VLC and mplayer?
> > 
> 
> I would have to double-check, but libvdpau is the upstream name for vdpau,
> and I'm pretty sure it would go in as a (propagated-?)input for vlc, mplayer
> and mpv.

I think they would be native-inputs for vlc, mplayer, and mpv, because
those programs are written (mostly) in C and C++, and so we can provide
the path to the store directory at compile-time.

I added libvdpau as a native-input to each and they build, but I don't
know how to test if the compilation is using libvdpau and using it
correctly.

But I do know that I could not play some video the other day with my
Guix-provided vlc due to some error about VDPAU ;)

Any thoughts?

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