nixpkgs/pkgs/by-name/vl/vlc/package.nix

{
  lib,
  SDL,
  SDL_image,
  a52dec,
  alsa-lib,
  autoreconfHook,
  avahi,
  curl,
  dbus,
  faad2,
  fetchpatch,
  fetchurl,
  # Please unpin FFmpeg on the next upstream release.
  ffmpeg_6,
  flac,
  fluidsynth,
  freefont_ttf,
  freetype,
  fribidi,
  genericUpdater,
  gnutls,
  libSM,
  libXext,
  libXinerama,
  libXpm,
  libXv,
  libXvMC,
  libarchive,
  libass,
  libbluray,
  libcaca,
  libcddb,
  libdc1394,
  libdvbpsi,
  libdvdnav,
  libebml,
  libgcrypt,
  libgpg-error,
  libjack2,
  libkate,
  libmad,
  libmatroska,
  libmicrodns,
  libmodplug,
  libmtp,
  liboggz,
  libopus,
  libplacebo_5,
  libpulseaudio,
  libraw1394,
  librsvg,
  libsForQt5,
  libsamplerate,
  libspatialaudio,
  libssh2,
  libtheora,
  libtiger,
  libupnp,
  libv4l,
  libva,
  libvdpau,
  libvorbis,
  libxml2,
  live555,
  lua5,
  mpeg2dec,
  ncurses,
  perl,
  pkg-config,
  pkgsBuildBuild,
  protobuf,
  removeReferencesTo,
  samba,
  schroedinger,
  speex,
  srt,
  stdenv,
  systemd,
  taglib,
  unzip,
  wayland,
  wayland-protocols,
  wayland-scanner,
  wrapGAppsHook3,
  writeShellScript,
  xcbutilkeysyms,
  zlib,

  chromecastSupport ? true,
  jackSupport ? false,
  onlyLibVLC ? false,
  skins2Support ? !onlyLibVLC,
  waylandSupport ? true,
  withQt5 ? true,
}:

# chromecastSupport requires TCP port 8010 to be open for it to work.
# If your firewall is enabled, make sure to have something like:
#   networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 8010 ];

let
  inherit (lib) optionalString optionals;
in
stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
  pname = "${optionalString onlyLibVLC "lib"}vlc";
  version = "3.0.21";

  src = fetchurl {
    url = "https://get.videolan.org/vlc/${finalAttrs.version}/vlc-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.xz";
    hash = "sha256-JNu+HX367qCZTV3vC73iABdzRxNtv+Vz9bakzuJa+7A=";
  };

  nativeBuildInputs =
    [
      autoreconfHook
      lua5
      perl
      pkg-config
      removeReferencesTo
      unzip
      wrapGAppsHook3
    ]
    ++ optionals chromecastSupport [ protobuf ]
    ++ optionals withQt5 [ libsForQt5.wrapQtAppsHook ]
    ++ optionals waylandSupport [
      wayland-scanner
    ];

  # VLC uses a *ton* of libraries for various pieces of functionality, many of
  # which are not included here for no other reason that nobody has mentioned
  # needing them
  buildInputs =
    [
      SDL
      SDL_image
      a52dec
      alsa-lib
      avahi
      dbus
      faad2
      ffmpeg_6
      flac
      fluidsynth
      fribidi
      gnutls
      libSM
      libXpm
      libXv
      libXvMC
      libarchive
      libass
      libbluray
      libcaca
      libcddb
      libdc1394
      libdvbpsi
      libdvdnav
      libdvdnav.libdvdread
      libebml
      libgcrypt
      libgpg-error
      libkate
      libmad
      libmatroska
      libmodplug
      libmtp
      liboggz
      libopus
      libplacebo_5
      libpulseaudio
      libraw1394
      librsvg
      libsamplerate
      libspatialaudio
      libssh2
      libtheora
      libtiger
      libupnp
      libv4l
      libva
      libvdpau
      libvorbis
      libxml2
      lua5
      mpeg2dec
      ncurses
      samba
      schroedinger
      speex
      srt
      systemd
      taglib
      xcbutilkeysyms
      zlib
    ]
    ++ optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch && !onlyLibVLC) [ live555 ]
    ++ optionals jackSupport [ libjack2 ]
    ++ optionals chromecastSupport [
      libmicrodns
      protobuf
    ]
    ++ optionals skins2Support [
      freetype
      libXext
      libXinerama
      libXpm
    ]
    ++ optionals waylandSupport [
      wayland
      wayland-protocols
    ]
    ++ optionals withQt5 (
      with libsForQt5;
      [
        qtbase
        qtsvg
        qtx11extras
      ]
    )
    ++ optionals (waylandSupport && withQt5) [ libsForQt5.qtwayland ];

  env =
    {
      # vlc depends on a c11-gcc wrapper script which we don't have so we need to
      # set the path to the compiler
      BUILDCC = "${pkgsBuildBuild.stdenv.cc}/bin/gcc";
      PKG_CONFIG_WAYLAND_SCANNER_WAYLAND_SCANNER = "wayland-scanner";
    }
    // lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.cc.isGNU {
      NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=incompatible-pointer-types";
    }
    // lib.optionalAttrs (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch) {
      LIVE555_PREFIX = live555;
    };

  patches = [
    # patch to build with recent live555
    # upstream issue: https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/25473
    (fetchpatch {
      url = "https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/uploads/eb1c313d2d499b8a777314f789794f9d/0001-Add-lssl-and-lcrypto-to-liblive555_plugin_la_LIBADD.patch";
      hash = "sha256-qs3gY1ksCZlf931TSZyMuT2JD0sqrmcRCZwL+wVG0U8=";
    })
  ];

  postPatch =
    ''
      substituteInPlace modules/text_renderer/freetype/platform_fonts.h \
        --replace \
          /usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont \
          ${freefont_ttf}/share/fonts/truetype
    ''
    # Upstream luac can't cross compile, so we have to install the lua sources
    # instead of bytecode:
    # https://www.lua.org/wshop13/Jericke.pdf#page=39
    + lib.optionalString (!stdenv.hostPlatform.canExecute stdenv.buildPlatform) ''
      substituteInPlace share/Makefile.am \
        --replace $'.luac \\\n' $'.lua \\\n'
    '';

  enableParallelBuilding = true;

  dontWrapGApps = true; # to prevent double wrapping of Qtwrap and Gwrap

  # Most of the libraries are auto-detected so we don't need to set a bunch of
  # "--enable-foo" flags here
  configureFlags =
    [
      "--enable-srt" # Explicit enable srt to ensure the patch is applied.
      "--with-kde-solid=$out/share/apps/solid/actions"
    ]
    ++ optionals onlyLibVLC [ "--disable-vlc" ]
    ++ optionals skins2Support [ "--enable-skins2" ]
    ++ optionals waylandSupport [ "--enable-wayland" ]
    ++ optionals chromecastSupport [
      "--enable-sout"
      "--enable-chromecast"
      "--enable-microdns"
    ];

  # Remove runtime dependencies on libraries
  postConfigure = ''
    sed -i 's|^#define CONFIGURE_LINE.*$|#define CONFIGURE_LINE "<removed>"|g' config.h
  '';

  # fails on high core machines
  # ld: cannot find -lvlc_vdpau: No such file or directory
  # https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/27338
  enableParallelInstalling = false;

  # Add missing SOFA files
  # Given in EXTRA_DIST, but not in install-data target
  postInstall = ''
    cp -R share/hrtfs $out/share/vlc
  '';

  preFixup = ''
    qtWrapperArgs+=("''${gappsWrapperArgs[@]}")
  '';

  # - Touch plugins (plugins cache keyed off mtime and file size:
  #     https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/35124#issuecomment-370552830
  # - Remove references to the Qt development headers (used in error messages)
  #
  # pkgsBuildBuild is used here because buildPackages.libvlc somehow
  # depends on a qt5.qttranslations that doesn't build, even though it
  # should be the same as pkgsBuildBuild.qt5.qttranslations.
  postFixup =
    ''
      find $out/lib/vlc/plugins -exec touch -d @1 '{}' ';'
      ${
        if stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform then "$out" else pkgsBuildBuild.libvlc
      }/lib/vlc/vlc-cache-gen $out/vlc/plugins
    ''
    + optionalString withQt5 ''
      remove-references-to -t "${libsForQt5.qtbase.dev}" $out/lib/vlc/plugins/gui/libqt_plugin.so
    '';

  passthru.updateScript = genericUpdater {
    versionLister = writeShellScript "vlc-versionLister" ''
      ${curl}/bin/curl -s https://get.videolan.org/vlc/ | sed -En 's/^.*href="([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)+)\/".*$/\1/p'
    '';
  };

  meta = {
    description = "Cross-platform media player and streaming server";
    homepage = "https://www.videolan.org/vlc/";
    license = lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ alois31 ];
    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
    mainProgram = "vlc";
  };
})