The issue is that the application would not pass configure without 
disabling these options.  I have tried the various pre-built RPMs for 
vlc that have been mentioned, but all the ones that I have found have 
dependencies that cause conflicts with other versions of the same 
dependency (typically, some .so package).  Because the linux application 
environment is not polymorphic with encapsulation, one cannot have both 
versions of some such dependency installed.

I do have a version of vlc that does run but for which I do not have an 
RPM; by copying that binary, its libraries, and its support directory 
tree from machine to machine, we have a functional but rather old vlc.

Hence, I am looking for a set of RPMs or a set of source code 
applications/libraries that will build under SL6x to allow me not to 
required that these codecs be disabled.

As I supplied the list, does anyone have the information to allow me to 
address the above?  Presumably, once built, I can repackage the lot as a 
tar.gz file or even a non-stock RPM for EL6x .  Obviously, I could do 
this for the crippled (disabled codecs) version of vlc-2.0.7 that I 
currently have built.  Also presumably, once this issue is addressed for 
vlc-2.0.7, it will stay addressed until vlc-3 must be built.

Yasha Karant

On 07/12/2013 12:55 PM, Todd And Margo Chester wrote:
> Hi brother,
>
> you disabled many codecs while configuring the  vlc...
> --disable-avcodec --disable-swscale --disable-postproc
>
> avc codec are most important with postprocessing filters.. these thing
> are also disabled.. try torebuilding the same without disabling such
> options....
>
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Todd And Margo Chester
> <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
>      On 07/11/2013 05:49 PM, Yasha Karant wrote:
>
>          Under X86-64 SL6x, I have successfully built vlc-2.0.7 from
>          source with
>          the configure command:
>
>             ./configure --disable-lua --disable-mad --disable-avcodec
>          --disable-swscale --disable-postproc --disable-a52
>
>          the resulting vlc does run , but cannot open many types of files,
>          including files of extension webm
>
>          Does anyone know either which RPMs or which files/libraries that
>          need to
>          built from source will address the above shortcomings,
>          irrespective of
>          the geographical location from which these must be downloaded?
>
>          Yasha Karant
>
>
>      Hi Yasha,
>
>      I just use the RPM from atrpms and the following script.
>      First time through, change "upgrade" to "install".
>
>      -T
>
>
>      #!/bin/bash
>
>      Cmd="yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=atrpms* upgrade vlc"
>      echo "$Cmd"
>      su root -c "$Cmd"
>
>
>
>