Question / Help VLC source not available (Ubuntu)

[darioluzuriaga]

Hi. This seems to be an issue repeated several times. But I tried all the solutions reported and nothing is able to fix the problem.
I'm using Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS with OBS 22.0.3 and VLC 3.0.4.
The VLC source doesn't show on VLC. And the log file indicates "Couldn't find VLC installation, VLC video source disabled".
VLC source has a buffer modification capability very important for me.
I uninstalled and installed VLC, OBS. I used even the Vetinari version of VLC and other versions. But VLC cannot be detected by OBS.
Do you know any other solution for this?
Thanks.

 

[Tuna]

Could be that you are some missing some lib glue. Is there something like "libvlc-dev" available to install too? Maybe give that one a try.

 

[darioluzuriaga]

Hi, Tuna. Thanks a lot for the feedback.
On VLC 2.2.8 installation files, I have that folder (libvlc), with the following files and directory:
gtk_player.c libvlc_DVD_ripper.c QtPlayer vlc-thumb.c wx_player.cpp
What should I do with that?
I know VLC was installed here:
vlc: /usr/bin/vlc /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc /usr/share/vlc /snap/bin/vlc /usr/share/man/man1/vlc.1.gz
And /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc has:
libvlc_pulse.so libvlc_pulse.so.0.0.0 libvlc_vdpau.so.0 libvlc_xcb_events.so libvlc_xcb_events.so.0.0.0 plugins
libvlc_pulse.so.0 libvlc_vdpau.so libvlc_vdpau.so.0.0.0 libvlc_xcb_events.so.0 lua vlc-cache-gen
Any idea?

 

[Tuna]

I meant more like "apt-get install libvlc-dev". That may install some required libraries to communicate with VLC. How did you install VLC and OBS on that machine anyway?

 

[Harold]

I hope you didn't install OBS using the snap installer and instead used the official PPA

 

[darioluzuriaga]

Yes, I used the official version. Anyways, I resolved my issue. In fact I just wanted to create a buffer, like VLC has. But this could be implemented with a delay filter. So, no need of VLC source on OBS anymore. Thanks a lot.