VLC 3 - MATE fullscreen (Xenial & newer)

Patched build of VLC 3.0.11.1 (fix fullscreen with MATE) for Xenial & newer.

This PPA contains a patched version of VLC in which one commit relative to Qt is reverted, due that commit causing various issues in fullscreen mode when using MATE and Unity (and possibly other) desktop environments. See the links below for more details about this Qt related issue in VLC 3.0.4 and higher.

Due the version string for this VLC build (+mate added to Debian pkg version) it will supersede the regular VLC build also published on this Launchpad site (at ppa:savoury1/vlc). Thus, only add this PPA to your system if you are sure you need the patch for the fullscreen bug that affects MATE (and other) DEs!

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                  VLC (MATE) - media player (Xenial & newer)
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dav1d (0.7.1), fluidsynth (2.1.2), libdvdnav (6.1.0), libdvdread (6.1.1), libebml (1.4.0), liblivemedia (2020.01.19), libmatroska (1.6.0), libmicrodns, libnfs (4.0.0), libplacebo (1.29.1), libspatialaudio (0.3.0), protobuf (3.12.3), shaderc (2020.0), spirv-tools (2020.3), vlc (3.0.11.1), vulkan-loader (1.2.131.2), vulkan-tools (1.2.131.1)

Xenial & Bionic only: libgcrypt20, libgpg-error, lirc (0.10.1)

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If you find this PPA useful then please consider a donation (above link). It will help me continue the efforts maintaining an up-to-date VLC for all!

*** Install ***

VLC at this PPA is built against recent FFmpeg >= 4.2 (and dependencies), so one additional PPA is required. Do these steps for a successful installation:

  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg4
  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:savoury1/vlc3-mate
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install vlc

For _all_ latest dependencies (beyond minimum set needed for VLC and FFmpeg):

  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:savoury1/graphics
  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:savoury1/multimedia
  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg4
  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:savoury1/vlc3-mate
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
  sudo apt-get install vlc

*** Building ***

This PPA has build dependencies on:

  ppa:savoury1/build-tools
  ppa:savoury1/backports
  ppa:savoury1/graphics
  ppa:savoury1/multimedia
  ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg4

Note: The ppa:savoury1/backports archive is not needed for installation, only to build the package for Xenial systems. Two source packages from that PPA are required for a Xenial build: gettext and protobuf. With the backported protobuf, chromecast support also builds successfully even for Xenial! :-)

*** Fullscreen ***

VideoLAN Forums: VLC 3.0.4 fullscreen bug (Ubuntu 18.04)

https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=147281

According to Rémi Denis-Courmont (lead VLC developer) it is not a VLC bug:

https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=147281#p486323

It appears to be an unresolved issue between Qt and certain desktop managers. If using MATE or Unity (or another affected desktop manger) reverting this commit fixes the issue:

http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=commitdiff;h=d60312d3ad4c4e27f3455b4f579999b826d3948c

Other links referencing a fullscreen bug in VLC 3.0.4 and higher:

https://github.com/linuxmint/mint19.2-beta/issues/74
https://github.com/mate-desktop/marco/issues/514
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mate/+bug/1813203
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1098732/vlc-3-0-4-fullscreen-bug-ubuntu-18-04

*** Credits ***

- Creators of VLC: Rémi Denis-Courmont and the entire VLC team
  https://www.videolan.org/videolan/team/

- Package code: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
  https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/vlc