VLC extensions fail to load

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VLC extensions fail to load #95

Open brbsix opened 8 years ago

brbsix commented 8 years ago

This is probably already known but I want to report that extensions fail to load in VLC. This is the terminal output:

$ ./VLC-3.0.0.gitfeb851a.glibc2.17-x86-64.AppImage 
/tmp/.mount_fa3H50
/tmp/.mount_fa3H50/usr/bin/vlc.wrapper
/tmp/.mount_fa3H50/vlc.desktop
VLC media player 3.0.0-git Vetinari (revision feb851a)
[00000000018c50c8] core interface error: no suitable interface module
[00000000017f7178] core libvlc error: interface "globalhotkeys,none" initialization failed
[00000000017f7178] core libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
Unable to load library icui18n "Cannot load library icui18n: (libicui18n.so.48: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)" 
[00000000018c50c8] qt interface error: Unable to load extensions module

probonopd commented 8 years ago

Yes, I know, but so far I don't know the reason. Do you have any clue what would need to be changed? Thanks

brbsix commented 8 years ago

No clue, just wanted to open this issue in case someone who does eventually sees it. I've been using the VLC AppImage quite a bit but the inability to use the VLsub extension has been the one thing holding me back from uninstalling the Launchpad PPA version.

crayxt commented 8 years ago

Which distro is being used?

probonopd commented 8 years ago

Any I have tried so far. Not sure what is causing this, but if someone with some spare time could have a look, this would be fantastic.

probonopd commented 8 years ago

Results of my investigation so far:

Use --verbose 2
libicui18n.so.48 is missing, can be put inside the AppImage at build time or later, e.g., from http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main/i/icu/libicu48_4.8.1.1-12+deb7u5_amd64.deb
Main issue seems to be core generic debug: no extension modules
usr/lib/vlc/plugins/control/ seems to be missing
core generic debug: looking for extension module matching "any" SHOULD say: 1 candidates, lua generic debug: Opening Lua Extension module but usr/share/vlc/lua seems to be missing - this is essential for playing YouTube

Can anyone fix the vlc 3 recipe?