Why RPI version does not come with FFMPEG-RPI and VLC-RPI

[Pudge]

First off, I really do appreciate any and all feedback on EnOS ARM. Thank you.

@RPI5-User

i am not really sure if the default video player was MPV and i replaced it with VLC

By default, EnOS ARM on KDE Plasma installs mpv and haruna,

As this Topic points out, Okular (which is Plasma’s Document viewer) installs a lot of VLC packages as dependencies.

VLC Plugins

I use KDE Plasma and i am not sure why all these VLC Plugins are installed. List of VLC Plugins installed VLC itself is not installed. Only Mediaplayer i have is MPV/Haruna. Can i remove the VLC plugins? Or are they used by MPV/Haruna?

This causes a lot of dependency problems when attempting to install vlc-rpi.

So to do what you are asking we would have to

1. Not install okular, a normal Plasma app, to avoid the vlc dependencies
2. Install vlc-rpi and it’s dependencies to get a modified VLC which a lot of users would not use nor want.

Then we would have a lot of Plasma users asking “where is okular, it’s supposed to be installed”.

But once again I have to refer back to:

Minimal Customization
Our desktop environments come with a carefully selected set of packages
to offer a basic, fully functional system.  We apply only minimal
aesthetic tweaks (e.g., accent colors, icon themes).
There are no major modifications, optimizations, or rebuilt packages.

Pudge

EDIT:

@RPI5-User

By the way, i don’t think mpv can utilize hw-acceleration no matter what.

I found this:

To enable hardware acceleration in mpv on Linux, install the necessary
VA-API drivers for your GPU (e.g., `mesa-va-drivers` for AMD/Intel)
and add `hwdec=auto` to your `~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf` file.  This offloads
decoding from the CPU, reducing usage and lowering temperatures.

I assume this extends to Haruna and other mpv apps.