{"id":12660,"date":"2019-03-28T06:38:23","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T06:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=12660"},"modified":"2019-03-28T06:38:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T06:38:23","slug":"how-to-install-vlc-3-0-in-rhel-centos-7-6-and-fedora-27-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/03\/28\/how-to-install-vlc-3-0-in-rhel-centos-7-6-and-fedora-27-22\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install VLC 3.0 in RHEL\/CentOS 7\/6 and Fedora 27-22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>VLC<\/strong>\u00a0(<strong>VideoLAN Client<\/strong>) is an open source and free simple fast and much powerful cross-platform player and framework for playing most of multimedia files like\u00a0<strong>CD<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>DVD<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>VCD<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Audio CD<\/strong>\u00a0and other various supported streaming media protocols.<\/p>\n<p>It was written by the\u00a0<strong>VideoLAN<\/strong>\u00a0project and can be available for all operating platforms such as\u00a0<strong>Windows<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Linux<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Solaris<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>OS X<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Android<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>iOS<\/strong>\u00a0and other supported operating systems.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, VideoLan team announced the major release of\u00a0<strong>VLC 3.0<\/strong>\u00a0with some new features, number of improvements and bug fixes.<\/p>\n<h4>VLC 3.0 Features<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>VLC 3.0 \u201cVetinari\u201d is a new major update of VLC<\/li>\n<li>Activates hardware decoding by default, to get 4K and 8K playback!<\/li>\n<li>It supports 10bits and HDR<\/li>\n<li>Supports 360 video and 3D audio, up to Ambisonics 3rd order<\/li>\n<li>Allows audio passthrough for HD audio codecs<\/li>\n<li>Stream to Chromecast devices, even in formats not supported natively<\/li>\n<li>Supports browsing of local network drives and NAS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Find out all the changes in\u00a0<strong>VLC 3.0<\/strong>\u00a0in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.videolan.org\/vlc\/releases\/3.0.0.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">release announcement<\/a>\u00a0page.<\/p>\n<p>This is our ongoing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/10-best-open-source-video-players-for-linux-in-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Best Linux Players<\/a>\u00a0series, in this article, we will show you how to install latest version of\u00a0<strong>VLC 3.0 Media Player<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0<strong>RHEL 7\/6<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>CentOS 7\/6<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Fedora 27-22<\/strong>\u00a0systems using third party repositories with\u00a0<strong>Yum<\/strong>\u00a0automated package installer.<\/p>\n<p><b>Suggested Read:<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/10-best-open-source-video-players-for-linux-in-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 Best Open Source Video Players For Linux in 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Install VLC 3.0 Media Player in RHEL\/CentOS and Fedora<\/h3>\n<p><strong>VLC<\/strong>\u00a0program doesn\u2019t included in the\u00a0<strong>RHEL\/CentOS<\/strong>\u00a0based operating systems, we need to install it using third party repositories like\u00a0<strong>RPM Fusion<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>EPEL<\/strong>. With the help of these repositories we can install list of all updated packages automatically using\u00a0<strong>YUM<\/strong>\u00a0package manager tool.<\/p>\n<p><b>Suggested Read:<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/install-vlc-player-in-ubuntu-debian-linux-mint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Install Latest VLC Media Player in Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Install RPM Fusion and EPEL Repositories on RHEL\/CentOS<\/h4>\n<p>First, install\u00a0<strong>Epel<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>RPM Fusion<\/strong>\u00a0repository for your\u00a0<strong>RHEL\/CentOS<\/strong>\u00a0based distribution using following commands. Please select and install it according to your\u00a0<strong>Linux<\/strong>\u00a0supported system versions.<\/p>\n<h5>For RHEL\/CentOS 7<\/h5>\n<pre># yum install https:\/\/dl.fedoraproject.org\/pub\/epel\/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm\r\n# yum install https:\/\/download1.rpmfusion.org\/free\/el\/rpmfusion-free-release-7.noarch.rpm\r\n<\/pre>\n<h5>For RHEL\/CentOS 6<\/h5>\n<pre># yum install https:\/\/dl.fedoraproject.org\/pub\/epel\/epel-release-latest-6.noarch.rpm\r\n# yum install https:\/\/download1.rpmfusion.org\/free\/el\/rpmfusion-free-release-6.noarch.rpm\r\n<\/pre>\n<h4>Installing RPMFusion Repository on Fedora<\/h4>\n<p>Under Fedora distributions, the\u00a0<strong>RPMFusion<\/strong>\u00a0repository comes as pre-installed, if not you can follow below commands install and enable it as shown:<\/p>\n<h5>For Fedora 27-22<\/h5>\n<pre># dnf install https:\/\/download1.rpmfusion.org\/free\/fedora\/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3>Check the Availability of VLC in RHEL\/CentOS\/Fedora<\/h3>\n<p>Once you\u2019ve all the repositories installed on your system, do the following command to check the availability of\u00a0<strong>VLC<\/strong>\u00a0player.<\/p>\n<pre># yum info vlc\r\n# dnf info vlc         [On <strong>Fedora 26+<\/strong> releases]\r\n<\/pre>\n<h5>Sample Output :<\/h5>\n<pre>Last metadata expiration check: 0:32:38 ago on Friday 11 August 2017 12:32:02 PM IST.\r\nAvailable Packages\r\nName         : <strong>vlc<\/strong>\r\nVersion      : <strong>3.0.0<\/strong>\r\nRelease      : 0.29.git20170622.fc26\r\nArch         : i686\r\nSize         : 2.0 M\r\nSource       : vlc-3.0.0-0.29.git20170622.fc26.src.rpm\r\nRepo         : <strong>rpmfusion-free<\/strong>\r\nSummary      : The cross-platform open-source multimedia framework, player and server\r\nURL          : http:\/\/www.videolan.org\r\nLicense      : GPLv2+\r\nDescription  : VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework\r\n             : capable of reading most audio and video formats as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs,\r\n             : and various streaming protocols.\r\n             : It can also be used as a media converter or a server to stream in uni-cast or\r\n             : multi-cast in IPv4 or IPv6 on networks.\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3>Installing VLC Player in RHEL\/CentOS\/Fedora<\/h3>\n<p>As you see the\u00a0<strong>VLC<\/strong>\u00a0player is available, so install it by running the following command on the terminal.<\/p>\n<pre># yum install vlc\r\n# dnf install vlc       [On <strong>Fedora 26+<\/strong> releases]\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3>Starting VLC Player in RHEL\/CentOS\/Fedora<\/h3>\n<p>Run the following command from the\u00a0<strong>Desktop<\/strong>\u00a0terminal as\u00a0<strong>normal user<\/strong>\u00a0to Launch the\u00a0<strong>VLC<\/strong>\u00a0player. (<strong>Note<\/strong>\u00a0:\u00a0<strong>VLC is not supposed to be run as root user<\/strong>). if you wish, follow this article to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/run-vlc-media-player-as-root-in-linux\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">run VLC as root user<\/a>.<\/p>\n<pre>$ vlc<\/pre>\n<h5>VLC Player Preview<\/h5>\n<p>See the preview of\u00a0<strong>VLC Player<\/strong>\u00a0under my\u00a0<strong>CentOS 7<\/strong>\u00a0system.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19038\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/VLC-Player-in-CentOs-7.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19038\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19038\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/VLC-Player-in-CentOs-7.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/VLC-Player-in-CentOs-7.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/VLC-Player-in-CentOs-7-768x576.png 768w\" alt=\"VLC Player in CentOS 7\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19038\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-19038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">VLC Preview in CentOS 7<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_19039\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/VLC-in-CentOS-7.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19039\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19039\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/VLC-in-CentOS-7.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/VLC-in-CentOS-7.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/VLC-in-CentOS-7-768x576.png 768w\" alt=\"Install VLC in CentOS 7\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19039\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-19039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">VLC Preview in CentOS 7<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Updating VLC Player in RHEL\/CentOS\/Fedora<\/h3>\n<p>If you would like to\u00a0<strong>Update<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>Upgrade<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>VLC<\/strong>\u00a0player to latest stable version, use the following command.<\/p>\n<pre># yum update vlc\r\n# dnf update vlc      [On <strong>Fedora 26+<\/strong> releases]<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/install-vlc-media-player-in-rhel-centos-fedora\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VLC\u00a0(VideoLAN Client) is an open source and free simple fast and much powerful cross-platform player and framework for playing most of multimedia files like\u00a0CD,\u00a0DVD,\u00a0VCD,\u00a0Audio CD\u00a0and other various supported streaming media protocols. It was written by the\u00a0VideoLAN\u00a0project and can be available for all operating platforms such as\u00a0Windows,\u00a0Linux,\u00a0Solaris,\u00a0OS X,\u00a0Android,\u00a0iOS\u00a0and other supported operating systems. Recently, VideoLan team announced &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/03\/28\/how-to-install-vlc-3-0-in-rhel-centos-7-6-and-fedora-27-22\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to Install VLC 3.0 in RHEL\/CentOS 7\/6 and Fedora 27-22&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12661,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12660\/revisions\/12661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}