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+if BR2_PACKAGE_VLC
+comment "vlc is known not to work in all configurations"
+comment "If you can fix it, please inform buildroot@buildroot.org"
+endif
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_VLC
+ bool "vlc"
+ depends on (BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_SNAPSHOT || BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_NG || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC) # spawn.h
+ depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+ depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
+ depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+ depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_7
+ select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBVORBIS if BR2_PACKAGE_OPUS
+ help
+ VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player
+ and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD,
+ Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols.
+
+ http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
+
+comment "vlc needs a uclibc snapshot, uclibc-ng or (e)glibc toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads, headers >= 3.7"
+ depends on !(BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_SNAPSHOT || BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_NG || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC) \
+ || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR \
+ || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_7