VLC - possible in BT4?

[gEEEk]

Hello guys.

The reason why I'm not using Backtrack as my primary OS is because I can't seem to find a good video player for it. Is it possible to use VLC on Backtrack? If not, is there any equivalent software you can recommend?

/gEEEk

[KMDave]

Just use BT4 and run the command:

apt-get install mplayer

[thunderwing]

Or even

apt-get install vlc

=P

[gEEEk]

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Epic thanks..

[yop fr]

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Epic thanks..

apt-get install secure-delete
cd /
srm -rz /pentest
apt-get install ubuntu-games

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[imported_Blaguvest]

hi all sorry my english bad

vlc no work ? I install apt-get install vlc after run vlc no work

VLC is not supposed to be run as root. Sorry.
If you need to use real-time priorities and/or privileged TCP ports
you can use vlc-wrapper (make sure it is Set-UID root first and
cannot be run by non-trusted users first).

[imported_SuspectZero]

create a new nonroot account and use that. you shouldnt be using root in linux anywayz

[larryhaja]

create a new nonroot account and use that. you shouldnt be using root in linux anywayz

Yes, that would solve the problem. But most of the applications need to be run as root or with root privileges. Its easier to keep the amount of commands down without having to type in sudo all the time. VLC needs to be recompiled to allow root access.

I've heard about vlc-wrapper before but I've never used it. Mplayer seems to do a great job for most of my needs.

[imported_SuspectZero]

Yes, that would solve the problem. But most of the applications need to be run as root or with root privileges. Its easier to keep the amount of commands down without having to type in sudo all the time. VLC needs to be recompiled to allow root access.

I've heard about vlc-wrapper before but I've never used it. Mplayer seems to do a great job for most of my needs.

you are right. i just remembered this alternative. along with vlc, you can install a package which is a vlc firefox plugin. through firefox you can navigate to the file or just open wtih firefox and that does the trick as well. sorry i didnt think about that earlier.

[AlexeiVronsky]

old topic, but i was having same problem, from the vlc forums:

--- vlc-0.9.0-test3/src/vlc.c.orig 2008-08-03 15:21:35.000000000 -0400
+++ vlc-0.9.0-test3/src/vlc.c 2008-08-10 13:46:13.000000000 -0400
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
{
int i_ret;

- if (geteuid () == 0)
+#warning This version hacked to allow running by root, posing potentially severe security risks.
+ if (0 && (geteuid () == 0))
{
fprintf (stderr, "VLC is not supposed to be run as root. Sorry.\n"
"If you need to use real-time priorities and/or privileged TCP ports\n"