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| From | Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | [Bullseye] package bloat for video playback |
| Date | 2021-05-14 08:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <Cezbj-4VZ-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| Organization | less than infinite |
I wanted to install smplayer. Even though Install-Recommends is false, apt wants to install mpv, imagemagick-common, and fonts-urw-base35. Does anyone here know why a video player requires additional fonts instead of using already installed fonts? What about why more imagemagick is required, or why smplayer can't be used without mpv installed? Total new packages count is 24. Some I suppose must really be required, but these 3, libdjvulibre* and vapoursynth are all suspect, especially the fonts: # dpkg -l | grep fonts ii fonts-dejavu-core 2.37-2 all Vera font family derivate with additional characters ii fonts-droid 1:4.4.4r2-6 all handheld device font with extensive style and language support ii xfonts-encodings 1:1.0.4-2.1 all Encodings for X.Org fonts ii xfonts-scalable 1:1.0.3-1.2 all scalable fonts for X ii xfonts-utils 1:7.7+6 amd64 X Window System font utility programs Why do I want smplayer? VLC is routinely trouble, like failing to play audio or video or both together in sync, or failing to find and offer the starting point automatically. ATM, VLC won't play audio, even though user is authorized in /etc/groups for audio, cdrom and video. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata
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[Bullseye] package bloat for video playback Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2021-05-14 08:10 +0200
Re: [Bullseye] package bloat for video playback Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-05-14 08:40 +0200
Re: [Bullseye] package bloat for video playback deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2021-05-14 09:20 +0200
Re: [Bullseye] package bloat for video playback Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-05-14 14:00 +0200
Re: [Bullseye] package bloat for video playback deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2021-05-14 17:50 +0200
Re: [Bullseye] package bloat for video playback Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2021-05-31 05:50 +0200
Re: [Bullseye] package bloat for video playback Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-05-31 16:00 +0200
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