[MacPorts] #45961: VLC build seems to be missing things, particularly some subtitle support

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#45961: VLC build seems to be missing things, particularly some subtitle support
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 Reporter:  celtic.minstrel.ca@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
     Type:  defect                |     Status:  new
 Priority:  Normal                |  Milestone:
Component:  ports                 |    Version:  2.3.2
 Keywords:  subtitles             |       Port:  vlc
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 I installed VLC from MacPorts because I noticed that it has the MIDI
 support included (which the official version from the VLC website omits),
 but I discovered that the MacPorts version (using +huge variant) doesn't
 seem to support the ASS/SSA subtitle formats. Videos that correctly show
 subtitles in the official VLC version from their website do not show
 subtitles in the MacPorts build, giving the following error:
 {{{
 No suitable decoder module
 VLC does not support the audio or video format "ssa ". Unfortunately there
 is no way for you to fix this.
 }}}
 Because I thought it was odd that it'd omit things that the official
 version includes, I took a look in the plugins folder in the application
 package of both versions. The following plugins are present in the
 official version but missing in the MacPorts version:
 {{{
 libaccess_realrtsp_plugin.dylib
 libgme_plugin.dylib
 libgoom_plugin.dylib
 libgrowl_plugin.dylib
 libkate_plugin.dylib
 liblibass_plugin.dylib    <---- I'm guessing this is the one causing the
 missing subtitles?
 liblive555_plugin.dylib
 libsid_plugin.dylib
 libzvbi_plugin.dylib
 }}}
 (The MacPorts version also has quite a few (20) plugins that the official
 version omits, but I won't list them all since extra features are not a
 defect.)

 For the record: I thought I might be able to get both subtitles and MIDI
 to work in one version by copying the relevant plugin from one version to
 the other, but even with the plugin cache disabled this seems to have no
 effect.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/45961>
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