Using Flatpaks from Flathub I was able to restore a fully functional MakeMKV/VLC system. MakeMKV rips disks just as well as ever, and VLC actually plays Blu-rays with menus better than ever. Note that the repeated execution of "flatpak install vlc" is not a mistake. Each time you execute the command a list of options is presented, and my instructions tell you which one to choose.
First install flatpak:
sudo pacman -S flatpak
Now reboot.
Install MakeMKV (choose "app/com.makemkv.MakeMKV/x86_64/stable"):
flatpak install makemkv
Install VLC (choose "app/org.videolan.VLC/x86_64/stable"):
flatpak install vlc
Install VLC MakeMKV plugin (choose latest version from list like "runtime/org.videolan.VLC.Plugin.makemkv/x86_64/3-21.08"):
flatpak install vlc
Install VLC Java plugin (choose latest version from list like "runtime/org.videolan.VLC.Plugin.bdj/x86_64/3-21.08"):
flatpak install vlc
Install VLC FDK-AAC plugin (choose latest version from list like "runtime/org.videolan.VLC.Plugin.fdkaac/x86_64/3-21.08"):
flatpak install vlc
That's it. MakeMKV/VLC should now run just as if they'd been installed normally. Except, like I said earlier, Blu-rays with menus actually seem to work better in VLC now.
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FabioLolix commented on 2024-07-20 16:33 (UTC)
This now depends on
libavcodec.soso when it needs to be rebuilded against newffmpegversion you are forced to uninstall first otherwise the update will be blockedfosskers commented on 2023-06-11 13:56 (UTC)
I can confirm that a manual
sudo modprobe sgwas necessary to getmakepkgto detect my DVD drive.FabioLolix commented on 2023-03-16 21:41 (UTC)
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