Install vlc in Fedora 26 - video player

1. Setup RPMFusion repository

dnf install http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm

2. Install gstreamer plugins and ffmpeg

dnf install gstreamer1-plugins-base gstreamer1-plugins-good gstreamer1-plugins-ugly gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free gstreamer1-plugins-bad-freeworld gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-extras ffmpeg

3. Install VLC Player

dnf install vlc

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How to run VLC player in root
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cp /usr/bin/vlc /usr/bin/vlc-backup
sed -i 's/geteuid/getppid/' /usr/bin/vlc
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