#+title: After installing Arch Linux #+date: <2023-01-21 Sat 10:21> #+author: thebesttv * File manager [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dolphin][Dolphin]] is my goto file manager. Install the =dolphin= pakcage and the needed themes. #+begin_src bash sudo pacman -S dolphin breeze breeze-icons #+end_src Also configure file previews #+begin_src bash sudo pacman -S kdegraphics-thumbnailers kimageformats qt5-imageformats kdesdk-thumbnailers ffmpegthumbs taglib #+end_src Finally, in order to [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/qt][configure Qt 5 applications under environments other than KDE Plasma]], install the [[https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/qt5ct-kde][qt5ct-kde]] AUR package, and use Breeze Dark as the color theme & icon theme. * Video playing This section is mainly about playing videos via VLC. The configuration may not apply to other players such as =mpv=. ** GPU Driver Install this for hardware acceleration: #+begin_src bash sudo pacman -S libva-intel-driver #+end_src ** RTSP streaming If an error occurs when trying to open RTSP streaming via VLC, install =live-media=:[fn:1] #+begin_src bash sudo pacman -S live-media #+end_src Note that =mpv= does not this to open RTSP. * Footnotes [fn:1] https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=161444