Developers Corner

Build VLC media player

Check the NEWS.

Check the generic compile HOWTO.

To build VLC, you first need to get the Source Code.

• How to compile for Windows
• How to compile on Windows using Cygwin
• How to compile on Windows using MSYS
• How to compile on Mac OS X
• How to compile on Unix/Linux
• How to compile on BeOS
• How to cross-compile for ARM

• How to compile a module outside of VLC source tree
• Compile DirectFB plugin
• Contrib Status - 3rd party libraries status.
• Links to the packaging in various distros

Build an application on VLC

There are several ways to build an application that uses VLC. Some are listed here.

• Build a GPL application using libvlc, in C/C++/C#
• Use the python bindings MediaControlIDL
• Use the java bindings
• Use the ActiveX Controls
• Use the JavaScript API
• Talk to VLC through the DBus communication

Code VLC

Start coding on VLC

• Get started at coding on VLC.
• You might be interested in our Mini Projects, which are some easy tasks that do not require a lot of VLC Code Knowledge.
• It is recommended that you join the vlc-devel mailing list, where all commits are archived.

VLC Code

• Unicode and Strings
• Code Conventions
• Hacker's Guide
• Code documentation
• VLC variables help

Tools to code VLC

• Contrib Status - Contrib Libraries Status
• Trac list of bugs, todo's and history of commits.
• Launchpad for VLC (recent bug changes) (all bugs)
• Translation information and stats
• CIA commit statistics
• Pasteboard
• Buildbot
• Developer weblog
• Nightly Builds

Development discussions under work

Current Development

Changes in the current version

Current discussions

• DBus-spec - Specification for a Common, Desktop neutral, Media Player D-Bus interface.
• Vout Rework - improving the video output subsystem.
• telnet rc rewrite - Merging the "telnet" and "rc" controls.
• Simple Preferences - We wish to add a "simple" preferences mode, additionally to the full mode we already have.
• Qt Interface TODO - A brand new qt4 interface ... in order to get rid of wxWidgets.
• Usability Complaints

Design

• Default Skin Requirements - Specifications of an eligible skin for default skin.

Past discussions

• Stats Sytem
• Browser Plugin Spec
• 0.9.0 Playlist TODO - Major changes in the upcoming version
• InteractionSystem - Interaction System
• External API - improving the external API to vlc
• Media Control API - an high level player-independent media API, wrapping around our External API
• 0.8.5StringReview
• 2005StringsReview

Design

• Website Redesign and Design Proposals

VideoLAN's Administration

• VideoLAN bugdays
• VideoLAN calendar
• Admin TODO
• VideoLAN Servers
• How to add a skin on the skins download page
• Download mirrors integrity tests

Wiki Admins

• Admins list
• SpamBlacklist
• TODO