VLC Developers Corner

Welcome to VideoLAN Developers Corner, This is a directory of everything to do with the development of VideoLAN's projects. Check VLC's page to get info on VLC. 762 articles

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VideoLAN other projects Here is a short list of the main projects hosted by the VideoLAN project: VLS is a streaming server, used for professional streaming solutions. VLC can now do the same. VLS is deprecated and unmaintained. MiniSAPServer is a SAP server. x264, a free H264 / AVC encoder. Libraries libdvdcss, a C library to access DVDs without having to bother about the decryption. libdvbpsi, a C library to decode and generate MPEG TS and DVB PSI tables. libdca, a DTS Coherent Acoustics decoder. Discover also lesser known projects. 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

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, new version 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 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 VideoLAN Servers How to add a skin on the skins download page Download mirrors integrity tests Wiki Admins Admins list SpamBlacklist TODO