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Check [[VLC media player|VLC's page]] to get info on VLC.
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* [[VideoLAN]]
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<div style="font-size:162%;border:none;margin: 0;padding:.1em;color:#000">Welcome to [[Developers_Corner|VideoLAN Developers Corner]],</div>
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* [[VLC media player]]
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<div style="top:+0.2em;font-size: 95%"> This is a directory of everything to do with the development of VideoLAN's projects.<br />
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** [https://addons.videolan.org Add-ons]
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Check [[VLC|VLC's page]] to get info on VLC.
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* [[Documentation:Documentation|Documentation]]
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* [[VideoLAN_Sites#Developers|Developers' Sites]]
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* [https://www.videolan.org/developers Developer Zone]
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* [https://nightlies.videolan.org Nightly builds]
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*[[VideoLAN|VideoLAN]]
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* [https://jenkins.videolan.org Automatic builds]
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*[[VLC|VLC media player]]
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*[[Documentation:Documentation|Documentation]]
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* [https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues bugs, features, roadmap]
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* [https://www.videolan.org/videolan/mirrors.html Mirrors check]
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* [http://developers.videolan.org Main Developers Site]
 
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* [http://trac.videolan.org Trac, bugs, features, roadmap]
 
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== Coding on VLC ==
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* [[Getting Started At Coding|Get started at coding on VLC]]
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* Get the [[GetTheSource|Source Code]] and [[Compile VLC]]
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* You might be interested in our [[Mini Projects]] or [[GCodeIn_Ideas|Janitorial projects]]
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* Read our [[Hacker_Guide|Hacker's Guide]]
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** [[Hacker_Guide/Core|Introduction to VLC's core]]
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** [[Hacker Guide/How To Write a Module|How to write a module]]
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** [[Documentation:VLC_Modules_Loading|How VLC modules load]]
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Here is a short list of the main [[VideoLAN projects|projects]] hosted by the VideoLAN project:
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* [https://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/doc/doxygen/html/ Code documentation]
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* [[VLC|VLC media player]], the core and main program, is a complete video solution that is a player, a live transcoder and a streamer.
 
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* [[VLS]] is a streaming server, used for professional streaming solutions. [[VLC|VLC]] can now do the same. ''VLS is deprecated and unmaintained''.
 
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* [[MiniSAPServer]] is a SAP server.
 
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* [[x264]], a free H264 / AVC encoder.
 
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=== Libraries ===
 
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libdvdcss libdvdcss], a C library to access DVDs without having to bother about the decryption.
 
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* [[libdvbpsi]], a C library to decode and generate MPEG TS and DVB PSI tables.
 
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libdca libdca], a DTS Coherent Acoustics decoder.
 
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Discover also [[VideoLAN projects|lesser known projects]].
 
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=== Compiling VLC ===
 
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To compile VLC, you first need to get the [[GetTheSource|Source Code]].
 
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* [[UnixCompile|How to compile on Unix/Linux]]
 
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* [[Win32Compile|How to compile on Windows]]
 
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* [[OSXCompile|How to compile on Mac OS X]]
 
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=== Rules ===
 
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* [[Unicode and Strings]]
 
 
* [[Code Conventions]]
 
* [[Code Conventions]]
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* [[Documentation:Hacker%27s_Guide|Hacker's Guide]]
 
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* [http://developers.videolan.org/vlc/vlc/doc/doxygen/html Code documentation]
 
  
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=== Tools ===
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=== VLC development links ===
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* [http://trac.videolan.org/vlc Trac] list of bugs, todo's and history of commits.
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* [https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/ GitLab] list of bugs
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* [[Contrib_Status|Contrib Status]] - Contrib Libraries Status
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* vlc-devel [https://www.videolan.org/developers/lists.html mailing list], mailing list.
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* [https://bugs.launchpad.net/products/vlc Launchpad for VLC] ([https://bugs.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bugs?field.searchtext=vlc&orderby=-date_last_updated&search=Search&field.status%3Alist=Unconfirmed&field.status%3Alist=Confirmed&field.status%3Alist=In+Progress&field.status%3Alist=Needs+Info&field.status%3Alist=Fix+Committed&field.assignee=&field.owner=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.has_patch=&field.has_no_package= recent bug changes]) ([https://bugs.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bugs all bugs])
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* [https://www.videolan.org/developers/i18n/ Translation information and stats]
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* [http://developers.videolan.org/i18n/vlc.html Translation information and stats]
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* [https://www.openhub.net/p/vlc Open Hub] statistics
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* [http://cia.navi.cx/stats/project/vlc CIA commit statistics]
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* [https://jenkins.videolan.org Jenkins] (Automatic builds)
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* [http://paste.videolan.org Pasteboard]
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* [[Nightly build]]s
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* [http://mirrors.videolan.org Download mirrors integritylist]
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* Launchpad ([https://bugs.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bugs?field.searchtext=vlc&orderby=-date_last_updated&search=Search&field.status%3Alist=Unconfirmed&field.status%3Alist=Confirmed&field.status%3Alist=In+Progress&field.status%3Alist=Needs+Info&field.status%3Alist=Fix+Committed&field.assignee=&field.owner=&field.omit_dupes=on&field.has_patch=&field.has_no_package= recent bug changes]) ([https://bugs.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bugs all bugs])
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* [http://planet.videolan.org Developer weblog]
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* [https://code.videolan.org/ code.videolan.org]
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* [http://buildbot.videolan.org Buildbot]
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* [https://git.videolan.org/ git.videolan.org]
  
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== Current technical discussions on VLC ==
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* [[Usability Complaints]]
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* [[WaylandIntegration|Wayland integration]]
  
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=== Past discussions ===
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* [[VoutRework|Vout Rework]] - improving the video output subsystem.
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=== Joining us ===
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* [[telnet rc rewrite]] - Merging the "telnet" and "rc" controls.
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* [[SimplePreferences|Simple Preferences]] - We wish to add a "simple" preferences mode, additionally to the full mode we already have.
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VideoLAN welcomes anyone wanting to help, either by writing code, finding or fixing bugs, starting or updating translations, doing graphics work, ...
 
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==== Getting started ====
 
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Getting started at coding is a matter of finding something to fix, and fixing it. Once you have fixed something, you will want to send in a patch. If you do that a few times, you may want to apply for an SVN account so you can fix things directly.
 
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You might be interested in having a look at our [[Mini_Projects|Mini Projects]], which are some identified development efforts for which an existing VLC developer is willing to help a new developer in his progress. These [[Mini Projects]] generally don't require a great knowledge of VLC code.
 
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=== What is currently going on ===
 
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These pages are used to coordinate some of the currently ongoing development or artwork works.
 
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* [[VoutRework|Vout Rework]] - improving the video output subsystem
 
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* [[ExternalAPI|External API]] - improving the external API to vlc
 
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* [[MediaControlAPI|Media Control API]] - an high level player-independent media API, wrapping around our [[ExternalAPI|External API]]
 
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* [[0.9.0PlaylistTODO|0.9.0 Playlist TODO]] - Major changes in the upcoming version
 
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* [[SimplePreferences|Simple Preferences]] - We wish to add a "simple" preferences mode, additionally to the full mode we already have
 
 
* [[QtIntfTODO|Qt Interface TODO]] - A brand new qt4 interface ... in order to get rid of wxWidgets.
 
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* [[Qt and GTK]]
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* [[DBus-spec]] - Specification for a Common, Desktop neutral, Media Player D-Bus interface.
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* [[StatsSystem |Stats System]]
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* [[InteractionSystem]] - Interaction System
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* [[MediaControlAPI|Media Control API]] - an '''OUTDATED''' high level player-independent media API
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* [[0.8.5StringReview]]
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* [[2005StringsReview]]
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* [[Libavcodec regressions]]
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* [[Mobile Features]]
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* [[AndroidTODO]] - moved to [https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&state=opened&label_name[]=Component%3A%3APort%3A%20Android Gitlab Android Component] and [https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&state=opened&label_name[]=Component%3A%3AInterface%3A%20Android Gitlab Android Interface Component]
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* [[SDI API]] - Linux-related: regarding [[wikipedia:Serial digital interface|SDI]] cards for [[V4l2]]
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* [[Newplaylist]]
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* [[Newsoundslider]]
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* [[BOMM3U]] - [[wikipedia:Byte order mark|Byte order mark]] for [[M3U]] playlists. <code>#EXTM3U</code> means [[wikipedia:M3U#Extended_M3U|Extended M3U]]
  
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=== Design ===
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* [[DefaultSkinRequirements|Default Skin Requirements]] - what you need to make a skin that might be eligible for default skin
 
 
* [[WebsiteRedesign|Website Redesign]] and [[WebsiteDesign|Design Proposals]]
 
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* [[DefaultSkinRequirements|Default Skin Requirements]] - Specifications of an eligible skin for default skin.
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== Other software ==
 
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VideoLAN is mainly about VLC, but not only.
 
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* [[libdvdplay]], a DVD navigation support library
 
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== Miscellaneous how-to ==
 
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* Cédric Bosdonnat 's [http://134.214.107.10:85/sims/index.php/Client_query notes] (fr) about developing a new module type.
 
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[[Category:Development]]

Latest revision as of 19:45, 7 December 2023

Coding on VLC

VLC development links

Current technical discussions on VLC

Past discussions

Design

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