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| − | Google Season of Docs is a way for '''technical writers''' to have a paid '''stipden''' by '''Google''' to work on open source projects and improve their documentation. | + | [https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/ Google Season of Docs] is a way for '''technical writers''' to have a paid '''stipden''' by '''Google''' to work on open source projects and improve their documentation. |
[[VLC]] is in very big need of documentation, both for developers and end-users, and we're in the progress of revamping all that. | [[VLC]] is in very big need of documentation, both for developers and end-users, and we're in the progress of revamping all that. | ||
| − | GSoD is run by the same people running the ''Google Summer of Code'' program. | + | '''GSoD''' is run by the same people running the ''Google Summer of Code'' program. |
[[VideoLAN]] was a ''Google Summer of Code'' mentoring organization in [[SoC 2007|2007]], [[SoC 2008|2008]], [[SoC 2009|2009]], [[SoC 2010|2010]], [[SoC 2011|2011]], [[SoC 2013|2013]], [[SoC 2016|2016]], [[SoC_2017|2017]], [[SoC_2018|2018]] and [[SoC_2019|2019]] | [[VideoLAN]] was a ''Google Summer of Code'' mentoring organization in [[SoC 2007|2007]], [[SoC 2008|2008]], [[SoC 2009|2009]], [[SoC 2010|2010]], [[SoC 2011|2011]], [[SoC 2013|2013]], [[SoC 2016|2016]], [[SoC_2017|2017]], [[SoC_2018|2018]] and [[SoC_2019|2019]] | ||
Revision as of 17:59, 23 April 2019
This page summarize the current list of ideas for VideoLAN project, for Google Season of Docs 2019.
The list is not exhaustive, and is not limitative. Feel free to apply with your own idea!
Contents
Introduction & Information
This wiki page covers the attempt by the VideoLAN project to act as a mentoring organization for Google Season of Docs 2019 in order to improve the VLC documentation.
Season of Docs
Google Season of Docs is a way for technical writers to have a paid stipden by Google to work on open source projects and improve their documentation.
VLC is in very big need of documentation, both for developers and end-users, and we're in the progress of revamping all that.
GSoD is run by the same people running the Google Summer of Code program.
VideoLAN was a Google Summer of Code mentoring organization in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019
This page list some documentation ideas for both VLC and VLC mobile ports, developer and user-facing documentations.
VLC & libVLC
VLC media player is a cross-platform multimedia player, encoder and streamer application. It is one of the most successful open-source projects without any professional structure underneath.
VLC media player is downloaded at an approximate monthly rate of 23 millions from the main website and that's not including third-party distributions (Linux)!
You can find more information on VLC on Wikipedia or on this wiki.
The engine of VLC is libVLC, and is used by VLMC.
VideoLAN Movie Creator
VLMC is a cross-platform non-linear video editing software based on libVLC technology. It was started as a final year student project at the French IT school EPITECH.
VLMC currently awaits a transition to the current libvlc API and it's actual 1.0 release!
Summer of Code
If selected and developed, SoC projects for VLMC and VLC will be included in later releases.
All projects are covered by the GPL (v2+) or LGPL (v2.1+) licenses depending on the module.
How to Start
Find an idea
First, you need to find an idea.
This current page gives you a list of ideas. Those ideas are NOT exhaustive: you can bring your own idea! Some of the best ideas we've ever had were custom ideas!
Submit your idea
You need to submit your idea on the Google Summer of Code platform.
You should do so, very quickly, even before having finished compilation and the next steps, so that we can give you early feedback.
Compile libVLC or VLMC
This may sound trivial, but it's harder than many expect. See https://wiki.videolan.org/Category:Building/ for more informations.
You should come on IRC to get help to compile.
Provide a small patch
To demonstrate your skills, share a small patch with us. This will let you become familiar with Git, in case you don't know it already and our process on merging patches.
Let's get in touch
If you have a doubt, are not sure about anything or want clarification, please get in touch with us.
We have 3 major communication channels: Our mailing-lists to discuss patches and further development related topics. Furthermore, we have our web forums for VLC-related end-user support - a VLMC section will be created once the product is published. Finally, there is our IRC channel #videolan (for libVLC) and #vlmc on the Freenode network. It's open to any kind of discussion. Usage issues, questions how to compile VLC/VLMC, getting to know the fellow developers, etc.
