SoC 2008/WinCE Port

WinCE Port of VLC

Abstract

The VLC media player has been port to many different platforms, but it lacks Windows CE support since some versions. This project aims at making VLC work on a Windows CE platform, with a few features:

• RTSP
• H264
• Snapshots
• Playlist
• Rebuild of interface to adapt it to small screens

Student

Name : Geoffroy Couprie

Country : France

University : Ecole Centrale de Lille

Mentor

Name : Jérôme Decoodt

Calendar

May 26 : Beginning of SoC

May 27 : Beginning of holidays

July 14 : Mid-term evaluations deadline

September 1 : Final evaluation deadline

What will be used

This is the list of the tools that will be used to achieve this project:

• Cygwin, a Linux-like environment for Windows
• CeGCC, a cross-compiler for Windows CE based devices
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 as IDE
• Microsoft Device Emulator, an emulator for Windows CE and Windows Mobile devices
• a HTC P3600 Trinity, for the tests on real hardware