Idea's for VLC support - A replacement for Quicktime
Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:39 am
I'm aware of the limitations of using Quicktime with Livecode, I'm also a very happy user of VLC media player http://www.videolan.org/
Until recently the core VLC engine was licensed as GPL so it could not be included in commercial applications, this has now changed to an LGPL licence see
http://www.videolan.org/press/lgpl-libvlc.html this opens up some very interesting possibilities in creating a cross platform media engine in Livecode which would remove Livecode's dependence on Quicktime.
See http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/389 ... und-libvlc for an example of what can be done.
The libVLC engine is available for Windows, Mac, Linux
It was available for iOS but was pulled from the app store because it was GPL, this means the core engine it could be built for iOS again I think http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ios.html
It also looks like people are looking at android to http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-android.html
http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/13/27949 ... s-download
I've not got the time or the experience to develop an external to do this but I think this is a very interesting area to explore.
What do other people think, is this a direction worth looking at?.
Cheers Martin
Until recently the core VLC engine was licensed as GPL so it could not be included in commercial applications, this has now changed to an LGPL licence see
http://www.videolan.org/press/lgpl-libvlc.html this opens up some very interesting possibilities in creating a cross platform media engine in Livecode which would remove Livecode's dependence on Quicktime.
See http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/389 ... und-libvlc for an example of what can be done.
The libVLC engine is available for Windows, Mac, Linux
It was available for iOS but was pulled from the app store because it was GPL, this means the core engine it could be built for iOS again I think http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ios.html
It also looks like people are looking at android to http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-android.html
http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/13/27949 ... s-download
I've not got the time or the experience to develop an external to do this but I think this is a very interesting area to explore.
What do other people think, is this a direction worth looking at?.
Cheers Martin