Looking for more OSX-Developers

[stevexm]

Hi all, greetings from Australia. I'd like to join the Mac port project and help out too. Am a long time programmer/scientist type with a pretty good background in c, c++, java and cocoa coding.

Please let me know how I can get started and contribute.

TIA, Steve Melnikoff

The University of Melbourne
School. of Physics, Room 307
Cnr. Tin Alley & Swanston Street
Parkville, VIC 3052
Australia
Tele: +61 3 8344 5455
Cell: +61 4 1734 7189

stevexm at physics dot unimelb dot edu dot au

[Daij-Djan]

I'd love to help. I dont have that much knowledge of Cocoa but much time

Daij-Djan AT implemented DOT org

[noodles]

Has anyone made any progress on expanding the Applescript capabilities of VLC?

I'm thinking of building a frontend for VLC using Xcode and Applescript, for use in cars. Something similar to the Centerstage project, which is mainly focused on home theater applications. It seems like VLC is perfectly capable, but I need a way of tapping into that potential. And to make things harder, I have no Obj-C knowledge.

[fkuehne]

Has anyone made any progress on expanding the Applescript capabilities of VLC?

Could you list some functions you'd like to see in the AS-interface? Perhaps I can get some things done for you then.

[noodles]

I've sent you a PM. I don't want to clutter this thread.

[BlackFire]

How will VLC development be impacted (or take advantage of) Core Video once it's released in Tiger? Will that have any impact?

[fkuehne]

It is possible that it will take advantage of CoreVideo, but nothing is planed atm since no-one touched Tiger yet. VLC is mostly developed by students and they cannot afford to pay for a ADC-Select-Membership, so they can test Tiger before the release.

We will continue supporting 10.3 and most likely 10.2 as well with our latest releases while moving forward to 10.4. VLC will check the system version and then use the new Tiger-features when they are available and if they aren't they will be simply not used like the Open-GL-Output in current versions of VLC (it is available on Quartz Extreme machines only, other machines still use a regular QuickTime-output).

[The DJ]

Hell we can't even afford ADC Student memberships

[Guest]

The good news is the existing systems API is not supposed to change for macos X after tiger (though they say they will likely add accessible kernel functions, they promised not to change existing ones)

This means compatibility for the future.

I'm also interested in participating and getting in some real world experience, but I need to teach myself cocoa & xcode first (I've only some experience in c & java, since my cs education has focused more in theory and algorithmic optimization so far)

[mysticbob]

hiya - still hunting for mac developers? i'd be happy to try to lend help where i can. a few credentials:
- opengl is what i do for a living
- just worked on a quicktime/opengl cluster movie player for a client
- mac os is my primary development platform, but i've worked for years on other unixes inlcuding linux, irix, etc.
-i have the same last name as felix.

drop a note if interested: rpk@mac.com
check out my lousy web site for my official work credentials: http://www.blue-newt.com

thanks!
bob

[Guest]

Please have a look at the following work, called Accellent. Hacking into the hardware iDCT for MPEG-2.... looks very promising. If anyone can lend a hand...

http://www.defyne.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=553
http://www.defyne.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=440

Best regards,

agentdavo.

[shuric_inc]

Hello.
I would like to help with localization (russian).
Current version for Mac OS X is partially localized, how I can see.

How can I obtain a "list of strings" to be localized ?
And where to put it back.

[fkuehne]

Hi.

You can download the current localisation file for Russian here: https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/file/trun ... format=raw.

Please contact me through a private message, when you are ready with your translation and I'll give you a mail-address to send the file to then.

BTW. The file mentioned above can be edited with so-called po-file-editors (which don't exist for OSX), but also with plain text editors. I strongly recommend you to use SubEthaEdit for that purpose.
Please make sure that you edit the file with the UTF-8-file-encoding (check Format -> File Encodings).

Thanks for your interest in VLC.

[push_ebx]

Hello,

I wanted to ask whether you are still searching for developers?

if (answer == "yes") {
write me!
}

else {
remove the add from:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html
}

yours Fred

[plasmacutter]

wow, that was an impressive thread necro there : ) - but short answer, YES!

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Hello,

I wanted to ask whether you are still searching for developers?

YES

[plasmacutter]

Hello,

I wanted to ask whether you are still searching for developers?

YES

^^ i think he was requesting a PM : P

[namezys]

Hello

I'm interesting to help develop mac version.
I have big experience in C++ (gcc and MSVC, slt + boost) and Qt and a litle in obj-c. But I never work in non nature language projects later and have lower intermediate level in English (good reading and truble in writing language).

I think new developer may take some simple tikets for understand structure of project. And older member give recommendation for this. In new years holiday in Russia I try to begin work.

Thanks

[push_ebx]

Hello Plasmacutter and J-B

Actually I do not mind PM's, but there are many other ways to contact me to...

How ever there are a few things I would need to know to be able to help you out.
First and most vital: what has to be done?
second: who is in charge/aproving patches?
third: is there some documentation/ppp about how stuff is orginized?

So hit me on pm, since I think this information shouldn't lie around the forum.

-Fred

[ajmas]

The best place to go for all this is the developers mailing list. Announce yourself there and ask how you can help out.

[GustavPicora]

Hello.
Well, I would like to contribute but Im not so skilled in C, I have 2 years experience programming in Cocoa Objective-C, but Im eager to learn whatever I must to keep VLC for mac the best Video Player and don't let it "die"

So Anyway, if you need an extra hand, and you think I can provide that help, let me know.

Thanks

Gustavo Pizano

[johnnybt]

Hi,

I am an experienced XCode developer in C/C++ and ObjC looking to help.

[ajmas]

To repeat what I said in another thread ( viewtopic.php?f=12&t=59905 ):

If you are interested in developing for VLC, then contributing code is the best thing to do. You can either contribute to the general VLC code base, or to Lunettes (the new UI for MacOS X). Looking through the VLC bug tracker, selecting some simple bugs, fixing them and then contributing the patches to the developer mailing list is the way to go. Code changes speak louder than your experience, since you are providing something people can use, and look at in the context of the project. You need to be willing to take the initiative and to be able to accept criticism of your patches.

[fkuehne]

More info on Lunettes is available on github and on the wiki btw.