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Where would be a good place to start learning how to create a video player? I see all of these developers on videolan, but where did the knowledge come from and what knowledge is required in order to do what the devs do?

I love Sasami2k. The GUI is non-existent, and only the video remains. A direct, one-to-one link, between your occipital lobe and...the STREAM. Unfortunately, Sasami 2k hasn't been updated since 2001, and with the some of the newer formats out today Sasami is beginning to really show its age. VLC is ...