Universal Binaries for OSX x86?

[aerim0n]

Will VLC be recompiled as a universal binary to support OSX x86?

[dionoea]

do you have access to a Mac OS x86 computer ? (we don't )

[fkuehne]

Well, it's not a simple recompile to get a universal binary. A typical binary for OSX consists of at least 30 libraries and even more VLC modules. All of them need to be ported to x86-OSX. Thus, it's probably easier at the moment to create a x86-only binary than a universal. This shouldn't be that hard, afaik.
"The DJ", one of our main contributors to the OSX-port, is working on an improvement though.

Anyway, as Dionoea pointed out, we don't have access to x86-OSX at the moment, so we would be glad for any hints.

If you have a bit of time, please have a look at the compile for OSX HOWTO on this page and tell us whether it works for you or not (this HOWTO should create a x86-only-binary for you). Note that you need to use a recent svn-snapshot or better the current trunk to be able to use the Xcode version provided with OSX-x86. Information how to get this source is available on the same page.

[aerim0n]

do you have access to a Mac OS x86 computer ? (we don't )

To 'preview' OSX-x86, instructions can be found at the following link:

http://www.uneasysilence.com/os-x-prove ... dinary-pc/

It works quite smoothly on my Centrino notebook, but to run legacy PPC applications, you will need a CPU that supports SSE3 instructions, which includes P4 Prescott and later, and AMD64 Venice and later.

Otherwise, a CPU with SSE2 (such as Pentium M) can still boot, but will only be able to run non-SSE3 applications, which currently limits you to the applications included with OSX itself (excluding iTunes).

To check if your CPU supports SSE3, use CPUZ to check your flavour of CPU.