The libVLC 4 OpenGL callbacks - any plans for Windows DX and macOS METAL equivalents?

[oviano]

OpenGL is deprecated on macOS, and isn't the renderer of choice on Windows...

[unidan]

Hi,

We currently don't have a metal rendering backend but it could come either with interop with the vulkan module via MoltenVK or interop from opengl. We are currently exploring both choice.
About the DX equivalent, it's currently on the mailing list [1] and might land into libvlc 4 into a few days or more

[1] https://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/ ... 24223.html

[oviano]

Good to hear. I hope the Apple platforms can be supported in an efficient and reliable way.

[unidan]

Good to hear. I hope the Apple platforms can be supported in an efficient and reliable way.

It's far more difficult than the other platform since their API exist only on their hardware and isn't really cheap to get. MoltenVK would really be good for the Apple platform since it combines metal interop with vulkan capabilities, and the macosx version would benefit from the other platform improvement as well.