CoverFlow and VLC in a webpage

JBK — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:02:00 +0200

This is just a very short post about a cool hack made by someone on the VideoLAN forum: VLC&Coverflow.

This webpage uses Flash technology to let you choose the movie you want, in a CoverFlow-Like mode.

When selected, you can get the VLC to play it without the disadvantages of Flash Video format (slow, low quality, CPU hungry...)

VLC: misc and builds

JBK — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:02:00 +0100

Just some miscellaneous news about VLC and build systems:

Tree Cleaning: we decided to clean the tree of all the not really necessaries folder that are around now. See the wiki.

There is some experiments to build VLC using CMake inside the main tree. Checkout the latest VLC to test it.

Windows nightly builds are back after the big changes in the building and in the config.h changes.

New contribs with updated 3rd party libraries are done for windows.

Windows CE and Symbian port are advancing... Not yet released, and ETA is really unknown.

Roadmap are changing, more about that soon.

Configure-step in VLC building.

JBK — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:09:00 +0100

Idea

VLC can be built with a classical process: ./bootstrap; ./configure --options; make

However, since VLC is very modular, not everyone wants the same modules built so the configure line can be very long.

Therefore, I'll try to explain a bit the main configure options and give a few examples.

Configure

./configure

General and Developers options

--prefix=/usr \
--host= \
--build= \

--enable-debug | --enable-release # Choose the mode you want

--enable-optimizations            # Optimisations are good idea
--enable-sse --enable-mmx         # for releases

--enable-optimize-memory          # Smaller memory for less perf

--enable-cprof --enable-gprof     # Profiling
--enable-fast-install             # Libtool

--enable-testsuite                # If you want the tests to be built

--enable-static                   # Static libraries
--enable-shared                   # Shared libraries
--with-words                      # Endianess

Main VLC options

--enable-vlm                      # VLC Manager
--enable-visual                   # Visualisations
--enable-update-check             # Check the updates?
--enable-sout                     # Streaming Server
--enable-snapshot                 # Create VIdeo Snapshots
--enable-lua                      # Script VLC

--enable-freetype --enable-fribidi # No Need to disable this
--enable-nls --enable-libxml2      # or that.

Codecs

--enable-a52 [--with-a52-fixed]   # AC-3
--enable-dirac
--enable-faad                     # MPEG-4 Audio
--enable-fluidsynth               # Midi
--enable-mpc                      # Musepack Audio
--enable-real                     # Real Audio
--enable-loader                   # DirectMediaObject support for WMV
--enable-theora
--enable-twolame                  # MPGA Encoding
--enable-tremor
--enable-x264                     # H.264 Encoding
--enable-vorbis
--enable-speex
--enable-tarkin
--enable-zvbi | --enable-telx     # Teletext support
--enable-dca                      # DTS
--enable-flac
--enable-ffmpeg                   # lots of codecs
[--with-ffmpeg-a52 --with-ffmpeg-mp3lame --with-ffmpeg-zlib --with-ffmpeg-amrnb --with-ffmpeg-amrwb --with-ffmpeg-faac --with-ffmpeg-theora --with-ffmpeg-vorbis ]
--enable-libmpeg2
--enable-mad                      # Mpga decoding

--enable-png
--enable-svg
--enable-sdl-image

Video Outputs

--enable-xvideo                     # Linux
--enable-xinerama
--enable-x11
--enable-glx
--enable-directfb

--enable-wingdi                     # Win32
--enable-directx

--enable-opengl                     # All
--enable-sdl
--enable-caca
--enable-aa

Audio outputs

--enable-alsa                       # Unix
--enable-arts
--enable-esd
--enable-jack
--enable-portaudio
--enable-hd1000a
--enable-oss

--enable-waveout                    # Windows

Access

--enable-screen                     # Desktop record

--enable-bda                        # DVB for windows
--enable-dshow                      # DirectShow device

--enable-v4l                        # video 4 linux
--enable-v4l2                       # video 4 linux 2
--enable-dvb                        # DVB for Linux
--enable-pvr                        # PVR/IVTV
--enable-dv                         # DV support

--enable-gnutls                     # Encrypted streams
--enable-gnomevfs                   # Gnome VFS-
--enable-smb                        # Samba/Windows shares
--enable-cdda | --enable-cddax      # CD Audio
--enable-dvdnav                     # DVD video
--enable-vcd | --enable-vcdx        # VCD
--enable-dc1394                     # 1394 support
--enable-hal
--enable-live555 --enable-realrtsp  # RTSP

--enable-bonjour --enable-cyberlink # Various Service discoveries
--enable-upnp                       #

demux

--enable-mkv                        # Matroska
--enable-mod                        # ModPlug (instruments)
--enable-ogg                        # Ogg
--enable-gme                        # GME videogames

interface

--enable-qnx                        # QNX platform
--enable-qt4                        # Default interface in Qt4
--enable-qte                        # QTE/Opie interface
--enable-skins2                     # skins2
--enable-wxwidgets                  # Old default interface in wxWidgets
--enable-xosd                       # OSD interface
--enable-ncurses                    # Ncurses interface
--enable-fbosd                      # FrameBuffer interface
--enable-pda                        # Small gtk interface
--enable-httpd                      # HTTP daemon and interface

--enable-mozilla                    # Mozilla integration
--enable-activex                    # IE and ActiveX integration
--enable-dbus                       # D-Bus control
--enable-dbus-control
--enable-lirc                       # InfraRed Remotes
--enable-java-bindings
--enable-python-bindings

Visualisations

--enable-galaktos --enable-goom

Metadata support

--enable-id3tag                     # metadata using id3tag
--enable-taglib                     # metadata using taglib
--enable-musicbrainz                # Musicbrainz
--enable-libcddb                    # CDDB/FreeDB integration
--enable-libcdio                    # CD-Text

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