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VLC for iOS returns on July 19, rewritten and fully open-sourced

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Re: VLC for iOS returns on July 19, rewritten and fully open-sourced

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Post by antr »

I'm a big fan of VLC, it's been my default video app since I can remember. Can't wait to see it again on iOS.

The "big" feature I would like to see is some kind of "super-easy" drag and drop feature where I could easily send video files to my iPad/iPhone without doing the whole Browser->IP:Port->Choose file, etc. A "video file right click -> VLC -> Send file to iPad (upload in background)" would put a smile on my face.

Re: VLC for iOS returns on July 19, rewritten and fully open-sourced

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Post by roskilli »

antr wrote: post #2

I'm a big fan of VLC, it's been my default video app since I can remember. Can't wait to see it again on iOS. The "big" feature I would like to see is some kind of "super-easy" drag and drop feature where I could easily send video files to my iPad/iPhone without doing the whole Browser->IP:Port->Choose file, etc. A "video file right click -> VLC -> Send file to iPad (upload in background)" would put a smile on my fac…

The Dropbox integration may very well make it that easy, simply drop into your Dropbox folder and hey presto. Although waiting for it to sync to AWS might be painful, I wonder if the iOS and Android clients do local syncing like the desktop clients do when on the same network?

Re: VLC for iOS returns on July 19, rewritten and fully open-sourced

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Post by jbk »

antr wrote: post #2

I'm a big fan of VLC, it's been my default video app since I can remember. Can't wait to see it again on iOS. The "big" feature I would like to see is some kind of "super-easy" drag and drop feature where I could easily send video files to my iPad/iPhone without doing the whole Browser->IP:Port->Choose file, etc. A "video file right click -> VLC -> Send file to iPad (upload in background)" would put a smile on my fac…

I wish we could do that, but it is really annoying to do, since it almost needs a special desktop app to do so. And the iDevice must be in the listening mode...

Drag'n drop in the browser is the best we have so far. Maybe a later version with Bonjour will come... Patches welcome :)

Re: VLC for iOS returns on July 19, rewritten and fully open-sourced

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Post by steevdave »

roskilli wrote: post #3
antr wrote: post #2

I'm a big fan of VLC, it's been my default video app since I can remember. Can't wait to see it again on iOS. The "big" feature I would like to see is some kind of "super-easy" drag and drop feature where I could easily send video files to my iPad/iPhone without doing the whole Browser->IP:Port->Choose file, etc. A "video file right click -> VLC -> Send file to iPad (upload in background)" would put a smile on my fac…

The Dropbox integration may very well make it that easy, simply drop into your Dropbox folder and hey presto. Although waiting for it to sync to AWS might be painful, I wonder if the iOS and Android clients do local syncing like the desktop clients do when on the same network?

Android, at least here, does not sync the files to the device at all until you attempt to look at them

Re: VLC for iOS returns on July 19, rewritten and fully open-sourced

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Post by mehrzad »

antr wrote: post #2

I'm a big fan of VLC, it's been my default video app since I can remember. Can't wait to see it again on iOS. The "big" feature I would like to see is some kind of "super-easy" drag and drop feature where I could easily send video files to my iPad/iPhone without doing the whole Browser->IP:Port->Choose file, etc. A "video file right click -> VLC -> Send file to iPad (upload in background)" would put a smile on my fac…

>it's been my default video app since I can remember.

Curious as to what you think about MPlayer, MPC-HC, or mpv, which have mostly taken the crown in nerd circles as being the de facto video players.

Re: VLC for iOS returns on July 19, rewritten and fully open-sourced

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Post by icebraining »

roskilli wrote: post #3
antr wrote: post #2

I'm a big fan of VLC, it's been my default video app since I can remember. Can't wait to see it again on iOS. The "big" feature I would like to see is some kind of "super-easy" drag and drop feature where I could easily send video files to my iPad/iPhone without doing the whole Browser->IP:Port->Choose file, etc. A "video file right click -> VLC -> Send file to iPad (upload in background)" would put a smile on my fac…

The Dropbox integration may very well make it that easy, simply drop into your Dropbox folder and hey presto. Although waiting for it to sync to AWS might be painful, I wonder if the iOS and Android clients do local syncing like the desktop clients do when on the same network?

LAN syncing doesn't avoid having to upload it first to AWS, though; it just speeds up the subsequent download to the other devices.

Re: VLC for iOS returns on July 19, rewritten and fully open-sourced

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Post by jbk »

cube13 wrote: post #4

So how exactly has the licensing issue been resolved? Has the core VLC library been re-licensed or dual licensed under the Mozilla license?

See my blogposts on LGPL relicensing of VLC engine http://www.jbkempf.com/blog/post/2012/I-did-it

Note that the relicensing was not done for the iOS port.

And the app above the VLC engine is dual licensed GPLv2/MPLv2

Re: VLC for iOS returns on July 19, rewritten and fully open-sourced

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Post by cube13 »

jbk wrote: post #9
cube13 wrote: post #4

So how exactly has the licensing issue been resolved? Has the core VLC library been re-licensed or dual licensed under the Mozilla license?

See my blogposts on LGPL relicensing of VLC engine http://www.jbkempf.com/blog/post/2012/I-did-it Note that the relicensing was not done for the iOS port. And the app above the VLC engine is dual licensed GPLv2/MPLv2

Thanks. I wasn't aware that the core engine and modules have been re-licensed as LGPL.
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