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Re: VLC 2.2.0 multi-releases

#131

Post by mh- »

rogerhoward wrote: post #87
Cowicide wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would there be a way to implement libVLC as a replacement for Quick Look in Mavericks and Yosemite? That would be fantastic! Right now (as you may know) Apple depreciated Quick Look and it no longer works with far too many video formats even if one has the old version of QuickTime installed with Perian.

When did Apple deprecated Quicklook? I can't find any mention of that. Generally when frameworks are deprecated it's noted here too: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/MacOSX... Also no mention: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick_Look Quick Look's media support is pretty sparse, but that's due to its use of Quicktime X for most video and audio. QL supports plugins from third parties though so... ye…

indeed, there are tons of modern QL plugins on GitHub even.

just a few I spotted in a quick search:

https://github.com/sindresorhus/quick-look-plugins

https://github.com/Nyx0uf/qlMoviePreview

https://github.com/Marginal/QLVideo

http://whomwah.github.io/qlstephen/

Re: VLC 2.2.0 multi-releases

#132

Post by jbk »

nacs wrote: post #103
jbk wrote: post #51

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It means you never need to rotate your head to watch a movie, because the gyroscopic info are read and used.

Does this mean if someone turns the phone camera midway through the video to a different orientation, VLC will autorotate the recorded video at that time? Or is it only the initial orientation?

For mov, I don't think you can change it. But for raw h264, yes, it should be doable.

Re: VLC 2.2.0 multi-releases

#133

Post by jbk »

seanalltogether wrote: post #101

Does anyone know why the self updater on OSX is not able to find the update? I just get the message "VLC 2.1.5 is currently the newest version available."

As usual, we never enable updates for .0 releases, because there are always important regressions that we need to fix first, before sending them to everyone.

Re: VLC 2.2.0 multi-releases

#134

Post by jbk »

bresc wrote: post #113
jbk wrote: post #97

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Well, it's mostly because we are waaaaay more organised and focused than before and we're focusing on the mobile for now... But it will change later this year or early next.

I get it... mobile is big, but what is the reason to not invest any time into the look and feel of the regular version?

lack of resources? We're volunteers with no money...

Re: VLC 2.2.0 multi-releases

#136

Post by Cowicide »

mh- wrote: post #131
rogerhoward wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When did Apple deprecated Quicklook? I can't find any mention of that. Generally when frameworks are deprecated it's noted here too: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/MacOSX... Also no mention: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick_Look Quick Look's media support is pretty sparse, but that's due to its use of Quicktime X for most video and audio. QL supports plugins from third parties though so... ye…

indeed, there are tons of modern QL plugins on GitHub even. just a few I spotted in a quick search: https://github.com/sindresorhus/quick-look-plugins https://github.com/Nyx0uf/qlMoviePreview https://github.com/Marginal/QLVideo http://whomwah.github.io/qlstephen/

Do note that current plugins for Quick Look video do nothing more than be able to display static thumbnails of various video formats even if you have Perian installed. Unlike with Snow Leopard and Perian in the past, you won't see the actual video and audio run in Quick Look with AVI, MKV, etc formats.. That's where the libVLC can come in, I hope.

More info:

https://github.com/Marginal/QLVideo/issues/3

Re: VLC 2.2.0 multi-releases

#137

Post by jbk »

pestaa wrote: post #100
jbk wrote: post #94

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I'm in Paris, and I think there are clever ways to create new business around video consumption (B2C and B2B) because there is so much frustration around watching experiences... But I can go in more details IRL.

When will we be able to hear more about it, if not already? I hope you're listening, HBO.

> When will we be able to hear more about it, if not already?

Well, it depends if I manage to find the funding for it :)

Re: VLC 2.2.0 multi-releases

#138

Post by aw3c2 »

shoelzer wrote: post #28

> VLC 2.2.0 auto-rotate the videos taken from phones, to fight VVS! What is VVS?

It is a term used by people who dislike videos in portrait orientation who spout things like "my eyes are horizontally next to each other, not vertically". I have no idea how it started or what it is so successful, people have had no such zealous anger against portrait photography or art. Using an appropriate orientation is an advanced technique, blindly hating one is bad.

Re: VLC 2.2.0 multi-releases

#140

Post by Shadess »

IvyMike wrote: post #27
etix wrote: post #24

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Should be enabled by default. Just seek within a video file to any position that is not at the very beginning or the end and close VLC. Once you play that file again it should prompt you to resume the playback. EDIT: of course this doesn't apply to streams or non-seekable files

Weird... after I opened a file using the "Media->Open File" menu item, it started appearing. (It now works even in cases where I open a file by double-clicking on it. Strange) In any case, awesome!

Not working for me :<
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