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Dear News.YC: please review my Mac app, Evom
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Re: Dear News.YC: please review my Mac app, Evom
#22You're using FFmpeg in there somewhere so you'll need to offer your copy of FFmpeg's source if you've used the LGPL version. If you've used the GPL version then your whole app will need to be GPL.
Re: Dear News.YC: please review my Mac app, Evom
#23Well-chosen name! If anyone ever creates a gripe site about your app called noevom.org, you can destroy their credibility by calling them nothing more than a front for moveon.org! Brilliant!
Re: Dear News.YC: please review my Mac app, Evom
#24How about making the 'add to iTunes' step optional? Laptops and large video collections just don't mix.
Re: Dear News.YC: please review my Mac app, Evom
#25May I suggest packaging it as a dmg instead of a zip? Doesn't make much difference other than that's what's usually expected
I hate DMGs. I know it seems to be the most common way of installing stuff, but, really, what's the point? I have to mount, drag, unmount. Zip's automatically get extracted by Safari, and you just drag it where you want it (or launch it from Downloads). One step, vs 3 steps. A short example: my uncle's been using a mac for 5 years and still has absolutely no idea how to install programs on mac because of this convolu…
I don't have a Mac in front of me to check, but isn't mount-after-download default behaviour for Safari?
Re: Dear News.YC: please review my Mac app, Evom
#26Very convenient, though I do have a feature request: make export as only audio an option. Yes, the most common use of that may not be entirely legitimate, but your users will want it. Trust me.
Re: Dear News.YC: please review my Mac app, Evom
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
I hate DMGs. I know it seems to be the most common way of installing stuff, but, really, what's the point? I have to mount, drag, unmount. Zip's automatically get extracted by Safari, and you just drag it where you want it (or launch it from Downloads). One step, vs 3 steps. A short example: my uncle's been using a mac for 5 years and still has absolutely no idea how to install programs on mac because of this convolu…
I don't have a Mac in front of me to check, but isn't mount-after-download default behaviour for Safari?
Not only that, but if the app's the only thing in the DMG, it copies the app to the download folder then unmounts automatically.
Re: Dear News.YC: please review my Mac app, Evom
#28You're using FFmpeg in there somewhere so you'll need to offer your copy of FFmpeg's source if you've used the LGPL version. If you've used the GPL version then your whole app will need to be GPL.
FFmpeg binary is compiled with "--enable-gpl". So yes, either author should recompile it with GPL disabled or release the source code of his application.
Anyway, with LGPL (I assume the point of your comment is educational, and you don't really need the source code for FFmpeg SVN-r17142), author can just provide instructions for downloading the source code for this revision from FFmpeg SVN, as written here: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AnonFTPAndSendSourc...
Re: Dear News.YC: please review my Mac app, Evom
#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
I hate DMGs. I know it seems to be the most common way of installing stuff, but, really, what's the point? I have to mount, drag, unmount. Zip's automatically get extracted by Safari, and you just drag it where you want it (or launch it from Downloads). One step, vs 3 steps. A short example: my uncle's been using a mac for 5 years and still has absolutely no idea how to install programs on mac because of this convolu…
You make an interesting point although our target market for Evom is people who aren't necessarily the most competent at using their Macs. We may consider switching to DMGs in this instance... may being the key word. :) Thanks for your feedback though!
Please continue using ZIP.
Re: Dear News.YC: please review my Mac app, Evom
#30You're using FFmpeg in there somewhere so you'll need to offer your copy of FFmpeg's source if you've used the LGPL version. If you've used the GPL version then your whole app will need to be GPL.
FFmpeg binary is compiled with "--enable-gpl". So yes, either author should recompile it with GPL disabled or release the source code of his application. Anyway, with LGPL (I assume the point of your comment is educational, and you don't really need the source code for FFmpeg SVN-r17142), author can just provide instructions for downloading the source code for this revision from FFmpeg SVN, as written here: http://ww…
Yes, assuming they haven't modified FFmpeg.