Re: [opensource-dev] Replacement for QuickTime media plugin - a straw man proposal

2016-05-23 Thread Callum Prentice (Callum)
> > > I wonder if doing vlc on darwin32 is worthwhile though. Quicktime for Mac > is deprecated, but doesn’t exhibit the security holes Windows does. Once > 64-bit is building, Quicktime has got to go as there is no 64-bit support > anyway. Guess it depends on how soon darwin64 could be out the

Re: [opensource-dev] Replacement for QuickTime media plugin - a straw man proposal

2016-05-23 Thread Cinder Roxley
On May 23, 2016 at 1:13:54 PM, Geir Nøklebye (geir.nokle...@dayturn.com ) wrote: For OS X save yourself all the trouble in the world by using the OS X media frameworks and QuickTime. To create a 32-bit OS plugin based on LibVLC just to covert it to 64-bit

Re: [opensource-dev] Replacement for QuickTime media plugin - a straw man proposal

2016-05-23 Thread Cinder Roxley
On May 23, 2016 at 12:42:12 PM, Callum Prentice (Callum) (cal...@lindenlab.com ) wrote: This is what I propose for moving forward with the "Remove QuickTime from the viewer" work: (TLDR;  Replace QuickTime plugin with one based on LibVLC and use it to play

[opensource-dev] Replacement for QuickTime media plugin - a straw man proposal

2016-05-23 Thread Geir Nøklebye
For OS X save yourself all the trouble in the world by using the OS X media frameworks and QuickTime. To create a 32-bit OS plugin based on LibVLC just to covert it to 64-bit is asking for trouble and weeks of headaches when you already have everything your need both for 32 and 64 bit

Re: [opensource-dev] Replacement for QuickTime media plugin - a straw man proposal

2016-05-23 Thread Callum Prentice (Callum)
This is what I propose for moving forward with the "Remove QuickTime from the viewer" work: (TLDR; Replace QuickTime plugin with one based on LibVLC and use it to play MPEG-4 and MP3 media URLS plus anything else we get for free. Additionally, turn on flags in