Hi. thanks for the sad news. They say that they need Mac-devellopers. Are there any devellopers on this list who knows Coco and could help the folks behind VLC? In this way, VLC would continue to be 100% accessible. Best regards Søren Jensen Mail & MSN: [email protected] Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/
Den Dec 18, 2009 kl. 1:41 AM skrev Darcy Burnard: > Hi. Here is an article from The Unofficial Apple Web Log about the VLC > situation. > Darcy > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> Date: December 17, 2009 1:00:00 PM EST >> Subject: Development of VLC for Mac 64-bit is on hold, project needs >> developers >> Source: The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) >> Author: Michael Grothaus >> >> Filed under: Multimedia, Video, Freeware, Developer >> >> Development on the 64-bit version of VLC Player for Mac has hit the pause >> button. The Videolan team is looking for Mac development talent to help move >> the project forward, and revamp the program's interface to be more Mac-like. >> While the team says that reports of VLC Mac's death are 'greatly >> exaggerated,' they could definitely use some help. >> >> As we've mentioned before, VLC is a free, open source media player that >> supports various audio and video formats (MPEG, DivX/Xvid, Ogg, and many >> more) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and streaming protocols. While the 32-bit >> version still works fine on Snow Leopard, the 64- bit version (which briefly >> appeared as 1.0.3, only to disappear again with 1.0.4) is intended to be >> higher-performance; it also would work more seamlessly with the 64-bit >> version ofHandbrake. >> >> The news of VLC for Mac's 64-bit freezeout started today with this post on >> videolan.org: >> This is going to sound like a PBS sponsorship drive, but it needs to be said: >> >> While VLC is an open source project provided to you free of charge, as with >> other open source projects, its existence depends on everyone who provides >> support to the project. This support can come in many forms, such as: >> - joining the team and contributing code >> - spending time in the forum helping out other VLC users >> - making a donation >> >> Every bit helps, since without it the community dies and the project with it. >> >> As mentioned [earlier] we are in desperate need of Mac developers who can >> help maintain the Mac side of VLC. If you or someone you know is in position >> to join the team then please let us know. Until we have more Mac developers >> then the 64-bit version of VLC for MacOS X will be on hold! >> Though the new QuickTime X Player has much room for improvement, I've gotten >> quite used to it and watch all my movie files in it save WMV (which >> QuickTime plays via the Flip4Mac plugin). From some reason, QTX requires WMV >> files to go through a loading process before you can skim through the video. >> On VLC there is no loading process for WMV files before you can skim. This >> is only one of the many benefits of using VLC, as I'm sure many of our >> readers can attest. >> >> There are still some alternatives to VLC, including 3ivX, FFmpeg and Perian. >> There's also this little preference pane to make QTX more enjoyable. But >> these are all alternatives, not replacements for this great app. Here's >> hoping that the holiday spirit will inspire a few Mac devs to step up and >> keep VLC moving forward. >> TUAWDevelopment of VLC for Mac 64-bit is on hold, project needs developers >> originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 17 Dec >> 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. >> >> Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments >> >> >> >> Apple - opensource - Mac OS X - QuickTime - Multimedia >> Read more… >> > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
