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Can PlayMedia be replaced with VLC?

Last post 10-04-2008, 1:05 AM by sambo99. 0 replies.
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  •  10-04-2008, 1:05 AM 8441

    Can PlayMedia be replaced with VLC?

    Due to certain limitation of the PlayMedia APIs I've been toying with the idea of using VLC instead.

    The current API have some serious gaps.

    * I can't figure out the name of the file playing
    * I can't skip to the next file in a playlist programatically
    * The APIs are pretty broken in Fiji
    * Getting all video formats to play is an exercise in codec black art.

    I've been thinking of perhaps allowing people to use VLC for video browser's playback.

    Is anyone interested in a new open source project that will allow us to drive VLC using the media center remote from our plugins? Can this be done?
     
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