2 # Difficulty values: Easy, Medium, Hard, Guru
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4 # Urgency values: Wishlist, Normal, Important, Critical
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10 Description: World domination
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11 We need to dominate the world
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18 Description: RAR/ZIP/... access
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19 An access module that would be able to uncompress compressed files.
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26 Description: proper DVD controls
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27 Most importantly a proper button that will take you straight to the DVD menu. But also, next/prev chapter should be integrated with next/prev playlistitem.
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32 Platform: Linux, Win32, Mac
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34 Description: Streaming wizard
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35 Finish the streaming wizard (85% finished)<br />
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36 The mac version is at 0%
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37 Status: Assigned to zorglub
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43 Description: configure overview of modules
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44 configure should report what it will and what it won't build, after it is done running.
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51 Description: WinCE port finalizing
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52 Sources need to be imported into the VLC source tree.
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53 Downloads should be added to the main vlc download page. We need an icon for this.
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54 Status: Assigned to MixerAnderson
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60 Description: Dual window in embed mode
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61 Windows taskbar reports two windows in the video embed mode.
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62 Status: Assigned to gibalou
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68 Description: Multichannel downmixing
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69 5:1 to Stereo proper downmixing
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76 Description: External audio file playin
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77 Allow several access from an input thread to allow for multi-input (30% done)
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78 Status: Assigned to fenrir
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84 Description: make everything UTF-8 based
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85 Convert everything that deals with strings to a UTF-8 based system. Not very difficult, but needs a lot of checking, testing and allows for easy breakage.
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92 Description: Full blown OSD system
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93 In the line of freevo etc.
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100 Description: Rewrite the SAP parser
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101 The SAP parser is very dirty at the moment, and needs a complete rewrite.
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103 Status: Assigned to zorglub
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109 Description: Tree playlist
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110 A hierarchized playlist structure, eventually using a media library.
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111 Think playlist within playlist, directory structures, SAP section, TV channels list, iTunes library like stuff etc. <a href="http://sierra.via.ecp.fr/~zorglub/vlc/playlist.txt">Thoughts and ideas (not up-to-date)</a>
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112 Status: Assigned to zorglub
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118 Description: GSM decoder
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119 The <a href="http://kbs.cs.tu-berlin.de/~jutta/toast.html">Toast</a> implementation.
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126 Description: AMR decoder
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127 We will need to find one that isn't based on the reference code.
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134 Description: MusePack decoder
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135 Need I say more? <a href="http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?showtopic=21775&">MPCdec</a>. We are awaiting MPC 7.5 or 8.0 specification which should split the codec from the fileformat.
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142 Description: 24 bit LPCM
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143 - Increasingly more DVDs use 24 bit LPCM sound. We should support it.
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151 The LPCM decoder outputs really small samples which aren't accepted properly by the macosx coreaudio resampler, causing VLC to not output any sound with many DVD's. A test sample that shows this effect on the mac is the Madonna clip.
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158 Description: APE decoder
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159 Need I say more? <a href="http://www.monkeysaudio.com/">Monkeys Audio (APE)</a> website. This codec is currently not GPL compatible. We will have to await a GPL compatible implementation of this.
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166 Description: flash video playing/streaming
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167 A flash video muxer and demuxer. FFMPEG can already output flash video. a wast not to make use of that capability.
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175 Description: Closed Captions/Teletext support
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176 In order to conform to international regulations, VLC needs to be able to decode the closed captions in TV, DVD, DVB and HDTV video. V4L has a CC api, DVD and HDTV usually have them in a seperate stream.
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177 Perhaps look at Xawtv, dvbtext and other vbi, vtx systems.
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184 Description: DVB info in NIT
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185 We need to get the information of a DVB stream that are in the NIT (current program, next program, ...)
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192 Description: IceCast/ShoutCast serving
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193 This would be a nice thing for the sake of completeness of VLC's streaming capabilities.
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200 Description: New OS X preferences
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201 New preferences for Mac OS X. Current not suited for Mac Users and several
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202 Pref. elements are broken (hotkeys and int with string desc.).
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209 Description: CoreAudio multichannel audio output.
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210 Convert to <a href="http://www.mat.ucsb.edu:8000/CoreAudio/108">AUHAL</a> based sytem.
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211 Still no info over S/PDIF output available.
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212 Outstanding issues:<br />
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213 - G5 S/PDIF not working<br />
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214 - G5 PCM not working because S/PDIF is selected by default, even if not connected.<br />
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221 Description: Stream text subtitles
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222 Find a a way to stream text subtitles, in TS and in RTP.
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223 - Find an existing norm
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225 (40% done) needs to be tested and validated
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226 Status: Assigned to fenrir
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232 Description: Fix up text subtitles
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233 Currently the subtitle dialog boxes are out of date and not really useable. Also we need more files to test and verify the current support. Other issues should mostly be dealt with after the vout systems are improved. For SSA support positioning and color needs to be added for instance.
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240 Description: Rework spu decoder
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241 The spu decoder needs some serious work
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242 - Split/merge for dvd menu highlighting
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243 - Downscaling for divx/mkv etc
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244 - .sub/.idx support
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251 Description: RTSP server
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252 Full implementation of a RTSP server.
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253 Status: fenrir has some code
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259 Description: Picture filters
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260 picture per picture chained filter system that also works on output streams
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267 Description: Vout redesign
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268 - vout needs distinct splitting into vout_core, vout_window, pic_filter, vout_filter
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269 - needs 'assistence' vout windows (clone filters, goom) etc.
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270 - 4:3, 16:9, freeform Aspect Ratio
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271 - cropping and padding (do at OS level, but provide a core call to set it up and configure).
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272 - OSD at window resolution instead of video res (secondary vout channel)
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273 - a OSD needs to be bound to a vout stream (no subs on goom vout)
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274 - Use OS native calls where appropriate, with 'C' fallbacks. (OpenGL, Quartz, DirectX already has many of the funtionalities we seek and sometimes they are a lot faster too).
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281 Description: SPU redesign
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282 - centralized scaling support
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283 (also look at ogt/cvd sub work)
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290 Description: skins2
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291 Port VLC skins to Objective C++ and OSX. Also requires the intf to be a dialog handler.
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298 Description: Equalizer Graphic control
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299 Now that VLC has an equalizer, we need a way to control it easily from the GUI.
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306 Description: informing user.
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307 Implement a system to: <br />
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308 - Alert the user of critical errors (cannot play file). Should be blocking. <br />
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309 - Ask the user a question (Are you sure? or Try to Fix index of avi? or Overwrite File?)<br />
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310 - Inform the user, without disturbing him. (Buffering stream). This might require a displaytime or something. Because how do we know how long this information should be displayed? Also think of buffering 0-100%<br />
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317 Description: Full H323 Videoconferencing
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318 VLC isn't really suited for this yet, because it introduces quite large latencies. This should be fixed before the H323 can ever come close to working in VLC.
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325 Description: SVCD support
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326 libcdio needs to be ported to the Mac to support the cddax and vcdx modules for proper SVCD support
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333 Description: QuickTime capturing
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334 Allow capturing from QuickTime Firewire, USB and PCI devices.
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335 Possibly see: <a href="http://bugzilla.videolan.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=416">Bug 416</a>
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342 Description: Finish Mac Mozilla plugin
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343 The Mac mozilla plugin needs some more work to be useable. Basic funtionality is working. However the video-output part needs some more work since it was crashing. See svn history for the old code.
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344 Status: Halfway (stalled)
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350 Description: Controlling the mozilla plugin
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351 The mozilla plugin needs to be better controllable (via javascript).
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352 - retrieve variable values.
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353 - open VLC media player
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354 - default html page to control the plugin
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357 <a href="http://sierra.via.ecp.fr/~zorglub/vlc/plugin/vlc.html">Javascript controls</a>
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358 <a href="http://sierra.via.ecp.fr/~zorglub/vlc/xul/">XUL controls</a>
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359 Status: Assigned to zorglub
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365 Description: ActiveX control for VLC
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366 We need an ActiveX version of VLC for IE intergration
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373 Description: export paramaters of an input
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374 Export the Media Info of a file/source to a standard xml file for use by other applications. Possibly combine with file "probe'ing".<br />
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379 - codecs, etc.<br />
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386 Description: SSL http
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387 SSL encrypted HTTP communication. To support protected VoD.<br />
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388 The question is how to neatly integrate it into our API. Support for all our http handling plugins means complicating the API. Perhaps we should store the SSL context in the p_sys of the vlc_object that is calling it? Tad dangerous, but would keep stuff simple.
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395 Description: http cookies
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396 For protected VoD (http://a-select.surfnet.nl)
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403 Description: mime-type VLC launching
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404 Allow application/vlc mimetype to launch VLC instead of plugin for video file.
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405 Allows for Progressive download to TEMP folder from browsers. VLC would play the file in the TEMP.
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412 Description: rendezvous announces
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413 Apple released the rendezvous code under a Open Source license now. perhaps it can be used. (It's OpenTalk now btw).<br />
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414 DMAP protocol announce for videos.
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421 Description: SDL vout cleaning
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422 The SDL vout hasn't been updated for a long while. It needs some cleaning up. New hotkeys support, better resizing, alignment etc. Even though SDL isn't used much, this vout shouldn't disappear, because it is a crossplatform API.
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428 Platform: Win32/Linux
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429 Description: V4L and dshow tuning support
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430 We need an API that allows us to control the tuning of V4L and dshow TV cards.
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431 Status: Todo (CryHavoc)
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437 Description: Electronic Program Guide
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438 Integrate a EPG system into VLC.
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439 Status: Todo (CryHavoc)
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445 Description: a Time Shifting module
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446 This module should create TiVo like capabilities for VLC.
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447 Status: Todo (CryHavoc)
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453 Description: UDP packet reordering
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454 Currently we ignore every packet that is too late and just wait for a fresh one.
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455 It would be nice to be able to reorder the packets in the buffer to prevent degredation of the signal.
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462 Description: Make vlm more user friendly (setup etc)
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463 vlm is kinda a pain to setup if you are not entirely experienced with A/V and streaming or VLC for that matter. It can be heavily improved by updating the vlm http interface. Using seperate fields for the need paramters of a schedule/source.
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470 Description: Protocol rollover
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471 It would be cool if VLC supported something like a protocol rollover mechanism, much like WM server has as well. Multicast, UDP, TCP, HTTP etc.
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472 However, how spec compliant can this be?<br />
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473 We require a timeout on udp connecting. Beyond this a playlist file can be used to do a form of protocol rollover when one of the links fails.
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480 Description: NAT issues
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481 Find a way to deal with clients behind a NAT. Multicast and RTSP work 'poorly' in these setups. NATP2P, STUN, UDP hole punching, other techniques ????
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482 Protocol rollover can be a solution for a lot of these issues.
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483 Use full DNS names in SDP
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490 Description: Gstreamer and Helix API integration
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491 See if you can support GStreamer and helix plugins in one way or another.
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498 Description: Gnome-vfs support
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499 For integration with smb, sftp and other file sharing/mounting methods
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