2 # Difficulty values: Easy, Medium, Hard, Guru
4 # Urgency values: Wishlist, Normal, Important, Critical
10 Description: World domination
11 We need to dominate the world
18 Description: Clock Synchro redesign
19 We need to adapt the clock synchro to work better with BOTH files and streams.
26 Description: CoreAudio multichannel audio output.
27 Convert to <a href="http://www.mat.ucsb.edu:8000/CoreAudio/108">AUHAL</a> based sytem.
28 Still no info over S/PDIF output available.
29 Outstanding issues:<br />
30 - G5 S/PDIF not working<br />
31 - G5 PCM not working because S/PDIF is selected by default, even if not connected.<br />
38 Description: fix subtitle regressions
39 Multi-line subtitles are not aligned correctly.<br />
40 Text subtitles don't work with 32bpp rgb.<br />
41 Investigate behaviour of subpictures when pausing.<br />
42 Negative delaying broken<br />
47 Difficulty: Easy to Difficult
50 Description: Write some developer documentation
51 Perhaps a skeletal driver in each of the categories, what they need to
52 do, the design decisions, possibilities, or options that drivers in
53 a category might implement. If there is a canonical module for each
54 category or modules that show the range of options that might be mentioned
61 Description: Streaming wizard
62 Make a Streaming wizard for OS X
69 Description: configure overview of modules
70 configure should report what it will and what it won't build, after it is done running.
77 Description: Dual window in embed mode
78 Windows taskbar reports two windows in the video embed mode.
85 Description: Multi-input
86 * Core support done<br />
87 * Many demuxers don't support it<br />
89 Status: Assigned to fenrir
95 Description: make everything UTF-8 based
96 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.
103 Description: Rewrite the SAP parser
104 The SAP parser is very dirty at the moment, and needs a complete rewrite.
105 - caching support<br />
106 - timeout support<br />
107 - add meta-information to playlist<br />
108 - session version support<br />
109 Status: Assigned to zorglub (80% done)
115 Description: Playlist II
116 A hierarchized playlist structure, eventually using a media library.
117 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><br />
121 - * "Name finder"<br />
122 - * "Protocol rollover" node<br />
123 - *** Item moving/copying facilities<br />
124 - * Ability to save playlist on quit<br />
125 - ? Represent navigation structure as "fake items" ? <br />
126 - Custom playlist format<br />
127 - Helper modules<br />
128 - ** ASX and B4S parsers (see below)<br />
129 - * Rewrite SLP announce discovery<br />
130 - * Live directory representation<br />
131 - *** Implement in Skins 2 interfaces<br />
132 - wx implementation :<br />
133 - ** Support item move/copy<br />
134 - * Explorer view<br />
135 - * Playlist preferences panel<br />
136 - ** Improve iteminfo dialog<br />
137 Status: Assigned to zorglub
143 Description: Improve bookmarks
144 - Put them in the input_item structure to have them persistent
145 - Add an input option to play the whole file but starting at a given bookmark
152 Description: fix ASX playlist parser
153 Basically our asx parser is broken. It doesn't handle relative links. It should also URL encode the hrefs (spaces in the url need to be converted to %20 etc). protocol rollover, authors, title's etc etc aren't handled. See <a href="http://www.meetnewplayers.com/bend/Windows%20Media%20-%20Fun%20with%20asx%20files2.htm">this</a> for asx examples. It is still located in the old demux/m3u.c module instead of modules/demux/playlist/
160 Description: fix current muxers.
161 Our avi muxer doesn't produce valid files
169 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.
176 Description: New OS X preferences
177 New preferences for Mac OS X. Current not suited for Mac Users and several
178 Pref. elements are broken (hotkeys and int with string desc.).
185 Description: OS X bookmarks window
186 We miss a bookmarks window like the wxwidget one.
193 Description: Finish Mac Mozilla plugin
194 The Mac mozilla plugin needs some more work to be useable. Mostly done now,
202 Description: Controlling the mozilla plugin
203 The mozilla plugin needs to be better controllable (via javascript). <br />
204 - retrieve variable values.<br />
205 - open VLC media player<br />
206 - default html page to control the plugin<br />
208 (80% done) see:<br />
209 <a href="http://sierra.via.ecp.fr/~zorglub/vlc/plugin/vlc.html">Javascript controls</a>
210 <a href="http://sierra.via.ecp.fr/~zorglub/vlc/xul/">XUL controls</a>
211 <a href="http://mplayerplug-in.sourceforge.net/">MPlayer Mozilla plugin</a>
212 Status: Assigned to zorglub
216 Platform: Win32, Linux
218 Description: equalizer fixes
219 - Gray out "reset to defaults" for audio equalizer when disabled<br />
220 - Once audio equalizer is disabled, it doesn't enable the first
221 try when you select from main menu. It only works a 2nd change
222 (enable flag not properly set?).
223 To have this work correctly, the best solution is to remove knowledge of
224 presets from the filter and give it to ... core ?
229 Platform: Win32, Linux
231 Description: wxWidgets fixes
232 - Rename wxWindows to wxWidgets<br />
233 - Problems with slider (doesn't go where you click, keep updating while seeking
241 Description: SVCD support
242 libcdio needs to be ported to the Mac to support the cddax and vcdx modules for proper SVCD support
249 Description: Stream text subtitles
250 Find a a way to stream text subtitles, in TS and in RTP.<br />
251 Needs testing and validating<br />
259 Description: RTSP server
260 Full implementation of a RTSP server. We already have a very basic implementation working but it does need a lot more work. See the following <a href="http://via.ecp.fr/via/ml/streaming/200408/msg00068.html">mail</a> and <a href="http://via.ecp.fr/via/ml/streaming/200410/msg00002.html">mail</a>.
266 Platform: Win32/Linux
267 Description: V4L and dshow tuning support
268 We need an API that allows us to control the tuning of V4L and dshow TV cards.
269 Status: Todo (CryHavoc)
275 Description: RAR/ZIP/... access
276 An access module that would be able to uncompress compressed files.
283 Description: DVTS support
284 DV over RTP support. See <a href="http://www.sfc.wide.ad.jp/DVTS/">DVTS homepage</a>
291 Description: WinCE port finalizing
292 The WinCE port is already quite functional but we still miss a GAPI video output (GDI works but is slow).
293 Some code already exists for that (http://sourceforge.net/projects/vlcpocketpc/) and would need to be imported into the VLC source tree.
294 Downloads should be added to the main vlc download page. We need an icon for this.
295 Status: Assigned to MixerAnderson and gibalou
301 Description: Full blown OSD system
302 In the line of freevo etc.
303 (Checkout the correct svn branch)
304 Status: 75% done. Assigned to thedj, jpsaman and yoann
310 Description: GSM decoder
311 The <a href="http://kbs.cs.tu-berlin.de/~jutta/toast.html">Toast</a> implementation.
318 Description: AMR decoder
319 We will need to find one that isn't based on the reference code.
326 Description: MusePack decoder
327 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.
334 Description: APE decoder
335 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.
342 Description: flash video playing/streaming
343 A flash video muxer and demuxer. FFMPEG can already output flash video. a waste not to make use of that capability.
350 Description: Closed Captions/Teletext support
351 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.<br />
352 - Use ZVBI library for VBI decoding and image generation<br />
353 - ESTI EN 300 472 for EBU teletext support in DVB<br />
354 Perhaps look at Xawtv, dvbtext and other vbi, vtx systems.
361 Description: DVB info in NIT
362 We need to get the information of a DVB stream that are in the NIT (current program, next program, ...)
369 Description: IceCast/ShoutCast serving
370 This would be a nice thing for the sake of completeness of VLC's streaming capabilities.
377 Description: More/Better Picture filters
378 There are several picture filters (blend, scale), but we can use more (screenshot, crop, move..) We probably need on the fly picture filter insertion as well. (and also not-on-the-fly)
385 Description: Vout redesign
386 - vout needs distinct splitting into vout_core, vout_window, pic_filter, vout_filter<br />
387 - needs 'assistance' vout windows (clone filters, goom) etc.<br />
388 - 4:3, 16:9, freeform Aspect Ratio<br />
389 - cropping and padding (do at OS level, but provide a core call to set it up and configure).<br />
390 - OSD at window resolution instead of video res (secondary vout channel)<br />
391 - a OSD needs to be bound to a vout stream (no subs on goom vout)<br />
392 - 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).<br />
393 - better hotkeys integration
400 Description: Subtitle work
401 - better SSA support with postioning, colors etc.<br />
402 - Fix subtitles dialogs (mac done)
409 Description: Automatic charset recognition
410 See if we can use <a href="http://trific.ath.cx/software/enca/">ENCA</a> for automatic charset recognition on subtitle files. Might simplify usage of sub files a lot? Might require complete file to be parsed by ENCA before good result is returned?
418 Port VLC skins to Objective C++ and OSX. Also requires the intf to be a dialog provider.<br />
420 - In a first step, the need for a dialog provider can be easily omitted.<br />
421 - In theory, only a small amount of classes (6 or so) must be written for OS X, implementing predefined interfaces.<br />
422 - The code of <a href="http://www.fltk.org">FLTK</a> could be really helpful to identify the correct functions and see how to use them.
429 Description: informing user.
430 Implement a system to: <br />
431 - Alert the user of critical errors (cannot play file). Should be blocking. <br />
432 - Ask the user a question (Are you sure? or Try to Fix index of avi? or Overwrite File?)<br />
433 - 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 />
434 - present a user/passwd dialog when we get an authentication failure on a stream.<br />
435 Implementation ideas: <br />
436 - via variables and callbacks. How to give answers back ?<br />
437 - via p_intf->pf_* functions.<br />
444 Description: Full H323 Videoconferencing
445 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.
446 We also will need SIP support. A first implementation using a custom protocol is being made.
453 Description: QuickTime capturing
454 Allow capturing from QuickTime Firewire, USB and PCI devices.
455 Possibly see: <a href="http://bugzilla.videolan.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=416">Bug 416</a>
462 Description: export paramaters of an input
463 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 />
475 Description: http cookies
476 For protected VoD (http://a-select.surfnet.nl)
483 Description: Progressive download playing
484 Allow application/vlc mimetype to launch VLC instead of plugin for video file.
485 Allows for Progressive download to TEMP folder from browsers. VLC would play the file in the TEMP.
492 Description: rendezvous announces
493 Apple released the rendezvous code under a Open Source license now. perhaps it can be used. (It's OpenTalk now btw).<br />
494 Note: the licence is probably not DFSG compatible. Alternative mDNS implementations exist<br />
495 DMAP protocol announce for videos.
496 Status: Partly done (DAAP only)
502 Description: SDL vout cleaning
503 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.
510 Description: Electronic Program Guide
511 Integrate a EPG system into VLC.
512 Status: Todo (CryHavoc)
518 Description: a Time Shifting module
519 This module should create TiVo like capabilities for VLC.
520 Status: Todo (CryHavoc)
526 Description: UDP packet reordering
527 Currently we ignore every packet that is too late and just wait for a fresh one.
528 It would be nice to be able to reorder the packets in the buffer to prevent degredation of the signal.
535 Description: Make vlm more user friendly (setup etc)
536 vlm is kinda a pain to setup if you are not entirely experienced with A/V and streaming or VLC for that matter.<br />
537 It can be heavily improved by updating the vlm http interface. Using seperate fields for the need paramters of a schedule/source.<br />
538 Also, GUI implementation.
545 Description: Protocol rollover
546 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.
547 However, how spec compliant can this be?<br />
548 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 ( or implement this in the new style playlist system [only advance index on failure]).
555 Description: NAT issues
556 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 ????
557 Protocol rollover can be a solution for a lot of these issues.
558 Use full DNS names in SDP
565 Description: Gstreamer and Helix API integration
566 See if you can support GStreamer and helix plugins in one way or another.
573 Description: Gnome-vfs support
574 For integration with smb, sftp and other file sharing/mounting methods
581 Description: Matroska muxer
589 Description: TTA decoder
590 TTA is said to be a fast en good lossless codec. Opensource library
591 availabe: http://tta.corecodec.org/
598 Description: Option to automatically deinterlace when needed
599 Mkv stores wether a video track is interlaced in the traxk descriptor
600 libmpeg2 etc output this information in the header AND on a per-picture basis
607 Description: UDF decoder
608 Support for the new XML based subtitle format called UDF
615 Description: Faster deinterlacing
616 Our deinterlacers are relatively slow. DScaler has the best Soft deinterlacers out there.
617 Unfortunatly it is very Win32 focused.
624 Description: More service discovery modules
625 - Port UPnP support from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=89768 <br />
626 - libhal based discovery (should be able to find cd,dvd,capture cards,etc etc <br />
627 - Perhaps a generalized webpage parser (use user supplied templates to parse
628 streams from popular websites )
635 Description: file filters in the open dialog
636 Have default filters in the open dialog. like:
638 Sound Files( .mp3, .ogg, .wav, .m4a, .m4p)<br />
639 Video Files( .avi, .mkv, .mov, .mpg, .m2v, etc)<br />
640 Subtitle Files( .idx, .sub, .utf, .srt)<br />
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