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: cli option for audio-channels
27 It's currently not possible to force VLC from stereo to mono mode, or from stereo to reverse stereo or dolby mode. It's one of the few options in VLC that can not yet be forced from Preferences or the commandline.
32 Platform: win32/macosx
34 Description: OS contextual menu support
35 Create contextual menus for the OS so you can play or enqueue files from the Finder/Explorer directly into VLC. Much like with for instance Winamp.
42 Description: CoreAudio multichannel audio output.
43 Convert to <a href="http://www.mat.ucsb.edu:8000/CoreAudio/108">AUHAL</a> based sytem.
44 Still no info over S/PDIF output available.
45 Outstanding issues:<br />
46 - G5 S/PDIF not working<br />
47 - G5 PCM not working because S/PDIF is selected by default, even if not connected.<br />
54 Description: fix subtitle regressions
55 Multi-line subtitles are not aligned correctly.<br />
56 Text subtitles don't work with 32bpp rgb.<br />
57 Investigate behaviour of subpictures when pausing.<br />
62 Difficulty: Easy to Difficult
65 Description: Write some developer documentation
66 Perhaps a skeletal driver in each of the categories, what they need to
67 do, the design decisions, possibilities, or options that drivers in
68 a category might implement. If there is a canonical module for each
69 category or modules that show the range of options that might be mentioned
76 Description: Streaming wizard
77 Make a Streaming wizard for OS X
84 Description: configure overview of modules
85 configure should report what it will and what it won't build, after it is done running.
92 Description: Dual window in embed mode
93 Windows taskbar reports two windows in the video embed mode.
100 Description: Multi-input
101 * Many demuxers don't support it<br />
103 Status: Assigned to fenrir
109 Description: make everything UTF-8 based
110 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.
117 Description: Rewrite the SAP parser
118 The SAP parser is very dirty at the moment, and needs a complete rewrite.
119 - caching support<br />
120 - timeout support<br />
121 - add meta-information to playlist<br />
122 - session version support<br />
123 Status: Assigned to zorglub (80% done)
129 Description: Playlist II
130 A hierarchized playlist structure, eventually using a media library.
131 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 />
135 - * "Name finder"<br />
136 - * "Protocol rollover" node<br />
137 - *** Item moving/copying facilities<br />
138 - * Ability to save playlist on quit<br />
139 - ? Represent navigation structure as "fake items" ? <br />
140 - Custom playlist format<br />
141 - Helper modules<br />
142 - ** ASX and B4S parsers (see below)<br />
143 - * Rewrite SLP announce discovery<br />
144 - * Live directory representation<br />
145 - *** Implement in Skins 2 interfaces<br />
146 - wx implementation :<br />
147 - ** Support item move/copy<br />
148 - * Explorer view<br />
149 - * Playlist preferences panel<br />
150 - ** Improve iteminfo dialog<br />
151 Status: Assigned to zorglub
157 Description: Improve bookmarks
158 - Put them in the input_item structure to have them persistent
159 - Add an input option to play the whole file but starting at a given bookmark
166 Description: fix ASX playlist parser
167 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/
174 Description: fix current muxers.<br />
175 Our avi muxer doesn't produce valid files<br />
183 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.<br />
184 This is now fixed, but there is a problem with buffers in the resampler that now sometimes overflows (or rather get changed after they are released). A good method for reproduction seems to be running Finding Nemo for a minute or 8.
191 Description: New OS X preferences
192 New preferences for Mac OS X. Current not suited for Mac Users and several
193 Pref. elements are broken (hotkeys and int with string desc.).
200 Description: OS X bookmarks window
201 We miss a bookmarks window like the wxwidget one.
208 Description: Finish Mac Mozilla plugin
209 The Mac mozilla plugin needs some more work to be useable. Mostly done now,
217 Description: Controlling the mozilla plugin
218 The mozilla plugin needs to be better controllable (via javascript). <br />
219 - retrieve variable values.<br />
220 - open VLC media player<br />
221 - default html page to control the plugin<br />
223 (80% done) see:<br />
224 <a href="http://sierra.via.ecp.fr/~zorglub/vlc/plugin/vlc.html">Javascript controls</a>
225 <a href="http://sierra.via.ecp.fr/~zorglub/vlc/xul/">XUL controls</a>
226 <a href="http://mplayerplug-in.sourceforge.net/">MPlayer Mozilla plugin</a>
227 Status: Assigned to zorglub
231 Platform: Win32, Linux
233 Description: equalizer fixes
234 - Gray out "reset to defaults" for audio equalizer when disabled<br />
235 - Once audio equalizer is disabled, it doesn't enable the first
236 try when you select from main menu. It only works a 2nd change
237 (enable flag not properly set?).
238 To have this work correctly, the best solution is to remove knowledge of
239 presets from the filter and give it to ... core ?
244 Platform: Win32, Linux
246 Description: wxWidgets fixes
247 - Rename wxWindows to wxWidgets<br />
248 - Problems with slider (doesn't go where you click, keep updating while seeking
256 Description: SVCD support
257 Support the cddax and vcdx modules for proper SVCD support. libcdio seems to work a tad flacky under OS X. Cause is unknown.
264 Description: Stream text subtitles
265 Find a a way to stream text subtitles, in TS and in RTP.<br />
266 Needs testing and validating<br />
274 Description: RTSP server
275 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>.
281 Platform: Win32/Linux
282 Description: V4L and dshow tuning support
283 We need an API that allows us to control the tuning of V4L and dshow TV cards.
284 Status: Todo (CryHavoc)
290 Description: RAR/ZIP/... access
291 An access module that would be able to uncompress compressed files.
298 Description: DVTS support
299 DV over RTP support. See <a href="http://www.sfc.wide.ad.jp/DVTS/">DVTS homepage</a>
306 Description: WinCE port finalizing
307 The WinCE port needs a little maturing and optimization.
308 Status: Assigned to gibalou
314 Description: Full blown OSD system
315 In the line of freevo etc.
316 (Checkout the correct svn branch)
317 Status: 80% done. Assigned to thedj, jpsaman and yoann
323 Description: GSM decoder
324 The <a href="http://kbs.cs.tu-berlin.de/~jutta/toast.html">Toast</a> implementation.
331 Description: AMR decoder
332 We will need to find one that isn't based on the reference code.
339 Description: MusePack decoder
340 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.
347 Description: APE decoder
348 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.
355 Description: flash video playing/streaming
356 A flash video muxer and demuxer. FFMPEG can already output flash video. a waste not to make use of that capability.
363 Description: Closed Captions/Teletext support
364 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 />
365 - Use ZVBI library for VBI decoding and image generation<br />
366 - ESTI EN 300 472 for EBU teletext support in DVB<br />
367 Perhaps look at Xawtv, dvbtext and other vbi, vtx systems.
374 Description: DVB info in NIT
375 We need to get the information of a DVB stream that are in the NIT (current program, next program, ...)
382 Description: IceCast/ShoutCast serving
383 This would be a nice thing for the sake of completeness of VLC's streaming capabilities.
390 Description: More/Better Picture filters
391 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)<br />
392 - ideas for new filters are a greenwall filter, and a goom filter that mixes goom effects into the vout.
399 Description: Vout redesign
400 - vout needs distinct splitting into vout_core, vout_window, pic_filter, vout_filter<br />
401 - needs 'assistance' vout windows (clone filters, goom) etc.<br />
402 - 4:3, 16:9, freeform Aspect Ratio<br />
403 - cropping and padding (do at OS level, but provide a core call to set it up and configure).<br />
404 - OSD at window resolution instead of video res (secondary vout channel)<br />
405 - a OSD needs to be bound to a vout stream (no subs on goom vout)<br />
406 - 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 />
407 - Allow a vout to reuse a window by resizing it (instead of closing and opening).
408 - better hotkeys integration
415 Description: Subtitle work
416 - better SSA support with postioning, colors etc.<br />
423 Description: Automatic charset recognition
424 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?
432 Port VLC skins to Objective C++ and OSX. Also requires the intf to be a dialog provider. There is already some code in the VLC sourcetree.<br />
434 - In a first step, the need for a dialog provider can be easily omitted.<br />
435 - In theory, only a small amount of classes (6 or so) must be written for OS X, implementing predefined interfaces.<br />
436 - 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.
443 Description: informing user.
444 Implement a system to: <br />
445 - Alert the user of critical errors (cannot play file). Should be blocking. <br />
446 - Ask the user a question (Are you sure? or Try to Fix index of avi? or Overwrite File?)<br />
447 - 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 />
448 - present a user/passwd dialog when we get an authentication failure on a stream.<br />
449 Implementation ideas: <br />
450 - via variables and callbacks. How to give answers back ?<br />
451 - via p_intf->pf_* functions.<br />
458 Description: Full H323 Videoconferencing
459 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.
460 We also will need SIP support. A first implementation using a custom protocol is being made.
467 Description: QuickTime capturing
468 Allow capturing from QuickTime Firewire, USB and PCI devices.
469 Possibly see: <a href="http://bugzilla.videolan.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=416">Bug 416</a>
476 Description: export paramaters of an input
477 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 />
489 Description: statistics
490 Count packetloss, bandwith usage and fps for statistics.<br />
497 Description: http cookies
498 For protected VoD (http://a-select.surfnet.nl)
505 Description: Progressive download playing
506 Allow application/vlc mimetype to launch VLC instead of plugin for video file.
507 Allows for Progressive download to TEMP folder from browsers. VLC would play the file in the TEMP.
514 Description: rendezvous announces
515 Apple released the rendezvous code under a Open Source license now. perhaps it can be used. (It's OpenTalk now btw).<br />
516 Note: the licence is probably not DFSG compatible. Alternative mDNS implementations exist<br />
517 DMAP protocol announce for videos.
518 Status: Partly done (DAAP only)
524 Description: SDL vout cleaning
525 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.
532 Description: Electronic Program Guide
533 Integrate a EPG system into VLC.
534 Status: Todo (CryHavoc)
540 Description: a Time Shifting module
541 This module should create TiVo like capabilities for VLC.
542 Status: Todo (CryHavoc)
548 Description: UDP packet reordering
549 Currently we ignore every packet that is too late and just wait for a fresh one.
550 It would be nice to be able to reorder the packets in the buffer to prevent degredation of the signal.
557 Description: Make vlm more user friendly (setup etc)
558 vlm is kinda a pain to setup if you are not entirely experienced with A/V and streaming or VLC for that matter.<br />
559 It can be heavily improved by updating the vlm http interface. Using seperate fields for the need paramters of a schedule/source.<br />
560 Also, GUI implementation.
567 Description: Protocol rollover
568 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.
569 However, how spec compliant can this be?<br />
570 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]).
577 Description: NAT issues
578 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 ????
579 Protocol rollover can be a solution for a lot of these issues.
580 Use full DNS names in SDP
587 Description: Gstreamer and Helix API integration
588 See if you can support GStreamer and helix plugins in one way or another.
595 Description: Gnome-vfs support
596 For integration with smb, sftp and other file sharing/mounting methods
603 Description: Matroska muxer
611 Description: TTA decoder
612 TTA is said to be a fast en good lossless codec. Opensource library
613 availabe: http://tta.corecodec.org/
620 Description: Option to automatically deinterlace when needed
621 Mkv stores wether a video track is interlaced in the traxk descriptor
622 libmpeg2 etc output this information in the header AND on a per-picture basis
629 Description: UDF decoder
630 Support for the new XML based subtitle format called UDF
637 Description: Faster deinterlacing
638 Our deinterlacers are relatively slow. DScaler has the best Soft deinterlacers out there.
639 Unfortunatly it is very Win32 focused.
646 Description: More service discovery modules
647 - Port UPnP support from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=89768 <br />
648 - libhal based discovery (should be able to find cd, dvd, capture cards, etc etc <br />
649 - Perhaps a generalized webpage parser (use user supplied templates to parse
650 streams from popular websites )
657 Description: file filters in the open dialog
658 Have default filters in the open dialog. like:
660 Sound Files( .mp3, .ogg, .wav, .m4a, .m4p)<br />
661 Video Files( .avi, .mkv, .mov, .mpg, .m2v, etc)<br />
662 Subtitle Files( .idx, .sub, .utf, .srt)<br />
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