1 Create translations for VLC media player
3 The translation files are located in the "po" directory of the vlc sources.
4 Edit the appropriate file (for instance fr.po for French translation).
5 Write the translation of "msgid" strings into the "msgstr" field.
6 You can always ask vlc-devel@videolan.org for assistance.
9 Writing a new localization
10 ==========================
11 If there is no localization file for your language, send a mail to
12 vlc-devel@videolan.org. In return we will send you a localization file,
13 along with a special VLC binary for your tests.
16 Testing your localization on UNIX
17 =================================
18 You must install the gettext package. See your UNIX distribution, or
19 http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext
20 Use the convert-po.sh script attached :
21 ./convert-po.sh <LANG>.po
22 Copy the resulting vlc.mo file to
23 /usr/local/share/locale/<LANG>/LC_MESSAGES
26 Testing your localization on Mac OS X
27 =====================================
28 If you do not have GNU gettext installed (you'd probably know if you had
29 it :), you must download its binaries from our website :
30 http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/devtools/gettext-macosx.tar.gz
31 and extract them into the current directory :
32 tar xvzf gettext-macosx.tar.gz
34 Use the convert-po.sh script attached :
35 setenv PATH gettext-macosx:$PATH
36 setenv DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=gettext-macosx
37 ./convert-po.sh <LANG>.po
40 Copy the resulting vlc.mo file to
41 VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/locale/<LANG>/LC_MESSAGES
46 A fuzzy translation is an untranslated string for which gettext did an
47 automatic suggestion, but needs your confirmation. They are marked with
48 the "#, fuzzy" comment. If you think the suggestion is OK, or if you
49 fixed the suggestion, do not forget to remove the "#, fuzzy" comment.
52 [*] Step by step process to localize under Mac OS X (excerpt from a mail) :
54 curl -O http://www.videolan.org/pub/videolan/devtools/vlc-po-files.tar.gz
55 tar xzf vlc-po-files.tar.gz
57 curl -O http://www.videolan.org/pub/videolan/devtools/gettext-macosx.tar.gz
58 tar xzf gettext-macosx.tar.gz
59 setenv PATH ./gettext-macosx:$PATH
60 setenv DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH ./gettext-macosx
61 [here you copy your it.po file to the vlc-po-files folder on your Desktop]
63 [here you copy the vlc.mo file to your
64 VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES]
67 Christophe Massiot <massiot@via.ecp.fr>
68 Derk-Jan Hartman <hartman at videolan dot org>