From: Derk-Jan Hartman Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 23:08:10 +0000 (+0000) Subject: * small addition to translations HOWTO X-Git-Tag: 0.8.0~752 X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=145e92db783b9de7a5ae3796ba5303b2f478f038;p=vlc * small addition to translations HOWTO * updated TODO and NEWS --- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index c40d2dd474..662eae9572 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ Core support: * Fix crash with deinterlace switching * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item * Daemon mode + * Technical improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem Input: - * New screen capture input plugin for X11 and Win32 + * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X (Stream your desktop) * Improved DVD support: - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming) @@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ Demux: * Windows Media Server RTSP support * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets) * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G) - * Skin2 .vlt file loader (only when skin2 is the current interface) + * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skin2 is the current interface) Codecs: * G.726 audio support @@ -43,24 +44,26 @@ Stream Output: * H.263 RTP streaming support * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G) * Experimental WAV muxer + * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now Audio Output: * New audio equalizer filter * Very trivial volume normalizer Interfaces: - * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface - * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface * OSD sliders for volume and postition information * OSD icons for Play and Pause * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces * A few skins2 improvements + * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface + * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets * Improved CORBA control module Mac OS X port: * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem - * The MacOSX interface is no longer required to display video + * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output + * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video Linux port: * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible) @@ -69,7 +72,7 @@ Linux port: Windows port: * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3) * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak - * Fixed problem with CPU useage with subtitles rendering + * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode) Mozilla plugin: diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index bb1ea769c8..9b8f5d6ea7 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Difficulty: Medium Platform: any Urgency: Wishlist Description: RAR/ZIP/... access - An access module that would be able to uncompress compressed files +An access module that would be able to uncompress compressed files. Status: Todo Task @@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ Status: Todo Task Difficulty: Easy -Platform: Linux, Win32 +Platform: Linux, Win32, Mac Urgency: Normal Description: Streaming wizard - Finish the streaming wizard (85% finished) + Finish the streaming wizard (85% finished)
+The mac version is at 0% Status: Assigned to zorglub Task @@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ Difficulty: Hard Urgency: Normal Platform: any Description: Dual window in embed mode -Windows ttaskbar reports two windows in the video embed mode. +Windows taskbar reports two windows in the video embed mode. Status: Assigned to gibalou Task @@ -68,19 +69,11 @@ Description: Multichannel downmixing 5:1 to Stereo proper downmixing Status: Todo -Task -Difficulty: Guru -Platform: any -Urgency: Normal -Description: Demux2 transition - Complete the transition to demux2. Bughunting and finishing chapter support (80% done) -Status: Assigned to fenrir - Task Difficulty: Guru Urgency: Normal Platform: any -Description: Multi-acccess +Description: External audio file playin Allow several access from an input thread to allow for multi-input (30% done) Status: Assigned to fenrir @@ -92,14 +85,6 @@ Description: make everything UTF-8 based 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. Status: Todo -Task -Difficulty: Medium -Urgency: Wishlist -Platform: any -Description: OSD Icons - Make OSD Icons for Play/Pause/Stop. Integrate them better into the core system. -Status: Assigned to yoann - Task Difficulty: Medium Urgency: Wishlist @@ -131,7 +116,15 @@ Difficulty: Easy Urgency: Wishlist Platform: any Description: GSM decoder -GSM decoder not based on standard reference sources. +The Toast implementation. +Status: Todo + +Task +Difficulty: Easy +Urgency: Wishlist +Platform: any +Description: AMR decoder +We will need to find one that isn't based on the reference code. Status: Todo Task @@ -153,8 +146,8 @@ Status: Todo Task Difficulty: Easy Urgency: Normal -Platform: any -Description: LPCM on mac +Platform: Mac OS X +Description: LPCM 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. Status: Todo @@ -170,8 +163,8 @@ Task Difficulty: Easy Urgency: Wishlist Platform: any -Description: flash video muxer -A flash video muxer. FFMPEG can already output flash video. a wast not to make use of that capability. +Description: flash video playing/streaming +A flash video muxer and demuxer. FFMPEG can already output flash video. a wast not to make use of that capability. Status: Todo Task @@ -207,7 +200,7 @@ Platform: Mac OS X Description: New OS X preferences New preferences for Mac OS X. Current not suited for Mac Users and several Pref. elements are broken (hotkeys and int with string desc.). -Status: Assigned to thedj +Status: Todo Task Difficulty: Hard @@ -219,7 +212,6 @@ Still no info over S/PDIF output available. Outstanding issues:
- G5 S/PDIF not working
- G5 PCM not working because S/PDIF is selected by default, even if not connected.
- - Coreaudio resampler doesn't handle input from lpcm decoder (the samples are too small). Status: Todo Task @@ -249,7 +241,6 @@ Description: Rework spu decoder The spu decoder needs some serious work - Split/merge for dvd menu highlighting - Downscaling for divx/mkv etc - - Chroma independence (YUVA ???) - .sub/.idx support Status: todo @@ -288,37 +279,24 @@ Difficulty: Medium Urgency: Wishlist Platform: any Description: SPU redesign -- multiple subpicture channels -- centralized rendering and use of chroma filters - centralized scaling support (also look at ogt/cvd sub work) Status: Todo -Task -Difficulty: Guru -Urgency: Wishlist -Platform: Mac OS X -Description: intf / vout dependency -The application specific parts of the intf need to be brougth to the VLC application core. A valid NSApplication needs to be created on VLC opening, with the dock and menu hidden/disabled, only being generated on VLC intf loading. -(70% done) need to fix the interfaces again.
-This is mostly implemented, but some mem leaks are now bothering the macosx part. this should be fixed. -Status: Assigned to DJ - Task Difficulty: Guru Urgency: Wishlist Platform: Mac OS X Description: skins2 -Port VLC skins to Objective C++ and OSX. Also requires the intf to be a dialog handler. Is slighly dependant on intf/vout dependency todoitem +Port VLC skins to Objective C++ and OSX. Also requires the intf to be a dialog handler. Status: Todo Task -Difficulty: Hard +Difficulty: Easy Urgency: Wishlist -Platform: any +Platform: Mac OS X Description: Equalizer Graphic control Now that VLC has an equalizer, we need a way to control it easily from the GUI. -( Done in WX ) Status: Todo Task @@ -329,7 +307,7 @@ Description: informing user. Implement a system to:
- Alert the user of critical errors (cannot play file). Should be blocking.
- Ask the user a question (Are you sure? or Try to Fix index of avi? or Overwrite File?)
- - Inform the user, without disturbing him. (Buffering stream). This might require a time bases or something perhaps. Because how do we know how long this information should be displayed? Also think of buffering 0-100%
+ - 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%
Status: Todo Task @@ -337,7 +315,7 @@ Difficulty: Hard Urgency: Wishlist Platform: any Description: Full H323 Videoconferencing -VLC isn't really suited for this yet, because it introduces quite large latencies. This should fixed before the H323 can ever come close to working in VLC. +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. Status: Todo Task @@ -393,12 +371,12 @@ Difficulty: Easy Urgency: Wishlist Platform: any Description: export paramaters of an input - Export the Media Info of a file/source to a standard xml file for use by other applications. Possibly combine with file "probe'ing". - - AR - - size - - bitrate - - resolution - - codecs, etc. + Export the Media Info of a file/source to a standard xml file for use by other applications. Possibly combine with file "probe'ing".
+ - AR
+ - size
+ - bitrate
+ - resolution
+ - codecs, etc.
Status: Todo Task @@ -406,7 +384,8 @@ Difficulty: Easy Urgency: Wishlist Platform: any Description: SSL http -SSL encrypted HTTP communication. To support protected VoD. +SSL encrypted HTTP communication. To support protected VoD.
+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. Status: Todo Task @@ -427,10 +406,11 @@ Allows for Progressive download to TEMP folder from browsers. VLC would play the Status: Todo Task -Difficulty: Hard +Difficulty: Medium Urgency: Wishlist Platform: any Description: rendezvous announces +Apple released the rendezvous code under a Open Source license now. perhaps it can be used. (It's OpenTalk now btw).
DMAP protocol announce for videos. Status: Todo @@ -480,11 +460,11 @@ Difficulty: Easy Urgency: Wishlist Platform: any Description: Make vlm more user friendly (setup etc) -vlm is kinda a pain to setup if you are not entirely experiences with A/V and streaming or VLC for that matter. It can be heavily improved by updating the vlm http interface. +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. Status: Todo Task -Difficulty: Medium +Difficulty: Easy Urgency: Wishlist Platform: any Description: Protocol rollover @@ -500,6 +480,7 @@ Platform: any Description: NAT issues 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 ???? Protocol rollover can be a solution for a lot of these issues. +Use full DNS names in SDP Status: Todo Task diff --git a/doc/translations.txt b/doc/translations.txt index 9a40e30852..f778bde9c9 100644 --- a/doc/translations.txt +++ b/doc/translations.txt @@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ Use the convert-po.sh script attached : Copy the resulting vlc.mo file to /usr/local/share/locale//LC_MESSAGES +Launch VLC with --language +Where is the international shortcode for your language. + Testing your localization on Mac OS X ===================================== @@ -40,6 +43,9 @@ Use the convert-po.sh script attached : Copy the resulting vlc.mo file to VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/locale//LC_MESSAGES +Launch VLC with --language +Where is the international shortcode for your language. + "fuzzy" translations ==================== @@ -49,6 +55,12 @@ the "#, fuzzy" comment. If you think the suggestion is OK, or if you fixed the suggestion, do not forget to remove the "#, fuzzy" comment. +Adding a language to VLC +======================== +When the language is added to the VLC sourcecode, remember to also edit +src/libvlc.h for the preference option, and src/misc/darwin_specific.m + + [*] Step by step process to localize under Mac OS X (excerpt from a mail) : cd ~/Desktop curl -O http://www.videolan.org/pub/videolan/devtools/vlc-po-files.tar.gz