[vlc-devel] [PATCHES] Symbian support

[Pankaj yadav]

On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Jean-Baptiste Kempf <jb at videolan.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> On Mon, Jan 03, 2011 at 04:21:37PM +0100, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote :
> > I wonder why bother with Symbian. I don't know any real-life Symbian
> device
> > that would have enough CPU and RAM to decode video. To make matters
> worse,
> > I understood that there is no YUV and scaling overlay in the Symbian
> public
> > API. Same goes for the DSP. I could be wrong.
>
> The N8 can and the n97mini can, for smaller videos.
> Most of the other devices can play audio very well or mpeg2 ones...
> Symbian^3 should support OpenGL ES 2.0, like iOS and Android, and those
> ports seem to be quite working.
> Not to mention that we don't know yet the Nokia strategy for future
> devices... Well, maybe _you_ do.
>
> > Otherwise porting to Symbian seems useless... if not counter-productive:
> I
> > believe that a lack of VLC port fares better than a disappointing VLC
> port
> > with regards to the project's notoriety. Furthermore, developer time
> could
> > probably be better spent on the core or on desktop features, than on the
> > various mobile ports.
>
> We've had a port to WinCE for a long time, and WinCE was way slower...
> Until we haven't finished the port, we can't say if it will be
> disappointing or not.
>
> As for developer time, I guess people work on what they want/can.
>
Thumbs UP

>
> Best Regards,
>
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> Jean-Baptiste Kempf
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