[vlc-devel] ideea for GSoC

[Pankaj yadav]

very true


On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Rob <rob at hobbyistsoftware.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm obviously biased here; I'm one of the developers who makes an
> independent vlc remote control app.
>
> However I think there is something interesting here; VLC provides an http
> interface, and there are dozens of remote apps. Some free, some paid, some
> open source.
>
> My suggestion would be to concentrate on building the infrastructure which
> enables those remotes. There has been lots of discussion recently about the
> http interface vs the luahttp interface.
>
> Why not concentrate on making those more powerful (and fixing bugs). The
> capabilities you provide there will be used by many remote apps in new and
> intersting ways - and you'll get a multiplier effect on your work.
>
> If you build your own remote, then you'll end up with a single remote on a
> single platform (probably). If you build the foundation, then many remotes
> will grow.
>
> Rob
>
>
> On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:57:43 +0100, Brestin Seby <razyelx at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>  Hello, my name is Sebastian Brestin.
>> I few days ago I thought about making a plugin for VLC that allows remote
>> access for VLC from mobile to PC. But today as I was surfing the VLC GSoC
>> homepage I saw that someone else claimed it.
>> My official idea was to make this remote controller communicate through
>> Bluetooth. The idea proposed by akashm1990 involves WiFi.
>> Do you think that I can use the idea with Bluetooth, or should I think of
>> something else?
>>
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Pankaj Yadav
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