[vlc] Re: VideoLAN Packet?

[Bill Eldridge]

Derk-Jan Hartman wrote:

>>I'm looking for a packet that i can purchase. I need it to contain, cd's
>>with all the distro's of videolan for every operating system. The server
>>and the client software.  I Also need printed diagrams of how the system
>>works and all that.. I will need printed manuals and help docs... If i
>>could get this, i would be most greatful and willing to pay a decent
>>amount of money.
>>
>>Please get back to me
>>James Trudell
>>    
>>
>
>Such a packet currently doesn't exist. All that is available is available
>from the website, there is nothing more. You could pay someone to create
>better and more documentation, however how much time do you have ? :)
>
>I trust that if there is anyone on this mailinglist who is interested in
>such a thing he will contact you personally.
>
>DJ
>
>  
>

Since vlc is both a server and a client, it's the only thing required,
depending if he doesn't need vls's features.

The situation with vlc on Windows is now very nice - one click and you have
vlc installed and running beautifully.

It would be very nice to have a static version of vlc for all the Unix-like
platforms. Yeah, disk space wasted, but one click, and it's installed.
I haven't tried the RPM's in a while, but they used to fail miserably for
me. Some of the dependencies were not always trivial to compile as
well, though most were.

In short, it would be useful to have self-contained versions for each
supported platform, docs included as well. (vlc has a Web server
included, why not html docs as part of it :)

Regarding the original request, does he really need BeOS and other odd 
versions?
What is he really trying to do? VLC can do a number of things, but
it probably requires a management system/approach to be useful.
(If the users were comfortable figuring out the insides, he probably 
wouldn't
be making this request to begin with, though it might be completely a time
issue)

Cheers,
Bill
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