Yes but isn't FFMpeg where the real value is ? VLC itself is a bit of a mess, the UI is clunky and and isn't a great media player experience.
Would seem like the best of both worlds to use the web for UI but have FFMpeg deliver the frames.
Would seem like the best of both worlds to use the web for UI but have FFMpeg deliver the frames.
Unfortunately, the ultimate goal -- taking the control of "what codecs are supported for streaming" away from the browser vendors probably won't be met. The biggest issue there is supporting reliable playback across a variety of processors with performance/battery constraints. For desktop users it might be a doable thing, but unlikely for mobile. Granted, we're doing things on our mobile devices that would have been positively unimaginable 7 years ago, so who knows?
At the end of the day, though, it's codec support that is the big win from my perspective -- lavc/lavf or FFMPEG -- not necessarily getting all of VLC ported.
Not only. Look at the VLC source code to see why.
> VLC itself is a bit of a mess, the UI is clunky and and isn't a great media player experience.
If it's that bad, why so many people use it? Sorry, but your comment is harsh, unexplained and very subjective... Especially coming from someone working for Apple.