PlayerSpecs

Summary

This specs concerns developers that want to make a Player module for UbuntuMediaCenter. We'll define here the interface that a player module should implement.

Rationale

Use Cases

  • Paul wants to make a Ubuntu Media Center player module using VLC. He wants to know how he should map the vlc functions to be UMC compliant. He refers to that page, writes a single files mapping the VLC functions to the define Specs, and there goes his plug in.

Scope

Design

Summary

Rationale

Please see UbuntuMediaCenter to get informations about the infrastructure of Ubuntu Media Center (Kernel + modules). The definition of that spec is mandatory to have an easy player module development for UMC.

Scope and Use Cases

  • In which case will a player need to do something ?
    • When receiving a message from a controller ( Play, Stop, Pause ... ) . So there should be a corresponding API for the player.
    • When used by the UI ( to set view size, full screen, ... ) . So a corresponding API will be defined.

Implementation Plan

Implementation

Outstanding Issues

BoF agenda and discussion

  • OuattaraAziz :

    • Is there an existing project to define a player specs ?

    • Players can be of different kinds : WebMedia Player, Video Player, Audio Player, Picture Player. Defining a Spec for each kind will be needed .

    • We should also define a way for a player module to expose its capabilities (type, codecs supported, file supported)

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MediaCenter/PlayerSpecs (last edited 2008-08-06 17:00:20 by localhost)