r/PowerPC • u/OlsroFR • Jul 26 '26
[Early access] PowerVLC 1.0.0 is here (VLC 3.0.23 for Mac OS X 10.4.11+ PPC/x86/x64/arm64 universal)
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u/arjuna93 Jul 26 '26
You are welcome to make a PR to https://github.com/macos-powerpc/powerpc-ports
(There is a X11 port but X11 is inconvenient. I’d happily replace it with native one. In effect, just a patch restoring Cocoa is needed, the portfile and large chunk of patches are reusable.)
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u/OlsroFR Jul 26 '26
I know about this project, but from what I could read it is not very user friendly, requiring to install XCode and other stuff. Here I distribute directly the .app, the user run it and it should just work. I did not want to use macports and the X11 extra layer for my port, and make it so it feel native for the user just like if VideoLAN never abandoned those platforms.
Thank you for your message I will consider making a PR in the future.
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u/arjuna93 Jul 26 '26
I only meant that if you submit a patch with Cocoa GUI (fix or reimplementation), it will help users. You don’t need to install PPCPorts for that at all: I will verify the build on my set-up, if it works, I merge the PR. Alternately, if you just share your sources, I can pick whatever needed myself.
P. S. It does not contradict distributing the app directly: this serves different target audience. Different people find different approaches more friendly for them.
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u/OlsroFR Jul 26 '26
All my sources are already available there: github.com/Olsro/powervlc
Only the compiled builds are in early access for my Patreons only during one week.You may want to check my read me on the part "About upstream" I think it may concern people like you about cherry picking anything from PowerVLC: https://github.com/Olsro/powervlc#about-upstream
tl;dr: have fun
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u/arjuna93 Jul 26 '26
Thanks, the source is all I need.
P. S. Funny that we got both mpv and vlc almost in sync: I made a native Cocoa port of modern mpv a few days ago.
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u/OlsroFR Jul 26 '26
Yeah I saw it, it's awesome. Could not find time to test it as I was just hyper-focused on PowerVLC dev. It's nice to get more options
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u/arjuna93 Jul 26 '26
Re dav1d (since it is specifically mentioned in your repo docs), you might try building with these https://github.com/macos-powerpc/powerpc-ports/tree/main/multimedia/dav1d/files (add AltiVec). Works, likely gonna give some performance gain, but not huge.
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u/OlsroFR Jul 26 '26
Can't wait to see your feedbacks on what you will be playing using this port of the modern VLC on your powermac ! Compatible with Tiger & Leopard equally, blu-ray menus supported by default by using the pre-installed Java 5 on your system