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> “There are some [silly] features in VLC—some filters that everyone finds weird and asks [us], ‘Why do you have that?’ The answer is someone sent a good patch,
by miohtama 5y ago
> “There are some [silly] features in VLC—some filters that everyone finds weird and asks [us], ‘Why do you have that?’ The answer is someone sent a good patch, so there was no reason to refuse it,” says Kempf.
- er4hn 5y agoFun for VLC, a series of sharp edges for openssl
- twic 5y ago> While anyone can submit new ideas, whether they’re accepted or not largely depends on the quality of the code, rather than the utility of the feature. “We have a very difficult process,” Kempf admits. “People don’t understand why we do that. But the reason is we need good code, because I’m the one that’s going to maintain it. If I don’t understand it now, this is going to be a problem.” That's the difference to OpenSSL!
- NicoJuicy 5y agoA "not so silly" option is that you can just cast any video to a Chromecast. Which is quite handy for videos that don't belong in eg. Plex.