Jan 16, 2019 vlc media player switch and playstation 4 apps might be on their way, vlc creator jeanbaptiste kempf has said. Vlc for ios is our port of vlc on the idevices and has been around for quite some time, and is quite popular. Im covering bits and pieces of the conference from my hotel room in edmonton, canada. Vlc player app xbox one will soon get dedicated vlc player app, according to details revealed by programmer on vlc s team, jean baptiste kempf on his official blog. My name is jean baptiste kempf, im an open source developer, a multimedia specialist, and a startup founder. The popular vlc media player will bring airplay support to its android app in a future update.
Technical and standard compliant 0 marketing, 0 legal code power consensus or fork 19. My name is jean baptiste kempf and my nickname is jb or jb, in the videolan community i am one of the main vlc media player developer and the president of the videolan nonprofit organization my personal website explains a bit more who i am and what i do education. Vlc hits three billion downloads, announces support for. Ive lead numerous projects around vlc and the videolan community, including ports of vlc on mobile platforms and lgpl relicensing.
The worlds most downloaded video player is about to have its most significant release to date. Vlc crosses three billion downloads, is adding airplay. Aperotalk avec jeanbaptiste kempf president videolanvlc. My name is jeanbaptiste kempf, im an open source developer, a multimedia specialist, and a startup founder. French engineer named jean baptiste kempf is the lead developer of vlc player and the president of videolan 4.
The president of vlc, jean baptiste kempf, declared that just like the classic version of the vlc, the app will support a huge number of formats. My personal website explains a bit more who i am and what i do. This latest major update is rolling out accross all platforms where vlc is available, and it also shares the same version number and code base, videolan president jean baptiste kempf told venturebeat. Vlc media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats mpeg1, mpeg2, mpeg4, divx, mp3, ogg. What about the guy who made the function to automatically download subtitles on vlc android. Jan 11, 2019 jean baptiste kempf, one of vlc s lead developers, also revealed that support for airplay is coming to the media players android app. The qt blog today focuses on a young software engineer from paris, france who has a rich track record of working in communitybased technology groups stretching back to his time as a college student. So, here is an update about our port on winrt platforms. I am one of the main vlc media player developer and the president of the videolan nonprofit organization. Vlc the crossplatform media player and streaming server.
It originally developed two programs for media streaming, videolan client vlc and videolan server vls, but most of the features of vls have been incorporated into vlc, with the result renamed vlc media player. Jan 10, 2019 in a celebratory mood, company representatives said that vlc would be working to bring airplay to its platform in the future. Jean baptiste is a 36year old french engineer and has been part of the videolan community since 2005. The bug report for the issue has been open for four weeks, but videolan president and lead vlc developer jeanbaptiste kempf left a series of comments today indicating that the alleged bug isnt. Commit 28c9665a authored apr 26, 2018 by steve lhomme. Ask videolan president and lead vlc developer jean. I graduated in one of the best grandes ecoles, best scientific schools and universities in. Vlc media player developer, videolan president and sites administrator if you want an answer to your question, just be specific and precise. This is jeanbaptiste kempf, the creator of the vlc media. This howto was recreated by jean baptiste kempf and updated in june 2009, september 2009, december 2009 and march 2010. The version for the windows store was released on march, 2014. It has been a long journey for videolan which originally started a kickstarter for the win8 vlc project in late november of 2012. Im the president of the videolan nonprofit org, one of the lead developers of vlc and maintainer of numerous open source libraries. If you follow this blog, you should know everything about dav1d the videolan, vlc and ffmpeg communities have been working on a new av1 decoder, dav1d, to be the best and fastest decoder 0.
The plan is to make airplay work with vlc on all platforms, including ios and android, starting in the second quarter of 2019, jean baptiste kempf, one of the apps lead developers, told. Vlc media player update download available for windows 10. Dec 28, 2009 the open road to qt code 3 jeanbaptiste kempf. Version 0, edited 6 years ago by jean baptiste kempf comment. Script download subtitles onthefly the videolan forums. However, lately, the application development had a bit sloweddown and the interface was outdated. According to the developers, there isnt a flaw in the current vlc software at all. Vlc media player switch and playstation 4 apps might be on their way, vlc creator jean baptiste kempf has said.
The slashdot interview with videolan president and lead. Vlc media player switch and playstation 4 apps might be on. Vlc president jeanbaptiste kempf did an ama over on r. The slashdot interview with videolan president and lead vlc. He explains how it works and who to use it with examples. He is also founder and ceo of videolabs, a startup based in paris that is the current editor of vlc s mobile applications and one of the largest contributors to the vlc project. Jean baptiste kempf is president of the nonprofit organization videolan and a lead developer of the opensource vlc media player. You can copy and paste the examples from the pdf of his talk. In the next month approximately, the team plans to expand. Support for windows rt, windows phone and xbox one were added later. Jean baptiste kempf, one of vlc s lead developers, also revealed that support for airplay is coming to the media players android app.
Jeanbaptiste kempf is president of the nonprofit organization videolan and a lead developer of the opensource vlc media player. Videolan president and vlc developer jeanbaptiste kempf, based in paris, france, graciously agreed to talk to us about the recent release of the windows 8 vlc application. In episode 8 of demuxed, guest jean baptiste kempf discusses how videolan, the project behind vlc player, came to be and where its going. Official site free multimedia solutions for all os. It was updated in june 2010 by vicne with the help of. Jul 23, 2019 this does not crash a normal release of vlc 3. Vlc president jean baptiste kempf did an ama over on rfrance.
Vlc media player the best free media player for video and dvds last updated. Hear what the future holds for streaming video and how vlc players iconic cone logo came to be. This update focused on polishing the user interface, adding some more features to android tv and chromebooks and improving network browsing. Ask videolan president and lead vlc developer jeanbaptiste. Videolan is a nonprofit organization which develops software for playing video and other media formats. The vlc media player open source project on open hub. If you want a quick summary of this post, about our av1 decoder dav1d is really ready for production. Bug bounty drives vlcs biggest patch but attracts a. Jan 10, 2019 vlc is expected to surpass the milestone some time friday afternoon, according to jeanbaptiste kempf, one of the apps lead developers. So we asked jean baptiste about how it all started, what is in the pipeline for future releases, and where he sees vlc going further down the road. Jeanbaptiste kempf president and lead vlc developer. Virallinen sivusto ilmainen multimediaratkaisut kaikki.
Jan 11, 2019 the new feature was revealed by jeanbaptiste kempf, one of the services lead developers, in an interview with variety at ces and it will give users a chance to vlc prepares to add. Its been confirmed by one of the apps lead developers, jeanbaptiste kempf via variety. Opensource developer jean baptiste kempf who is well known for his work on vlc discusses his work writing an mpegdash implementation for ffmpeg called the dashll. Windows 10 users can already download the new vlc app from the microsoft store, while windows 8. The report quotes developer jean baptiste kempf, who thinks the. That securityfocused release is a good result for vlc users and, according to jean baptiste kempf, a lead developer of vlc and president of videolan, which is responsible for vlc development, it. And in a sign of the times, around a quarter of those. Sign up for your own profile on github, the best place to host code, manage projects, and build software alongside 40 million developers. Jeanbaptiste kempf archives the broadcast knowledge. Looking ahead, vlc will soon be adding support for airplay, making it possible for users to easily share videos from their mobile devices to apple tvs. Its been confirmed by one of the apps lead developers, jean baptiste kempf via variety. A presentation by jean baptiste kempf about vlc, the videolan project, and the new features and direction of both vlc and the complete videolan project. This is jean baptiste kempf, the creator of the vlc media player, he refused tens of millions of euros in order to keep vlc adsfree.
Jul 17, 2015 so we asked jeanbaptiste about how it all started, what is in the pipeline for future releases, and where he sees vlc going further down the road. Jan 10, 2019 the popular vlc media player will bring airplay support to its android app in a future update. As stated earlier a small band core developers and a big pool of parttime developers volunteer their time and effort to build and maintain vlc player. Jean baptiste kempf, president of videolan and one of vlc s lead developers, took to reddit to announce the release and to seek feedback on the new ui. He is also founder and ceo of videolabs, a startup based in paris that is the current editor of vlcs mobile applications and one of the largest contributors to the vlc project. As of 2016 vlc is the third in the overall download count, and there have been more than 3 billion downloads. We thought it would be great to have jean baptiste kempf, president of videolan nonprofit organization the maker of vlc media player. Kempf also shared some of the roadmap for vlc with variety, which includes implementing airplay. Thats what kempf said during a recent interview with venturebeat. It offers a media library where you can manage your videos, a browser where you can see the network shares and a full player that allows chapters, subtitles and also synchronization audiovideo.
Jeanbaptiste kempf sat down with venturebeat to discuss the success of vlc and what the developers have instore for it in the future. The videolan, vlc and ffmpeg communities have been working on a new av1 decoder, dav1d, to be the best and fastest decoder. Dec 19, 2019 vlc media player passes 3b downloads, headed for switchps4. Videolan president and vlc developer jean baptiste kempf, based in paris, france, graciously agreed to talk to us about the recent release of the windows 8 vlc application. Vlc is expected to surpass the milestone some time friday afternoon, according to jean baptiste kempf, one of the apps lead developers. This is jeanbaptiste kempf, the creator of the vlc media player, he refused tens of millions of euros in order to keep vlc adsfree. First released over 15 years ago, vlc is opensource, and is available across multiple platforms including windows, os x, linux, android, chromeos, ios, and its coming to the xbox one later this year. A few reminders about dav1d if you follow this blog, you should know everything about dav1d. Vlc media player passes 3b downloads, headed for switchps4. Vlc media player for ios and android to support apple airplay.