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[Bug 963955] Re: VLC backend for Mac OS X

Did some testing with above changes

Detailed Notes are here
http://pastebin.com/qWEEmTJU

Clearly freezing in the vlc.py stop function ( inside of VLC )

I saw it working with this before, might need to restart to rejigger it.

Works better when started with python, seems to need to be removed when
in actual built app from dmg.

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Title:
VLC backend for Mac OS X

Status in OpenLP - Worship Presentation Software:
Confirmed

Bug description:
VLC backend does not work on Mac. Instructing OpenLP to use vlc
backend causes OpenLP to stuck and the application is not responding.

Video playback starts when not trying reset video playback in openly.
However the issue is that playback start in an external window and not
in openly window.

Getting vlc backend to work is platform specific thing and this needs
to be implemented specifically for Mac.

The issue is: Force vlc backend to render video inside a Qt window of
OpenLP.

To fi this we will need implement similar code like the following file:
http://code.google.com/p/movie-content-editor/source/browse/trunk/VLCMacVideo.py

Technically speaking wrapping native Mac OS X NSView window into class
QtGui.QMacCocoaViewContainer.

Links:

http://groups.google.com/group/wxpython-mac/browse_thread/thread/550a4f93c1e498bd/ec8197dfa78a8201
http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/projects/macosx/framework/Sources/VLCVideoView.m
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Reference/ApplicationKit/Classes/nsview_Class/Reference/NSView.html

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