Warning: the current build process produces a very large library when using static mode. Note: the MobileVLCKit Xcode project also allows you to build a dynamic framework (requiring iOS 8 later) after the build script succeeded once. Or to build as a static framework with device and simulator support:

use xcode command line tools to build a universal library: lipo -create Release-iphoneos/libMobileVLCKit.a Release-iphonesimulator/libMobileVLCKit.a -o libMobileVLCKit.a.

If you want to build a library that will work for both the simulator and devices: This will automatically fetch and build libvlc as well as its dependencies and accompanying classes.

open your favorite terminal application such as Terminal.app or iTerm 2 and navigate to your checkout.

Add the '-h' flag to see all available options. Alternatively and to get access to more options, you can run the 'buildVLCKit.sh' script on the terminal manually.

This will automatically fetch and build libvlc as well as accompanying classes.

Select the 'VLCKit' target and build it.

make sure the 'Build libvlc' target is selected.

If you require a media database, MediaLibraryKit will get you going within minutes. MobileVLCKit is a subset specifically targeting the iOS platform, enabling a full playback experience with playlists, metadata handling and network streaming. Doing simple media players (comparable to QuickTime Player or MPlayer OS X) is as hard as doing a QuickTime-based one thus, it is really easy. It includes basic classes for playback, playlists, streaming and transcoding.

VLCKit is an Objective-C wrapper for libvlc's external interface, on macOS, iOS and tvOS.

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