it's about time too!! i think the most needed addition, although it would be the most complicated is hardware support
AVS has been made open source!
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omg these are really huge and complicated for my tiny brain 😁
*cough*hardware support*cough*
so...when does the real work start?
so...when does the real work start?
huge news. but, just as we've been patiently waiting for avs to become open source, we should be just as patient when it comes to its development. i'm no expert, but i'm pretty sure adding hardware acceleration support is a pretty complicated process, so let's remember codemonkeys are human, and cut em some slack 😉
Adding hardware acceleration to AVS wouldn't be a good idea. And a duplication of effort.
Originally posted by ^..^in a way i find this a bit narrow-minded. i certainly hope that the developers consider the potential of avs and don't think of it as a plugin for a not-so-major-anymore mediaplayer.
But whatever you want to happen first, my main/only wish would be, that avs stays 'straight'. It'd be awfully bad if we had thousands of different crappy versions. So perhaps/hopefully/PLEASE new winamp-releases could contain the last (finished) open-source-AVS??
I think the real thing will be maintaining avs and not expanding it too drastically. fixing the bugs and removing the poor UI design choices etc...
that and hardware would do little for avs. it certainly cant be added to existing components like superscope..
that and hardware would do little for avs. it certainly cant be added to existing components like superscope..
Homepage at http://www.nullsoft.com/free/avs/
Count me in to replace render/avi by VfxAviPlayer.ape and keep compatibility with presets using the previous one.
I could also improve my addborder.ape as it is used in lots of presets packs.
sf nick: goebish
I could also improve my addborder.ape as it is used in lots of presets packs.
sf nick: goebish
yeah what about setting the width of the border relative to the whole image or in pixels
Why not 🙂
i mean in numbers, not with borky sliders 😉
📻 Please excuse my ignorance, but what exactly does open source mean? I can surmise from this thread that it means great things are in store for AVS and that changes can be made to the structure, but how does it work? Under whose/what direction will it be, and will changes be possible to the original source files, or will it just be additions to the existing structure? Thanks for any info you can give me.👍
beeferoni: google for "free software foundation" "gnu" "open-source" "richard m stallman" to learn all about the magical world of free software.
Just avoid the legal bits.
Just avoid the legal bits.
UnConeD as you know 'free' software is a very different thing to 'open source'. Persoanly I would have liked to have seen a special license for AVS/MilkDrop wher it can only be used within the confines of Winamp.
Originally posted by UnConeDI'm not sure I agree with that, it might not be wise to focus on it initially but as a matter of keeping it feasably fast it may (arguably already has) become a necessity.
Adding hardware acceleration to AVS wouldn't be a good idea. And a duplication of effort.
Originally posted by Rovastarwell that`s kinda ignorant
UnConeD as you know 'free' software is a very different thing to 'open source'. Persoanly I would have liked to have seen a special license for AVS/MilkDrop wher it can only be used within the confines of Winamp.
i would personaly very much like to have linux port of avs
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somebody put it up to sf maybe?
waiting on the project being accepted.... it was applied for a few days ago. sf must be slow these days
*Has Googled open source* Oh wow! That is great news indeed. Rovastar, I can see where 'open source' and 'free' wouldn't necessarily be the same in regards to software, but isn't the 'spirit' of open source to make it easily accessible in most ways (including in monetary terms) to all users?
he meant the other direction...
free means doesnt mean open source in a lot of cases
also, coned write "free software foundation" and not "free software"
FSF are the guys that maintain GPL (prolly the most well-known open-source license) and the other GNU stuff
free means doesnt mean open source in a lot of cases
also, coned write "free software foundation" and not "free software"
FSF are the guys that maintain GPL (prolly the most well-known open-source license) and the other GNU stuff
sf: george_dickeson
Wow.. I spend a month or two away from the community after several years of active participation, and lo and behold, they make it open source. Looks like i'll have to start spending more time on irc again too ;]
It also seems like the community has been growing while i have been gone, so hopefully we will have a few extra coders on board.
Can't wait to see what people have in mind to get started, I know there are a number of features that people are already itching to add.
ohh.. It's nice to be back 😁
/me opens up irc
Wow.. I spend a month or two away from the community after several years of active participation, and lo and behold, they make it open source. Looks like i'll have to start spending more time on irc again too ;]
It also seems like the community has been growing while i have been gone, so hopefully we will have a few extra coders on board.
Can't wait to see what people have in mind to get started, I know there are a number of features that people are already itching to add.
ohh.. It's nice to be back 😁
/me opens up irc
if you want to know what open-source is just try a linux OS..
the linux OS
or
a linux distribution
also, that's not really the fastest way of getting a grasp of open source
or
a linux distribution
also, that's not really the fastest way of getting a grasp of open source
indeed
and there still isnt sf thingy up... or am i missing it?
and there still isnt sf thingy up... or am i missing it?
I find this amusing. Like most of the population here, I got the meaning of the words 'open source' about 99% right the first ever time i heard them without looking anything up. It describes itself amazingly well in those to words imo..
jaak, i havent seen a sf project either. just holden's dead MVS.
jaak, i havent seen a sf project either. just holden's dead MVS.
Originally posted by jherikoyeah, even for me as a non-native-speaker it was clear...
I find this amusing. Like most of the population here, I got the meaning of the words 'open source' about 99% right the first ever time i heard them without looking anything up. It describes itself amazingly well in those to words imo..
Wow! Never believed that'd come true.
I'll try to conhtribute something for sure, maybe a direktly included, ready-to-use vj-interface... 😉
I'll try to conhtribute something for sure, maybe a direktly included, ready-to-use vj-interface... 😉
*Has taken offense* Jeez, sorry I didn't know what open source meant! What a jerk I am. I am a 'native speaker' but I am not necessarily computer savvy on every point. Yes, I suppose I am taking this personally, but I AM the one who asked...😁😛
(directed primarily at jheriko and ^..^)
(directed primarily at jheriko and ^..^)
Originally posted by beeferoniSorry! It really wasn't meant to be offending!
*Has taken offense*
Now that i re-read it, my post even seems a bit conceited... Really wasn't my purpose!
Hope you aren't going to take it that personal!!
No, no of course not. I know you didn't mean it that way. I bet jheriko did, though!)😛just kidding, j! I think I need it explained in plain terms though, maybe? I mean I have an overall 'feel' of what it is, but I want to be clear. Can't anyone sum up open source in a few sentences? not taken from a web site I mean. Layman's terms. 'Open source definitions for dummies'? lol😁