Omar Albeik

Today I'm open-sourcing SwiftVLC: a modern Swift 6 wrapper for libVLC. It's the engine that powers Tilfaz. Direct C bindings. No Objective-C bridge. Strict concurrency. Built for SwiftUI. iOS, macOS, tvOS, Mac Catalyst. github.com/harflabs/Swift…

3 days after announcing SwiftVLC: 120k+ impressions across LinkedIn/X 400+ GitHub stars SwiftVLC 0.8.0 is out 🎉 This release adds visionOS support, a new libVLC xcframework, dedicated iOS/macOS/tvOS/visionOS showcase apps, and major playback + PiP fixes. Thank you 🥰

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@omaralbeik Great! Thank you for your work! Hoping we will have HDR support on VLC soon!

Today I'm open-sourcing SwiftVLC: a modern Swift 6 wrapper for libVLC. It's the engine that powers Tilfaz. Direct C bindings. No Objective-C bridge. Strict concurrency. Built for SwiftUI. iOS, macOS, tvOS, Mac Catalyst. github.com/harflabs/Swift…

@Avieshek You can’t run IINA on iOS and tvOS

@omaralbeik Respect but < IINA

@BaconManiaGD iOS 15 is quite old, we have no plans to support it sorry 😬

@omaralbeik please support ios 15 please support ios 15 please support ios 15

@CarlosJ1m3n3z79 SwiftVLC is still in its early stages. I’ve made my best efforts to address any issues and add tests where possible, but it’s not entirely bug-free. If you encounter any problems, please open an issue, and I’ll take a look.

@omaralbeik Does this wrapper solve the audio desynchronization problem?

@simplydt Thanks! quite nice if you work the latest Swift 6.3

@omaralbeik solid work on SwiftVLC, how's the concurrency model in practice?

With docs that go beyond API reference: 13 guides covering playback, concurrency, PiP, discovery, error handling, and more. All in Swift DocC, hosted on @SwiftPackages swiftpackageindex.com/harflabs/Swift…

Also in the repo: a Showcase app inspired by @pointfreeco's TCA showcase. 40 numbered case studies covering each part of the API, plus full VideoPlayer and MusicPlayer apps.

Two thank-yous: @videolan: decades of work made VLC the most universal media player out there. SwiftVLC stands on that foundation. @mbrandonw @stephencelis @pointfreeco: your latest collection on isolation in Swift set the bar for this library.

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Replit is accessible in Syria now. Let me know if you see any issues.

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