Building MobileVLCKit for AppleTV: TVVLCKit

build_tvvlckit.sh

# note these instructions are as of Dec 28, 2015

# the vlc and vlckit repos are super complex and have thousands of dependencies from everywhere on the internet.
# so, you'll need to mess with things a bit

git clone http://code.videolan.org/videolan/VLCKit.git
cd VLCKit

./buildMobileVLCKit.sh -t

# it might then error after a a few minutes with a live555 build problem.
# fix it by manually downloading the .tar.gz live555 from their website: http://live555.com/liveMedia/public/
# and put it into MobileVLCKit/ImportedSources/vlc/contrib/tarballs/
# and do a 'shasum -a 512' on the tar.gz file and update the SHA in MobileVLCKit/ImportedSources/vlc/contrib/src/live555/SHA512SUMS
# and update MobileVLCKit/ImportedSources/vlc/contrib/src/live555/rules.mak to use this new filename
# and comment out these lines from buildMobileVLCKit.sh:
#   git pull --rebase
#   git reset --hard ${TESTEDHASH}
#   git am ../../patches/*.patch
# then run it again

./buildMobileVLCKit.sh -t

# you'll notice nothing gets built at the end. to make the actual .a files:

xcodebuild -project "MobileVLCKit.xcodeproj" -target "TVVLCKit" -sdk appletvos9.1 -configuration Release ARCHS="arm64" IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=9.1 GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS=""
xcodebuild -project "MobileVLCKit.xcodeproj" -target "TVVLCKit" -sdk appletvsimulator9.1 -configuration Release ARCHS="x86_64" IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=9.1 GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS=""

# then make the .framework file:

cd build
rm -rf TVVLCKit.framework
mkdir TVVLCKit.framework
lipo -create Release-appletvos/libTVVLCKit.a Release-appletvsimulator/libTVVLCKit.a -o TVVLCKit.framework/TVVLCKit
chmod a+x TVVLCKit.framework/TVVLCKit
cp -pr Release-appletvos/TVVLCKit TVVLCKit.framework/Headers

# then copy the TVVLCKit.framework into your project
# then open the SimplePlayback iOS example and import all the same frameworks into your appletv project (a couple might not exist on apple tv, thats ok)
# for swift, add a bridging header and add '#import <TVVLCKit/TVVLCKit.h>' to it

# the code for a simple video to start playing:

# this goes in the class definitions
# let mp = VLCMediaPlayer()

# this goes in the playback method
# mp.drawable = window!
# mp.media = VLCMedia(URL: NSURL(string: "http://streams.videolan.org/streams/mp4/Mr_MrsSmith-h264_aac.mp4"))
# mp.play()

# i have a sample project up (it's big because the libs are huge):
# http://cl.ly/2D3e29113B2O
# note that i have a 4GB/day limit on cloudapp, so you might need to try again tomorrow if im out of bw