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What about a native mac osx version of MC???
tranceConscious:
I think it would be great if we had a Mac OS X version of this beauty of a program...
Has anyone considered?
JimH:
We think about OSX and Linux all the time, but it's a formidable development project and I don't think it would bring a lot of new sales. Maybe some day.
tranceConscious:
I think I will disagree with u.
If the best os finally gets the best audio/video/pic management software, that will probably boost sales...
iTunes sucks big time, and there is no other decent media player for the macs...
Just think about it...
glynor:
Just thought I'd again add my support for both OSX and Linux versions of MC. I too think that the market for it could be larger than you might think, especially on OSX. True, there are a few mac-zealots that wouldn't use anything but iTunes (suckers), but also keep in mind...
A very large chunk of that small OSX user base are multimedia, sound, and graphic arts professionals, who could really use a powerful system like MC (and which otherwise doesn't exist for OSX).
However, that being said, I'm certainly aware that porting to OSX and Linux would be No Small TaskTM, considering that a sizable portion of MC's code depends on DirectShow and (now) Direct3D. I'm sure the effort would be only a few steps short of monumental.
However, it is also my suspicion that you guys put a very heavy focus on making sure your code is well encapsulated, and a lot of MC's architecture seems built on a plug-in object type system. This could, if it was done well (and I suspect it was) mean that it would be far easier to swap in OSX and/or Linux compatible components to replace the stuff built on proprietary Windows components, than it would be for most software vendors.
I guess that doesn't make it easy really... Just possible. ;) Here's hoping!
(Oh, and if you ever do, I'll certainly buy it and so would a hunk of my co-workers.)
nad2001:
--- Quote from: tranceConscious on November 13, 2006, 07:24:43 am ---iTunes sucks big time, and there is no other decent media player for the macs...
--- End quote ---
That sounds like a compliment... and I think I am the only one who think ipod/mac is worst than iTunes...
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