ExtremeMakeover

In the middle of May, 2009 I reorganized the mlt and mlt++ source code trees and renamed a bunch of things. This document describes those changes. Obviously, the impact of this change is great, and it is important for you to understand.

• mlt++ was moved into the main mlt project into src/mlt++
  • git clone git://mltframework.org/mlt.git or http://mltframework.org/mlt.git
  • mlt++ is built by default - no extra step
  • there is a new mlt++.pc file installed for use with pkg-config
  • this does not include the MltMiracle or MltResponse classes!

• The swig bindings were moved into the main mlt project into src/swig.
  • they are not built by default
  • the namespace for scripts was changed from "mltpp" to just "mlt" (e.g. python) or "Mlt" (.e.g. ruby)
  • the Java namespace was changed from net.sourceforge.mlt to org.mltframework

• Several things in the MLT framework were renamed.
  • inigo was renamed "melt"
  • fezzik was renamed "loader" and moved into the core module
    • the fezzik.dict and fezzik.ini files in $prefix/share/mlt were moved into a subdirectory of there named "core"
    • numerous calls to mlt_factory_producer() that directly referenced "fezzik" were changed to NULL, which causes the factory to use the MLT_PRODUCER environment variable or "loader" if unset
  • westley was renamed "xml"
    • this was changed in the services as well as the module name
    • the service "westley-xml" was renamed "xml-string"
    • the root element was changed from "westley" to "mlt"
    • some references in documentation and comments were changed from "westley" to "MLT XML"
    • the standard filename extension for XML files was changed from ".westley" to ".mlt"
    • it is backwards compatible with .westley files containing a westley root element

• miracle, valerie, albino, and humperdink were moved out of the mlt project into their own new project named "melted"
  • git clone git://mltframework.org/melted.git or http://mltframework.org/melted.git
  • miracle was renamed "melted"
  • the MVCP protocol is now named "MVCP" which stands for Multiport Video Control Protocol
  • valerie was renamed libmvcp
  • libmiracle was renamed libmelted
  • humperdink was renamed mvcp-client
  • albino was renamed mvcp-console
  • this project will host the MltMelted (formerly MltMiracle) and MltResponse C++ classes
  • this project will host the mvcp MLT module (formerly known as valerie)

• miscellaneous
  • mlt-config is no longer installed (but it is still available in the source tree)