Development

Phantom-Player is coded in Python, so it is actually pretty easy to develop. It is only necessary to install VLC, GTK, a few Python dependencies, and it will run out of the box. Its source code can be found in GitHub.

How to set a Dev Environment

To start developing Phantom Player, you need to download the master branch, and then follow the instructions according your OS/Distribution.

GNU-Linux

1. Install the dependencies:

   • Debian / Ubuntu

     apt-get install libgtk-3-0 python3 python3-gi-cairo python3-pil python3-magic python3-send2trash python3-vlc
     Note: python3-vlc must be >= 3.0.2, so currently it is not possible to use the software on Debian bookworm.

   • ArchLinux

     pacman -S gtk3 python python-cairo python-pillow python-magic python-send2trash
     and python-vlc from the AUR.
   
   
2. Run main.py

Windows

1. Install MSYS2.
2. Install the dependencies from the MSYS2 console:

   pacman -S \
       mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-gtk3 \
       mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-python \
       mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-python-pip \
       mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-python-gobject \
       mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-python-pillow \
       mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-file \ 
       mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-python-send2trash \
       

   
   
   python -m pip install python-magic python-vlc
   
   
3. Install Vlc x64 under C:\Program Files\VideoLAN
4. Run main.py with Python of the MSYS2 UCRT directory.

Mac

To be tested.