This is what I have in mind when I think of desktop software. A full stack of technologies. A unified vision.
Also check out Étoilé, based on GNUstep: http://etoileos.com/etoile/
>Player.app uses VLC command for control and embeds VLC XWindow for output
Somewhere there's an MPlayer.app for mplayer doing the same with Mplayer but with a socket. Adapting it for MPV would be something done in an afternoon.
My previous post about this:
This project is amazing. It also speaks to the strength of Ojective-C vs Swift which barely runs anywhere that’s not an apple os.
They should have moved to some other language long ago to speed up development.
From https://gnustep.github.io/ "GNUstep provides a robust implementation of the AppKit and Foundation libraries as well as the development tools including the advanced interface designer Gorm (the InterfaceBuilder) and the IDE ProjectCenter (ProjectBuilder/Xcode)."
Has anyone tried building linux apps with Gorm and ProjectCenter? And how long ago? I feel that gnustep has been around for a long time, at least a decade at this stage. I think it was available as a desktop choice for Ubuntu 12.