MLV : a simplified multimedia library

This software was developed (or is under development) within the higher education and research community. Its stability can vary (see fields below) and its working state is not guaranteed.

Web site: http://www-igm.univ-mlv.fr/~boussica/mlv/index.html
System: UNIX-like, Windows, MacOS X
Current version: 0.4 - 14 april 2010
License(s): GPL
Status: stable release
Support: maintained, ongoing development
Designer(s): Adrien Boussicault, Marc Zipstein
Contact designer(s): adrien.boussicault(@)univ-mlv.fr
Laboratory, service: LIGM

Higher Edu - Research dev card

Creation or important update: 17/05/10
Minor correction: 03/07/12
Index card author: Adrien Boussicault (Institut d'électronique et d'informatique Gaspard-Monge)
Theme leader: Teresa Gomez-Diaz (LIGM)

Keywords

Laboratories: LIGM
Head institution: CNRS, ENPC, ESIEE, Univ Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée (UPEMLV)
System: UNIX-like, Windows, MacOS X
Profession-activity: developer, training
IT sector: multimedia, development
Use: personal
Main features: language, multimedia, software library, training
Various other keywords: audio, graphic

General software features

The MLV library is a simplified multimedia library. This library has been designed for beginner students in C, and it allows to add graphical and audio effects on the student program. The library is useful to:

draw figures, display text and dialog boxes,
display images,
play sounds and musics,
catch mouse and keyboard events,
get informations from dialog boxes.

These tools are simplified interfaces of the SDL librairy. If you are not a C beginner, better use the SDL librairy (SDL, SDL_gfx, SDL_sound, SDL_ttf).

The MLV library is portable, and can be compiled and executed on Linux, Macintosh and Windows.

Context in which the software is used

Theaching first university level in informatics, C iniciation.

Publications related to software

Documentation of the version 0.4 (14 april 2010) (in French).