https://github.com/simongregory/ql-bbc4

Quicklook plugin for .bbc4 media archives
https://github.com/simongregory/ql-bbc4

bbc media media-archive osx quicklook quicklook-plugin

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Quicklook plugin for .bbc4 media archives

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/simongregory/ql-bbc4
• Owner: simongregory
• Created: 2017-04-27T14:32:49.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-04-27T14:37:06.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-04T22:14:00.625Z (about 1 month ago)
• Topics: bbc, media, media-archive, osx, quicklook, quicklook-plugin
• Language: C
• Size: 194 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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• Mac-QuickLook - ql-bbc4

README

        
# Quick Look .bbc4

A Quick Look Plugin to examine the contents of `.bbc4` packages.

## Setting up XCode

Creating a Quick Look project `File > New > Project...` and selecting `Quick Look Plugin`.

Once done testing and debugging the plugin requires some manual intervention.

[Apple's documentation](https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/Quicklook_Programming_Guide/Introduction/Introduction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40005020-CH1-SW1) isn't up to date with XCode 8. The following links offer some guidance:

 * [Debugging a Quicklook plugin](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31049702/debugging-a-quick-look-plugin)

 * [Debugging Quicklook plugin in XCode 4](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16811547/debugging-quicklook-plugin-in-xcode-4-6)

 * [Creating a Quick Look plugin](http://blog.10to1.be/cocoa/2012/01/27/creating-a-quick-look-plugin/)

 * [OSX Quick Look Plugin development](https://aleksandrov.ws/2014/02/25/osx-quick-look-plugin-development/)

However the build scheme changes detailed failed with the XCode console error `Message from debugger: cannot attach to process due to System Integrity Protection

Program ended with exit code: -1` at run time.

## Tips

Output the generate preview resuts to a directory (`-o`) with `/usr/bin/qlmanage -o /tmp/bbc4 -p ./ql-test.bbc4 -g ./ql-bbc4.qlgenerator -c public.plain-text` (to try `-c uk.co.bbc.bbc4`).

Find out if the `.qlgenerator` is registered use `qlmanage -m plugins | grep bbc`.

Inspect the UTI details associated with files using `mdls your-file.ext`.