UIDevice: Remove the Speedcategory entirely. We're okay with VLCKit dropping frames if the device is too slow and for the UI the devices with iOS 9 are fast enough to be without tweaking

Resources/en.lproj/Localizable.strings

@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@
 "AR_CHANGED" = "Aspect Ratio: %@";
 "DEFAULT" = "Default";
 "FILL_TO_SCREEN" = "Crop to fill screen";
-"DEVICE_TOOSLOW_TITLE" = "Device too slow";
-"DEVICE_TOOSLOW" = "Your %@ is likely too slow to play \"%@\". Open anyway?";
 "PLAYBACK_SPEED" = "Playback speed";
 "SPU_DELAY" = "Subtitles delay";
 "AUDIO_DELAY" = "Audio delay";
@@ -56,7 +54,6 @@
 "BUTTON_BACK" = "Back";
 "BUTTON_EDIT" = "Edit";
 "BUTTON_DONE" = "Done";
-"BUTTON_OPEN" = "Open";
 "BUTTON_CANCEL" = "Cancel";
 "BUTTON_SAVE" = "Save";
 "BUTTON_DOWNLOAD" = "Download";

Sources/UIDevice+VLC.h

@@ -12,17 +12,8 @@
 
 #import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
 
-typedef NS_ENUM(NSUInteger, VLCSpeedCategory) {
-    VLCSpeedCategoryNotSet = 0,
-    VLCSpeedCategoryOneDevices, // < iOS 9 and not supported anymore
-    VLCSpeedCategoryTwoDevices, // iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and 3, iPod 4 and 5
-    VLCSpeedCategoryThreeDevices, // iPhone 5 + 5S, iPad 4, iPad Air, iPad mini 2G
-    VLCSpeedCategoryFourDevices, // iPhone 6 + 6S, 2014+2015 iPads and newer
-};
-
 @interface UIDevice (VLC)
 
-@property (readonly) VLCSpeedCategory vlcSpeedCategory;
 @property (readonly) NSNumber *VLCFreeDiskSpace;
 @property (readonly) BOOL VLCHasExternalDisplay;
 

Sources/UIDevice+VLC.m

@@ -16,34 +16,6 @@
 
 @implementation UIDevice (VLC)
 
-VLCSpeedCategory _currentSpeedCategory;
-
-- (VLCSpeedCategory)vlcSpeedCategory
-{
-    if (_currentSpeedCategory == VLCSpeedCategoryNotSet) {
-        size_t size;
-        sysctlbyname("hw.machine", NULL, &size, NULL, 0);
-
-        char *answer = malloc(size);
-        sysctlbyname("hw.machine", answer, &size, NULL, 0);
-
-        NSString *currentMachine = @(answer);
-        free(answer);
-
-        if ([currentMachine hasPrefix:@"iPhone4"] || [currentMachine hasPrefix:@"iPad3,1"] || [currentMachine hasPrefix:@"iPad3,2"] || [currentMachine hasPrefix:@"iPad3,3"] || [currentMachine hasPrefix:@"iPod4"] || [currentMachine hasPrefix:@"iPad2"] || [currentMachine hasPrefix:@"iPod5"]) {
-            APLog(@"this is a cat two device");
-            _currentSpeedCategory = VLCSpeedCategoryTwoDevices;
-        } else if ([currentMachine hasPrefix:@"iPhone5"] || [currentMachine hasPrefix:@"iPhone6"] || [currentMachine hasPrefix:@"iPad4"]) {
-            APLog(@"this is a cat three device");
-            _currentSpeedCategory = VLCSpeedCategoryThreeDevices;
-        } else {
-            APLog(@"this is a cat four device");
-            _currentSpeedCategory = VLCSpeedCategoryFourDevices;
-        }
-    }
-    return _currentSpeedCategory;
-}
-
 - (NSNumber *)VLCFreeDiskSpace
 {
     NSNumber *totalSpace;

Sources/VLCAppDelegate.m

@@ -56,17 +56,11 @@ NSString *const VLCDropboxSessionWasAuthorized = @"VLCDropboxSessionWasAuthorize
 {
     NSUserDefaults *defaults = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
 
-    NSNumber *skipLoopFilterDefaultValue;
-    if ([[UIDevice currentDevice] vlcSpeedCategory] < VLCSpeedCategoryThreeDevices)
-        skipLoopFilterDefaultValue = kVLCSettingSkipLoopFilterNonKey;
-    else
-        skipLoopFilterDefaultValue = kVLCSettingSkipLoopFilterNonRef;
-
     NSDictionary *appDefaults = @{kVLCSettingPasscodeAllowTouchID : @(1),
                                   kVLCSettingContinueAudioInBackgroundKey : @(YES),
                                   kVLCSettingStretchAudio : @(NO),
                                   kVLCSettingTextEncoding : kVLCSettingTextEncodingDefaultValue,
-                                  kVLCSettingSkipLoopFilter : skipLoopFilterDefaultValue,
+                                  kVLCSettingSkipLoopFilter : kVLCSettingSkipLoopFilterNonRef,
                                   kVLCSettingSubtitlesFont : kVLCSettingSubtitlesFontDefaultValue,
                                   kVLCSettingSubtitlesFontColor : kVLCSettingSubtitlesFontColorDefaultValue,
                                   kVLCSettingSubtitlesFontSize : kVLCSettingSubtitlesFontSizeDefaultValue,

Sources/VLCConstants.h

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #define kVLCSettingSkipLoopFilter @"avcodec-skiploopfilter"
 #define kVLCSettingSkipLoopFilterNone @(0)
 #define kVLCSettingSkipLoopFilterNonRef @(1)
-#define kVLCSettingSkipLoopFilterNonKey @(3)
 #define kVLCSettingSaveHTTPUploadServerStatus @"isHTTPServerOn"
 #define kVLCSettingSubtitlesFont @"quartztext-font"
 #define kVLCSettingSubtitlesFontDefaultValue @"HelveticaNeue"

Sources/VLCEqualizerView.m

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #import "VLCEqualizerView.h"
 #import "VLCTrackSelectorTableViewCell.h"
 #import "VLCTrackSelectorHeaderView.h"
-#import "UIDevice+VLC.h"
 #import "VLCSlider.h"
 
 #define PROFILE_SELECTOR_TABLEVIEW_SECTIONHEADER @"profile selector table section header"
@@ -260,11 +259,8 @@
     _tableView.sectionHeaderHeight = 28.;
     [_tableView registerClass:[VLCTrackSelectorHeaderView class] forHeaderFooterViewReuseIdentifier:PROFILE_SELECTOR_TABLEVIEW_SECTIONHEADER];
     [_tableView registerClass:[VLCTrackSelectorTableViewCell class] forCellReuseIdentifier:PROFILE_SELECTOR_TABLEVIEW_CELL];
-    if ([[UIDevice currentDevice] vlcSpeedCategory] >= VLCSpeedCategoryThreeDevices) {
-        _tableView.opaque = NO;
-        _tableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
-    } else
-        _tableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
+    _tableView.opaque = NO;
+    _tableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
     [self addSubview:_tableView];
     return self;
 }

Sources/VLCHTTPConnection.m

@@ -154,18 +154,8 @@
                 return [[HTTPErrorResponse alloc] initWithErrorCode:404];
             }
 
-            NSData *theData;
-            NSString *contentType;
-
-            /* devices category 3 and faster include HW accelerated JPEG encoding
-             * so we can make our transfers faster by using waaay smaller images */
-            if ([[UIDevice currentDevice] vlcSpeedCategory] < VLCSpeedCategoryThreeDevices) {
-                theData = UIImagePNGRepresentation([VLCThumbnailsCache thumbnailForManagedObject:mo]);
-                contentType = @"image/png";
-            } else {
-                theData = UIImageJPEGRepresentation([VLCThumbnailsCache thumbnailForManagedObject:mo], .9);
-                contentType = @"image/jpg";
-            }
+            NSData *theData = UIImageJPEGRepresentation([VLCThumbnailsCache thumbnailForManagedObject:mo], .9);
+            NSString *contentType = @"image/jpg";
 
             if (theData) {
                 HTTPDataResponse *dataResponse = [[HTTPDataResponse alloc] initWithData:theData];

Sources/VLCMovieViewController.m

@@ -543,11 +543,8 @@ typedef NS_ENUM(NSInteger, VLCPanType) {
     verticalSeparator.backgroundColor = [UIColor VLCLightTextColor].CGColor;
 
     _sleepTimeDatePicker = [[UIDatePicker alloc] init];
-    if ([[UIDevice currentDevice] vlcSpeedCategory] >= VLCSpeedCategoryThreeDevices) {
-        _sleepTimeDatePicker.opaque = NO;
-        _sleepTimeDatePicker.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
-    } else
-        _sleepTimeDatePicker.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
+    _sleepTimeDatePicker.opaque = NO;
+    _sleepTimeDatePicker.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
     _sleepTimeDatePicker.tintColor = [UIColor VLCLightTextColor];
     _sleepTimeDatePicker.frame = CGRectMake(0., 0., 300., 162.);
     _sleepTimeDatePicker.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleRightMargin | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleLeftMargin | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleBottomMargin | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleTopMargin;

Sources/VLCPlaybackController.m

@@ -136,35 +136,6 @@ VLCMediaDelegate>
 
 #pragma mark - playback management
 
-- (BOOL)_isMediaSuitableForDevice:(VLCMedia *)media
-{
-    NSArray *tracksInfo = media.tracksInformation;
-    double width = 0.0, height = 0.0;
-    NSDictionary *track;
-
-    for (NSUInteger x = 0; x < tracksInfo.count; x++) {
-        track = tracksInfo[x];
-        if ([track[VLCMediaTracksInformationType] isEqualToString:VLCMediaTracksInformationTypeVideo]) {
-            width = [track[VLCMediaTracksInformationVideoWidth] doubleValue];
-            height = [track[VLCMediaTracksInformationVideoHeight] doubleValue];
-        }
-    }
-
-    NSUInteger totalNumberOfPixels = width * height;
-
-    VLCSpeedCategory speedCategory = [[UIDevice currentDevice] vlcSpeedCategory];
-
-    if (speedCategory == VLCSpeedCategoryTwoDevices) {
-        return (totalNumberOfPixels < 922000); // 720p
-    } else if (speedCategory == VLCSpeedCategoryThreeDevices) {
-        return (totalNumberOfPixels < 2074000); // 1080p
-    } else if (speedCategory == VLCSpeedCategoryFourDevices) {
-        return (totalNumberOfPixels < 8850000); // 4K
-    }
-
-    return YES;
-}
-
 - (void)playMediaList:(VLCMediaList *)mediaList firstIndex:(NSInteger)index
 {
     self.mediaList = mediaList;
@@ -288,36 +259,7 @@ VLCMediaDelegate>
 
     [_playbackSessionManagementLock unlock];
 
-    if (![self _isMediaSuitableForDevice:media]) {
-#if TARGET_OS_IOS
-        VLCAlertView *alert = [[VLCAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:NSLocalizedString(@"DEVICE_TOOSLOW_TITLE", nil)
-                                                          message:[NSString stringWithFormat:NSLocalizedString(@"DEVICE_TOOSLOW", nil), [[UIDevice currentDevice] model], media.url.lastPathComponent]
-                                                         delegate:self
-                                                cancelButtonTitle:NSLocalizedString(@"BUTTON_CANCEL", nil)
-                                                otherButtonTitles:NSLocalizedString(@"BUTTON_OPEN", nil), nil];
-        [alert show];
-#else
-        UIAlertController *alert = [UIAlertController alertControllerWithTitle:NSLocalizedString(@"DEVICE_TOOSLOW_TITLE", nil)
-                                                                       message:[NSString stringWithFormat:NSLocalizedString(@"DEVICE_TOOSLOW", nil), [[UIDevice currentDevice] model], media.url.lastPathComponent]
-                                                                preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleAlert];
-
-        UIAlertAction *defaultAction = [UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:NSLocalizedString(@"BUTTON_OPEN", nil)
-                                                                style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault
-                                                              handler:^(UIAlertAction * action) {
-                                                                      [self _playNewMedia];
-                                                              }];
-
-        UIAlertAction *cancelAction = [UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:NSLocalizedString(@"BUTTON_CANCEL", nil)
-                                                               style:UIAlertActionStyleDestructive
-                                                            handler:^(UIAlertAction * action) {
-                                                                [self stopPlayback];
-                                                            }];
-        [alert addAction:defaultAction];
-        [alert addAction:cancelAction];
-        [[UIApplication sharedApplication].keyWindow.rootViewController presentViewController:alert animated:YES completion:nil];
-#endif
-    } else
-        [self _playNewMedia];
+    [self _playNewMedia];
 }
 
 - (void)_playNewMedia
@@ -358,16 +300,6 @@ VLCMediaDelegate>
     [_playbackSessionManagementLock unlock];
 }
 
-#if TARGET_OS_IOS
-- (void)alertView:(UIAlertView *)alertView clickedButtonAtIndex:(NSInteger)buttonIndex
-{
-    if (buttonIndex == 1)
-        [self _playNewMedia];
-    else
-        [self stopPlayback];
-}
-#endif
-
 - (void)stopPlayback
 {
     BOOL ret = [_playbackSessionManagementLock tryLock];

Sources/VLCSidebarController.m

@@ -60,13 +60,6 @@
 
     _sideMenuViewController.delegate = self;
 
-    if ([[UIDevice currentDevice] vlcSpeedCategory] <= VLCSpeedCategoryTwoDevices) {
-        _sideMenuViewController.animationDuration = 0.1f;
-        _sideMenuViewController.parallaxEnabled = NO;
-        _sideMenuViewController.contentViewShadowEnabled = NO;
-        _sideMenuViewController.bouncesHorizontally = NO;
-    }
-
     return self;
 }
 

Sources/VLCTrackSelectorHeaderView.m

@@ -24,11 +24,8 @@
 
     self.contentView.backgroundColor = [UIColor VLCDarkBackgroundColor];
     self.textLabel.textColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
-
-    if ([[UIDevice currentDevice] vlcSpeedCategory] >= VLCSpeedCategoryThreeDevices) {
-        self.opaque = NO;
-        self.alpha = .8;
-    }
+    self.opaque = NO;
+    self.alpha = .8;
 
     return self;
 }

Sources/VLCTrackSelectorView.m

@@ -53,12 +53,8 @@
 }
 
 - (void)configureForDeviceCategory {
-    if ([[UIDevice currentDevice] vlcSpeedCategory] >= VLCSpeedCategoryThreeDevices) {
-        _trackSelectorTableView.opaque = NO;
-        _trackSelectorTableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
-    } else {
-        _trackSelectorTableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor];
-    }
+    _trackSelectorTableView.opaque = NO;
+    _trackSelectorTableView.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
     _trackSelectorTableView.allowsMultipleSelection = YES;
 }