Christian Fetzer
Spezialist Entwicklung at BMW Car IT GmbH
Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolChristian Fetzer is a seasoned C++ software engineer with 14 years of experience, currently working as Spezialist Entwicklung at BMW Car IT in Ulm. He has deep expertise in connectivity and embedded systems, having built Bluetooth/NFC test frameworks, middleware daemons, and vehicle headunit demonstrators with Qt and cross-platform C++ architectures. Christian is an active open-source contributor to prominent projects like Kodi and OpenStack-related tooling, where he improved build systems, integration with media libraries, and CI-driven Jenkins job configurations. Known for bridging low-level systems work with practical CI/DevOps improvements, he brings a track record of shipping reliable, extendable solutions for automotive and multimedia platforms.
14 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom, Informatik, Diplom, Informatik at Universität Ulm
German, English
Github Skills (20)
dependency-management10
tvm10
c-language10
back-end-development10
build-system10
cmake10
ffmpeg10
kodi10
cicd10
automation10
jenkins10
jenkins-ci10
automations10
backend10
cprogramming-language10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
xbmc/xbmc
Oct 2011 - Sep 2019
Kodi is an award-winning free and open source home theater/media center software and entertainment hub for digital media. With its beautiful interface and powerful skinning engine, it's available for Android, BSD, Linux, macOS, iOS, tvOS and Windows.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:377 commits, 210 PRs, 89 pushes in 8 years
Contributions summary:Christian primarily contributed to improving the build process and dependency management within the Kodi project. Their work included adding and modifying CMake modules to find and integrate external libraries like FFMPEG, LibDvd, and others. They refactored and modernized existing build scripts, corrected platform-specific configurations for platforms like Android and Windows, and incorporated various code improvements to enhance build performance. They implemented in-game saves for retro games.
pythonentertainmentc-plus-plusiosmultimedia
opdenkamp/xbmc-pvr-addons
Sep 2012 - Jan 2014
Old XBMC PVR add-ons for Kodi up till Helix. Anything newer than Helix is built from the new location: https://github.com/kodi-pvr
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:32 commits in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Christian primarily focused on developing and maintaining the backend of the XBMC/Kodi PVR add-on. Their contributions involve significant code changes to core files, specifically within the `addons/pvr.mythtv.cmyth/src` directory. They implemented features, addressed backend connection issues, and fixed bugs related to live TV, and recording management. The commits demonstrate expertise in working with C++ and integrating with the MythTV backend.
add-onspvrxbmchelixlocation
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