Lars Kamp
Lead Developer at Op den Kamp IT Solutions
Limburg, Netherlands
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Top SchoolLars Kamp is a seasoned lead developer with 15 years of experience building embedded systems, backend services and custom AV integrations from Limburg, Netherlands. He is the main author and maintainer of MatrixOS for Pulse-Eight’s HDMI matrices and the creator of libCEC, a widely used cross-platform HDMI-CEC library with multi-language bindings. Lars combines hands-on firmware and OS-level development with product R&D and runs his own company delivering bespoke audio/video distribution and home automation solutions. An active open-source contributor, he has deep PVR and streaming expertise demonstrated through significant contributions to Kodi and TVheadend, including EPG persistence, CAS support and PVR add-on integrations. Comfortable spanning hardware, protocol-level code and backend networking, he often turns hobbyist projects into commercial-grade components used across platforms.
15 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of TwenteBachelor of Science, Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Software Engineering at Saxion University of Applied SciencesIng, ICT, Ing, ICT at Zuyd University of Applied Sciences
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Github Skills (29)
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kodi10
network-programming10
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cplus10
xml-parsing10
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
opdenkamp/xbmc-pvr-addons
Apr 2012 - Feb 2015
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:173 commits, 22 PRs, 7 pushes in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Lars contributed code for a PVR (Personal Video Recorder) add-on. Their work involved adding and integrating the `tinyxml` library, a critical component for parsing XML configuration files. Further contributions include the addition of a MediaPortal add-on and enhancements to its socket communication and other supporting classes, demonstrating skills in backend logic and network communications. They also worked on integrating other PVR add-ons, suggesting a focus on the backend PVR architecture.
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xbmc/xbmc
Oct 2010 - Jan 2017
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:718 commits, 54 PRs, 26 pushes in 6 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Lars primarily contributed to the PVR (Personal Video Recorder) functionality within the Kodi media center. Their work involved modifying database schemas to support sub-channel numbers and refining channel management. They also made changes to the CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) adapter, fixing bugs and implementing new features for controlling devices. Additionally, they contributed to the PVR add-ons functionality.
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