Modified to build tvOS framework. run with ./buildMobileVLCKit.sh -t -f

buildMobileVLC.sh

#!/bin/sh
# Copyright (C) Pierre d'Herbemont, 2010
# Copyright (C) Felix Paul Kühne, 2012-2015

set -e

BUILD_DEVICE=yes
BUILD_SIMULATOR=yes
BUILD_STATIC_FRAMEWORK=no
SDK=`xcrun --sdk iphoneos --show-sdk-version`
SDK_MIN=7.0
VERBOSE=no
CONFIGURATION="Release"
NONETWORK=no
SKIPLIBVLCCOMPILATION=no
SCARY=yes
TVOS=no

TESTEDHASH=a6305ff5

usage()
{
cat << EOF
usage: $0 [-s] [-v] [-k sdk]

OPTIONS
   -k       Specify which sdk to use (see 'xcodebuild -showsdks', current: ${SDK})
   -v       Be more verbose
   -s       Build for simulator
   -f       Build framework for device and simulator
   -d       Enable Debug
   -n       Skip script steps requiring network interaction
   -l       Skip libvlc compilation
   -t       Build for tvOS
   -w       Build a limited stack of non-scary libraries only
   -y       Build universal static libraries
EOF
}

spushd()
{
     pushd "$1" 2>&1> /dev/null
}

spopd()
{
     popd 2>&1> /dev/null
}

info()
{
     local green="\033[1;32m"
     local normal="\033[0m"
     echo "[${green}info${normal}] $1"
}

buildxcodeproj()
{
    local target="$2"
    local PLATFORM="$3"

    info "Building $1 ($target, ${CONFIGURATION}, $PLATFORM)"

    local architectures=""
    if [ "$PLATFORM" = "appletvsimulator" ]; then
        architectures="i386 x86_64"
    else
        architectures="arm64"
    fi

    local defs="$GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS"
    if [ "$SCARY" = "no" ]; then
        defs="$defs NOSCARYCODECS"
    fi
    xcodebuild -project "$1.xcodeproj" \
               -target "$target" \
               -sdk $PLATFORM$SDK \
               -configuration ${CONFIGURATION} \
               ARCHS="${architectures}" \
               IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=${SDK_MIN} \
               GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS="$defs" \
               > ${out}
}

while getopts "hvwsfdntlk:" OPTION
do
     case $OPTION in
         h)
             usage
             exit 1
             ;;
         v)
             VERBOSE=yes
             ;;
         s)
             BUILD_DEVICE=no
             BUILD_SIMULATOR=yes
             BUILD_STATIC_FRAMEWORK=no
             ;;
         f)
             BUILD_DEVICE=yes
             BUILD_SIMULATOR=yes
             BUILD_STATIC_FRAMEWORK=yes
             ;;
         d)  CONFIGURATION="Debug"
             ;;
         w)  SCARY="no"
             ;;
         n)
             NONETWORK=yes
             ;;
         l)
             SKIPLIBVLCCOMPILATION=yes
             ;;
         k)
             SDK=$OPTARG
             ;;
         t)
             TVOS=yes
             SDK=`xcrun --sdk appletvos --show-sdk-version`
             ;;
         ?)
             usage
             exit 1
             ;;
     esac
done
shift $(($OPTIND - 1))

out="/dev/null"
if [ "$VERBOSE" = "yes" ]; then
   out="/dev/stdout"
fi

if [ "x$1" != "x" ]; then
    usage
    exit 1
fi

# Get root dir
spushd .
aspen_root_dir=`pwd`
spopd

info "Preparing build dirs"

mkdir -p MobileVLCKit/ImportedSources

spushd MobileVLCKit/ImportedSources

if [ "$NONETWORK" != "yes" ]; then
if ! [ -e vlc ]; then
git clone git://git.videolan.org/vlc.git vlc
info "Applying patches to vlc.git"
cd vlc
git checkout -B localBranch ${TESTEDHASH}
git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/master localBranch
git am ../../patches/*.patch
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
git am --abort
info "Applying the patches failed, aborting git-am"
exit 1
fi
cd ..
else
cd vlc
git pull --rebase
git reset --hard ${TESTEDHASH}
git am ../../patches/*.patch
cd ..
fi
fi

spopd

#
# Build time
#

buildMobileKit() {
    PLATFORM="$1"

    info "Building for $PLATFORM"

    spushd MobileVLCKit/ImportedSources

    if [ "$SKIPLIBVLCCOMPILATION" != "yes" ]; then
    spushd vlc/extras/package/ios
    info "Building vlc"
    args=""
    if [ "$VERBOSE" = "yes" ]; then
        args="${args} -v"
    fi
    if [ "$CONFIGURATION" = "Debug" ]; then
        args="${args} -d"
    fi
    if [ "$SCARY" = "no" ]; then
        args="${args} -w"
    fi
    if [ "$TVOS" = "no" ]; then
		if [ "$PLATFORM" = "iphonesimulator" ]; then
			args="${args} -s"
			./build.sh -a i386 ${args} -k "${SDK}" && ./build.sh -a x86_64 ${args} -k "${SDK}"
		else
			./build.sh -a armv7 ${args} -k "${SDK}" && ./build.sh -a armv7s ${args} -k "${SDK}" && ./build.sh -a aarch64 ${args} -k "${SDK}"
		fi
	else
		if [ "$PLATFORM" = "iphonesimulator" ]; then
			args="${args} -s"
			./build.sh -a x86_64 -t ${args} -k "${SDK}"
		else
			./build.sh -a aarch64 -t ${args} -k "${SDK}"
		fi
	fi

    spopd
    fi

    spopd # MobileVLCKit/ImportedSources

    info "Build for $PLATFORM completed"
}

if [ "$BUILD_DEVICE" != "no" ]; then
    buildMobileKit iphoneos
fi
if [ "$BUILD_SIMULATOR" != "no" ]; then
    buildMobileKit iphonesimulator
fi

DEVICEARCHS=""
SIMULATORARCHS=""

doVLCLipo() {
    FILEPATH="$1"
    FILE="$2"
    PLUGIN="$3"
    OSSTYLE="$4"
    files=""

    info "...$FILEPATH$FILE"

    for i in $DEVICEARCHS
    do
        files="install-ios-"$OSSTYLE"OS/$i/lib/$FILEPATH$FILE $files"
    done

    for i in $SIMULATORARCHS
    do
        files="install-ios-"$OSSTYLE"Simulator/$i/lib/$FILEPATH$FILE $files"
    done

    if [ "$PLUGIN" != "no" ]; then
        lipo $files -create -output install-ios-$OSSTYLE/plugins/$FILE
    else
        lipo $files -create -output install-ios-$OSSTYLE/core/$FILE
    fi
}

doContribLipo() {
    LIBNAME="$1"
    OSSTYLE="$2"
    files=""

    info "...$LIBNAME"

    for i in $DEVICEARCHS
    do
        if [ "$i" != "arm64" ]; then
            files="contrib/$OSSTYLE-$i-apple-darwin11-$i/lib/$LIBNAME $files"
        else
            files="contrib/$OSSTYLE-aarch64-apple-darwin11-aarch64/lib/$LIBNAME $files"
        fi
    done

    for i in $SIMULATORARCHS
    do
        files="contrib/$OSSTYLE-$i-apple-darwin11-$i/lib/$LIBNAME $files"
    done

    lipo $files -create -output install-ios-$OSSTYLE/contrib/$LIBNAME
}

get_symbol()
{
    echo "$1" | grep vlc_entry_$2|cut -d" " -f 3|sed 's/_vlc/vlc/'
}

build_universal_static_lib() {
	PROJECT_DIR=`pwd`
	OSSTYLE="$1"
	info "building universal static libs for OS style $OSSTYLE"

	# remove old module list
	rm -f $PROJECT_DIR/MobileVLCKit/vlc-plugins-$OSSTYLE.h
	rm -f $PROJECT_DIR/MobileVLCKit/vlc-plugins-$OSSTYLE.xcconfig
	touch $PROJECT_DIR/MobileVLCKit/vlc-plugins-$OSSTYLE.h
	touch $PROJECT_DIR/MobileVLCKit/vlc-plugins-$OSSTYLE.xcconfig

	spushd MobileVLCKit/ImportedSources/vlc
	rm -rf install-ios-$OSSTYLE
	mkdir install-ios-$OSSTYLE
	mkdir install-ios-$OSSTYLE/core
	mkdir install-ios-$OSSTYLE/contrib
	mkdir install-ios-$OSSTYLE/plugins
	spopd # vlc

	spushd MobileVLCKit/ImportedSources/vlc/install-ios-"$OSSTYLE"OS
	for i in `ls .`
	do
		DEVICEARCHS="$DEVICEARCHS $i"
	done
	spopd # vlc-install-ios-"$OSSTYLE"OS

	spushd MobileVLCKit/ImportedSources/vlc/install-ios-"$OSSTYLE"Simulator
	for i in `ls .`
	do
		SIMULATORARCHS="$SIMULATORARCHS $i"
	done
	spopd # vlc-install-ios-"$OSSTYLE"Simulator

	# arm64 got the lowest number of modules
	VLCMODULES=""
	spushd MobileVLCKit/ImportedSources/vlc/install-ios-"$OSSTYLE"OS/arm64/lib/vlc/plugins
	for i in `ls *.a`
	do
		VLCMODULES="$i $VLCMODULES"
	done
	spopd # vlc/install-ios-"$OSSTYLE"OS/arm64/lib/vlc/plugins

	if [ "$OSSTYLE" != "AppleTV" ]; then
		# collect ARMv7/s specific neon modules
		VLCNEONMODULES=""
		spushd MobileVLCKit/ImportedSources/vlc/install-ios-"$OSSTYLE"OS/armv7/lib/vlc/plugins
		for i in `ls *.a | grep neon`
		do
			VLCNEONMODULES="$i $VLCNEONMODULES"
		done
		spopd # vlc/install-ios-"$OSSTYLE"OS/armv7/lib/vlc/plugins
	fi

	spushd MobileVLCKit/ImportedSources/vlc

	# lipo all the vlc libraries and its plugins
	doVLCLipo "" "libvlc.a" "no" $OSSTYLE
	doVLCLipo "" "libvlccore.a" "no" $OSSTYLE
	doVLCLipo "vlc/" "libcompat.a" "no" $OSSTYLE
	for i in $VLCMODULES
	do
		doVLCLipo "vlc/plugins/" $i "yes" $OSSTYLE
	done

	# lipo contrib libraries
	CONTRIBLIBS=""
	spushd contrib/$OSSTYLE-aarch64-apple-darwin11-aarch64/lib
	for i in `ls *.a`
	do
		CONTRIBLIBS="$i $CONTRIBLIBS"
	done
	spopd # contrib/$OSSTYLE-aarch64-apple-darwin11-aarch64/lib
	for i in $CONTRIBLIBS
	do
		doContribLipo $i $OSSTYLE
	done

	if [ "$OSSTYLE" != "AppleTV" ]; then
		# lipo the remaining NEON plugins
		DEVICEARCHS="armv7 armv7s"
		SIMULATORARCHS=""
		for i in $VLCNEONMODULES
		do
			doVLCLipo "vlc/plugins/" $i "yes" $OSSTYLE
		done
	fi

	# create module list
	info "creating module list"
	echo "// This file is autogenerated by $(basename $0)\n\n" > $PROJECT_DIR/MobileVLCKit/vlc-plugins-$OSSTYLE.h
	echo "// This file is autogenerated by $(basename $0)\n\n" > $PROJECT_DIR/MobileVLCKit/vlc-plugins-$OSSTYLE.xcconfig

	# arm64 got the lowest number of modules
	BUILTINS="const void *vlc_static_modules[] = {\n"; \

	LDFLAGS=""
	DEFINITIONS=""

	# add contrib libraries to LDFLAGS
	for file in $CONTRIBLIBS
	do
		LDFLAGS+="\$(PROJECT_DIR)/MobileVLCKit/ImportedSources/vlc/install-ios-"$OSSTYLE"/contrib/$file "
	done

	for file in $VLCMODULES
	do
		symbols=$(nm -g -arch arm64 install-ios-$OSSTYLE/plugins/$file)
		entryname=$(get_symbol "$symbols" _)
		DEFINITIONS+="int $entryname (int (*)(void *, void *, int, ...), void *);\n";
		BUILTINS+=" $entryname,\n"
		LDFLAGS+="\$(PROJECT_DIR)/MobileVLCKit/ImportedSources/vlc/install-ios-"$OSSTYLE"/plugins/$file "
		info "...$entryname"
	done;

	if [ "$OSSTYLE" != "AppleTV" ]; then
		BUILTINS+="#ifdef __arm__\n"
		DEFINITIONS+="#ifdef __arm__\n"
		for file in $VLCNEONMODULES
		do
			symbols=$(nm -g -arch armv7 install-ios-$OSSTYLE/plugins/$file)
			entryname=$(get_symbol "$symbols" _)
			DEFINITIONS+="int $entryname (int (*)(void *, void *, int, ...), void *);\n";
			BUILTINS+=" $entryname,\n"
			LDFLAGS+="\$(PROJECT_DIR)/MobileVLCKit/ImportedSources/vlc/install-ios-"$OSSTYLE"/plugins/$file "
			info "...$entryname"
		done;
		BUILTINS+="#endif\n"
		DEFINITIONS+="#endif\n"
	fi

	BUILTINS="$BUILTINS NULL\n};\n"

	echo "$DEFINITIONS\n$BUILTINS" > $PROJECT_DIR/MobileVLCKit/vlc-plugins-$OSSTYLE.h
	echo "VLC_PLUGINS_LDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS" > $PROJECT_DIR/MobileVLCKit/vlc-plugins-$OSSTYLE.xcconfig

	spopd # vlc
}

if [ "$TVOS" != "yes" ]; then
    build_universal_static_lib "iPhone"
else
    build_universal_static_lib "AppleTV"
fi

info "all done"

if [ "$BUILD_STATIC_FRAMEWORK" != "no" ]; then
    info "Building static MobileVLCKit.framework"

    buildxcodeproj MobileVLCKit "TVVLCKit" appletvos
    buildxcodeproj MobileVLCKit "TVVLCKit" appletvsimulator

    # Assumes both platforms were built currently
    spushd build
    rm -rf TVVLCKit.framework && \
    mkdir TVVLCKit.framework && \
    lipo -create Release-appletvos/libTVVLCKit.a \
                 Release-appletvsimulator/libTVVLCKit.a \
              -o TVVLCKit.framework/TVVLCKit && \
    chmod a+x TVVLCKit.framework/TVVLCKit && \
    cp -pr Release-appletvos/TVVLCKit TVVLCKit.framework/Headers
    spopd # build

    info "Build of static TVVLCKit.framework completed"
fi

Did you noticed the bitcode problem after compiling the framework?

VLCKit(audio.o)' does not contain bitcode. You must rebuild it with bitcode enabled (Xcode setting ENABLE_BITCODE) or obtain an updated library from the vendor for architecture arm64

I keep getting this error

error: patch failed: contrib/src/harfbuzz/rules.mak:23
error: contrib/src/harfbuzz/rules.mak: patch does not apply
Patch failed at 0013 contrib/harfbuzz: fix iOS compilation when CoreText is enabled
The copy of the patch that failed is found in:
/Volumes/Ganesh Data/VLCSourceTv/VLCKit/MobileVLCKit/ImportedSources/vlc/.git/rebase-apply/patch
When you have resolved this problem, run "git am --continue".
If you prefer to skip this patch, run "git am --skip" instead.
To restore the original branch and stop patching, run "git am --abort".

Do you happen to know what went wrong here?

I also get the same error

    error: patch failed: contrib/src/harfbuzz/rules.mak:23
    error: contrib/src/harfbuzz/rules.mak: patch does not apply        
    Patch failed at 0013 contrib/harfbuzz: fix iOS compilation when CoreText is enabled
    The copy of the patch that failed is found in:
    /Volumes/Ganesh Data/VLCSourceTv/VLCKit/MobileVLCKit/ImportedSources/vlc/.git/rebase-apply/patch
    When you have resolved this problem, run "git am --continue".
    If you prefer to skip this patch, run "git am --skip" instead.
    To restore the original branch and stop patching, run "git am --abort".

Has anyone had any progress yet?