[FFmpeg-devel] Google Summer of Code participation

[Thilo Borgmann]

Hi,

I want to participate in the GSoC 09 and I'm currently looking for a 
small patch to release as the desired qualification task.

There are three tasks on the list 
(http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=Small_FFmpeg_Tasks) wich seem 
to be solvable within the remaining time untill the deadline.

In order of preference:


no. 5: "Patch cleanup for MPEG 1 & 2 optimizations"
Sound interesting to get started and quite easy. Unfortunately, the link 
given in the corresponding thread of the development mailing list points 
to something completely different...
http://roundup.ffmpeg.org/roundup/ffmpeg/issue100

-> I would like to cleanup that patch if the information described in 
that threat can be provided by someone? (author was "michaelni")


no. 12: "16-bit Interplay Video Decoder"
Sounds interesting and as there is a working 8-bit decoder, wich throws 
some errors if operating on the 16-bit demo file, there seems to be a 
good starting point. Unfortunately, the section about 16-bit opcodes is 
far from useful, if opcodes would have to be changed, this task becomes 
very difficult...
http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=Interplay_Video

-> The suggestion in the wiki is to ask the development community (you!) 
about a good start-off with that problem. So I do: Anyone who can help 
on this? Anyone with more information about the 16-bit mode?
(Already inspected the code here... sounds like altering the #define'd 
functions but how to know if it is 8-bit palette mode or 16-bit 
whatsoever mode?)


no. 23: "CorePNG Decoder"
Well, the descriptions sound quite easy, BUT the current svn version of 
ffmpeg (as well as my very old one) say that it "could not find codec 
parameters". Thus, I suppose there is no existing PNG1 decoder wich 
decodes RGB I-Frame video? Is there a PNG1 coded RGB I-Frame demo video? 
So this task seems to me like implementing a whole decoder on top of the 
png image decoder?
http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/V-codecs/PNG1/

-> Seems to be a not that difficult task but to have a complex start-off.


It would be nice to read your thoughts about my prefered qualification 
tasks as I have to decide which one I'm going to try... and the deadline 
is the end of the next week!

Thanks a lot,
TB
<http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=Small_FFmpeg_Tasks#Patch_cleanup_for_MPEG_1_.26_2_optimizations>