[FFmpeg-devel] FFmpeg Small Task: Optimal Huffman Tables.

[Lou Logan]

On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:29:25 +0200, Reimar Döffinger wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 08:23:45PM +0530, briggers wrote:
> > I expect to have quite a bit of free time over the next few months
> > which I hope I can spend constructively by contributing to the
> > FFmpeg project. I was looking through the small tasks list on the
> > wiki at multimedia.cx [1] to get an idea where I could start. I was
> > thinking I could start with the implementation of optimal huffman
> > tables for (M)JPEG. I'll try to tread lightly, but I hope you'll
> > forgive any future brain farts. Thanks.

Contributions are appreciated!

> Don't worry about mistakes, reviews are there for catching it
> (but if you are new it helps if you can forgive if reviews seem/are
> a bit harsh, people generally have only time to point out all that
> is bad, even if most is good :-) ).

This is good to mention. If a reply seems terse or blunt, it is just
a result of trying to efficiently discuss any issues, and not any
intentional rudeness on the author's part.