[FFmpeg-devel] Mentoring project: music test source

[Mina]

On 10/04/2018 11:40 AM, Nicolas George wrote:
> Hi.
>
> No need to Cc people who are on the list.

Actually replied only to you initially, sorry about that.

>
> Mina (2018-09-30):
>> Do you mean by "look like music" to just follow music theory rules or
>> actually sound like real music.
>> Just curious.
> In my mind, the purpose is to have a signal that can exercise filters
> and codecs, trigger as many code paths as possible, without requiring an
> external sample.
>
> Therefore, it must "look like music" from the point of view of analysis
> done by filters and codecs. And since some of the have quite subtle
> psychoacoustic models tweaked for music, following music theory rules is
> probably a requirement.
>
> Sounding like real music seems much more difficult, and possibly not
> that useful. But I think that if the code is clean, if somebody comes up
> with a better algorithm to sound more catchy, it can be added in the
> same filter as an option.
>
> And, to answer Carl Eugen's question: No, I do not have a student lined
> for this project.
>
> Regards,
>

I think I can start on that, I was already searching for my next 
contribution. Pedro's reply seems pretty useful.