[FFmpeg-devel] Interpolation algorithms for FFmpeg

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:54:21AM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 08:38:47PM +0200, Sebastian Vater wrote:
> > Hi guys!
> > 
> > In accordance with my chief I planned my Bachelor work to deal with interpolation algorithms and I also have to code one.
> > 
> > After getting some informations from Benjamin Larsson what is already supported in FFmpeg, I was doing some research last weekend on interpolation for being a) usable for
> > FFmpeg and b) for my Bachelor work.
> > 
> > I found this one very interesting (Farrow Interpolation mode):
> > http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/toolbox/dspblks/ref/variablefractionaldelay.html#f6-552788
> 
> what is farrow interpolation?
> this text in that link is pretty much crap. I can explain what fir is in 2
> lines they drag it out over pages and diagrams that only make sense to someone
> who knows already what the things are besides that the informations is
> obviously incomplete.
> 
> 
> > 
> > I have to tell my chief next monday, which interpolation mode I want to implement in the Bachelor work (which could be included in FFmpeg, too).
> > It will also be part of my GSoC project and be used by the mixing engine of libavsequencer, i.e. realtime appliance is required.
> > 
> > Any ideas, comments?
> 
> ffmpeg would be interrested in any of the following
> * picture scaling by doing interpolation along the direction of most equal
>   color or otherwise along the texture pattern
> * video frame rate changing by interpolation along motion vectors
> * audio resampling by adaptively switching filters (for example filter
>   length) depending on audio characteristics with the intent of maximizing
>   similarity to the ideal/correct signal.

also note that the middle of teh 3 is hard and would eat alot of your time
if you want it to work well in practice instead of just as a academic
excercise

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