[FFmpeg-devel] Proposal of two projects for GSoC

[Thilo Borgmann]

Hi,

> Please find the proposal for the following two projects for GSoC this year.
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> The FATE project had been proposed earlier already but I don't know why it
> didn't happen.
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> I previously got the feedback from Thilo Borgmann and would be happy to get
> feedback from the community as well.

according to the replies I figure this project seems ok, I added it to the gsoc page.

Anyone wants to comment about the FATE proposal?


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> FATE tests for HW acceleration
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> Description: FFmpeg's FATE regression test system do not include validation
> of hardware acceleration. This project is about to include these
> hardware-specific regression tests to the FATE system. Since this project
> requires access to corresponding hardware, it is not expected to cover the
> whole range of hardware accelerators there are but to initialize some
> useful tests for available hardware, most likely to include CPU
> acceleration on Intel or AMD at least. Access to other hardware can also be
> provided during the project, depending on the students requirements.
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> Expected results: Implement tests for the different hardware decoding,
> encoding and transcoding capabilities there are.
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> Prerequisites: Good C and Makefile coding skills, basic familiarity with
> Git.
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> Qualification Task: TBD
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> Mentor: Artem G (artem.galin [at] intel [dot] com)
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> Backup Mentor: TBD


-Thilo