[FFmpeg-devel] STF RaptorQ

[Kieran Kunhya]

On Fri, 23 May 2025, 10:58 Michael Niedermayer, <michael at niedermayer.cc>
wrote:

> On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 11:45:14AM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > Hi
> [...]
> > > I agree with Kieran that this seems to largely be outside the STF
> > > objectives (i.e. sustainability for open source projects).
> >
> > A new implementation of RIST, SRT, Raptor and so on may fall outside
> > but redesigning the protocol layer in FFmpeg would perfectly fit inside
> > "sustainability for open source projects"
> > When you want A and B and both are connected, you ask for the funding
> > to be for the side that fits inside the guidelines
> > So this STF project could be changed to center on maintaince of the
> > protocol layer instead of a RaptorQ/SRT/RIST implementation i think.
>
> Theres also the human element, where people are not machienes that can
> be placed and told things arbitrary. RaptorQ is "cool", ARQ is boring
>
> Some people enjoy working on "cool" things, dont tell them to work on
> boring things please. Its bad for them, and likely bad for the results.
>

They can work on cool things outside of STF.

Kieran

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