[FFmpeg-soc] Confusion on choosing a qualification task

[sathvik L]

Hello Mike ,
I was going through the documentations on how to add a codec .

I have following tasks in mind , could you give me your suggestions
# 1  Apple RPZA encoder  --> I don't understand why wasn't it checked in .
can I know  what will be my job ?
#2 QuickTime Edit List Support
I don't get the idea of edit list support .

#3 PAF Playback System

Task 3 seems to be more clearer to me that I will be adding a demuxer and
video decoder .
Could you give me your inputs . I don't want to end up choosing something I
cannot finish in time.

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 1:20 AM, Mike Melanson <mike at multimedia.cx> wrote:

> sathvik L wrote:
> > Hello ,
> > I have seen the qualification tasks , but I am unable to decide on how
> to
> > choose one as only the requirements of the task have been noted down .
> Where
> > will I find the doc's ?  The doc links accompanying the task only briefs
> > about that particular codec/decoder/issue
> >
> > I have previously  read the theory behind H.264 codec , but before I
> start
> > going through the code I will need its documentation . I have checked
> out
> > the ffmpeg code , long back and I had used  the ffmpeg api's for
> compressing
> > the video frames .My previous project required this to be simulated
> since
> > the video capture card wasn't available at development time.
> >
> > and what is the next procedure send a mail to the devel-list stating the
> > name of the task ?
>
> Actually, this isn't the ffmpeg-devel list; it's the ffmpeg-soc list.
> That's okay; it's useful to be on both.
>
> What do you want to do? Are you interested in a FFmpeg project for GSoC?
> Then you will need to do a qualification task. What qualification task
> are you thinking of doing (out of the ones that aren't claimed, and we
> have some more on the way)? We'll start from a task and then discuss
> what you need to do to complete it satisfactorily.
>
>        Thanks for your interest in the FFmpeg GSoC program.
> --
>        -Mike Melanson
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