[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: talk on mplayer and xine.

[Compn]

James Courtier-Dutton <James <at> superbug.co.uk> writes:

>

hello, here is my opinion of mplayer project, which may or may not reflect what 
the developers think.

> I have been asked to present a short (4 slide) talk on mplayer and xine.
>    1. Focus and activity - describe the areas that your project is
> focusing and working on. This will put your goals and contributions in
> context for other participants.

mplayer's focus is play the most files and be the fastest media player on every 
modern operating system.


>    2. Problem areas - describe problems that your project has
> encountered, things that are not working or not available. These items
> will contribute to a gap analysis and areas for further discussion.

lack of developers. software patents. companies violating mplayers' gpl code. 
distro's mispackaging mplayer, without important features (like mp3 playback), 
causing invalid bug reports to rise.


>    3. Dependencies - describe the organizations, projects and
> components that your project depends on. This helps everyone
> understand the map of the community.

mplayer depends on ffmpeg. mplayer uses a few external libs (faad, amr_nb, jpeg/
gif/png/tiff), until they can be implemented natively into ffmpeg. 


>    4. Next steps - suggest concrete goals and objectives that you wish
> to see followed.
> 

1. support more formats/finish nut 
2. reverse engineer, implement, and optimize all codecs (see http://wiki.
multimedia.cx )
3. finish dvd menu support
4. finish libass
5. make it easier for people to use mplayer
6. fix bframes in mencoder and lavf output

-compn