On 22/03/2008, Robert Swain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 22/03/2008, Mike Melanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sarath Lakshman | ശരത്ത് ലക്ഷ്മണ് wrote: > > > > I would like to take up the project to write GUI front end for ffmpeg > > for > > > gsoc 2008. It was actually me who proposed the idea in the IRC channel. > I > > > have been looking for some GUI based tool for ffmpeg so that lots of > tiny > > > video cutting, conversion can be carried out under GNU/Linux easily. I'm > > > pretty sure that this tool would be useful for lots of people working > under > > > linux. It would definitely provide easy access to functionalities > provided > > > by the ffmpeg. > > > > > > *Project* > > > > [edit<http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=FFmpeg_Summer_Of_Code_2008&action=edit§ion=23> > > > ] > > > GUI for FFmpeg > > > > > > Build a gui for the libs of FFmpeg. The main objective in this task is > to > > > extent the codecs and formats to support querying of features and good > > > defaults. The actual GUI should just be a simple skeleton with support > for > > > encoding of multiple files. Most of the work will be done in the libs. > > > > > > I would like to know about the qualifying task ? > > > > Actually, we have been discussing this idea recently on the main > > development list. We don't think the GUI idea works as a GSoC project > > idea. In fact, I am going to remove it from the list now. > > Mike, I think that's a bit too hasty. The project suggestion implies a > lot of work on the libraries and not so much on the GUI itself. Maybe > the task shouldn't be considered a GUI task but something more > specific to the libraries. I wanted to know what the original author > of the task proposal had in mind for the work on the libraries. We > should evaluate this before striking it from the potential projects in > my opinion. We might be able to get something useful out of this.
The other thread was about working on a mainstream GUI, this doesn't seem to be that at all. Rob _______________________________________________ FFmpeg-soc mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-soc
