On 19 November 2010 11:20, Peter Corlett <ab...@cabal.org.uk> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 10:59:22AM +0000, Dermot wrote: > [...] >> There in lies the problem. I not aware of a London-based C list. I'm not >> even aware of a reasonably active C list. I did tentatively ask about a C >> list before, either here or on IRC and the perls of wisdom suggested the >> list. It's far too off-topic for the jobs list though IMHO. > > Assuming you wish to post the job for free, GLLUG or perhaps uknot-jobs[0] > would also be worth a punt. GLLUG is mostly cluebait, but you may get lucky. > uknot people generally know their stuff, although it's worth noting that > uknot-jobs has an unwritten rule that you should post the location and an > indication of how much you want to pay if you don't want to be mocked > mercilessly by the peanut gallery. > > Unfortunately, the person I know who has much expertise in beating the > obscure corners of FFmpeg into submission, and would thus be ideal for you, > already has a full-time job. > > > [0] http://chilli.nosignal.org/mailman/listinfo/uknot-jobs
Well I think I should flesh this out a bit more in light of 1) Having talked to the MD about what he actually wants and 2) a couple of bites off-list. It turns out that C isn't the big requirement I was initially thought it would be. In fact this can all be done with the ffmpeg command line and some judicious use of qx (or friends) It's not a full time job, it's a project. We'll agree a price. We'll also agree on a deadline once the requirements are agreed on after that we'll sort out a login on to a dev server and you can login in the evening, day time, while having a bath or from your local cafe with free wifi (now where can a chap get a decent bacon sandwich from around here). As has already been mentioned, half the battle is getting the libraries installed for the various codecs. After that it's simply a question of providing a user-interface to take in some parameters, executing the command and then 'content-dispostion:inline' firing the resulting file back over the wire (or tarring the bugger if the user is demanding). Those that have emailed off/on-list, I'll get back to you once I have a few more details. Sorry to hog the list with boring work stuff, let get back to the burritos :-) Dp.
