> Hi, > > I'm interested in applying for a GSoC project related to wine. I am > looking at doing the DirectShow/Gstreamer idea that is listed in the > wiki (http://wiki.winehq.org/SummerOfCode). From the idea description > there are a number of factors that would make this an ideal solution. > The description mentions the availability of legal codecs (from > fluendo) plus the ability to use the codecs already exposed to > gstreamer (ie. install a codec and native/wine applications instantly > get support). > > Recently GStreamer has added some pipeline elements targeted at > integrating with other frameworks (appsrc/appsink) which allow sending > data down a gstreamer pipeline and/or recieving it. Prior to these > you had to write your own element (this wasn't too much work either > depending on your needs and may still be preferred for more > compatibility). > > I am quite familiar with both C and GStreamer. I have never looked at > DirectShow though from what i know they are similar in concept. > GStreamer does have some DirectShow filters that allow it to use > directshow elements inside GStreamer (on windows anyway). > > My experience with wine has been limited to my own experiments. I've > played around with audio drivers for wine. I wrote one that used > GStreamer and later adjusted this to use pulseaudio instead. I never > got time to clean them up to the point of submitting them. > > I have a few questions in regard to this idea. Do you think this > project would provide adequate work to occupy the SoC timeframe? I > would have to learn DirectShow which I don't believe would be too > difficult. I've worked with DirectSound/DirectX and would expect it > to require a similiar amount of work. I've also spent a fair amount > of time inside wine's source code looking into various bugs. > > I welcome any comments, suggestions or idea related to this. I'd love > any feedback so I know this is an idea that is wanted (i would like > it...i use wine quite often) and so my application is as good as it > can be. > > Cheers, > Trevor Davenport >
Hi Trevor, I was the one who put this project suggestion on the wiki. Personally I think it should be a fine soc project. The project would be quite flexible. I expect that the project is too broad and initially should be confined to some widely used audio / video codecs and some widely used rendering methods (rgb / yuv). There will likely be bugs enough to fix ;) Further I would define one or more apps you want to get working. If I remember correctly some games want to use mpeg or divx for movie playback (Warcraft III uses another codec). The ultimate app to get working using wine's quartz + gstreamer would of course be Windows Media Player ;) Though an open source media player like Media player classic which can use the same codecs is likely easier because you have the source. Roderick -- Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger01
