[gst-devel] [ANNOUNCE] Video hackfest

[Josep Torra]

Hi Benjamin,

I think that this is going to be a very interesting event and a chance
for me to finally meet some people in the real life :)

So count with me as I live close to Barcelona.

Regards,

Josep

Benjamin Otte wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to announce the Video hackfest.[1]  Its goal is to improve
> the Linux desktop video experience.  The hackfest will take place in
> Collabora's Barcelona offices on the 4 days from Thursday, November
> 19th to Sunday, November 22nd, 2009. See the wiki for details[1].
> A big thanks goes to the X Foundation for funding and Collabora
> Multimedia for providing the location.
> 
> The idea to this hackfest originated in my idea to bridge X, Cairo and
> GStreamer and make them work together better. I prototyped some code
> touching every part of the stack, the result of which can be seen on
> my blog[2][3]. If you are interested in technical details, I sent them
> to the gstreamer and cairo lists before[4][5]. While doing this work
> we realized that there is a lack of knowledge about the challenges
> that the other projects face. Which is when we decided to do a
> hackfest focussing on improving the Linux desktop video experience.
> 
> We are currently in the process of collecting topics for the hackfest.
> The current list is at [6]. If you think there are issues that should
> be discussed and are missing from the list, just add them. You don't
> have to be a participant to do that. Just edit the wiki.
> 
> Also, if you think this hackfest covers exactly the stuff you are
> hacking on and you should participate in the hackfest, it's most
> likely a sign you are right and I forgot you. In that case, please
> mail me at otte at gnome.org or poke me on IRC (my nick is Company on
> freenode) and we'll figure something out. We might even be able to pay
> for you, if you are a poor student.
> 
> Cheers,
> Benjamin
> 
> 
> [1]: http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/wiki/VideoHackfest
> [2]: http://blogs.gnome.org/otte/2009/10/05/cairo-is-slow/
> [3]: http://blogs.gnome.org/otte/2009/10/14/video-hackfest/
> [4]: http://lists.cairographics.org/archives/cairo/2009-September/018121.html
> [5]: http://lists.cairographics.org/archives/cairo/2009-September/018221.html
> [6]: http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/wiki/VideoHackfest/Agenda
> 
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