[gst-devel] Gstreamer and OpenMAX Integration Layer

[dmelpi at tele2.it]

Hi there,
I would like to get in touch with the GStreamer developers 
concerning a new standard interface for multimedia 
components, named OpenMAX Integration Layer.
This standard has been specified by Khronos and can be 
found at
http://www.khronos.org/openmax
Basically, this API is intended to provide multimedia 
frameworks standardized access to multimedia components, 
included HW accelerated ones. It is royalty-free and OS 
independent, meaning that other multimedia frameworks 
could be using it in the near future.
There is an opensource project with an initial 
implementation of this API available at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/omxil
I have been working on a set of GStreamer plugins that use 
this API and they will soon be available on that site too.
For the time being, I would like to know your thoughts 
about this new API and, in particular, if you feel it 
could be a valuable addition to GStreamer. Let me only say 
that OpenMAX IL is backed by a large consortium that 
includes silicon manufacturers and major terminal 
manufacturers. It could be a step towards open multimedia 
platforms and my opinion is that GStreamer could play a 
role there.
I am preparing a white paper that describes how OpenMAX IL 
could be used in GStreamer: please let me know if you 
would like to review this document.

Thanks and have a great day

Diego Melpignano

PS.
Since I am new to the list, I apologize in advance if this 
topic has already been discussed - but I could not find 
anything in the mail archives.