[gst-devel] [Yet another SoC] - Mpeg2 Mux proposal

[Edward Hervey]

Hi,

On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 18:52 -0700, lyang wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I know people are expecting now an April Fool's message, but unfortunately
> this post is absolutely not a candidate ;)

   Good move :)

> 
> My name is Lin YANG, oxcsnicho on the IRC, a student from the Chinese
> University of HONG KONG. I would like to apply for the Mpeg2 Muxer project
> for this year's SoC. Here is a brief proposal on what I'm doing for the
> project:
> 
>  * Enhance the current ts muxer, including
>   1) Investigation of the recent issues about h264+aac working on mpegtsmux
>   2) Implement some more options to make the muxer robust, like specifying
> the pid, specifying the bit rate, forcing PMT, etc. 
>  * Write a PS muxer from scratch
> 
> For TS it is sometimes painful to ensure the playback quality on different
> conditions, so the goal is to make it working with mainstream players, by
> providing options to cater to different needs and intelligence level. For
> the PS muxer, it is one of the few still remaining major muxers that
> GStreamer would need. So there is no reason not to write one :)
> 
> Hope to get advices and feedback! Any comment would be welcome.
> 
> BTW, I don't see a mentor on the wiki page for this project. Is there anyone
> interested in being the mentor?

  I am sure we will be able to find a mentor for such a project.

  But you should send your proposal on the SoC website, so that we can
review it there. hurry up, the deadline for proposals is soon.

   Edward

> 
> Thanks!