[FFmpeg-devel] Google Summer of Code 2010 Small Task Orientation

[Robert Swain]

Hello,

On 25/03/10 02:33, Ronald S. Bultje wrote:
> On Mar 24, 2010, at 8:45 PM, Marcelo Galv?o P?voa
> <marspeoplester at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello, I'm a student interested in participating in GSoC 2010 and I've
>> got interest in AMR-WB decoder project idea. However, I don't have
>> experience in codecs implementation and specification, although I'm
>> proficient in C language and general programming. I would like to know
>> if this project (or maybe one of the other decoders suggested, such as
>> WMA lossless or BSAC AAC) is suitable for beginners in this subject,
>> despite I'm ready to put whichever effort needed in learning about it. :)

CELP-ish codecs like AMR-WB are simpler than WMA or AAC in my opinion so 
I think it's better to start with such. One question - are you familiar 
with fixed point maths?

>> If so, I would appreciate an adequate Small Task suggestion for this
>> project. I've considered the "RealAudio 14.4 encoder", it is suitable?
>
> Robert is the projected mentor, you should discuss with him what
> qualification task would be suitable for this SoC project. Maybe an
> amrwb frame parser makes sense as qualification task?

Yes, that's a good suggestion and would at least make some progress 
towards the project as well as getting you, Marcelo, used to the way we 
work, the specs and so on. You can catch me on IRC in #ffmpeg-devel on 
irc.freenode.net. My nick is superdump.

Regards,
Rob