[FFmpeg-soc] GSoC 2008 participation

[Benjamin Larsson]

Bartlomiej Wolowiec wrote:
> I would like to participate in GSoC this year and make some project for 
> FFmpeg. As a qualification task I'm finishing last year's work - EAC3 
> decoder. This year I am keen to write some audio decoder. I'm interested in 
> few ideas from the list. I will be pleased to hear any suggestions about 
> them.
>
> G.723.1 Encoder:
> This task sounds good mainly because the documentations looks very good and 
> there are decoder/encoder patterns. I've got one question: do you mean making 
> fixed or floating-point encoder or both of them?
>   

Fixed point version is preferred, but a decoder is better then no decoder.

> ALAC Encoder:
> I would like to try to write the encoder base on alac.c and flac*.c, then try 
> myself in efforts of developing existing decoder through reverse engineering.
>
> Nellymoser Encoder:
> I understand that here work should be based on the decoder code (I saw that 
> the documentation is available, but it costs $6000), am I right?
>   
The only reference is the decoder.

> or possibly any other encoder is very necessary? (I'm keen to write it :) )
>   

Then send in 3 applications for those project.

MvH
Benjamin Larsson