[FFmpeg-trac] #4277(avformat:new): Feature Request: Phantom Cine read support

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#4277: Feature Request: Phantom Cine read support
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             Reporter:  fabian    |                     Type:  enhancement
               Status:  new       |                 Priority:  wish
            Component:  avformat  |                  Version:  unspecified
             Keywords:            |               Blocked By:
             Blocking:            |  Reproduced by developer:  0
Analyzed by developer:  0         |
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 [NB: This is a dup of https://bugzilla.libav.org/show_bug.cgi?id=764]

 Dear FFmpeg devs,

 some time ago, a feature request was filed against FFmpeg to add read
 support for the proprietary Phantom Cine video format [1]. Samples have
 been provided in [2].

 However, since then it has become silent around this feature request. As
 far as I understand, the basic understanding of the file format has been
 summarized in [3]. This page even links to an extensive documentation [4]
 of the format provided by its original proprietor, Vision Research Inc.

 The copyright notice of this document states the following:
 "
 The information contained in this document file includes data that is
 proprietary to Vision
 Research, Inc. and shall not be duplicated, used, or disclosed – in whole
 or in part – for any
 purpose other than to create file conversion routines from Vision’s
 proprietary “CIN” format
 to other formats which may be in use by the end user. This restriction
 does not limit your right
 to use information contained in this data if it is obtained from another
 source without
 restriction. The data subject to this restriction are contained in all
 pages of this file.
 "

 So, it is allowed to reference the official file format specification for
 the development of a decoder for this format, which is exactly what I
 request here.

 If you need further video sample material, please do not hesitate to ask
 for it. I have literally terabytes of videos from a high-speed camera that
 uses CINE as its native format, i.e. the software that is used to read out
 the data from the camera uses CINE as its native format. The inly
 restriction is the file size which is typically in the order of several
 hundret megabytes, but I can of course provide shorter videos as well if
 needed.

 Thank you very much already!

 Best regards,

 Fabian


 [1] http://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2010-March/094865.html
 [2] http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/V-codecs/Phantom_Cine/
 [3] http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=Phantom_Cine
 [4] http://www.visionresearch.com/devzonedownloads/cine640.pdf

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