A new note on OpenVIP. I got a mail from Antonin Slavik, the OpenVIP author, and he gives me these great news: --- snip --- Hi Rick, the only part of OpenVIP that is ffmpeg-dependent are the FFMpegInput and FFMpegOutput plugins. So it would be relatively easy to get rid of ffmpeg by writing different I/O plugins, provided that you find another good encoding/decoding library. We have chosen ffmpeg simply because it supports a lot of formats and codecs, and because it runs both under Linux and Windows. The annoying thing is a poor documentation and unstable API. --- /snip --- Regarding FFMPEG and decoding libraries, I don't quite think GStreamer is what i'm looking for. That library is too extense - it handles synchronization, threading, audio and video streaming, and a lot of stuff that I *don't need. Besides, I haven't found anything about codecs in its webpage (maybe i didn't search enough). If anyone knows of a codec library besides ffmpeg that I can use, please share. Finally, what are the patent-encumbered formats and codecs that ffmpeg (I mean libavcodec and libavformat) includes? Having a particular list would be very helpful. Sincerely, Rick Garcia. Saya-VE, Project Leader. -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
