At 11:04 AM 12/12/99 , Bert Schiettecatte wrote:
> > - keep saolc alive (perhaps make it realtime),
>
>It should be improved probably, but i think it should remain a clear-to-
>understand example. What I mean is, it should not be optimized and altered
>to make it faster if this implies code which is difficult to understand.
>It's the design & idea that matters here. There are other tools (like
>sfront) which will become fast.
And I also want to stress another point here: saolc is the reference software
of MPEG-4. It is released under ISO/IEC licence and only in this special
case as free-software. "In this special case" means that all the rest of
the MPEG
reference software (tens of other tools) is released in sites protected by
MPEG
passwords.
In theory each change (even a bug correction) in saolc at the current
state shall be supported by an official corrigendum. So, in my opinion if
somebody wants to put hands into saolc it is wise if in agreement with
Eric he/she changes its name, at least. Eric ?
> > - provide suggestions for standard extensions, like plugin-formats etc?
>
>This is a good idea.
Let's say just extensions or envisaged extensions. It helps better to keep
separate the real MPEG standard and commonly accepted add-ons...
>One other idea: SAOG should provide some conceptual (design) guidance to
>development in progress. I'm facing a lot of challenges in my project
>for the moment, and it would be nice to have a big community of developers
>supporting the design -- Don't misunderstand me: I appreciate the efforts
>of this community enormously, but whatever I can get extra is welcome :)
Please read next reply to Ross.
Best regards,
Giorgio
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