Re: [FFmpeg-devel] GSoC 2023

[Nuo Mi <nuomi2021@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 6:50 PM Thilo Borgmann <thilo.borgmann@mail.de>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> sorry for delay, some thoughts:
>
> > Description: VVC is the successor to the well-known codec HEVC. The whole
> > video industry has high anticipation for  VVC. The goal of the ffvvc
> > project is to provide a VVC decoder for FFmpeg. We invite you to join us
> in> improving ffvvc. Depending on your background, you will help add
> > ALF/SAO/Predict assembly code or new features/tests for ffvvc.
> > Expected results: 500+ lines of code merged into the ffvvc project.
>
> The "We invite you..." sentence seems out of... our evil strictly
> technical style.
>
> I would avoid a background discussion and project definition talk with an
> interested student.
> Better do offer two distinct project ideas, one for assembly opts and one
> for features/tests.
> Possibly you could also split the testing into even a third project and
> make it the smallest project duration.
> It might even be extended to add tests in general... just VVC as the first
> to do.
>
> Also, we could only ask for one slot per project idea (which is meant to
> be taken by one individual).
> Means if you got more than one interested & capable students, you could
> not accept more than one.
>
>
> > Prerequisites: Good C and Assembly code, basic familiarity with Git, and
> > knowledge of codecs.
> >
> > Difficulty: Hard
> >
> > Qualification Task: Fix any issue on
> https://github.com/ffvvc/FFmpeg/issues
> > or any patch merged by ffvvc.
> >
> > Mentor: Nuo Mi (nuomi2021 at gmail dot com)
> >
> > Duration: 350 hours
>
>
> > Hi All,
> > It's more than welcome if somebody can do the co-mentor.  Please reply to
> > this if you are interested.
>
> This part will hardly be recognized by many, maybe sent another mail for
> that.
> It might be faster to ask once or twice on ffmpeg-devel IRC.
>
> For a testing project, you can add me as backup mentor.
> For the opts & features I would prefer someone else to do it - although I
> will if nobody else can be found.
>
> -Thilo
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Hi Thilo,
No worries.Especially when you have so detailed suggestions
Updated on https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/SponsoringPrograms/GSoC/2023
Feel free to change it if something is not correct.

I ping IRC for backup mentors.

Thank you very much.
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