[Etoys] Fwd: RFC on your multimedia needs

[Bert Freudenberg]

The message below was sent to the devel list, we might want to chime  
in with what we need or want for etoys ...

- Bert -

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Reynaldo H. Verdejo Pinochet" <reynaldo at opendot.cl>
> Date: November 15, 2006 20:25:23  GMT+01:00
> To: devel at laptop.org
> Subject: RFC on your multimedia needs
>
> Hi there
>
> This is an amazing project, congrats :)
>
> Ok, I work on mplayer/ffmpeg and I'd like to help you guys out
> fullfiting whatever multimedia needs you may have (software wise)
> . I had a little chat with some of you on #olpc today and a few ideas
> where thrown on the table, Im here asking for your comments and any
> other idea you may have, here is what i have so far then:
>
> 1.- The hability to play/display video is considered a must
> 2.- Ttreaming would be nice
> 3.- Real time encoding from camera is wished
> 	- would this be the only 'encoding' need?
> 4.- Optimization work for geode its a must
> 	- there is already some work on olpc's software repo
> 5.- The idea of streamlining mplayer was suggested, sounds doable.
> 6.- The idea of building something new on top of ffmpeg was suggested,
> 	sounds unpractical to me but, who knows ..
>
> Other not mentioned ideas
>
> 1.- What are the key points of system integration for the
> 	displaying/encoding app?
> 		- file manager ?
> 		- browser ?
> 2.- If cli sounds too complex for kids what do you think should be the
> 	main caracteristics of a multimedia app gui? do you have some
> 	usability guidelines i guess, does them apply to this subject?
>
> There is a lot to add here, hope to get the discussion started.
>
> Best regards
>
> 	Reynaldo
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