SoC 2010/Youtube Integration VLMC

This project is part of Google Summer of Code 2010. Student: Rohit Yadav Mentor: Ludovic Fauvet

Youtube Integration in VLMC

Roadmap

Goal	Duration	Status
Get Youtube Developer Key, study authentication protocol and start hacking VLMC.	April 24 - April 30
Implement and test authentication API in VLMC. Major UI portion should be implemented. Work on export movie project to flv(or other supported formats) and start studying and implementation of direct upload API. ||May 31 - June 20||
Direct upload must be implemented by now(+/-1 week). Option in VLMC preference to configure Network Proxy and manage Youtube credentials. Start working on video searching and retrieval from Youtube.	June 20 - June 27
Work on making custom widget that hold video thumbnails, searching window (with results from Youtube displayed across pages). By now project should reach completion of major objective given under milestone section.	June 28 - July 25
Implement other Youtube APIs like updating video information, deleting video, create/update/delete playlist etc. Use these APIs in VLMC	July 26 - August 8
Prepare final report for the mentor and patch covering all the work done during the SoC with all the documentation.	August 9 - August 15
Submit patches to Google, SoC Over!	>16 August

Milestones

Task	Date of completion
Youtube API key, Authentication
Network Proxy support, Youtube credential storage
Sharing option, video export for Youtube
Direct Video Upload!
Import media from Youtube (Search and Retrieval)
Multiple Video Import/Export support (if feasible/optional)

Building VLMC

For information on building VLMC from source visit: Building VLMC from Source