SoC 2008/PanoramaViewing

Google Summer of Code 2008

QuickTime VR (panorama) Viewing

Also on this wiki: SoC_2008#QuickTimeVR_Playing

My Commitment

I'm committed to work up to 40 hours per week for 3 months on this project. I have no plans for vacation this summer :(

Plan

Based on the GSoC 2008 timeline

• March 31
• figure out what needs to be done
  • how to modify VLC to detect QTVRs
  • what needs to change in VLC to display QTVRs
  • figure out how to write codecs for VLC
    • User:dionoea mentioned that image handling modifications are required
• get an understanding of the QTVR format (possible start: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/QuickTime/InsideQT_QTVR/6Chap/chapter_6_section_1.html and the FreePV code)
• see how much of the FreePV code can be used
• make a list of QTVR functionality in the order of importance to organize the implementation steps
• think about turning FreePV into a library that can be used in VLC
• by now I should have a good idea of how things fit together
• write a bare-minimum OpenGL QTVR viewer for VLC
• July 14
• do some testing
• get feedback
• keep extending the basic functionality until time runs out
• August 18