Bounties
Contents
- 1 WIP
- 2 Rules
- 3 List of bounties
- 3.1 VLC bugs
- 3.2 VLC Features
- 3.2.1 libVLC API for filters
- 3.2.2 libVLC API for smem
- 3.2.3 libVLC API for imem
- 3.2.4 Local resampling
- 3.2.5 RTP packetization
- 3.2.6 libVLCcore SD API and Upnp
- 3.2.7 DVB scanning
- 3.2.8 HDMI pass-thru
- 3.2.9 Preferences for LUA extensions
- 3.2.10 Downloader for LUA extensions from addons
- 3.2.11 ARM optimizations
- 3.3 Libavcodec bugs
- 3.4 Libavcodec features
- 3.5 BD+
WIP
This is a Work In Progress. It is NOT a definitive, nor are the prices!
Rules
Payment
The bounties are paid to a legal entity that can create an invoice. It can be done by an independent worker too.
Money is paid by the VideoLAN non-profit organization in Euros.
Money is paid on code merge in the relevant project. Sending a reasonable patch on a public mailing-list gives a temporary lock for the task.
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List of bounties
VLC bugs
AC-3 Volume
1000 €
Fix correctly the AC-3 volume issue. See #3994.
The issue can come from a mis-integration with liba52, or could come from some channels being wrongly discarded.
This must work on Windows.
Screencast
500? € Currently the screencasting is poor:
- No interface to correctly select both
- No loopback on Windows and Mac
* Need to check that all input are using mdate()-based PTS
HTTP/AVI seeking
500? € VLC behaves poorly with AVI over http connections. This is true for mp4 too. MPlayer does it way better.
See #2151.
VLC Features
libVLC API for filters
1000? € This task consist on doing a correct set of libVLC API for audio filters and video filters.
This should include equalizer configuration.
This would be useful for phonon, tomahawk and other libVLC application.
libVLC API for smem
1000 € Create a libVLC API to be able to use smem. This might include a libVLC API for sout.
libVLC API for imem
200 € Create a libVLC API for imem to map to a libvlc_media_t object, in order to use it like the rest of libVLC.
Local resampling
1500 € Stop to resampling the audio when playing local files.
RTP packetization
Each item: 100 € Do the packetization of ONE of those items:
- Opus
- VP8
- WMA
- WMV
- VC-1
- JPEG
- GSM
See #380, #1289, #1323, #6443, #5178 and #6505
libVLCcore SD API and Upnp
250?? € The Upnp SD is very slow because it needs to fetch recusively all nodes. This needs to change.
This task will likely need a change of API for the Service Discoveries.
See #4437.
DVB scanning
1000 € In order to compete with TV software, we need some DVB scanning, working on all platforms using the DTV module See #7248.
HDMI pass-thru
2000 € For other codecs than the ones we have for SPDIF.
We need:
* DTS over HDMI * DTS extensions over HDMI, notably DTS HD MA * EAC3 * MPGA * Dolby TrueHD
The price is for all of those?
See #4940 and other.
Preferences for LUA extensions
1200 € Be able to add preferences for LUA extensions.
Downloader for LUA extensions from addons
1000 € See libattica.
ARM optimizations
ARM optimisation for core and important filters.
Ideas:
- Audio conversions
- Chroma conversions
- Transform filter
Libavcodec bugs
Bug -mt on Mpeg-4 video
300 € Fix the Mpeg-4 resolution change for -mt in libavcodec. See #6579 and #6533.
Bug -mt on H.264 video
300 € Fix the H.264 resolution change for -mt in libavcodec. See #7306.
VC-1 interlacing
500 € Fix VC-1 interlaced and adding missing B-frames support in libavcodec. See #5887.
Libavcodec features
MSS2
1000 € Add a MSS2 Decoder in libavcodec. See #750.
G2M
1000 € Add a G2M2/G2M3/G2M4 Decoder in libavcodec. See #2327.
VoxWare
500 € Add a VoxWare MetaSound Decoder in libavcodec.
DTS-HD Master Audio
3000 € Add a DTS-HD Master Audio Decoder.
This can be either in libavcodec or in libdca, but it must work in VLC in the end, including 8 channels. This is probably the XLL extension to code.
BD+
2000 € Work on libbdplus to play BD+ BD in libbluray.