SoC 2008/PanoramaViewing
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Google Summer of Code 2008
QuickTime VR (panorama) Viewing
Also on this wiki: SoC_2008#QuickTimeVR_Playing
My Commitment
I'm committed to work at least 40 hours per week for 3 months on this project except for the first week in April when I will be busy with final exams.
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
What to do about plain image (JPG, PNG) panoramas?
- can't really detect that an image is a panorama without any hints
- command line: let the user specify what type of panorama the supplied image(s) is(are) using a --panorama={equirectangular,cylindrical,littleplanet,...} switch
- GUI a special open dialog for loading panoramas - the user specifies what type of panorama is expected using a drop down box
