View source for SoC 2009/QuickTimeVR Playback

{{SoCProject|year=2009|student=[[User:Leonox|León Moctezuma]]|mentor=?}}

==Project Abstract==
[http://freepv.sf.net FreePV] is a panoramic viewer that was initially developed due to the lack of an implementation of QuickTime and Shockwave for Linux and VLC is a cross platform media player widely used, both work with QuickTime files and the problem arise from that, since both videos and VR contents share the same Mime Type this ends in a conflict for web explorers such as Firefox which should decide which plug-in to load based on the Mime Type of the file. To solve this problem the main goal of this project is to integrate the [http://freepv.sf.net FreePV] library into VLC to enable it to play QuickTime VR contents; the second goal would be to improve [http://freepv.sf.net FreePV].

--[[User:Leonox|Leonox]] 02:59, 25 March 2009 (CET)

==Previous works==
The problem was identified during the realization of the [http://wiki.panotools.org/Interactive_Panoramic_Viewer Interactive Panoramic Viewer] project proposed for SoC 2007. There was the [[SoC_2008/PanoramaViewing|Panorama Viewing]] proposal for [[SoC_2008]] based in the same idea.

==Description==

===Main goals===

* VLC will be able to distinguish between video and vr content. 
* VLC will be able to display panoramas.
* VLC should be able to handle the interaction required for panoramas.

====Other goals====

== Schedule ==

'''April 3th'''

I could start getting familiar with the VLC code, since April 3th, because I will have more 2 free weeks and I should have plenty of time to do it, after April 22th I will be with exams and giving projects away, but I will try to keep working in the project.

'''May 20th'''

I will be able to work full time in the project after this day.

'''May 23th'''

Official Start date for Google Summer of Code 2009.

'''July 13th'''

Mid-term evaluation.

'''August 10th'''

Pencils down day!!!.

==Project Status==
The project has not officially proposed for SoC 2009 since the proposal has not been finished.


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