y proposal(as for now there's no name ... let's call it 'y') ;)

My idea is to create a new video editor with usability and user at center ... create "umanesimo" in software !

AIM

The application should be:

• usable for everyone! people with handycap, children, older

• easily usable. Users should be able to use the first they see it. They should not be obliged to read tons of man pages or documentation for basic use FRTFM (Fuc* RTFM)

• easily playable . Enjoy video! play! produce! COMMUNICATEEEE!

• awesome not ugly(eye friendly). Users(not developers nor hackers nor nerds nor geeks) cares about what they see, althought it's a computer.

• finger based video editing. Should be usable with touchscreens.

TECHNICAL CHOICE

• The best way to have full control, and have a good ui is to implement a customized one with [http://www.libsdl.org libsdl] -> see SdlWidget

• implements usuful HIG:

[http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnanchor/html/anch_uidesigndev.asp micro$hot User Interface Design and Development]

[http://www-3.ibm.com/ibm/easy/eou_ext.nsf/Publish/561 ibm ease of use]

[http://benroe.com.nyud.net:8090/files/gui.html Usable GUI Design: A QuickGuide for F/OSS Developers]

[http://developer.kde.org/documentation/standards/kde/style/basics/ KDE User Interface Guidelines]

[http://www-3.ibm.com/ibm/easy/eou_ext.nsf/publish/589 Object, view and interaction design (ibm)]

[http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/ GNOME Human Interface Guidelines]

AIM

• Support every video and audio codec and format available(with accurate frame seeking)
• Support remote video (from remote streaming server)
• Support v4l1/2 devices and ieee1394 camcorder
• Support streaming
• Support encoding to file

TECHNICAL CHOICE

c language

video

• [http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/index.php ffmpeg] to decode video files

• [http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/ libmpeg2] to decode mpeg2 files (as for now ffmpeg it's buggy for mpeg2)

• [http://mplayerhq.hu libmpdemux] from mplayer developers to demux files (as for now ffmpeg demuxing it's not do good)

• [http://live.com/liveMedia/ live.com] for rtp/rtsp/rtcp support

• [http://www.dennedy.org/ future libiec61883] for dv camcorder

• [http://libdv.sourceforge.net/ libdv] for a better dv handling ?

audio

• [http://portaudio.com/ PortAudio v19] for cross platform I/O

• [http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/ Libsndfile] to read audio

• [http://sky.prohosting.com/oparviai/soundtouch/ SoundTouch] for realt time audio processing

• ffmpeg or lame or libogg/libvorbis to decode files ?

AIM (Application features)

• one click preview
• video sequencer (tracker it's too complex)
• video looper(should support audio)
• basic audio support
• compatible on *nix/win32/macosx (the arian apple)

TODO

• choose which part of freev/veejay keep

• write a lot of code!

• conquer the world.(the always present todo :P )

Want info?

mail: kysucix _aT- dyne d0T org

irc: #dyne in Freenode