Hello! Short description: Full name : Andrei Ilinca IRC Handle: andrei_il / andrei__il Studies: Second year student at the Faculty of Automatic Control and Computer Science at the Polytechnic Univ of Bucharest Github: https://github.com/ailinca
I'll try to divide my introduction mail into two main parts: Background, why FFmpeg and why directshow digital video capture project. *Background* I'm Andrei, I'm a second year student at the Faculty of Automatic Control and Computer Science at the Polytechnic Univ of Bucharest. This GSoC is my first opportunity to work with the open source community and I can say I'm thrilled! I have experience working with C and I enjoy coding using this language.C was my language of choice both for academic purposes and for coding challenges like talentbuddy <https://www.talentbuddy.co> and codingame <http://www.codingame.com>. Currently, I m exploring other areas as well, such as developing a standalone Java app that tracks how you spend money or some simple game in C++ and Qt. While programming is my carrer choice, math was always my passion. Since Primary School I attended contests and got rewarded Localy ,CityWide and National. I enjoy solving various smart mathematical problems with applications in all areas of research. * Why FFmpeg?* Why FFmpeg? Honestly, I did not start looking for a project on this GSoC having the fixed FFmpeg org in mind, I was just looking for a C project. Because there are plenty orgs, with plenty projects and it's difficult to choose one, having no previous experience. On short, I landed on your project page more or less randomly. But I stayed. And here's why. FFmpeg development involves something that I've always considered interesting and that is encoding/decoding information. While I was on your website, I asked myself how is voice converted to digital, how does it happen, which lead me to this <http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/high-tech-gadgets/speech-recognition1.html> . All in all, I find all this interesting, a lot of new notions to me, but it's definetly somnething I would see myself enjoying working on throughout the summer. *Why directshow digital video capture ?* Simply because It sounds really interesting and entertaining. I have some experience using Matlab and Simulink for converting from time-domain to frequency-domain and back, Bode & Nyquist Diagrams and I have basic knowledge about how filters work and how they can be used and implemented. I've done some research about video capturing in DirectShow , mainly on this link <https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd373406%28v=vs.85%29.aspx>, and I believe this project suits me the best. I got the git code base cloned and started reading and documenting about it. I would like to work on the qualification task for this project but I need some more informations about it. How should I proceed further? I'll be around on IRC quite a lot, but I'll get in touch more once I start working on something. If you have any feedback or criticism, please do, it's appreciated! Sorry for the long-ish mail! It really seems like an interesting project and something I'm very enthusiastic about. Regards, Andrei Hello! Short description: Full name : Andrei Ilinca IRC Handle: andrei_il / andrei__il Studies: Second year student at the Faculty of Automatic Control and Computer Science at the Polytechnic Univ of Bucharest Github: https://github.com/ailinca I'll try to divide my introduction mail into two main parts: Background, why FFmpeg and why directshow digital video capture project. Background I'm Andrei, I'm a second year student at the Faculty of Automatic Control and Computer Science at the Polytechnic Univ of Bucharest. This GSoC is my first opportunity to work with the open source community and I can say I'm thrilled! I have experience working with C and I enjoy coding using this language.C was my language of choice both for academic purposes and for coding challenges like talentbuddy(linkuri) and codingame(aici sa pui linkuri). Currently, I m exploring other areas as well, such as developing a standalone Java app that tracks how you spend money or some simple game in C++ and Qt. While programming is my carrer choice, math was always my passion. Since Primary School I attended contests and got rewarded Localy ,CityWide and National. I enjoy solving various smart mathematical problems with applications in all areas of research. Why FFmpeg? Why FFmpeg? Honestly, I did not start looking for a project on this GSoC having the fixed FFmpeg org in mind, I was just looking for a C project. Because there are plenty orgs, with plenty projects and it's difficult to choose one, having no previous experience. On short, I landed on your project page more or less randomly. But I stayed. And here's why. FFmpeg development involves something that I've always considered interesting and that is encoding/decoding information. While I was on your website, I asked myself how is voice converted to digital, how does it happen, which lead me to this [ http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/high-tech-gadgets/speech-recognition1.htm ]. All in all, I find all this interesting, a lot of new notions to me, but it's definetly somnething I would see myself enjoying working on throughout the summer. Why directshow digital video capture ? Simply because It sounds really interesting and entertaining. I have some experience using Matlab and Simulink for converting from time-domain to frequency-domain and back, Bode & Nyquist Diagrams and I have basic knowledge about how filters work and how they can be used and implemented. I've done some research about video capturing in DirectShow , mainy on this link, and I believe this project suits me the best. I got the git code base cloned and started reading and documenting about it. I would like to work on the qualification task for this project but I need some more informations about it. How should I proceed further? I'll be around on IRC quite a lot, but I'll get in touch more once I start working on something. If you have any feedback or criticism, please do, it's appreciated! Sorry for the long-ish mail! It really seems like an interesting project and something I'm very enthusiastic about. Regards, Andrei _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel