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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Alexander,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I’m currently in the process of finishing the implementation for a feature that contains some aspects of what you are looking for.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Here are some screenshots (the UI is a work in progress):</span> <span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://imgur.com/a/kHfNf">http://imgur.com/a/kHfNf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The feature allows the user to tag events (start and end points in a video) into layers that can then be played automatically. The user can also navigate back and forward between events (It is also possible to annotate these events).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The timecodes are saved with millisecond accuracy.<a name="_MailEndCompose"><o:p></o:p></a></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Let me know if you’d like to check out the current build.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Roiy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'> vlc-devel [mailto:vlc-devel-bounces@videolan.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ermakov, Alexander<br><b>Sent:</b> February-13-14 3:40 AM<br><b>To:</b> vlc-devel@videolan.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [vlc-devel] Timecode support in VLC Player<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hi, VLC team!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I would like to get some features re timecodes and SMPTE support in VLC player (there are many of us: <a href="https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=58011">https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=58011</a>). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I’m looking for a developer(s) who can devote some time to this task. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I will provide Design Document and funds. My estimation is about 2000 euro for this amount of work but this is discussable.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Could you advise what’s the right way to find the developers?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Here’s the requested feature brief description:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Intro:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>We are a software vendor for television companies. We need a standalone solution to view (play) and mark segments (pieces) in media files. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Basics:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Each frame in a video can be coded with a timecode (TC) which basically looks like “hh:mm:ss;ff” (ff stand for frames, note varying delimiters). Each segment is a pair of timecodes: start (SOM) and end (EOM). Key point here is the frame-accuracy. Some media containers (ex. WMF, MXF) support a particular field in each frame with the explicitly stored TC (<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd562647%28v=vs.85%29.aspx">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd562647%28v=vs.85%29.aspx</a>). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>Request:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>1.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-US>Add new navigation controls to the panels and menus<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>2.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-US>Add new controls to mark a pair of SOM-EOM and send this info to another process by RPC/message.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>3.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-US>Support frame-accuracy and TC calculations for these formats (autodetected by FPS):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:53.4pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-US>25 FPS (PAL)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:53.4pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-US>29.97 FPS (NTFS with dropframe - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMPTE_timecode">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMPTE_timecode</a>) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:53.4pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-US>30 FPS (HDTV)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:53.4pt;text-indent:-18.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span lang=EN-US>60 FPS (for future use)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>We have some groundwork on timecodes calculations (C++ classes to parse/generate correct SMPTE timecode from/to absolute frames number) and can provide them to the community.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Mockup of interface changes (buttons could be rearranged however):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=RU style='mso-fareast-language:RU'><img border=0 width=704 height=681 id="_x0420__x0438__x0441__x0443__x043d__x043e__x043a__x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CF2974.E609A290"></span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#44546A;mso-fareast-language:RU'>Alexander Ermakov<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#44546A;mso-fareast-language:RU'>CEO of BroadView Russia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#44546A;mso-fareast-language:RU'>email: </span><span lang=RU style='mso-fareast-language:RU'><a href="mailto:ae@bvrs.ru"><span lang=EN-US style='color:blue'>ae@bvrs.ru</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='color:#44546A;mso-fareast-language:RU'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#44546A;mso-fareast-language:RU'>Web: </span><span lang=RU style='mso-fareast-language:RU'><a href="http://www.bvrs.ru/"><span lang=EN-US style='color:blue'>bvrs.ru</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:RU'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>