<div dir="ltr"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:"gg sans","Noto Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px">Hello everyone</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:"gg sans","Noto Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px">,</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:"gg sans","Noto Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px">

My name is Soham Kute</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:"gg sans","Noto Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px">, and I’m a student pursuing engineering at VJTI Mumbai</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:"gg sans","Noto Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px">. I have a strong interest in video codecs and open</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:"gg sans","Noto Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px">-source multimedia tools</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:"gg sans","Noto Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px">, and I’m particularly excited about the project idea to enhance dav1d’s metadata extraction capabilities </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:"gg sans","Noto Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px">(as discussed in the GSoC proposal</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:"gg sans","Noto Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px">)</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:"gg sans","Noto Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px">.</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:"gg sans","Noto Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px">
<p>I’d like to contribute by implementing block-level metadata, timing metrics, and visualization tools to enhance dav1d for encoder development (e.g., rav1e). Could you advise on the best way to contact unlord (email or IRC) to discuss the project further?</p>Additionally, I’d appreciate any advice on:  <br>- Which parts of the dav1d codebase I should focus on initially.  <br>- Any starter tasks or issues I can work on to familiarize myself with the project.  <br></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:"gg sans","Noto Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px">
I’ve already started exploring the dav1d source code and AV1 specifications</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:"gg sans","Noto Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px">, but I’d love to align my work with the project’s roadmap</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:"gg sans","Noto Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px">. Thank you for your time</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:"gg sans","Noto Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px">, and I look forward to collaborating with the community</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:"gg sans","Noto Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px">!</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:"gg sans","Noto Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px">

Best regards</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:"gg sans","Noto Sans","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;outline:0px">,
Soham Kute<br></span></div>