[vlc-devel] Timecode support in VLC Player

[Roiy Shpaner]

Hi Alexander,

 

I'm currently in the process of finishing the implementation for a feature
that contains some aspects of what you are looking for.

Here are some screenshots  (the UI is a work in progress):
http://imgur.com/a/kHfNf

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).

The timecodes are saved with millisecond accuracy.

Let me know if you'd like to check out the current build.

 

Roiy

 

From: vlc-devel [mailto:vlc-devel-bounces at videolan.org] On Behalf Of
Ermakov, Alexander
Sent: February-13-14 3:40 AM
To: vlc-devel at videolan.org
Subject: [vlc-devel] Timecode support in VLC Player

 

Hi, VLC team!

 

I would like to get some features re timecodes and SMPTE support in VLC
player (there are many of us: https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=7
<https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=58011> &t=58011). 

I'm looking for a developer(s) who can devote some time to this task. 

I will provide Design Document and funds. My estimation is about 2000 euro
for this amount of work but this is discussable.

Could you advise what's the right way to find the developers?

 

Here's the requested feature brief description:

Intro:

We are a software vendor for television companies. We need a standalone
solution to view (play) and mark segments (pieces) in media files. 

Basics:

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
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd562647%28v=vs.85%
29.aspx). 

Request:

1.       Add new navigation controls to the panels and menus

2.       Add new controls to mark a pair of SOM-EOM and send this info to
another process by RPC/message.

3.       Support frame-accuracy and TC calculations for these formats
(autodetected by FPS):

.         25 FPS (PAL)

.         29.97 FPS (NTFS with dropframe -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMPTE_timecode) 

.         30 FPS  (HDTV)

.         60 FPS (for future use)

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.

Mockup of interface changes (buttons could be rearranged however):



 

 

Alexander Ermakov

CEO of BroadView Russia

email:  <mailto:ae at bvrs.ru> ae at bvrs.ru

Web:  <http://www.bvrs.ru/> bvrs.ru

 

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