[vlc-devel] Possible GSoC application

[Jeandre Kruger]

Hello,

I submitted a proposal for the latter idea with more details.
Feedback would be much appreciated (although at this point might no
longer be possible).

Kind regards,
Jeandre


On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 5:57 PM Jeandre Kruger <jeandreckruger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am considering making a GSoC proposal for VideoLan.  I did
> unfortunately leave it rather late (the deadline is in 12 hrs).
>
> I considered the following ideas from the list
> (https://wiki.videolan.org/SoC_2023/):
>
> dav1d RISC-V optimizations:  I've programmed in RISC-V assembly
> (https://github.com/Jonathan50/scratch-risc-v-programs).  I do not
> have experience with video decoders or optimizing algorithms; the list
> does not seem to require much more than ability in assembly and to
> "understand a bit what a video decoder is."
>
> libmicrodns refactoring:  I compiled libmicrodns and tried it out.
>
> Any guidance would be much appreciated.
>
> Kind regards,
> Jeandre Kruger