Re: [tarkin-dev] Re: Encoder-decoder interface question.

On Thursday 17 October 2002 17:37, ChristianHJW wrote:
> "Kondoros Attila" <[email protected]> wrote in message
<snip>
> Main priority for Xiph codecs was of course not Tarkin right now,
> but Vorbis and Theora ( Tarkin developers may forgive me ) . The
> interesting thing that strikes me about the discussion of an UCI
> interface for Tarkin right now, was if there is maybe something
> missing in UCI that Tarkin might require, taking into account it
> maybe needs a completely different interface than any MPEG codec
> might have ??

Erm, just a quick note so that we don't forget. The Tarkin codec in=20
its current state is mainly meant as an experiment with 3D wavelet=20
coding, not as a workable codec. Especially with Theora on the way,=20
Tarkin is mainly a research project aimed at finding new algorithms=20
or even totally new paradigms for the next generation of codecs.

That said, ofcourse you are free to do whatever you like with it,=20
and I think UCI could be the solution to a problem that's been=20
mentioned here before, namely whether we want to have a standard=20
platform for codec development, something that lets you test your=20
codec in an easy way. UCI could do that, since all you'd have to do=20
is write a UCI interface and you can test out your codec with your=20
favourite video editor (if it supports UCI ofcourse).

Lourens
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