Re: [RFC] Informal meeting during ELCE to discuss userspace support for stateless codecs

[Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>]

Hi Hans,

On Monday, 8 October 2018 14:53:29 EEST Hans Verkuil wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I would like to meet up somewhere during the ELCE to discuss userspace
> support for stateless (and perhaps stateful as well?) codecs.
> 
> It is also planned as a topic during the summit, but I would prefer to
> prepare for that in advance, esp. since I myself do not have any experience
> writing userspace SW for such devices.
> 
> Nicolas, it would be really great if you can participate in this meeting
> since you probably have the most experience with this by far.
> 
> Looking through the ELCE program I found two timeslots that are likely to
> work for most of us (because the topics in the program appear to be boring
> for us media types!):
> 
> Tuesday from 10:50-15:50
> 
> or:
> 
> Monday from 15:45 onward

On Tuesday I would prefer 12:20 onward. Monday works for me.

> My guess is that we need 2-3 hours or so. Hard to predict.
> 
> The basic question that I would like to have answered is what the userspace
> component should look like? libv4l-like plugin or a library that userspace
> can link with? Do we want more general support for stateful codecs as well
> that deals with resolution changes and the more complex parts of the codec
> API?
> 
> I've mailed this directly to those that I expect are most interested in
> this, but if someone want to join in let me know.
> 
> I want to keep the group small though, so you need to bring relevant
> experience to the table.

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Regards,

Laurent Pinchart