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= Mentor = [[Joe Groff]] = Skills required = - Knowledge of C - Knowledge of Factor's FFI - Factor API design skills - Knowledge of media formats and libraries = Level = Beginner = Existing work = Factor already has various multimedia libraries: - %ogg.\*% - bindings to Ogg, Vorbis, and Theora libraries - %id3% - ID3 parser in pure Factor - %openal% - 3D audio binding - %audio.engine% - an OpenAL-based mixer engine using the above libraries to support WAV/AIFF and Ogg stream playback Missing is a framework for video playback. Bindings to native media libraries such as GStreamer, Quicktime, and Windows Media should be written too. The end goal would be a high-level idiomatic Factor API for embedding audio and video in GUI applications. = Technical details = Factor's C FFI (foreign function interface) is capable of calling out to any C libraries and providing C-callable callbacks. Any C library can be bound to and called from inside Factor. A large part of this project will be binding to existing media libraries and providing a consistent high-level interface for Factor. = Benefit to the student = The student learns how to bind C libraries to Factor using Factor's FFI, and also learns how C multimedia libraries work. = Benefit to the community = Factor will be suitable for multimedia applications if this project is completed. = Challenges = - Learning the APIs of various libraries
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