Re: [Encode2mpeg-users] mplayer question

[Giacomo C. <enc...@us...>]

On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 09:27:47PM +0100, Roger Andreassen wrote:
> Giacomo Comes wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 07:37:22AM -0800, Osmany Guirola wrote:
> >   
> >> Hi
> >> when will be released the next version?
> >>
> >> Thanks 
> >> Osmany
> >
> > Standard answer apply: when it's ready :-).
> >
> > Seriously, probably I will do a release by the end of
> > February/begin of March.
> > In the last weeks I was very busy so, although I have done
> > enough work for a new release, I haven't finish to do
> > all the things I have in mind.
> >
> > I will try to add what is missing in the next weeks.
> >
> > Giacomo
> >
> My standard question: what is the roadmap to further advance this
> brilliant program? I'm happy to say it's working without any major
> niggles under Gentoo although I do like to feed the patches running the
> Slackware machine.
> 
> I'm asking is there any plans for a GUI or may you shine a light on what
> you have in store.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Roger.

Right now, encode2mpeg has all the major features I had in mind.

I continue to add small features depending on my needs or user requests.
I wanted to add support for other hardware players besides DVD/VCD players
and DivX avi players (like iPod and other portable devices), but I don't 
have any hardware to test with. Unless somebody give me any of such devices
for testing or I feel the need to buy one, such support may not happen soon.

After this summer I was thinking to start to work on the GUI and I have no
idea how long it will take to finish it.

But this plan may change. I am quite unhappy about the recent development 
of mencoder (the delay in the release of 0.7.0 is also due to that). 
Every new release has new bugs and some of the one I reported
apparently will never be fixed. It looks like ffmpeg would be the tool
to prefer for encoding instead of mencoder. Unfortunately replacing mencoder
or just adding support for ffmpeg requires a lot of work and I'm still 
thinking about what to do.

Just to resume, encode2mpeg will continue to be updated following the
developement of MPlayer/MEncoder. New stuff will appear, but no fixed
roadmap exists.

Giacomo