[Mxflib-developers] Reading MXF Files from Panasonic P2?

[Richard S. <ric...@gm...>]

Hi,

I have a little problem here, and I though that the right people to
help my out with this might be on this list.

I am programming a little video editing software at:
http://www.openmovieeditor.org/
And I had a couple of friends ask me about how they can read footage
from their HVX200 Camera on Linux. But unfortunatly I couldn't help
them.

The ffmpeg project has limited support for Codecs embedded in MXF, but
it does not work for that particular kind of file:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.devel/40655

I've tried to understand how to work with mxf, but it appears to me
that it also handles a lot of stuff that I am not particularly
interested in, I just want to import videos from p2 cards (DVCPRO50
only for now), for playback and editing.

I would like to submit a patch to ffmpeg to fix that feature, but the
MXF stuff is just overwhelming and I don't know where to start, as I'd
rather not dig through piles of documentation that might be only
mildly related to what I want to do.


So, can anyone point me into the right direction and just give me some
clues about what I would need to know to do this, and where I would
find this information?

I would also like to get into contact with anyone how would like to
have P2 MXF in ffmpeg, or who would like to help out with making this
happen. :-)


Thank you so much,
Cheers,
and have fun
-Richard

PS.: Sorry, if this might be a little Off-Topic, no offense intended. :-)