Re: [xine-devel] FAAD2 fork [was: problems playing h264 in mp4 in latest xine]

[Miguel F. <mfr...@gm...>]

On 11/14/05, Mike Melanson <mi...@mu...> wrote:
>         Well... some months ago I started reverse engineering an open spe=
c (vs.
> some unofficial draft floating on the net) for AAC based on FAAD2. The
> end goal was a fresh implementation for FFmpeg. I wonder if I should
> just release what I have?

well, i guess that is the best option for the long term. i just
believe that, in order to get things working fast, it should be easier
to fix the last good faad2 snapshot.

>         You know I tend towards oversimplification but I think it's just =
a
> matter parsing bits and the occasional Huffman code, building up arrays
> of coefficients and other variables, then performing a few math
> operations to form the original sound.

it definitely sounds like oversimplification for somebody that doesn't
know much about codec engineering like me... but i wouldn't
underestimate your ability to solve difficult problems starting from
simple ideas ;-)

Miguel