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On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 10:47 AM, Kyle Robbertze <krobber...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > A late introduction, but here we go... > > My project, Adding USB Audio Support to the HDMI2USB firmware, has been > selected as one of the two Google Summer of Code projects for this year. > > The HDMI2USB firmware is the embedded code that runs on the Opsis and > Atlys capture boards. It is split into two parts: the FPGA code, which > is responsible for the HDMI ingestion and the FX2 code, which deals with > the interface between the FPGA and the host PC over USB. > > I will be adding USB audio support to the HDMI2USB FX2 firmware[1]. This > will allow capture boards to be seen as audio capture devices at the > same time as video capture device. By the end of my project, hopefully > the FX2 will be able to be discovered as a composite audio and video > device by a host PC without extra drivers. > > Adding USB audio reduces the number of required cables to capture audio > from a presenter’s laptops. Currently presentation audio is typically > captured over a separate 3.5mm mini-jack from the headphone jack or an > audio interface over another USB cable. > > As well USB audio has applications for other input sources, such as HDMI > capable cameras, as many these devices can send their audio over that > HDMI connection. > > The attached diagram displays the path audio could take with my USB > audio project and HDMI audio capture implemented. > > I also am improving the development process for working on this firmware > in the process. This will hopefully make it easier for people to > contribute to this part of the project in the future! > > My proposal can be found at [2] and my progress blog at [3]. > > I am paddatrapper on IRC and GitHub [4]. I am South African, with an > interest in embedded devices. I am studying a Bachelor of Science at the > University of Cape Town majoring in Computer Science and Computer > Engineering. I am also part of the DebConf video team, which responsible > for the video and audio coverage of Debian’s DebConfs and minconfs. We > currently use 5 Opsis boards, three in talk rooms, one spare and one for > development. As far as I can gather, I am one of two South Africans > participating in this year's GSoC. > > [1] https://github.com/timvideos/HDMI2USB-fx2-firmware > [2]https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Kv73NfBJwkwP_ > zH2cWQFAIp6qhfH3iIhUfYqtZ_KrH[3] > https://gsoc.paddatrapper.me/ > [4] https://github.com/paddatrapper > > Cheers > Kyle > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hdmi2usb - A HDMI capture solution" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to hdmi2usb+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hdmi2usb - A HDMI capture solution" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to hdmi2usb+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
