Hi Albert, On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 7:27 PM, Albretch Mueller <[email protected]> wrote: > I think I should work next on making this starting code more kosher > and align it with tika's base. I notice there is going to be > "cultural" issues (other than offering/maintaining the code) if the > decision is made to go ahead and use ffmpeg as our underlying library > for users of the supported operating systems (how to install it and > such things)
Do you already have a Tika patch you're working on? The best way to align your code with Tika is to share it as early as possible for review and feedback. > Can you just tell me which class/documentation based on a similar > library should I use as example? See the org.apache.tika.parser.external.ExternalParser class in tika-core for generic code for using an external program as a Tika parsers. You probably need some customization for interpreting the output from ffmpeg, but the basic structure of the code should be the same. > Is it OK for me to just post the whole code listing here or some > public site before you decide (or not) to make me one of that code > base committers? The best would be for you to file a feature request or this in the Tika issue tracker at https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TIKA. Then attach a patch (see http://www.apache.org/dev/contributors.html#patches for instructions) for review. See also http://community.apache.org/contributors/index.html for how the path from a contributor to a committer works at Apache. BR, Jukka Zitting
