Thanks Steve! I will get the spec and start studying the code and the various commits over the past few days. Hopefully, soon enough I will be comfortable with the code and I can then give back something meaningful to the project!
Have a good time at IBC! Regards, Krishna On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Steve Borho <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Krishna <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I am new to x265 and open-source codec dev. (but familiar with video >> compression) and I was wondering if anyone can help me get started. So, I >> looked at the BitBucket page and followed all the instructions regarding >> downloading the source, etc. >> >> What happens next is where I am stuck at. For a newbie like myself, >> >> 1. can you provide links to the current HEVC spec. which is being >> followed to develop the code. >> 2. is there a fixed order in which the encoder functionalities are >> being built. >> >> Hello Krishna, > > The ITU H.265 spec can be found here: http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-H.265 > Others might be able to point to versions of the document that are better > formatted for online reading. > > We're currently adding the finishing touches to 3 features: > > * frame parallelism > * slicetype decision (lookahead) > * rudimentary ABR rate control > >> >> >> Also, please feel free to add any tips that you think can help a newcomer >> get a grip on the code. >> > > A short history might be helpful. > > We started development in April based from the HM reference encoder. > Since then we have changed the sources and diverged quite a bit, but all > of the code under source/Lib originated from the HM. The goal is to > eventually replace all the HM code. I've been deleting HM source files at > a rate of about 2 per week. We have written a number of intrinsic based > performance primitives, but have begun transitioning them all to assembly. > > Please visit the CodingStyle, TOD, and Contribute pages of our wiki, and > come visit us on #x265 on IRC to discuss whatever you decide to work on.O > > Note that many of us are in Amsterdam for IBC this week, for our day jobs, > so the IRC channel may be quiet. > > Regards, > > -- > Steve Borho > > _______________________________________________ > x265-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.videolan.org/listinfo/x265-devel > >
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