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	** Create a Unified Subtitle Parser Library for external and embedded subtitles, plus a [http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=Libavfilter FFmpeg libavfilter filter] for it.		** Create a Unified Subtitle Parser Library for external and embedded subtitles, plus a [http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=Libavfilter FFmpeg libavfilter filter] for it.

	* [http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?t=6169 Audio Equalizer in XBMC for music playback] with [[PAPlayer]], (and as a [http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=Libavfilter FFmpeg libavfilter filter] for video).		* [http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?t=6169 Audio Equalizer in XBMC for music playback] with PAPlayer, (and as a [http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=Libavfilter FFmpeg libavfilter filter] for video).

	* Add full [http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?t=32029 VCD/SVCD menu and navigation support to XBMC] (possibly via xine-vcdnav/vcdx from [http://www.xinehq.hu Xine]).		* Add full [http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?t=32029 VCD/SVCD menu and navigation support to XBMC] (possibly via xine-vcdnav/vcdx from [http://www.xinehq.hu Xine]).
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	** Essentially the "CacheThumb" routine should cache the thumb, cache information about the thumb (info on date, source, aspectratio, packed as small as feasible) and store both full size and scaled versions of the thumbs. The meta info would be stored in a separate file for fast assigning of thumbs (this could be kept in memory based on the thumb hash in a lookup table, and the ListItem.Thumb infoimage could be extended to specify what size of thumb it needs (to limit memory usage for xbox/lowmem devices).		** Essentially the "CacheThumb" routine should cache the thumb, cache information about the thumb (info on date, source, aspectratio, packed as small as feasible) and store both full size and scaled versions of the thumbs. The meta info would be stored in a separate file for fast assigning of thumbs (this could be kept in memory based on the thumb hash in a lookup table, and the ListItem.Thumb infoimage could be extended to specify what size of thumb it needs (to limit memory usage for xbox/lowmem devices).

	* Rewrite XBMC's existing picture slideshow engine to be more like a normal player (see [[VideoPlayer]], [[PAPlayer]], and [[MODPlayer]] as examples).		* Rewrite XBMC's existing picture slideshow engine to be more like a normal player (see [[VideoPlayer]], PAPlayer, and [[MODPlayer]] as examples).
	** Utilize GUILargeImage to handle the loading, and the animation engine for the effects (pan/zoom/rotate, etc.)		** Utilize GUILargeImage to handle the loading, and the animation engine for the effects (pan/zoom/rotate, etc.)

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	** [http://www.ffmpeg.org Latest FFmpeg SVN] already have [http://www.linuxtv.org/ v4l/v4l2] support, but no tuning or channel-swapping features		** [http://www.ffmpeg.org Latest FFmpeg SVN] already have [http://www.linuxtv.org/ v4l/v4l2] support, but no tuning or channel-swapping features

	* [[Hardware Accelerated Video Decoding]] of H.264 encoded video (in [[DVDPlayer\|XBMC's FFmpeg-based in-house video player]])		* Hardware Accelerated Video Decoding of H.264 encoded video (in [[DVDPlayer\|XBMC's FFmpeg-based in-house video player]])
	** Off-loading some decoding processing parts to a OpenGL 2.0 GPU for assisted decoding		** Off-loading some decoding processing parts to a OpenGL 2.0 GPU for assisted decoding
	** ~~[[Hardware Accelerated Video Decoding\|~~The possible methods are GLSL or Cg Pixel Shader (Shader Model 3.0), and/or GPGPU technology]]		** The possible methods are GLSL or Cg Pixel Shader (Shader Model 3.0), and/or GPGPU technology

	* [http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?t=22407 Pictures database; scan EXIF (and IPTC) tags into a SQL db and add a library-mode view]		* [http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?t=22407 Pictures database; scan EXIF (and IPTC) tags into a SQL db and add a library-mode view]

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	=== Developing XBMC ===		=== Developing XBMC ===
	The XBMC code structure uses a fairly modular design (with libraries and DLLs) who's structure is large, though relatively easy to grasp. XBMC's source code is predominantly C++, though there is a small splattering of C libraries and assembler for good measure. XBMC for uses the Microsoft DirectX multimedia framework (Direct3D) on the Xbox, and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_DirectMedia_Layer SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) framework with OpenGL rendering] for other operating-system platforms versions of XBMC~~, (ie. [[XBMC for Linux port project\|Linux]], [[XBMC for Mac OS X port project\|Mac OS X]], and [[XBMC for Windows port project\|Microsoft Windows]])~~.		The XBMC code structure uses a fairly modular design (with libraries and DLLs) who's structure is large, though relatively easy to grasp. XBMC's source code is predominantly C++, though there is a small splattering of C libraries and assembler for good measure. XBMC for uses the Microsoft DirectX multimedia framework (Direct3D) on the Xbox, and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_DirectMedia_Layer SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) framework with OpenGL rendering] for other operating-system platforms versions of XBMC.

	The main XBMC program is developed using [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Visual_Studio Microsoft Visual Studio] for the Xbox and win32 builds, and there are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDevelop KDevelop] project files for Linux, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xcode Xcode] (and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_%28software%29 Eclipse]) project files for Mac OS X. For the Xbox version a copy of the latest Microsoft [[XDK\|Xbox SDK (a.k.a. XDK)]] and [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fd044a42-9912-42a3-9a9e-d857199f888e DirectX 9.0 SDK Update (Summer 2004)] is also required, though obviously this is not required for any other of the platforms that XBMC can be compiled for.		The main XBMC program is developed using [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Visual_Studio Microsoft Visual Studio] for the Xbox and win32 builds, and there are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDevelop KDevelop] project files for Linux, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xcode Xcode] (and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_%28software%29 Eclipse]) project files for Mac OS X. For the Xbox version a copy of the latest Microsoft [[XDK\|Xbox SDK (a.k.a. XDK)]] and [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fd044a42-9912-42a3-9a9e-d857199f888e DirectX 9.0 SDK Update (Summer 2004)] is also required, though obviously this is not required for any other of the platforms that XBMC can be compiled for.
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	** Port XBMC for Linux to the [http://www.openpandora.org Pandora handheld game-console (OpenGL ES complient DirectFBGL)]		** Port XBMC for Linux to the [http://www.openpandora.org Pandora handheld game-console (OpenGL ES complient DirectFBGL)]

	* ~~Port XBMC for Windows (SDL / OpenGL)~~ to [~~http://www.reactos.org ReactOS~~]~~, as it is missing a media center software.~~		* For porting to other operating systems, see [[Compiling Kodi]]

	* Fully port [[XBMC for Linux port project\|XBMC for Linux]] to compile and run on PowerPC (PPC) architecture
	** Maybe with the help of [http://llvm.org The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure]?

	* Fully port [[XBMC for Mac OS X port project\|XBMC for Mac OS X]] to compile and run on PowerPC (PPC) architecture
	** Maybe with the help of [http://www.finkproject.org The Fink Project] and/or [http://llvm.org The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure]?

	==== General platform independent ideas ====		==== General platform independent ideas ====

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	XBMC (formerly "XBox Media Center") is a free and open source cross-platform media center, designed to be the hub of your entertainment system. XBMC was originally established in 2002, at that time being developed as media player software for the first-generation Xbox game-console. XBMC has since been ported to run natively under Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows operating-systems. XBMC has so far been translated to over 30 languages, won three SourceForge Community Choice Awards (Best Multimedia Project and Best Game Project in 2006, and best project for Gamers in 2008) and been a nominated finalist for a number of other awards. Today XBMC have a very broad international community of active developers, graphic artists, and devoted users.		XBMC (formerly "XBox Media Center") is a free and open source cross-platform media center, designed to be the hub of your entertainment system. XBMC was originally established in 2002, at that time being developed as media player software for the first-generation Xbox game-console. XBMC has since been ported to run natively under Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows operating-systems. XBMC has so far been translated to over 30 languages, won three SourceForge Community Choice Awards (Best Multimedia Project and Best Game Project in 2006, and best project for Gamers in 2008) and been a nominated finalist for a number of other awards. Today XBMC have a very broad international community of active developers, graphic artists, and devoted users.

	* '''[[~~Compiling_Kodi~~]]'''		* '''[[Compiling Kodi]]'''

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	XBMC (formerly "XBox Media Center") is a free and open source cross-platform media center, designed to be the hub of your entertainment system. XBMC was originally established in 2002, at that time being developed as media player software for the first-generation Xbox game-console. XBMC has since been ported to run natively under Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows operating-systems. XBMC has so far been translated to over 30 languages, won three SourceForge Community Choice Awards (Best Multimedia Project and Best Game Project in 2006, and best project for Gamers in 2008) and been a nominated finalist for a number of other awards. Today XBMC have a very broad international community of active developers, graphic artists, and devoted users.		XBMC (formerly "XBox Media Center") is a free and open source cross-platform media center, designed to be the hub of your entertainment system. XBMC was originally established in 2002, at that time being developed as media player software for the first-generation Xbox game-console. XBMC has since been ported to run natively under Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows operating-systems. XBMC has so far been translated to over 30 languages, won three SourceForge Community Choice Awards (Best Multimedia Project and Best Game Project in 2006, and best project for Gamers in 2008) and been a nominated finalist for a number of other awards. Today XBMC have a very broad international community of active developers, graphic artists, and devoted users.

	* '''[[~~HOW-TO compile XBMC for Linux from source code\|XBMC for Linux~~]]''' ~~(see the [[XBMC for Linux port project]] for more information)~~		* '''[[Compiling_Kodi]]'''
	* '''[[HOW-TO compile XBMC for Mac OS X from source code\|XBMC for Mac OS X]]''' (see the [[XBMC for Mac OS X port project]] for more information)
	* '''[[HOW-TO compile XBMC for Windows from source code\|XBMC for Windows]]''' (see the [[XBMC for Windows port project]] for more information)
	* '''[[HOW-TO compile XBMC for Xbox from source code\|XBMC for Xbox]]'''

	=== Developing XBMC ===		=== Developing XBMC ===

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	~~{{mininav\|[[Development]]\|[[:Category:Google Summer of Code]]}}~~
	{{info\|This page describes a previous year's event. For the most recent GSoC page please check '''[[:Category:Google Summer of Code]]'''.}}		{{info\|This page describes a previous year's event. For the most recent GSoC page please check '''[[:Category:Google Summer of Code]]'''.}}

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	Before you can apply make sure you are qualified to apply:		Before you can apply make sure you are qualified to apply:
	* You have to know how to program in C++ (and know C) fairly well.		* You have to know how to program in C++ (and know C) fairly well.
	* We would like you to first submit a small patch that fixes a bug or adds a feature to XBMC. By doing that we will know if you are qualified for the task or not. At the bottom of this page there will be a list of possible ~~[[Google Summer of Code 2008#Qualification tasks\|~~Qualification Tasks]], specific ideas that could be performed to show your skill, however you are free to submit anything you feel might be of value to XBMC. The qualification task can be done after you have filed you application.		* We would like you to first submit a small patch that fixes a bug or adds a feature to XBMC. By doing that we will know if you are qualified for the task or not. At the bottom of this page there will be a list of possible Qualification Tasks, specific ideas that could be performed to show your skill, however you are free to submit anything you feel might be of value to XBMC. The qualification task can be done after you have filed you application.
	* Submit a good application through the formal Google Summer of Code process during the application time frame.		* Submit a good application through the formal Google Summer of Code process during the application time frame.
	* You have to have >35 hours per week to put into the project.		* You have to have >35 hours per week to put into the project.
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	=== Schedule ===		=== Schedule ===
	Official timeline: http://code.google.com/soc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_timeline		Official timeline: http://code.google.com/soc/2008/faqs.html#0.1_timeline
	* April 17, 2008: All students must have completed their ~~[[Google Summer of Code 2008#Qualification tasks\|~~Qualification Task]] for XBMC. Students should aim to have the code from your qualification task committed to XBMC SVN or FFmpeg SVN well before then of course, so try to submit your initial patch in advance so that it can go though the proper review process.		* April 17, 2008: All students must have completed their Qualification Task for XBMC. Students should aim to have the code from your qualification task committed to XBMC SVN or FFmpeg SVN well before then of course, so try to submit your initial patch in advance so that it can go though the proper review process.
	* April 7, 2008: Student application deadline, students must have submitted their proposals through Google.		* April 7, 2008: Student application deadline, students must have submitted their proposals through Google.
	* March 24-31, 2008: Students may submit applications for various Google Summer of Code projects.		* March 24-31, 2008: Students may submit applications for various Google Summer of Code projects.
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	** Essentially the "CacheThumb" routine should cache the thumb, cache information about the thumb (info on date, source, aspectratio, packed as small as feasible) and store both full size and scaled versions of the thumbs. The meta info would be stored in a separate file for fast assigning of thumbs (this could be kept in memory based on the thumb hash in a lookup table, and the ListItem.Thumb infoimage could be extended to specify what size of thumb it needs (to limit memory usage for xbox/lowmem devices).		** Essentially the "CacheThumb" routine should cache the thumb, cache information about the thumb (info on date, source, aspectratio, packed as small as feasible) and store both full size and scaled versions of the thumbs. The meta info would be stored in a separate file for fast assigning of thumbs (this could be kept in memory based on the thumb hash in a lookup table, and the ListItem.Thumb infoimage could be extended to specify what size of thumb it needs (to limit memory usage for xbox/lowmem devices).

	* Rewrite XBMC's existing picture slideshow engine to be more like a normal player (see [[VideoPlayer]], PAPlayer, and MODPlayer as examples).		* Rewrite XBMC's existing picture slideshow engine to be more like a normal player (see VideoPlayer, PAPlayer, and MODPlayer as examples).
	** Utilize GUILargeImage to handle the loading, and the animation engine for the effects (pan/zoom/rotate, etc.)		** Utilize GUILargeImage to handle the loading, and the animation engine for the effects (pan/zoom/rotate, etc.)

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	* We at XBMC will accept [http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=FFmpeg_Summer_Of_Code_2008#Qualification_Tasks performing a qualification task for the FFmpeg project] as a XBMC qualification task, see [http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=FFmpeg_Summer_Of_Code_2008#Qualification_Tasks here].		* We at XBMC will accept [http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=FFmpeg_Summer_Of_Code_2008#Qualification_Tasks performing a qualification task for the FFmpeg project] as a XBMC qualification task, see [http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=FFmpeg_Summer_Of_Code_2008#Qualification_Tasks here].

	* FFmpeg wrapper for [http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?t=21926 Libnemesi (the RTSP/RTP client library)] to use inside [[XBMC's in-house video-player (DVDPlayer)		* FFmpeg wrapper for [http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?t=21926 Libnemesi (the RTSP/RTP client library)] to use inside XBMC's in-house video-player (DVDPlayer)
	** -- I'm willing to try this out - '''Alcoheca' - 27/2/2008		** -- I'm willing to try this out - '''Alcoheca' - 27/2/2008

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	* [[User:Yuvalt\|Yuvalt]]: Everything Linux		* [[User:Yuvalt\|Yuvalt]]: Everything Linux
	* [[User:D4rk\|D4rk]]: OpenGL, other Linux stuff		* [[User:D4rk\|D4rk]]: OpenGL, other Linux stuff
	* [[User:Vulkanr\|Vulkanr]]: Everything Linux (including DllLoader and [[VideoPlayer]] internals)		* [[User:Vulkanr\|Vulkanr]]: Everything Linux (including DllLoader and VideoPlayer internals)
	* [[User:elupus\|elupus]]: DllLoader and [[VideoPlayer]] internals (video-player/codec specialist)		* [[User:elupus\|elupus]]: DllLoader and VideoPlayer internals (video-player/codec specialist)
	* [[User:malloc\|malloc]]: Everything Linux		* [[User:malloc\|malloc]]: Everything Linux
	* [[User:Agathorn\|Agathorn]]: Anything GUI and Skin related (Xbox or platform-independent)		* [[User:Agathorn\|Agathorn]]: Anything GUI and Skin related (Xbox or platform-independent)
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	* [http://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?f=57 XBMC for Mac OS X port Community-Forum for developers only]		* [http://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?f=57 XBMC for Mac OS X port Community-Forum for developers only]
	** [http://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?f=56 XBMC for Mac OS X port Community-Forum for end-users (unmoderated so far)]		** [http://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?f=56 XBMC for Mac OS X port Community-Forum for end-users (unmoderated so far)]
	* [[HOW-TO:Submit_a_patch]] (where and how to submit source code)		* HOW-TO:Submit_a_patch (where and how to submit source code)

	[[Category:Google Summer of Code]]		[[Category:Google Summer of Code]]