Aaron Whitehouse
2005-Oct-21 22:10 UTC
[Vorbis] Ogg Vorbis bitrate peeling bounty on Launchpad
Hello all, Just a quick note to let you all know that I have placed a bounty on Lauchpad to get bitrate peeling added to Vorbis. It is a feature that I think we would all like to have, and would probably pay something to get, but it hasn't been done. My request to you is to add to the bounty. I have seeded it with US$20, which is not enough to motivate a developer to get it done, but I am a starving student with very little spare cash! If just a few from on here added $10 or something then this feature may finally be implemented and be more than just a 'possibility'. https://launchpad.net/bounties/ogg-vorbis-bitrate-peeling Regards, Aaron -- http://www.whitehouse.org.nz
I've signed up and pledged $30. Ross. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Whitehouse" <lists@whitehouse.org.nz> To: <advocacy@xiph.org>; <vorbis@xiph.org> Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 6:10 PM Subject: [Vorbis] Ogg Vorbis bitrate peeling bounty on Launchpad Hello all, Just a quick note to let you all know that I have placed a bounty on Lauchpad to get bitrate peeling added to Vorbis. It is a feature that I think we would all like to have, and would probably pay something to get, but it hasn't been done. My request to you is to add to the bounty. I have seeded it with US$20, which is not enough to motivate a developer to get it done, but I am a starving student with very little spare cash! If just a few from on here added $10 or something then this feature may finally be implemented and be more than just a 'possibility'. https://launchpad.net/bounties/ogg-vorbis-bitrate-peeling Regards, Aaron -- http://www.whitehouse.org.nz _______________________________________________ Vorbis mailing list Vorbis@xiph.org http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/vorbis
On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 06:10:03PM +1300, Aaron Whitehouse wrote:> Hello all, > > Just a quick note to let you all know that I have placed a bounty on > Lauchpad to get bitrate peeling added to Vorbis. It is a feature that I > think we would all like to have, and would probably pay something to > get, but it hasn't been done. > > My request to you is to add to the bounty. I have seeded it with US$20, > which is not enough to motivate a developer to get it done, but I am a > starving student with very little spare cash! If just a few from on here > added $10 or something then this feature may finally be implemented and > be more than just a 'possibility'. > > https://launchpad.net/bounties/ogg-vorbis-bitrate-peelingI approve wholeheartedly of this approach. You've also spelled out what you declare a success, an excellent thing. A note to the masses looking to tackle this: It's very easy to do peeling... badly. Years ago, segher wrote a util that just chops off packets to a smaller length as a bit of a joke. Although, stricly speaking, this was a valid peeler, the results were terrible :-) If someone is interested in chasing the bounty, I'll be happy to answer questions. I don't personally have the time to chase it, but I'll listen to anyone seriously chasing the problem. Monty