<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hi all,</font></span></p><p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I am currently working on the issue <a href="http://dev.exiv2.org/issues/813" class="issue status-1 priority-2" title="Video metadata support (New)" style="text-decoration:none">#813</a> (Exiv2) - Video Metadata Support (<a class="external" href="http://dev.exiv2.org/issues/813" style="text-decoration:none;padding-left:12px;background-image:url('http://dev.exiv2.org/images/external.png');background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">http://dev.exiv2.org/issues/813</a>), as my GSOC project. The project also concern solving the bug, #</font></span><a href="https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=164442">164442</a>, in DigiKam. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Extending Exiv2 to access/interpret video metadata is the fundamental part of this project.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Unfortunately, the format of the metadata information stored in video files varies from camera to camera, and Camera Manufactures as well. So I would like to collect a set of sample videos for testing to ensure that Exiv2 will be able to read the metadata from the widest possible set of files.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">If you have a camera that can record videos, you can help by recording a short video and attaching it to this Forum post (</font></span><a href="http://dev.exiv2.org/boards/3/topics/1189">http://dev.exiv2.org/boards/3/topics/1189</a><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">), as a reply, if you are a member of Exiv2 community as well. Or you can directly mail the video to my email address. </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">My email-id is, </span><a class="email" href="mailto:mail.abu.to@gmail.com" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none">mail.abu.to@gmail.com</a></p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The video can be <strong>as short as you like (1 second is fine)</strong> and <strong>can be at low resolution</strong> since we're only interested in the metadata.<br>
Please keep the video file less than 5 megabytes in size if possible. <strong>When you attach the file, please enter the name of your camera in the text box labeled "Optional Description", or state it in the contents of the mail. </strong>Thanks for your help!</font></span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I need as many samples as possible so if anyone possesses more than one camera, then please upload/send samples from all camera. It could also be videos recorded from your mobile/cell phones as well, since nearly all mobile makers now do support camera functionality.<br>
So please upload as many as possible. It really doesn't matter if some other member has already posted it or not, any sample contributed, would just be great.</font></span></p><p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">You may also send me link of the sample video, if you already have any uploaded video sample (original content only).</font></p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>One Important Note</strong> - Please attach <strong>only self made videos</strong>. Also I need permission to publish (publicly on a wiki page) the video, that you submit. So if you contribute, I would be considering that you have permitted the publishing of the video as well.<br>
I would be publishing all of video samples collected (from Exiv2 forums and all other resources possible) in a wiki page soon, so that the video can be accessible to other developers as well, who would wish to undertake similar project in the near future.</font></span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">If you have any problem attaching the file or have any query, you are always welcome to mail me directly. </font></span></p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">-- <br>
Regards,<br>Abhinav Badola</font></span><br>