GSoC Proposal

[Colin Guthrie]

Ian Monroe wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 3:39 AM, Abhishek Batra <abhshk.btra at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi guys
>>
>> I have been working on a project on my own. It is a sound processor
>> ( coded in python ). A version of it has already been demonstrated in
>> Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences' tech fest in 2007. Though it
>>  is currently just for win32, I have been working on development for other
>> platforms (scarcity of Macs in India being a big hindrance! ).
>>
>> I came up with the idea that it could be added as an extension to Amarok.
>>  The most important feature of my project is that it has the capability
>> of  processing sound on the fly. Hence. mixing of various mediums is
>> possible. Also it would be much more useful than most other sound
>> processing software since being available as an extension to Amarok will
>>  allow users to organize their mixed and processed sound with their music
>> collection.
>>
>> I have a lot of experience with c++ and python, and am now somewhat
>> familiar with KDE.
>>
>> I want to know if someone could help me out with the final proposal if this
>>  sounds good.
> 
> This would be a Phonon proposal, not an Amarok proposal. You could try
> kde-multimedia at kde.org
> 
> Plus like Mark said, even if it was in Phonon so it would take just a
> dozen lines of code to add it to Amarok, it sounds outside the scope
> of a music player.

Without reading too much about this (just the summary above, it could
even be something that is more appropriate at the pulseaudio level? It
could tie in to the LADSPA support perhaps?

Sorry if this is completely off base :p

Col