[Meego-tv] Candidate specification for a generic video player

[Dominig ar Foll]

Hello,

when you start to play video on Linux you realise quickly that no
solution can cover the full need of playing video for a real full TV
application. If you try to create a Consumer Electronic (CE) device, you
likely use a System on Chip (SoC) which provides a concept of video
overlay which provide a great help on performance but make any
integration very specific.

The proposed specification aims at creating a generic service for Linux
(I will start by MeeGo TV) which could unify the play out of a video and
make transparent the support of various hardware helper provider by some
chip and in particular the support of overlay video common on SoC.

Thanks to let me know your feedback.

File can be found here :
  http://wiki.meego.com/File:Meego_Unified_MultiMedia_Service_V0.4.odt

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Dominig ar Foll
MeeGo TV
Open Source Technology Centre
Intel SSG