Vladest

Since February 2004 netlabs.org is hiring vladest as full time developer. Vladest is the main guy behind Warpvision (GUI Version) and the open sourced version of Innotek UNIAUD.

For sure this costs money, so far it is basicaly my personal money which goes to Vladest. There are some usergroups who promised me sponsoring and I also get some money from individuals. This page here is mainly thought for people who are curious what happens with their money and for sure it should also attract you and other people & usergroups to support netlabs.org <- yes this link takes you to the Mensys page where you can buy sponsoring units :-)

As usual I will keep no money for myself, I have a good salary and I do not want to make profit out of netlabs.org. All money we get is invested into our open source projects and our hired developers, from time to time also into hardware for the servers.

Thanks

Adrian Gschwend
Founder of netlabs.org

ToDo's for Vladest

WVGUI:

1. Adding support for new upcoming UNIAUD API
2. Redesign. Adding new open API for streams, demuxers etc.
Almost all pieces of wvgui will be plugin-based, with open API.
It gives possibility to easily extend WVGUI by 3rd party plugins
Stream API (and file stream plugin) already done and it works.
3. Always fresh libavcodec.
4. Bug fixing etc.
5. DVD menu

UNIAUD

1. Adding multichannel support
2. Creating PM aggressive mixer
3. Adding new sound API (alsa-lib like) based on only 32 bit driver. So  software, which uses this API will dosent require PM/MMOS2. Alsa-lib like interface will simplify porting audio applications from linux
4. Adding software mixing of PCM streams (will be available only for own API)
5. Multicards support
6. Standalone AC3->PCM decoding project with SPDIF IN support (i.e. software AC3 decoder)

Work History

Week 14/04: 29. March 2004 - 2. April 2004

Uniaud:

Uniaud API separated to standalone DLL (UNIAUD.DLL)
Added multicard support to API
Almost finished mixer API in UNIAUD.DLL. 
Now, mixer api supports mixer callbacks for easy creating of an aggessive mixer
As usual - latest fixes/changes in core code from ALSA project

WVGUI:

Written first plugins API draft. It requires some more work and polishing. Any ideas are welcome
A lot of fixes/bugfixes etc.

- 11. May 2004

Uniaud:

Uniaud API almost finished
Added multicard support. (Only different card at this time. Same cards support will be added later)
Added workaround for EARLYMEMINIT
A lot of fixes from ALSA team
Added SB Live 2003 support

WVGUI:

Basically a lot of fixes. 
New subtitles look&feel (thanks to KO Myung-Hun )

- 20. May 2004

Uniaud:

Multichannel support for UNIAUD API (SB Live tested and works)
Latest fixes from ALSA team

WVGUI:

General Plugins API
Started work on Audio Out plugins (DART & UNIAUD plugins)

- 22. May 2004

Uniaud:

Cards with same PCI ID now supported
Latest fixes from ALSA team

- 31. May 2004

Uniaud:

Added ALC850 codec
Fixed shared access to uniaud via MMOS2

WVGUI:

Added DART Audio Out plugin

- 05. June 2004

WVGUI:

Added UNIAUD Audio Out plugin. Now multichannel works on SB Live and other cards

- 05. July 2004

WVGUI:

Added DUMP Audio Out plugin. It is not requires sound card and produces pure PCM stream, usually coming right to sound card
Added AC3 demuxer
Fixed strange behavior of some DVD disks (unsynced and clicking/cracking sound)
A lot of other fixes

Uniaud:

Yamaha multichannel support (up to 4 channels)
Audigy2 side channels (i.e. 7.1 support)
A lot of fixes from ALSA team

-19. July 2004

WVGUI:

R&D to adding cache level to dvdcss.dll. This will allow startup DVD disks fery fast

UNIAUD:

Ohh. 3rd wave of fullsourcetree alsa updates finished. Hope it is last (takes too much time :( ). Some PM  bugs fixed

-1. August 2004

WVGUI:

Cache in dvdcss.dll almost works
Improved DVD error recovery (bad blocks etc). Now it skip some sectors right after bad sector. recovering is very fast now and doesnt freezes wvgui
Fixed bug in Uniaud plugin. Coused sound skipping on rates != 48000Hz on some adapters
Added DTS support

UNIAUD:

Latest updates from ALSA

-11. August 2004

WVGUI:

Added changing of fullscreen coordinates
Started working on SNAP TVOut/Zoom support

UNIAUD:

Latest updates from ALSA

-18. August 2004

WVGUI:

R&D of USB/FireWire video in. 
Reasearch for new project for video editing

UNIAUD:

Started R&D of resampling for 48000-only cards

-1. September 2004

WVGUI:

Some post drop fixes

UNIAUD:

Resampling almost works.