enix news

27.04.2003: ogg/theora support + massively reduced external dependancies ogg/vorbis/theora/speex are all statically included in the source tree

25.02.2003: enix-user and enix-devel mailing lists have been created

24.02.2003: enix sources have been checked into cvs.

what is enix?

enix is to become for encoding and video processing what xine is today for video playback:

an integrators type project
collect various encoders and filters
shared library, plugins
consistent, easy to use api
written in plain c, few dependancies

enix applications

possible applications that can be built using enix include:

nonlinear video editors
re-encoders
video phone applications
video recorders
video processors
title generators

enix architecture

enix is built around a very simple basic primitive, called enix_stream_t:

typedef struct enix_stream_s enix_stream_t;

struct enix_stream_s {

  int  (*play) (enix_stream_t *stream, 
                int start_pos, 
                int start_time);
  
  int  (*get_next_video_frame) (enix_stream_t *stream,
                                xine_video_frame_t *frame);
  
  int  (*get_next_audio_frame) (enix_stream_t *stream,
                                xine_audio_frame_t *frame);
  
  void (*dispose) (enix_stream_t *stream);

  int (*get_property) (enix_stream_t *stream, int property); 

} ;

these primitives can be used as a common interface for inputs (e.g. a wrapper around the xine engine is provided so any stream that xine can decode can be processed in enix but also other inputs such as low-latency frame grabbing can be implemented) and filters. enix_stream_t can be recursively used to form pipelines for multimedia stram processing. usually you'll find a multiplexer and encoder at the end of the pipeline:

download/CVS

enix is in the very early stages of it's developement, so please be patient. currently enix sources are only available from cvs:

access enix cvs here

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author

guenter bartsch (guenter at users.sourceforge.net)
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