From bcb704366cb5e333a626c18c308c7e0448a8e69f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: toma Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:56:58 +0000 Subject: Copy the KDE 3.5 branch to branches/trinity for new KDE 3.5 features. BUG:215923 git-svn-id: svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/trinity/kdenetwork@1054174 283d02a7-25f6-0310-bc7c-ecb5cbfe19da --- kopete/protocols/msn/webcam/libmimic/README | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+) create mode 100644 kopete/protocols/msn/webcam/libmimic/README (limited to 'kopete/protocols/msn/webcam/libmimic/README') diff --git a/kopete/protocols/msn/webcam/libmimic/README b/kopete/protocols/msn/webcam/libmimic/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c60336ec --- /dev/null +++ b/kopete/protocols/msn/webcam/libmimic/README @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +ABOUT +----- + +libmimic is an open source video encoding/decoding library for Mimic V2.x- +encoded content (fourCC: ML20), which is the encoding used by MSN Messenger +for webcam conversations. + +It was written because there was no third-party MSN-client that supported +this feature due to this proprietary/unknown codec involved. I didn't like +this lack of interoperability, so I decided to do something about it. After +studying the official MSN-client a little closer, it became clear that the +codec involved was statically linked into the executable, so there was no +easy way to use the codec code through Wine. So for fun, and challenge, I +reverse-engineered the original implementation by studying the massive +amount of assembly code involved, and after a lot of hard work I ended +up with this implementation in C. + +It should be noted that reverse-engineering for interoperability is 100% +legal here in Norway (and in most European countries). + + +THANKS +------ + +Special thanks to Rob Taylor and the rest of the Farsight-team for all +the feedback and inspiration during development, you guys rock! :-) + + +BOTTOM LINE +----------- + +If you like my work and decide to use it in your project, please feel free +to credit me. I put a lot of time and hard work into this, so I hope others +will find it useful. + +Well, enough chit chat, enjoy! :-) + +Ole André Vadla Ravnås +oleavr at gmail dot com + -- cgit v1.2.1