[Live-devel] Simple Filter leading to a CODEC

[Brian Michalk]

I want to eventually write a codec, which actually is the easiest part 
about getting something running.  It works in MATLAB for still frames.

I figure the first step is to figure out how to integrate into someone 
elses framework.  I've looked at GStreamer, and it seems simple enough, 
but I just can't seem to get a new node working there.  So, I'm looking 
into the Live framework, mostly because I want to encode and send data 
over RTP, which appears to have a lot of support here.

My code takes a YUV image and filters that image (works in MATLAB), then 
I hope to encode that and send it via RTP to a client that does the reverse.

For a simple proof of concept, I would like to just take in a video 
stream, increment the chrominance plane and plop that back out to a 
file.  If I can do this much in source code, I know I can implement the 
rest of my codec.

Is there an example for this?  I've started down the path of using the 
MPEG1or2VideoRTPSink* files as a reference.  Is this the right path to 
take, or is there a better way?