building a .NET GUI library for x264, BeSweet etc.

[stax76]

I'm working on my DVX successor StaxRip, it's finished but currently has only support for DivX/XviD and AVI. I was thinking about adding x264 support but I have hardly the time and interest to implement a complete x264 GUI.

Maybe GUI and command line generation code could be moved to a library, possible applications could be for example x264 and BeSweet, implementing a complete GUI for those applications is not simple because of the rich feature set. Furthermore anything av related of public interest like IFO parsing for example could go into such a library. Would somebody be interested in using such a library in his projects and to contribute to the development of such a library?

I would prefer VB .NET 2005 but can work in any .NET language if other developers would prefer that. As interface additional to .NET COM Automation would be possible with probably little overhead though I'm sure a Delphi guy would hate to add a .NET dependence to his application. Maybe existing code could be used e.g. MediaPortal, MeGUI etc. For development I would prefer svn and GPL as license.

[Doom9]

IFO parsing would be interesting for me.. but if I'm to contribute anything, it has to be C#, or perhaps managed C++ (though I prefer the former, it's a cleaner language imho).
Another interesting piece, dependend on the IFO parsing, would be per PGC preview playback from the VOBs, preferably with selectable audio.

[stax76]

would be per PGC preview playback from the VOBs, preferably with selectable audio.


This might involve dshow filter implementations and native C++ I could imagine.

[Doom9]

well, there's plenty of filters so it's merely a matter of using them.. I could imagine working with Gabest's filters since they are open source and work quite well. And DShow can be done without having to go to native code.