For those interested : first MCF muxer for audio in libmcf ....

[ChristianHJW]

I just noticed that when readng all the mails to MCF dev mailing list, seems as if robux4 has done a first draft of a muxer, currently only for audio and subtitles, but no video. Its all in libmcf and the API is currently discussed, so dont ask me if its capable of parsing a WAV file and converting it into a MCF, robux4 should be able to clarify i guess.

Now .. all we need is a video muxing functionality and a working parser/DirectShowFilter :D !!

Great work robux4 !!!!

[spyder]

Christian,

I was thinking about starting work on an MCF API for Java but it seems every time I look at the MCF specs they change. How complete are they and will they change very much in the near future?

[robUx4]

Hello,

Actually the libmcf library can mux audio and subtitles in an MCF file. But so far it's only for developping purposes. Just to test the whole muxing process (which is working nicely so far).
As there is currently NO application that can read the created MCF files, don't expect something to work with videos very soon. (but it will come, don't worry).

@spyder : you definitely should join the MCF dev mailing list and the IRC channel (#mcf on openprojects) we often discuss about issues found on the format/spec and so the changes occur (to improve the format). As you know it is currently version 0 and subject to changes. So the best way to keep up to date (and also give your expertise on the format) is to join the conversation :) Otherwise I think Tronic is keeping a changelog of the specs somewhere on the site.

PS: if anybody wants to help us on the DirectShow side : welcome !