[lca-mm] Presentation abstract for LCA Multimedia

[mikko.a.leppanen at nokia.com]

Hi,

Thank you for the opportunity to submit the following presentation for your consideration for LCA Multimedia miniconf:

   * Name: Mikko Leppänen
   * Company or Affiliation: Nokia
   * Title of talk: Adventures in Consumer Electronics with GStreamer
   * Proposed Length of Talk: Half length (25 minutes) 
   * Short abstract (100-300 words):

What does it feel like? What does it mean to create a consumer electronics device with GStreamer?

There are many awesome businesses around open source. But what if you are not offering a service, not dealing with other companies? What if you are offering something concrete that the consumers, non-technological users, "normal people", can pick up and throw through windows? Can free software, such as Gstreamer, and random pieces of hardware be combined in to something that is actually valuable? 

The opportunity is huge. I will start with a heartbreaking confession titled "Why we love GStreamer". It contains gems like 24/7 interactive support and the joys of plugging. GStreamer is lovely, but end users can be pesky and ungrateful[1]. Consumers want to watch news streams and play their music files. Even when they are in "Evil" formats. On the follow-through there will be bits about scheduling, quality assurance and various release cycles. Practical experiences and tales are based on the creation of Nokia N810 Internet Tablet multimedia framework. In theory it is Gstreamer 0.10.13, in practise describing it needs more than a single sentence.

[1] This presentation represents only my personal views and not those of my employer. 

   * Homepage: http://maemo.org

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Mikko