| PackageDescription | GPAC is a multimedia framework based on the MPEG-4 Systems standard developed
from scratch in ANSI C. The original development goal is to provide a clean
(a.k.a. readable by as many people as possible), small and flexible
alternative to the MPEG-4 Systems reference software.
The natural evolution has been the integration of recent multimedia standards
(SVG/SMIL, VRML, X3D, SWF, 3GPP(2) tools, etc) into a single framework.
VRML97 and a good amount of the X3D standard have already been integrated
into GPAC, as well as some SVG support and experimental Macromedia Flash
support.
The current GPAC release (0.7.1) already covers a very large part of the
MPEG-4 standard, and has some good support for 3GPP and VRML/X3D, and
features what can probably be seen as the most advanced and robust 2D MPEG-4
Player available worldwide, as well as a decent 3D player.
GPAC also features MPEG-4 Systems encoders/multiplexers, publishing tools for
content distribution for MP4 and 3GPP(2) files and many tools for scene
descriptions (MPEG4<->VRML<->X3D converters, SWF->MPEG-4, etc...).
This package is in tainted repository because it incorporates MPEG-4 technology,
covered by software patents. |