Hello, Although I'm not a formal member of the openbeos media kit team, I am inter= ested in the success of this team and especially in the design of the new= codec API. I know that some members of the team have their hands tied t= o some extent because of NDAs. Since it seemed that this was preventing = the discussion from beginning to some extent I have tried to get things r= olling with some pages on the bebits wiki. I have not made any specific API proposal yet, and I think I am not yet pre= pared to do so. I have however gathered some information on the problem = and existing solutions. This information is by no means complete. I wou= ld especially like input from people who have worked with implementing co= decs on other platforms. I also have some decoding/encoding software tha= t I have to go through myself in order to glean a coherent API. I would like to invite anyone who is interested to read/contribute to pleas= e visit the pages. I seperated the encoder/decoder and extractor/writer = discussions into two pages below: http://wiki.bebits.com/page/MediaKit Also, please feel free to drop by tycomsystems on beshare to speak to me di= rectly about any ideas. (id: shatty) I expect to contribute further to t= his although I am not sure when I will have some available time, due to o= ther projects that I am working on. I will do my best. Andrew (HybridDivx dev.)