Roadmap for master branch

These are the ideas we plan to develop in the short/mid term. Please join in, leave remarks...

Movit integration

Many bugs to solve due to GL context & multithreading
Make movit optional (for weak GPU)

KDE Framework 5

Handle migration
Lighter dependencies?

New functions

Webvfx titler
Ideas from other editors?

Refactoring

Pick ideas from refactoring branch (see next)
Reorganize present files, remove commented code, add comments
Write unit tests?

Roadmap for refactoring branch (archive?)

This is an attempt to coordinate the work on the deep refactoring that beginned in 2012. If you want to work on some parts, leave a note here to know who is doing what. Design ideas can also be explained here.

Project Bin

Done:

Add clip to Bin
Create clip using the list of available MLT producers
Play Bin Clip in Monitor

In Progress:

Manage clip zones - JBM
Clip timeline and effects (will allow to open a project clip in a separate timeline and add effects to it) - JBM

Todo:

Edit clip properties
Add MLT Playlist, Slideshow and Title clip types
Clip jobs

Monitors

Done:

Set to full screen (double click)
Switch between available modes (SDL / OpenGL / GLSL / QGraphicsScene)
Overlay info messages
Basic zone functionnality

In Progress:

Manage several zones / markers, display overlay info - JBM

Todo:

Play / loop zone
Keyboard shortcuts
Add settings dialog option to select single / dual monitor config and default display format (SDL, OpenGL, GLSL)

Timeline

Done:

Open basic MLT playlist

Todo:

Add clip to timeline
All clip operations (move, cut, ...) - framework is partially there
Track operations
Effects

Rendering

Todo:

Should we use MLT presets?

Recording

Todo:

Add config dialog to select source
Add Multi consumer to save recording to file
Port StopMotion widget, using the new Scene Mode so that we can use all QGraphicsView features.

Titler

Todo:

What to do with it? Full rewrite? Would WebVfx be an option? See discussion here

Scopes

Todo:

Adjust them to the new framework