building a media player

shaan_l · Post by **shaan_l** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 7:37 am

hey!

i know this is most probably a LONG shot, but what would i need to build a media player for the ps2? like what the ps2reality guys did.....

thanks

Post by **blackdroid** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 7:55 am

programming knowledge, a handful of documentation describing different av formats.
you might want to have a look at ffmpeg to save some sleepless nights writing yet another mpeg decoder.

shaan_l · Post by **shaan_l** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 8:08 am

yea, do you think i need to be a hardcore programmer or could a newbie like me maybe pull it off :oops:

maybe i should start making demos first....

Post by **ooPo** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 11:10 am

Demos are a good start... package them up as sample programs and get them added to ps2sdk for bonus points. :)