challenge to any programmers here

[techguru]

challenge to any programmers to fix the bugs and and old code of videosubfinder..and probably add some new features if possible

http://sourceforge.net/projects/videosubfinder/

the fact that its built in russian doesn't help much

very useful program ..but definitely needs an update

the source code is there to study and fix

pretty sure its programmed in c++

[Nuluvius]

"This program allows by a finding video images with the text(using algorithms of digital image processing)to create on them subtitles files with timing automatically. Using text mining algorithms it allows to separate the text with any colour from images."

 

Yeah makes perfect sense...  :blink:

[techguru]

the original programmer I think litterally died...and he was native russian..so..can't blame his grammar

[SSL]

I'd be happy to, for $50,000 or so.

[techguru]

hey you might get some good donations if you take over the project

[SIGSEGV]

So it's basically a speech to text thing?

[Nuluvius]

So it's basically a speech to text thing?

 

No it uses image processing to rip subtitles from video frames.

[techguru]

basically its the first step in ripping hardsubs from video files

[madknight3]

Maybe it's good enough as is for basic usage. If not, I'm sure other options already exist that you can use.

 

I don't doubt it could use new features, but with 88 downloads and 3 reviews, it's not a popular program. The work someone puts in may never really be appreciated by many people. Breathing new life into the project and doing a bit of advertising might help revive it, but there's no guarantee.

 

Also, how much needs fixing? I don't doubt there are bugs either, but there's only 1 bug report and nothing in the reviews about bugs. Most of those 88 users have probably moved on and won't ever provide feedback.

 

I looked at the source code and the first file I opened was over 10k lines long. I looked at a few more and they were around 1k or 2k lines. I also don't see any automated testing in the project. So that leaves me to wonder how well it's coded/organized. Might not be fun for someone to have to sort through.

 

 

tl;dr: I wish you luck in finding someone to revive the project.

[techguru]

So that leaves me to wonder how well it's coded/organized

I doubt very well

the program is prone to crash or just not work sometimes

[Nuluvius]

So that leaves me to wonder how well it's coded/organized

I doubt very well

the program is prone to crash or just not work sometimes

 

It really does beg the question; why have you got so much of a vested interested in this?

[Django]

hey you might get some good donations if you take over the project

 

If you believe that then the solution is quite simple. Pay SSL 50,000 for the rights and reap the rewards in donations from it.