cathode/nsynth

A managed multimedia API

NSynth - A different take on multimedia content

NSynth is a 100% managed framework for working with multimedia content such as images, video and audio streams.

Project Goals

There are plenty of well-established libraries and programs to work with multimedia content. Here's how we differ from the others:

• NSynth focuses on quality. The suggested pixel format for video data is 128-bit RGBA, or 128-bit Y'Cb'Cr
• API consistency and ease of use is paramount. You'll find the library easy to use regardless of the scope of your project.
• Portability is automatic. Because NSynth is written in pure managed code, and has no dependencies on unmanaged components or proprietary windows-only or linux-only components, it can be used on any system that can run .NET applications.
• It's MIT/X11 licensed because free software needs to be free to be used and linked to, not just free to distribute.
• It's reasonably fast. Benchmarks will be posted later as the codebase matures.

nsynth's Issues

Add support for decoding/encoding Microsoft DirectDraw Surface files (DDS)

Microsoft DirectDraw Surface (DDS) files are used for holding texture assets for real-time graphics applications and there are few tools available that work with them well. Support in nsynth would be a big plus.