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ABOUT
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libmimic is an open source video encoding/decoding library for Mimic V2.x-
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encoded content (fourCC: ML20), which is the encoding used by MSN Messenger
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for webcam conversations.
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It was written because there was no third-party MSN-client that supported
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this feature due to this proprietary/unknown codec involved. I didn't like
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this lack of interoperability, so I decided to do something about it. After
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studying the official MSN-client a little closer, it became clear that the
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codec involved was statically linked into the executable, so there was no
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easy way to use the codec code through Wine. So for fun, and challenge, I
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reverse-engineered the original implementation by studying the massive
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amount of assembly code involved, and after a lot of hard work I ended
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up with this implementation in C.
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It should be noted that reverse-engineering for interoperability is 100%
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legal here in Norway (and in most European countries).
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THANKS
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Special thanks to Rob Taylor and the rest of the Farsight-team for all
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the feedback and inspiration during development, you guys rock! :-)
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BOTTOM LINE
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If you like my work and decide to use it in your project, please feel free
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to credit me. I put a lot of time and hard work into this, so I hope others
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will find it useful.
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Well, enough chit chat, enjoy! :-)
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Ole André Vadla Ravnås
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oleavr at gmail dot com
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