diff -r 2b1824e138b1 -r 36720270b368 gmyth-stream/server/lib/transcoder.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/gmyth-stream/server/lib/transcoder.py	Thu Aug 30 12:51:31 2007 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+__author__ = "Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri / Artur Duque de Souza"
+__author_email__ = "barbieri@gmail.com / artur.souza@indt.org.br"
+__license__ = "GPL"
+__version__ = "0.4"
+
+__all__ = ("Transcoder")
+
+class Transcoder(object):
+    """Transcoder's Class: parent class to implement
+    a plugin for transcoding data."""
+    priority = 0   # negative values have higher priorities
+    name = None # to be used in requests
+    status = None
+    log = None
+    tid = -1
+
+    def __init__(self, params):
+        self.params = params
+    # __init__()
+
+    def params_first(self, key, default=None):
+        if default is None:
+            return self.params[key][0]
+        else:
+            try:
+                return self.params[key][0]
+            except:
+                return default
+    # params_first()
+
+    def get_mimetype(self):
+        return "application/octet-stream"
+    # get_mimetype()
+
+    def start(self, outfile):
+        pass
+    # start()
+
+    def stop(self):
+        pass
+    # stop()
+
+    def get_legth (self):
+        pass
+    # get_leght ()
+
+    def get_progress (self):
+        pass
+    # get_progress ()
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return '%s: %s( params=%s ) - Status: %s%%' % \
+               (self.__class__.__name__, self.tid,
+                self.params, self.status)
+    # __str__()
+# Transcoder