GSOC 2025 [Draft] - VSE: OpenTimelineIO support

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Greetings Everyone,
I am interested in contributing to the OpenTimelineIO support for VSE. Please find the draft of my proposal. I would be thankfull for any feedbacks, suggestions about the implementation details in the comments or on the Google Document: proposal
As this is my first time meaningfully contributing to open-source development, I am excited for the chance to get involved with the Blender Foundation.
Thank You!

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Hi, I have read through the proposal, and I think that it is fairly solid. I see from the proposal, that OTIO has a bunch of features and these could get quite fiddly. Good analysis though. I don’t think I have any suggestions for what more you should cover there.

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I have added several comments into your google doc; overall looks good!

I think several aspects might turn out to be challenging. For example, “transitions” within blender are not a special thing between strips, but rather they are strips themselves that take up a timeline channel. Or, everything within VSE right now just operates on file paths (relative or absolute); there’s nothing like distinctions between local/NAS/remote/whatever paths.

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Greetings,
Thank you for the feedback @aras_p , @iss
I have updated the CMake Build Adaptation of OTIO lib, and changed the deliverables to have only format for which OTIO supports(native/adapters).
Also I have created a document regarding specific feature and its priority here
Thank You!