[linux-dvb] Re: Kernel demux API

[Chris Newell <Chris.Newell@rd.bbc.co.uk>]

>On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 04:50:56PM +0100, Chris Newell wrote:
>> I need to create a Section Filter which passes filtered sections to my code
>> via a callback as they are received (the DVB Demux API doesn't look ideal
>> for this).
>> 
>> Does anyone have any sample code showing how to use the Kernel Demux API?

Johannes,

At 19:30 03/09/2002 +0200, you wrote:
>If you want callbacks, you can either use a thread dedicated
>to reading from the demux device, or open the device with
>O_NONBLOCK and wait for data with poll() or select() in an
>event loop.

I can see that this would be possible but it doesn't feel very efficient.
Is using the Kernel Demux API very difficult?

Chris



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