[linux-dvb] Re: Fw: DVB audio/video decoder API

[Johannes Stezenbach <js@convergence.de>]

Ralph Metzler wrote:
> Johannes Stezenbach writes:
>  > IMHO this should not be done in the kernel, but in a userspace library:
>  > - DMX_GET_CAPS must be defined properly
>  > - we need a libdvbdemux that looks at DMX_GET_CAPS and takes care of
>  >   emulating features that the hardware does not have if the user
>  >   requests them
> 
> 
> That would give a major headache (as it did for us) in the case of the
> AV7110 card because it even gives you different data formats for
> the same kind of filter (or what should be the same kind) depending on
> where the data comes from (A/V or not).
> I planned to look into also getting the TS packets of the A/V data
> which is currently displayed but currently I have no time to work on
> the AV7110 card and the next full featured card we support will 
> definitely not have such problems.

OK, I see this now. When I wrote this I was not aware that
the AV7110-cards can deliver TS packets at all. Now I think
it's best to keep the current implementation.

Thanks for clarifying this.


Johannes


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