[vdr] Re: Plugins the right way to go??

[Rene Bartsch <vdr@bartschnet.de>]

Am Mon, 2002-08-19 um 16.56 schrieb Benjamin Forgeau:
> 
> 	Hi,
> 
> 	Thanks for your answer. 
> 
> > The fact that VDR now allows plugins to add functionality IMO doesn't
> > contradict a possible client/server interface. The two things don't 
> really
> > have much to do with each other.
> 
> 	You're right, this can co-exist in VDR, but maybe with a lot of 
> changes. My vision is a socket-interfaced program, that can play, start 
> and stop streams or files with video, audio, pictures or everything 
> else. The biggest problem I think is to design a comprehensive 
> interface that could be used over an LCD, on OSD or a web-interface, 
> with a keyboard or a remote control. Wait and see...
> 
> > I do want to make it possible for several VDRs in a network to 
> communicate
> > with each other, but that's something for the future ;-)
> 
> 	Wow, what do you mean? Several VDRs connected over the internet and 
> streaming films with each others? We surely would have problems with 
> copyright but sounds great!
> 

All input/output including OSD will become plugins, so you can create
plugins using any transport-system (socket, IPV4/6, .........) for the
input/output-systems.

Rene