[vdr] Re: vdr2divx suggestions ? (poll)

[Stefan Lang <steven@organet.com>]

Here are my 2 EURO Cents!

Am Montag, 28. Oktober 2002 20:09 schrieben Sie:
> Hi,
>
> at the moment i consider writing a complete new version (2.0) of my
> vdr2divx scripts, maybe in c++.

Why using C++ for such a tool, which integrates other "utilities"? Why not 
using something like perl for it?  Fast, rock soild, easy to develope! And 
the community has IMHO a better chance to enhance it. 
BTW: Would a perl interface not a cool thing for the whole vdr system?

> It should contain all the features and automatism the 1.6.0 pre1 (to be
> more precisely the 1.6.0 pre2 , which wasn't released yet) has.
>
> However it should be configurable via 2divx.conf and act fully
> automatically, just as current vdr2divx does. But beside this one should be
> able to override these setting via commandline or via JobQ temporarily
> (e.g. for one encoding) - this was suggested long ago, but with current
> implementation this is rather hard to do... :-( So major restructuring is
> needed, that's why i think of a complete re-write from scratch...
>
> So what's the features of current version ?
> see http://www.linuxtv.org/mailinglists/vdr/2002/10-2002/msg00139.html
> or search the VDR mail archives for 2divx announcements ;-)
>
> And what's the "new" features of the currently unreleased 1.6.0pre2 ?
> +It's able to copy the summary.txt to a name_of_the_destination_avi.txt
> file to preserve the movie information (maybe useful in the future !?)
> +Now a pre conversion check of the source is done, to find stream errors
> and invoke PVAstrumento to repair them (very experimental at the moment -
> not sure if i keep this)
> +Of course the latest PVAstrumento version is supported (multiple input
> file support, etc.)
> +no need to use external muxing tools since latest PVAstrumento is able to
> create PS
>
> Okay, as said above the new rewritten version should feature all things
> from latest 1.6.x version - however if anyone has suggestion for new
> features or ideas, it would be nice to hear from you !
> I hope you understand since i'm in my planing state it's rather easy to
> implement new features.... So if you ever had ideas for new features, but
> were afraid to ask, it's the right time *NOW* ;-)
>
> btw: Any ideas about a NEW name for vdr2divx ? Once i "invented" the first
> version, divx was the only codec supported. Today i support divx4/5, xvid
> and libavcodec (ffmpeg) - so vdr2mpeg4 or something might be more
> convenient ? Suggestions also welcome...
>
> However don't be too enthusiastic about the "new" version, it may take
> quite a time ;-)
>
> Looking forward to hear from you,
>
> Martin.


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