[vdr] Re: vdr2divx suggestions ? (poll)

["Ulrich Petri" <ulope@gmx.de>]

Martin Hoffmann wrote:
> 
> Thanks for those many answers :-)
> 
> So here are my thoughts summarizing a little bit:
> 
> Yes, i want to use c++, because i'm just in the learning 
> process of c++ and 
> this project gives me the chance to relly learn c++ - sounds 
> funny, but as i 
> started vdr2divx project i had nearly no knowledge about bash 
> scripting and 
> now i know quite well. Since i'm just learning c++ (self 
> study guide) this 
> practical thing really helps me ... :-)
> The disadvantage of needing to recompile everything for 
> changes and the more 
> complex structure for people not knowing c++ ist there of 
> course, but i think 
> everyone able to change the "/usr/local/bin/mencoder Bla bal 
> bla" line in a 
> shell / perl script is able to change those syntax things in 
> a c source 
> aswell - and i guess those are the only things that change 
> (mencoder option 
> -a is now named -b ;-) Besides AFAIK there are alot of you 
> out there using 
> vdr and vdr2divx who have good c knowledge aswell ...
> 

Hi,

since you are allredy in the process of learning ;) you should consider
using autoconf/automake for your project, so pepole won't have to change
anything in the source but rather do something like: 
"./configure --with-mencoder-path=/bin/blah/blah --with-someth.-else
make
make install"

just my 0,02 ˆ

Cu Ulrich



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