[vdr] Re: A/V-Interface suggestion

["Rene Bartsch" <vdr@bartschnet.de>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andreas Schultz" <aschultz+vdr@warp10.net>
To: <vdr@linuxtv.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 4:08 PM
Subject: [vdr] Re: A/V-Interface suggestion


> On Thursday 05 September 2002 15:29, Rene Bartsch wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > with the 1.1.x branch of VDR a new problem has arised.
> >
> > When using plugins for any kind of I/O-cards (DVB, TV, DXR3,
Encoder-boards
> > ...) well have to handle and convert a lot of A/V-formats/-codecs
(MPEG1/2,
> > YUV, RGB, DivX, PCM, MP3, ...).
> >
> > So we'll need a common A/V-interface. As implementing A/V-conversion
into
> > every cDevice-plugin will be a waste, we should use given modules.
> >
> > As there already are a lot of A/V-plugins I'd suggest to implement a
> > Transcode-API into VDR which can be accessed by any
plugin/cDevice-class.
> > Every I/O-plugin could simply call the A/V-plugin necessary for it's
> > hardware, and for the recording- and cutting-plugin the user could
select a
> > format (e.g. VOB)
>
> How often have i wished for such an interface ..., yet there are lot's of
> problems with different formats and different requirements from each
device,
> that will make this a rather complex task.
> As you appear to have take an interrested in it, might I suggest that you
go
> ahead and design and build a comprehensive implementation for the
currently
> used formats?
>

I'd like to do, but I'm no C-programmer, sorry (if I could program C VDR
would have framebuffer and OSS support ...).

But I can do some research, maybe some OO planning, but someone has to do
the programming ...

Rene