[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] OS support library

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 12:59:36PM -0500, Rich Felker wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 05:38:22PM +0100, Reimar D?ffinger wrote:
> > Hello,
> > On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 07:40:35PM -0500, Rich Felker wrote:
> > > On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 10:37:27PM +0100, Reimar D?ffinger wrote:
> > > > Any other ideas how to get a filedescriptor without needing a file?
> > > 
> > > pipe(2)
> > 
> > Yes, that is what I meant by "socket", sorry for the confusion.
> > And it was a stupid idea anyway since xvid needs a filename...
> > Using a file in /dev/shm might by provide a slight improvement but it
> > really seems like any proper solution will have to involve a patch to
> > xvid - and I have no interest in going that far.
> 
> Then we should either drop support for xvid or tell them to fix their
> library. Libraries polluting the filesystem with temp files are not
> acceptable. 

explain this to xvid-devel at xvid.org please, they tend to be quite friendly
complaining on ffmpeg-* wont change xvid  ...

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