[FFmpeg-devel] [GSoC] Qualification task, simple ffserver implementation.

[wm4]

On Thu, 12 Apr 2018 19:12:36 +0200
Stephan Holljes <klaxa1337 at googlemail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 6:59 PM, wm4 <nfxjfg at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 12 Apr 2018 15:35:45 +0200
> > Stephan Holljes <klaxa1337 at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >  
> >> This patchset is a new simple implementation of ffserver for a new
> >> repository. It is basically a port of https://github.com/klaxa/mkvserver_mk2
> >> The self-implemented fifo buffers have been replaced by AVFifoBuffer.
> >> Documentation on the architecture is present in a separate file.
> >> Currently only matroska video and no configuration is supported.
> >> These features are part of the future work to be done during GSoC.  
> >
> > Doesn't look bad - definitely better than what we'd had if we had kept
> > the old ffserver.
> >
> > I don't quite like that it appears to use the libavformat HTTP server
> > (a thing which I question whether it really should exist), but whatever.  
> 
> As far as I understand it was kind of intended for this specific use.
> What would you suppose instead? Use another library? Run as a
> webserver cgi thing? (Could that even work?)
> Reimplementing the HTTP protocol clearly can't be the answer. I'm open
> to suggestions.

Probably use another library, but I guess I understand if people want
it to use the libavformat server.

> >
> > Documentation is a bit lacking.  
> 
> Ok I will add more. What parts do you feel are missing that are most
> important? (I found that usage is missing completely for example.
> Whoops.)

The doc patch seemed like a stub, so I just made a general statement.
It's missing a description of what it does (for the user), options,
examples.