[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] tivo vstream

Attila Kinali attila at kinali.ch
Sat Aug 21 08:44:32 CEST 2004


On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 02:35:40AM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> Joey Parrish writes:
> > On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 01:08:24PM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > > > +  --disable-vstream      build with TiVo vstream [enable]
> > > 
> > > I would suggest setting it to disabled by default.  Only very few
> > > people have a TiVo.
> > 
> > I believe that it doesn't actually do anything but increase
> > executable size unless you use tivo:// URL.  So I disagree.
> > Is there another reason to disable?
> 
> No other reason except avoiding bloat.  We have a tie then.  What do
> the others think?

There is no better reason. Please keep in mind that a bigger
executable always means a slower executable (can you spell
cache miss ?). Thus unused stuff should stay out of the binary.


			Attila Kinali




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