[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: help on libmpdemux usage

[D Richard Felker III]

On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 10:25:21AM +0100, Romain Dolbeau wrote:
> Shan wrote:
> 
> >It doesn't.  mplayer calls functions in LibSDL which calls functions 
> >used in the proprietary CoreGraphics WindowServer (aka Quartz)
> >
> >Additionally mplayer can use either LibSDL or CoreAudio (aka 
> >NextStepSound) for sound output.
> >
> >QuickTime is only used to decode proprietary audio and video in the same 
> >way the WINE DLL loader does under x86 UNIX builds.
> 
> Wrong. QuickTime is also required to display YUV image
> in an overlay, and that's exactly what every media
> player on macosx does, including mapleyr and vlc.

Can you verify this?

> <http://developer.apple.com/quicktime/>
> 
> QuickTime does a lot more than non-mac developer
> seems to give it credits for. Not a big surprise,
> I've heard the same misconceptions (sp ?) for years.
> You're not the first, you won't be the last :-)

No, it's your misconception. What you're saying is analogous to saying
"Windows browses the web". It doesn't, Internet Explorer does.
Bundling unrelated functionality together and calling it the same
thing is a lame marketing ploy, nothing more.

Rich