[MPlayer-dev-eng] Utilize libunrar.so/unrar.dll?

[Reimar Döffinger]

Hi,
On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 11:46:31AM +0200, Jindrich Makovicka wrote:
> Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> >True (the patch part, not sure about the dlopen part). But that code there 
> >is
> >so broken I doubt someone can make a clean patch. And I'd also like to say
> >that I find gzip/bzip2 support more important...
> 
> I currently use mplayer with bzip2 support instead of unrar, as it is 
> currently rather useless. It could be eventually modified to support 
> both, or rar&bz2&gz. Patch is attached.

Huh? IMHO your patch isn't any better starting point than the current
code. The problem is that it's impossible to support different methods
without actually rewriting most of the code.
Also I really think external bz2/gz libs should be used...

Greetings,
Reimar Döffinger