[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] make Matroska demuxer compilation unconditional

[Enrico Weigelt]

* Rich Felker <dalias at aerifal.cx> schrieb:
> On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 07:52:48PM +0200, Enrico Weigelt wrote:

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> > yeah, I meant modularize it. libavformat itself will be just the 
> > framework, where individual demuxers dock in.
> 
> WTF do you mean by 'dock in'? Do you mean dynamic loading? 

Not necessarily. Could be like kernel modules, which may be 
built in, but als may be loadable.

> And if so, do you realize that this means:
> - major portability problems

Which ones exactly ?

> - one of either:
>   - decreased performance OR
>   - significantly increased memory usage

More exactly ?

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> - no practical benefits whatsoever

Well, I personally don't need them as shared objects, but disabling
them could save resources.

> Since you reappeared on this list a week or so ago, nearly all of your
> ideas have been bad ideas that have been rejected in the past and that
> are annoying and inflammatory. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt
> for now and not call you a troll, but I suggest you clean it up and
> try to contribute if you're posting to this list rather than rehashing
> this old stuff.

Ah, you're looking for a victim for your personal bashing attacks again ?
Well, I offer such psychological support services commercially only.
For detailed conditions you may contact me personally, but I suggest you
better look for help in your local area ... okay this is going OT ...

;-P

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> Also, keep in mind that the intent is for libmpdemux to eventually be
> deprecated, with libavformat as the only demuxer.

Okay, then we should put this work there. 
Is there already any timeline for this (obsoleting libmpdemux) ?


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