[MPlayer-dev-eng] [RFC] removing dvdread internal?

[Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski]

On Saturday, 24 November 2007 at 18:14, Rich Felker wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 10:29:49AM +0100, Nico Sabbi wrote:
> > Il Saturday 24 November 2007 03:41:15 Rich Felker ha scritto:
> > > On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 11:07:20PM +0100, Nico Sabbi wrote:
> > > > Il Friday 23 November 2007 23:05:45 Roberto Togni ha scritto:
> > > > > Is it possible to use the external dvdread with the internal
> > > > > dvdcss?
> > > > >
> > > > > Ciao,
> > > > >  Roberto
> > > >
> > > > it requires patching
> > >
> > > Does external dvdread even support static-linked dvdcss? Requiring
> > > the disgusting dynamic load hack is not acceptable.
> > >
> > > Rich
> > 
> > not yet, but it doesn't take a lot to do
> 
> Well as long as the external lib is not acceptable for use out of the
> box, requiring it is unacceptable. Can we really influence the
> upstream to fix all their bugs and portability issues on a timely
> basis? I'm very skeptical judging from the historical (lack of)
> quality of this lib...

Nico *is* current upstream for libdvdread. ;)

I'm sure a patch will be welcome.

Regards,
R.

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