[NUT-devel] Broadcasting nuts [PATCH]

[ods15 at ods15.dyndns.org]

On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 11:55:37PM -0500, Rich Felker wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 09:31:14PM +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > Attached patch should make broadcast of single program nuts possible.
> 
> It's already possible. The claim that any of these things are needed
> is a fallacy.

Agree with Rich here. I do not see the usefulness of any of this, as 
global_key_pts can serve just as well. Also, I do not like the idea of NUT 
being a link-layer protocol, like MPEG-TS is. NUT is a multimedia 
container, not a networking protocol...

It seems *a lot* more changes would have to be done to NUT for it to fit 
perfectly with the current world of broadcasting, with many of those 
changes solvable by using different methods instead of changing NUT.

I'm against this change to a frozen spec without very obvious drawbacks of 
not having it, for all uses NUT was intended for, not just one specific 
use.

- ods15