[NUT-devel] Some sanity...

[Rich Felker]

On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 04:37:27PM +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > NUT's goal was never to copy MPEG but to redo things and do them
> > correctly from the ground up.
> 
> Yes, and i certainly would prefer if things can be done better than
> mpeg. The problem ATM is that "things" can not be done.

This is a plain falsehood. No one has demonstrated anything concrete
that cannot be done.

> > "People in the industry do it this way" is not an argument. As far as
> > I can tell, everything done with MPEG broadcast can be done much
> > simpler, for instance the time synchronization issue. Due to NUT's
> > extremely strict interleaving rules, frame dts ALREADY serves as a
> > synchronization timestamp!! There's no need for separate timestamps!
> > 
> > Please stop the insanity! NUT IS FINISHED. If anyone claims not,
> > please show real, demonstratable bugs, not differences from MPEG. A
> > difference from MPEG is not a bug but a sign of good design.
> 
> I think ive shown a few fatal deficiencies in the current design in
> my previous mail.

And I debunked them, yet again.

Rich