On Saturday 03 February 2007 19:23, Manu Abraham wrote:
> On 2/3/07, Hans Verkuil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Saturday 03 February 2007 18:53, Manu Abraham wrote:
> > > On 2/3/07, Hans Verkuil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > RFC MPEG encoding and decoding V4L2 API additions
> > > > Version 0.1
> > >
> > > Wouldn't it be a bit overkill to add one more decoder API into
> > > the kernel ?
> >
> > "decoding V4L2 API additions". Not a new API, just additions to be
> > able to fully utilize MPEG hardware decoders. If you have good
> > alternatives that can be used instead of the proposed additions
> > I'll be glad to hear them.
>
> Currently, we have MPEG decoders using video.h/osd.h
> Almost all DVB capable applications use them as well.
>
> IMHO, it would be probably a pain for applications supporting
> multiple API 's doing the same thing.
Hmm, I'll have to look at that more closely tomorrow. I wasn't aware
that the dvb API had support for decoding.
Are there any existing v4l2 drivers using parts of the dvb API? I'm not
certain how well they mix.
Thanks for the tip,
Hans
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