On 30 July 2010 15:40, Tony Houghton <h...@realh.co.uk> wrote: > On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:17:23 +0200 > Theunis Potgieter <theunis.potgie...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 29 July 2010 21:55, Morfsta <morf...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Isn't it about time that VDR had a native out of the box plugin for >> > X11 output with H264 acceleration? There's so many problems with >> > having xine or xinelibout plugins developed by 3rd parties and relying >> > on syncing up with xine etc... >> > >> >> Like the softdevice plugin? > > I think the point is the OP wants it to be built in to VDR instead of a > plugin. Personally I don't have a problem with having to use a plugin > for display, provided it's well supported and closely tracks core VDR > development. But I use the Debian packages (based on VDR 1.6 and xine > 1.1) so I don't know how much hassle this causes when trying to use the > bleeding edge. It would be nice to have BBC HD and ITV HD if I could be > bothered to put in the effort. There are some unofficial VDR 1.7 debian > packages, but there seem to be about 3 sets, so what to choose? > Something more official in Debian's "experimental" section would be > nice. > > I would get far more involved with VDR, particularly the Debian side of > things, but I decided some time ago it would never be quite the program > I want (nor are mythtv, freevo or gnome-dvb-daemon) and I'd rather write > my own rival, so I wouldn't be able to commit long term to maintaining > VDR plugins and packages.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but that would be backwards to VDR's roadmap. VDR has now also moved the hardware output devices to be a plugin. > > -- > TH * http://www.realh.co.uk > _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
