Re: Re: Arpi, if you are still reading the mcf-mplayer

Hi,

> >>That's why OBOS could have a lot of success when it's working ;)
> >>
> >>(the Media OS)
> > 
> > 
> > anyway beos is/was very c++/object oriented, so i doubt we could find an
> > acceptable common interface
> 
> You can always have wrappers for C if you really can't stand it.

and what is teh sense of some c->c++->c wrapper? nothing

> Also, the lack of such a common programming platform/architecture is 
> exactly why all the player are so complicated to adapt...
> 
> Making a basic DShow player can take very little time to play so many 
> formats !

and there are tons of players using the same buggy dshow codecs/demuxers...

i never liked this kind of modularization...
easy implementation of player should not be a goal for a codec interface...
performance, stability... it should.


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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