Re: [XFree86] XFree Multimeda Extensions

This is probably better discussed on forum@xfree86 ("future & high level
issues") than on xfree86@xfree86 ("user support").

As for your specific suggestions:

 > - support for sending JPEG, PNG or MPEG data directly to the X server;

This was done once, called XIE, and almost universally despised to the
point of being removed from recent XFree86 & X.Org releases.  It was
discussed again at the recent X Developer's Conference with the goal of
coming up with a simpler design and not falling into the same rathole of
over-complicating things with too many fringe features that XIE did. I
don't know if anyone's actively working on that though.

 > - some kind of X Sound - a bidirectional interface for Sound play and
 > recording.

http://www.mediaapplicationserver.net/indexframes.html

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	 Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering


Bernhard Agthe wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> recently I've seen a lot of discussions on the Web about "X being 
> obsolete / bad / ..." Though I don't agree with the negative people I've 
> taken some time to think about it and I had an Idea, I want to draw your 
> attention to.
> 
> In my opinion X is a great thing which could be improved by some 
> additions: something like Xmmm (or whatever) which should be some 
> extensions for multimedia usage. Among these I would count:
> 
> - support for sending JPEG, PNG or MPEG data directly to the X server;
> - support for some "reverse channel" for transmitting data from a camera 
> to the client;
> - some kind of X Sound - a bidirectional interface for Sound play and 
> recording.
> 
> Actually I don't think, you should reinvent everything, but just find 
> some good piece of code and add the etensions to the X protocol. This 
> way X would gain a lot of popularity for the new millenium.
> 
> This is just my personal opinion and I want to give the Idea to the 
> community for discussion.
> 
> Bernhard Agthe