Re: [Mlt-devel] MLT in Debian

[Dan D. <da...@de...>]

On Jan 27, 2008 12:07 PM, Fathi Boudra <fa...@de...> wrote:

> > Could you explain why architectures without mmx can't use xine
> > deinterlacing mode ?
>
> at least PPC must be able to use xine deinterlacer.
>

Well, it seems it should support non-mmx because it contains generic C
versions of the algorithms. However, this was written in 2004 for a
commercial project under contract and tight deadline with specific
requirements and assumptions in mind. So, we assumed MMX. Since then,
Charlie used this with Jahshaka and appears to have run into a problem
supporting non-mmx arch, and committed the "Horrible hack" instead of fixing
it.

Does filter_avdeinterlace build OK on PPC? That is the fallback, and it
should be nearly as good as anything (in particular, linearblend) from xine.
If I put effort into anything related to deinterlace, it will be something
new and better as opposed to getting xine to build on ppc.