Re: [xine-devel] mplayer support rtsp, why not xine

[Michel C. <mc...@ma...>]

> I think I should make something very clear at this point:=20
> The only way anything gets done in an open source project is if a devel=
oper cares
> enough to take on the responsibility.

Ok, I will ask my team superior the permission to do it.
If he say yes, I will try to download xine with cvs and do the
modifications.

> Suppose a developer cared enough to research this. Where is the ISM/2.1=
FSC0 spec freely
> available? How easy is it to set up a server on a Linux box on a local
> network for the purposes of investigating and testing protocol support?

Do you have any contacts with the mplayer client team ?=20
Since they cared enough to do it for their player, maybe they can help
us (you and me) where to find answers to these questions.

> I think I should make something very clear at this point: ...

I'm only trying to find a solution of adding more support in your rtsp
plugin, which I need. I'm not trying to make you furious.

Michel.


Le mer 01/10/2003 =C3=A0 11:55, Mike Melanson a =C3=A9crit :
> On 1 Oct 2003, Michel Cunha wrote:
>=20
> > Since ISM/2.1FCS0 is very used in the market of education, it seems t=
o
> > me that it would be logical for the xine team to support it.
>=20
> 	I think I should make something very clear at this point: The only
> way anything gets done in an open source project is if a developer care=
s
> enough to take on the responsibility. Thus far, no one has cared enough=
 to
> take on that RTSP subset, regardless of whether some nebulous "educatio=
n
> market" will find it useful.
>=20
> > ISM/2.1FCS0 is a subset of mp4 ISO that is used with servers like Dar=
win
> > streaming server from Apple or the SUN streaming server from Sun
> > Microsystems for the education market.
> >=20
> > I also think that more people will use xine,as by example the student=
s
> > and teachers in the education market, if xine team upgrade they rtsp
> > plugin to support ISM/2.1FCS0.
>=20
> 	Hmm, it has been a long time since someone has played the "support
> X-Y feature in xine and it will be more popular" card. Suppose a develo=
per
> cared enough to research this. Where is the ISM/2.1FSC0 spec freely
> available? How easy is it to set up a server on a Linux box on a local
> network for the purposes of investigating and testing protocol support?
> What apps support this and where could the developer freely download th=
e
> apps? Is the documentation there to help the developer set up the serve=
r
> easily?
>=20
> 	Thanks...
> --
> 	-Mike Melanson