Re: [Openquicktime-devel] CVS version

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> I'm currently playing with the last CVS version of OQT and I've seen some
> references to missing functions in comments :
>     quicktime_read_uristream
>     quicktime_write_uristream
>     quicktime_fseek_uristream
>     quicktime_close_uristream
>
> These functions seems to be in a uristream.c file which is not in the CVS=
=2E
> Any chance that its author (Jean-Fran=E7ois ?) put it in the CVS ???
> I can't wait trying to read streams from the network ;)

Huu, in fact I did that. uristream.c was supposed to read files via HTTP
and FTP, but it's not working yet, so I commented the
quicktime_xxx_uristream functions and did not put the uristream.c file in
the CVS. Needs some buffering mechanism I am not sure how to implement
(maybee we'd need a separate thread to get data from the network).

Nothing to do with neater protocols, such as RTP/RTSP, just plain
HTTP/FTP.
However, there are some intersting options in the FTP and HTTP protocols
allowing to ask only a byte-range of a file; that could mean seeking is
possible. We still need buffering, and a file that has data organized in a
stream-like fashion (ie, not a 30 Mb video track followed by a 2 Mb audio
track).

Tell me if you're interested in this FTP/HTTP video playing, or if we
shouldn't bother about this and concentrate on RTP/RTSP!

-
Antoine