Markus Rechberger wrote: > On 9/18/07, Manu Abraham <abraham.manu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Markus Rechberger wrote: >>> On 9/18/07, Manu Abraham <abraham.manu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> Markus Rechberger wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Why don't abstract the dvb layer from enduser applications and put a >>>>> general library infront which does that version check and tries to >>>>> keep things consistend to the end applications? >>>> It is a nice idea, yes. >>>> >>>> Two things, looking at >>>> http://linuxtv.org/hg/dvb-apps/file/4bca5d49c9bd/lib/libdvbapi/dvbfe.c >>>> >>>> * This idea of using multiple API 's was thought (It is effective , yes) >>>> You can use multiple API's in there >>>> >>>> * The down side is that user applications need to use this library >>>> >>>> Someone could ask, why the hell should we use your library. Well, that >>>> causes the headaches. >>>> >>> people who use alsa also use the provided alsa API, it makes alot sense >>> to stop applications to directly access those nodes. libdvbapi seems to be >>> the right way to start over with. >> If one can get applications to get going with it, it would be a start. >> Someone jokingly said a name for it "ALDA". But many times, you can't >> force things to users. > > I just looked at it again, is there any official documentation available? There's nothing such as a libdvbapi.doc/txt. But the important parts were documented in the headers.*.h files _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
