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: > >>> 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 > > I would say that's the reason why almost noone uses it. It would deserve some more documentation on linuxtv.org Markus _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
