On Nov 15, 2007 9:03 PM, VDR User <user.vdr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Lastly with regard to Petri's comment that, "But VDR does support > h.264 broadcasts already, although with patching, but still. So there > is no need for anyone to stop using VDR because of a lack of h.264 > support." I don't think anyone would argue that stock support for > things such as h264 is far more desirable over the requirement of > patches and modifying an app. Generally speaking, the less a user has > to alter the source code, the better. In a related note, one of the > most common questions I see being asked is how to patch this or that. > The number of linux dvb users is growing in large part due to the lack > of good solid dvb software for Windows. A lot of these guys aren't > coders, aren't used to compiling things, and aren't even used to using > a console for that matter. > That should be no problem. If a patch exists, a package developer could easily make use of and include it in the release. So there is no need for Klaus to add it in to the core VDR. -Petri _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
