On Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:12:19 +0100 Manuel Reimer <manuel.reimer@xxxxxx> wrote: > Tony Houghton wrote: > > I don't think a plugin is enough. For better client-server VDR > > needs to support multiple clients watching different channels with > > different OSDs simultaneously. > > It just has to deliver the data. The OSD itself is created by the client. That's how most other TV software works, but if you count VDR itself as "server" and vdr-sxfe as "client" then my understanding is that the server generates the OSD and the client just renders the pixmap it gets from the server. That wouldn't necessarily have to change if and when VDR goes fully client-server, but if I was implementing something from scratch I'd prefer to do the rendering on the client. It would reduce server load and network traffic, and be more logical to my mind. And free up more of Klaus' time to concentrate on core functionality while other people can add bling :-). Going off on a tangent, there's been some discussion about "Pause and rewind live TV". That could be implemented fairly easily in clients with a big RAM buffer, without adding any complexity to the server. _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
