[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] OS support library

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 10:37:27PM +0100, Reimar D?ffinger wrote:
> Hello,
> On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 09:29:36PM +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 08:48:06PM +0100, Reimar D?ffinger wrote:
> > > On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 05:04:41PM +0100, Luca Abeni wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > > 2) Also, av_tempfile() (from libavcodec/utils.c) should be a good
> > > > candidate for libossupport...
> > > 
> > > As I remember all uses of av_tempfile are horrible and should never have
> > > been done in the first place. And honestly I think that libav* should
> > > _never_ create any files, at least not unless the function name clearly
> > > indicates it will do so.
> > > So this seems only like a good candidate to get completely rid of to
> > > me...
> > 
> > well feel free to remove it
> 
> Unfortunately that would mean breaking xvid rc code since that needs a
> file.
> Well, it could be hacked to use a socket I guess, but that can easily
> hang...
> Any other ideas how to get a filedescriptor without needing a file?

yes, send a patch to xvid-dev :)

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