[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 2/2] lavd: add decklink output device

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 05:06:16PM -0200, Ramiro Polla wrote:
> Hi Reimar,
> 
> On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Reimar Döffinger
> <Reimar.Doeffinger at gmx.de> wrote:
> > On 26.12.2013, at 02:44, Ramiro Polla <ramiro.polla at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Attached patch adds decklink output support to lavd. Works under Linux
> >> and Windows.
> >
> > Maybe a bit crazy, but how about splitting the C++ part out even more?
> > So that we can use designated initializers like for all other demuxers.
> > Otherwise it will break as soon as we add a new field in the middle, and in addition unless you add FATE testing that works without the hardware/library "nobody" will even notice.
> 
> I thought about so too. On Windows it is possible to use COBJMACROS
> and write the code in C. But for Linux only a C++ interface is
> provided. What do you think about putting just the AVOption, AVClass
> and AVOutputFormat in a C file?

Yes, either that or basically do a C++-to-C wrapper for the library.
I guess both will look quite similar.
As said, not sure if it's really worth it, but it _sounds_ better so
far.