[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 1/2] lavf/avio: Extend API with avio_move() and avio_delete()

[Mariusz Szczepańczyk]

On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 8:24 PM, wm4 <nfxjfg at googlemail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 21 Jun 2015 19:20:53 +0100
> Kieran Kunhya <kierank at obe.tv> wrote:
>
> > > Suppose you're writing a video player with browsing capabilities for
> network
> > > protocols (like Kodi/XBMC). Now you can have file rename/delete
> > > functionality in it.
> >
> > Suppose you are writing a video player and need to change the screen
> resolution.
> > Can we have that feature in libavutil too?
> >
>
> Don't give them ideas... there's "space" for such features in
> libavdevice.
>
> (I'd like to have a more general multimedia framework around FFmpeg
> too, but messing such features into the existing libav*s for the lack
> of a better place is _not_ a good idea.)
>

You know you can just say why do you think it's an unneeded feature and
don't have to be trolling.

Anyway, this is a part of my GSoC task that has been accepted and I'm
compelled to implement it so I won't be getting into further discussion.

Mariusz