[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 5/6] fftools: avradio support

[Tomas Härdin]

tis 2023-07-25 klockan 11:56 +0200 skrev Nicolas George:
> Kieran Kunhya (12023-07-25):
> > This is a completely incorrect and poorly thought through
> > statement.
> > AM/FM are a microscopically small subset of SDR.
> > SDR is a massively complex field, bigger than multimedia itself.
> > There
> > are permutations and complexity in things like DAB/DVB etc much
> > more
> > complex than anything the FFmpeg API can handle (e.g physical layer
> > pipes).
> > 
> > To draw the conclusion that all SDR is now fine in FFmpeg beacause
> > in
> > your mind AM/FM did not require a large number of changes to FFmpeg
> > is
> > incorrect to say the least.
> 
> <sigh> Applying support for AM/FM now does not force us to accept
> support for more complex parts later

It opens the door for it. DAB has already been mentioned, but tellingly
no mention has been made of the difficulty in implementing modems.
Check out the good work done by the FreeDV people for an inkling. As
Kieran says, SDR is a huge and complicated field.

/Tomas