[MPlayer-dev-eng] question :implementing xmms input plugin wrapper for mplayer

[D Richard Felker III]

On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 12:44:11AM +0100, Arpi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > I am thinking of making a wrapper for xmms input plugins, so that mplayer 
> > could play sid, mod, shorten, bonk, tfmx, fc, etc. etc. - than mplayer could 
> > serve all of ones media playback needs.
> > 
> > The main problem is that these plugins manage file/network access by 
> > themselves. Would it be somehow acceptable to put the wrapper somewhere in 
> > the streaming layer, or anywhere, but leave this that way. I don't think 
> 
> yes, but not in stream layer, but in demuxer layer.
> see demux_live for example, it also combines streaming & demux stuff.

I think he was saying that these stupid libs demand being able to do
their own file io, i.e. fopen, etc. IMHO this is not acceptable in
mplayer. Perhaps mplayer could define and export its own version of
the ansi file io routines to export and emulate them for such crap?

Rich