[MPlayer-dev-eng] A RTP streaming patch for "mplayer"

[D Richard Felker III]

On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 11:01:49PM +0200, Arpi wrote:
> > As I noted above, the old code is very limited, and the new RTP code does 
> > everything that the old code does, but a lot more.
> 
> yes, but the old code
> - doesn't need external libs
> - doesn't need c++ compiler
> - gpl and "shipped" with mplayer
> - works with dvbsteram, dunno if your code works too
> - doesn't need .sdp files (i still don't know what are them) but url
> - doesn't conflict with yoru code, so i can't see the reason of removal,
>   i can only accept _disabling_ it (#ifdefs) when your lib is used, but it
>   should work even if you left it enabled...

it would be nice if ross could write us a version of his code tailored
for mplayer, without all these drawbacks. :)


rich