[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: [NEW PATCH] ftp support

[Ivan Kalvachev]

Arpi said:
> Hi,
>
>> > > first of all, I don't understand why mplayer needs such support at
>> all.
I need such function. I would like to see the quality of a video clip before
i download it. And the begginig usually is black. Seeking is a good thing.

>> 7. why do you we need functions like: FtpRmdir, FtpMkdir, FtpModDate,
>> FtpPut, FtpRename, FtpDelete
>
> agree
> actually, why do we need ftplib, the ftp protocol is simple enough to
> reimplement from scratch, using the already existing functions of
> network.c
There is a project called curl (and libcurl) , it support ftp,http+ssl,
resuming (seeking)
and many options. Maybe we should support it. I belive that xine can use it.
Anyway it is good to have native support too.

Best Regards
   Ivan Kalvachev
  iive