[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: Windows GUI MPlayer name change

[Enrico Weigelt]

* Adam Rice <adamrice at ntlworld.com> [2004-01-25 23:11:57 +0000]:

<snip>
> I may be talking out my ass here, but would it be possible to generalise
> mplayer's slave mode to use different IPC methods? So on Unix it could
> continue to use pipes, while on Windows it could use DCOM or whatever.

Why not making mplayer itself a library ?

Both parties, the commandline player and the GUI players just sit on
top of it. 

> I like the idea of having multiple GUIs. Some people like free-floating
> control panels, while others like them firmly glued to the bottom of the video
> window. Some people want windows in strange shapes, while others don't want to
> see curves without alpha blending.
ACK. 
I dont think its a good idea having only one GUI which shall can do all,
since it would soon become too big.


cu
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