[linux-dvb] Re: V4 API proposal

["Haber, Thomas" <THaber@tee.toshiba.de>]

Hi Johannes

> 
> Question: Is there hardware support for dmx_header_filter_t? If not we
> should not add DMX_SET_EXT_FILTER to the API, let the 
> application/middleware
> do it. We could add DMX_PAYLOAD_ONLY (and DMX_HEADER_ONLY?) 
> to the flags
> for DMX_SET_FILTER, though (if it makes sense).
I guess, you misunderstood this. 
It should have been a replacement for DMX_SET_SEC_FILTER.
> 
> One other thing:
> Currently the API makes no guarantee on data alignment when you read()
> PES data from the demux. For sections, it is guaranteed that 
> each read()
> wil get exactly one section with the start of the section at the start
> of the buffer, provided the buffer is large enough. If the 
> buffer is too
> small, consecutive read()s will get the remainder of the section.
> 
> We could try to do the same for PES filters, or shouldn't we?
> 
Could make sense. At least there should be a flag requesting this.

> (Currently middleware code that deals with PES filter output 
> must search
> for the PES packet start code manually; that sucks.)
> 
> Johannes
>
 
Regards,
thomas


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