[linux-dvb] Re: korrupt MPEG2 Stream

[Jack Taylor <n7oo@theriver.com>]

Ha ha, well said Ralph!  Enjoy your vacation!

Jack

-----Original Message-----
From: Ralph Metzler <rjkm@convergence.de>
To: Martin Kuhne <Martin.Kuhne@gmx.de>
Cc: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org <linux-dvb@linuxtv.org>
Date: Friday, December 29, 2000 7:39 PM
Subject: [linux-dvb] Re: korrupt MPEG2 Stream


>Martin Kuhne writes:
> > Inisting on specs and standards may be the Right Thing technically. Let
the
> > others fix their broken software.
> > However, it's a bad service to your users/customers. They are stuck with
> > incompatible software and they don't care whose fault it may be.
>
>
>So, I am supposed to go out and buy any Windoze MPEG2 software and see
>if there might be a problem?
>I tested it with one Windoze MPEG2 player which I was forced to buy with
>another product. It works. That's more than enough considering people
>with that operating system are not our intended users.
>
>Again, you are getting a GPLed driver with sample applications for
>free in the hope something useful for everybody grows out of it (like
>Klaus' great VDR project).
>And we have the audacity not to supply free service for any kind of
>problem on top of it. Wow, really bad service.
>
>Hmm, that reminds me of those funny mails from people asking me for
>Windoze support for their Bt848 cards because they did not want to buy
>SDKs from the manufacturers. They are probably mad that their mail
>went to /dev/null and they never heard from me (well, I was too
>busy ROTFL ...).
>
>
>If you are a customer who wants something fixed that's another matter. But
>even he would have to supply samples, maybe give access to the
>software/hardware which doesn't work with our code, etc.
>>>From other users I also expect at least a detailed bug report which
>gives me some hint about the problem. "Doesn't work" isn't really
>helpful in most cases. In most other cases I think we always provided
>quick fixes, even to problems which are still not fixed on this great
>"professionally used and expensive" other operating system.
>But if the problem only occurs with some exotic and expensive
>non-Linux software, there is nothing I can/will do about it.
>
>
>Ralph
>
>
>Disclaimer:
>I am still on vacation, not officially speaking for Convergence
>and I am writing this purely for more own entertainment and
>requiescence :-)
>
>
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