[linux-dvb] Re: Linux DVB API 4 Q's

[Rob.McConnell@Zarlink.Com]

Hi,

> You can have more than one section filter per PID, but not on
> the same fd. You have to open a new demux fd for each filter.

That's perfect for what we want to do.  Does the V3 API currently support
this?

> > Yes I agree, but if we have the generic OTHER type then that has to
cover
> > the general case of PES data, say.  We have subtitle data, MHEG, MHP,
> > private, etc. but we may need different ways to demux the data.  Going
back
> > to the buffer/threshold point I made earlier, it would be nice to
> > distinguish the type of data to demux so that we can setup the required
> > buffer size/thresholds or other characteristics.

> My experience is that it's bad to code defaults in the driver. It's
> better to have buffer size/thresholds or other characteristics in the
> API and have the app designer pass appropriate values.

OK, agreed : )

Cheers,

Rob ; )






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