On Nov 15, 2007 9:03 PM, VDR User user.vdr@gmail.com wrote:
Lastly with regard to Petri's comment that, "But VDR does support h.264 broadcasts already, although with patching, but still. So there is no need for anyone to stop using VDR because of a lack of h.264 support." I don't think anyone would argue that stock support for things such as h264 is far more desirable over the requirement of patches and modifying an app. Generally speaking, the less a user has to alter the source code, the better. In a related note, one of the most common questions I see being asked is how to patch this or that. The number of linux dvb users is growing in large part due to the lack of good solid dvb software for Windows. A lot of these guys aren't coders, aren't used to compiling things, and aren't even used to using a console for that matter.
That should be no problem. If a patch exists, a package developer could easily make use of and include it in the release. So there is no need for Klaus to add it in to the core VDR.
-Petri