[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] RTMPE support

[Kostya]

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 10:56:23PM -0700, Howard Chu wrote:
> compn wrote:
>> On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:20:07 -0700, Howard Chu wrote:
>>> Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
>>>> Howard Chu<hyc<at>   highlandsun.com>   writes:
>>>> Before sending a new patch, the usefulness of adding a new external dependency
>>>> should probably be discussed.
>>>
>>> Discussion is all well and good, but at the end of the day the original
>>> question remains unanswered - do you want the new features or not. Now, or
>>> later. This patch provides everything, now.
>>
>> i havent tested or reviewed, but i think ffmpeg://rtmp:// would coexist
>> with this patch.
>>
>> this could be worked around kind of like how live555 tries rtsp://
>> first, then mplayer's realrtsp tries rtsp://. but thats a lot of work
>> for not a lot of gain.
>
> No gain. If the stream uses rtmp:// and SWF Verification, you just waste 
> time going thru the old code.

I admit that RTMP support in FFmpeg is not that good because of lack of
interest.
And I'm more and more inclined to see it supported via something that
does that work. Actually it's Adobe fault - if RTMP was stable we'd
have working implementation by now and no need of external dependencies;
but no, somebody decided it's a good idea to change handshake every
couple of months and add some commands and not document anything.

So until it's settled down it may be good to stash away current RTMP
code and use rtmpdump. It has active developers and I'd rather spend my
time on REing some codec. Unless someone wants to beef lavf version up.

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