From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 28 08:47:36 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A68E516A402 for ; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 08:47:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steve@sohara.org) Received: from sohara.org (sohara.org [192.220.64.179]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4B4643D5A for ; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 08:47:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from steve@sohara.org) Received: (qmail 94476 invoked by uid 16563); 28 Apr 2006 08:47:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO df1.marelmo.com) ([194.165.167.101]) (envelope-sender ) by 192.220.64.179 (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 28 Apr 2006 08:47:34 -0000 Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:47:19 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20060428094719.8d809add.steve@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <200604280156.07996.danny@ricin.com> References: <20060427182528.35070.qmail@exxodus.fedaykin.here> <20060427205905.9ab1500f.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20060427201316.GJ728@funkthat.com> <200604280156.07996.danny@ricin.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.4 (GTK+ 2.8.17; i386-pc-dragonfly) X-Face: %]+HVL}K`P8>+8ZcY-WGHP6j@&mxMo9JH6_WdgIgUGH)JX/usO0%jy7T~IVgqjumD^OBqX, Kv^-GM6mlw(fI^$"QRKyZ$?xx/ Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: FreeBSD Multimedia API and Google SOC2006 X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 08:47:36 -0000 On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 01:56:07 +0200 Danny Pansters wrote: > Multimedia apps should be > expected to end up in a GUI in most cases and a common API should be made > with that in mind as well. Here I beg to differ, while GUI applications are common things like VCR applications and security loggers (with motion detection software) can usefully be command line applications possibly with *no* user interface (for example my vcr script is usually used in conjunction with at). The API should most definitely *not* preclude use in this fashion, consider that the ffmpeg, mencoder and transcode are not GUI applications. -- C:>WIN | Directable Mirror Arrays The computer obeys and wins. | A better way to focus the sun You lose and Bill collects. | licences available see | http://www.sohara.org/