Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [RFC] qemu-gui based on wxWidgets and libvncclient

[Fabrice Bellard <fabrice@bellard.org>]

Anthony Liguori wrote:

> I have no experience with libvncclient.  I think the general idea of 
> using VNC to create an external QEMU GUI is a good one.  Previously, I 
> had posted some patches for a shmem GUI that used a custom control 
> channel.  After hacking on that for a little bit based on some feedback, 
> I've come full circle and am now under the view that extending VNC is a 
> better long term approach.
> 
> So, I've reserved some pseudo-encodings and a client message type and am 
> now working on some VNC extensions to enable better QEMU integration.
> 
> My current client code is available at:
> 
> http://hg.codemonkey.ws/vnc-gui/
> 
> The VNC extensions are still a work in progress but documentation is here:
> 
> http://tocm.wikidot.com/vncextensions

I think this is a good idea. First one detail: for Pointertypechange, it 
would be better to use the value 32768 as 0 instead of 32767 or to use a 
16 bit two complement value.

Another point is that you should consider adding audio support. I can 
help you on that (maybe malc would be interested too !). A simple format 
could be 4 bit ADPCM at fixed frequency. Optionally A more advanced 
codec such as Vorbis could be used.

Regards,

Fabrice.