From: Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd@zip.com.au>
To: linux-sound@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: mpeg2 support in kernel?
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 12:23:46 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-sound-91864965101410@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-sound-91863075621412@msgid-missing>
Britton wrote:
>
> I see the following snipet of code in the O'Reilly Linux Multimedia Guide:
>
> if (formats & AFMT_MPEG) {
> printf(" MPEG 2");
> (deffmt = AFMT_MPEG) ? printf(" (default)\n") : printf("\n");
> }
>
> Is there something you can compile into the kernel that will let the "dsp"
> produce mpeg 2 encoded stuff? If so I'd love to know about it.
MPEG encoding/decoding does not belong in the kernel but in a
user space program or library. The libary option is probably
best.
Erik
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-02-10 12:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-02-10 7:11 mpeg2 support in kernel? Britton
1999-02-10 12:23 ` Erik de Castro Lopo [this message]
1999-02-10 12:37 ` Hannu Savolainen
1999-02-10 17:20 ` Britton
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