[mythtv] multicast mpeg2 as an input (iptv discussion cont.)

Unit3 unit3 at demoni.ca
Wed Jun 15 22:08:07 UTC 2005


On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 17:53 -0400, Jeffrey Brent McBeth wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 11:28:55PM +0200, Torbj?rn Jansson wrote:
> > Most likely not, if it was my code i woudn't like it since there shold be no
> > reason to depend on external programs in this case.
> 
> You could write an ncat replacement in QT in probably 5 lines.

And it sounds like doing multicast is just socket calls anyway, which
should be quite easy.

I tend to just default to using other people's apps if they do the job,
simply because that's less code *I* have to maintain, keep up to date,
and keep free of security holes. ;)

G




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