iPod and generic music player support (was: Re: [mythtv] Fwd: New MythMusic Theme - 4 bins)

[Derek Atkins]

Quoting Isaac Richards <ijr at case.edu>:

>> Just for comparision, libglib.so is 500KB, libqt-mt.so is 7.1MB.
>> I don't have libgpod installed so I dont know its size.
>
> glib duplicates functionality already present in c++ and qt.  I see 
> no need to
> depend on it.  I don't even have it installed on my myth box.

I haven't looked at what features of glib are being used.

The problem is that libgpod is a C library, and there /is/ no equivalent
functionality in C.  So if you're trying to get a shared library that
can be used not only in myth but in other places as well, you can't
assume that the fact that functionality exists in c++ or qt is sufficient.

Now, that doens't mean we can't somehow remove the glib dependency from
libgpod....  But as an optional support feature is it really that bad?

> Isaac

-derek

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