Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix (VDPAU) [PSARC/2009/059 FastTrack timeout 02/05/2009]

[Garrett D'Amore]

John Fischer wrote:
> Garrett,
>
> I'll talk to Brian Cameron about the possibility of creating
> a plugin for gstreamer that will take advantage of the new
> features integrated by this project.

That would be very cool.  It would also make VDPAU much more useful on 
Solaris. :-)

    -- Garrett
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
> Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>> John Fischer wrote:
>>> All,
>>>
>>> This case times out tomorrow.  I believe that all the
>>> issues have converged.  Is anyone waiting on any issue? '
>>
>> I confess I'm still less than confident about lack of 
>> integration/synchronization with our "normal" video software on 
>> Solaris.  I fear that this software may become a virtual "orphan" -- 
>> a nice API that nobody actually uses.
>>
>> That said, I don't know that this concern is significant enough to 
>> warrant holding the case any further.  Maybe once this is integrated 
>> someone will try to figure out how to make it work with 
>> totem/xine/gstreamer.
>>
>>    -- Garrett
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>>>> James Carlson wrote:
>>>>> John Martin writes:
>>>>>  
>>>>>> After some private tutoring by James Carlson, I agree the interface
>>>>>> stability should be marked as Committed and if there are changes to
>>>>>> interfaces there will be new ARC submissions and approvals before
>>>>>> these changes are delivered to Solaris.
>>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>>  
>>>>>> What is the process for changing the three interface levels from
>>>>>> Volatile to Committed in the ARC document?
>>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>> Since it's a fast-track, you just did it.
>>>>>
>>>>>   
>>>>
>>>> Okay, as long as everyone is reasonably confident that reasonable 
>>>> efforts to maintain interface stability will be preserved.
>>>>
>>>>    -- Garrett
>>