[Gnash-dev] Re: Status report on NetStream redesign (with patch and RFC)

[Sandro Santilli]

On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 09:47:13AM +0800, zou lunkai wrote:
> > To make rewrite simpler, I got rid of some features which
> > we'll want to have but for now are implemented in such
> > a non-general way that only disturb refactoring.
> 
> > In particular here's what is gone:
> 
> >       1) Drop any use of threads
> >       2) Drop support for non-FLV formats
> >       3) Drop audio support
> 
> 1) is completely fine to me, as we have observed so many troubles with
> threads. And threading bugs cann't be easily tested with our
> testsuite(thus hard to maintain).
> 
> 2) should also be fine at this moment, other things could be added
> after stabilizing the main part.
> 
> 3) did audio work before with ffmpeg?

Yes, audio works in current head.
The problem is that the SDL sound_handler uses a thread itself...
so if we want to try w/out we should fix that first.

--strk;