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<blockquote data-quote="Frodo" data-source="post: 82856" data-attributes="member: 10277"><p>The everlasting question</p><p><strong>why o why does MP use technogly XYZ ???</strong></p><p><strong>why o why does MP not run under linux / macOS ???</strong></p><p></p><p>Well some answers:</p><p></p><p>- DirectX : </p><p>Its simply the best technology (on windows) to perform fast gfx </p><p>You can use openGL under windows yeah, but it isnt as fast and advanced as DirectX</p><p></p><p>-DirectShow :</p><p>If you want todo video/tv under windows, you will need to use DirectShow</p><p>There is no alternative, like it or not. All cards have drivers which hook into directshow</p><p></p><p>.NET / C#</p><p>As an opensource project its important to attract developers right?</p><p>Well guess whats the most used development language for windows???</p><p>right thats .NET/C#. If we had choosen delphi, or C++ we would have a hard time to attract new devs. But what about java i hear ask. Java is nice, but unsuitable for this simply since you cannot access DirectX / DirectShow that easy. </p><p>Java & (lowlevel) windows integration isnt that good. besides that, most java guys don't like to develop windows app do they?</p><p></p><p>- WMP</p><p>As far as i know WMP is only used for audio-playback. You might have noticed though that the last SVN versions are now using Steve's BASS engine to playback audio. So... no dependencies on WMP anymore..</p><p></p><p>Besides this, consider the hardware / driver issue.</p><p>Anybody tried to get tv card xyz to work in MythTv ???</p><p>Its a disaster since for 80% of all cards there are no unix (or macOS) drivers!</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>So i can also ask the question:</strong></p><p><strong>Why would you like us to get MP to run on unix / macOS if:</strong></p><p>- hardware/driver support is bad for tvcards on these os-ses</p><p>- installation of unix apps is much more difficult (try installing MythTv!)</p><p>- macOS??? sorry, nice OS, but not enough users in my opinion</p><p>- Fast video en/decoding, even hardware accellerated. Thats a problem on unix isnt it?</p><p>- Fast gfx libraries like directx? one of the reasons there are not many games on macos/unix is exactly since this is missing right??</p><p>- development tools. Most linux guys still program in C. Thats a very old language.</p><p>Sure you can program .net or c++ on linux, but whats the support??</p><p>The amount of opensource libraries/sdk's on macos/lunix in .net (or c++) is very minimal. Now consider windows. Almost every piece of code written by (opensource) developers nowadays is in.... C#/.NET</p><p></p><p></p><p>- </p><p>Frodo</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frodo, post: 82856, member: 10277"] The everlasting question [b]why o why does MP use technogly XYZ ???[/b] [b]why o why does MP not run under linux / macOS ???[/b] Well some answers: - DirectX : Its simply the best technology (on windows) to perform fast gfx You can use openGL under windows yeah, but it isnt as fast and advanced as DirectX -DirectShow : If you want todo video/tv under windows, you will need to use DirectShow There is no alternative, like it or not. All cards have drivers which hook into directshow .NET / C# As an opensource project its important to attract developers right? Well guess whats the most used development language for windows??? right thats .NET/C#. If we had choosen delphi, or C++ we would have a hard time to attract new devs. But what about java i hear ask. Java is nice, but unsuitable for this simply since you cannot access DirectX / DirectShow that easy. Java & (lowlevel) windows integration isnt that good. besides that, most java guys don't like to develop windows app do they? - WMP As far as i know WMP is only used for audio-playback. You might have noticed though that the last SVN versions are now using Steve's BASS engine to playback audio. So... no dependencies on WMP anymore.. Besides this, consider the hardware / driver issue. Anybody tried to get tv card xyz to work in MythTv ??? Its a disaster since for 80% of all cards there are no unix (or macOS) drivers! [b]So i can also ask the question: Why would you like us to get MP to run on unix / macOS if:[/b] - hardware/driver support is bad for tvcards on these os-ses - installation of unix apps is much more difficult (try installing MythTv!) - macOS??? sorry, nice OS, but not enough users in my opinion - Fast video en/decoding, even hardware accellerated. Thats a problem on unix isnt it? - Fast gfx libraries like directx? one of the reasons there are not many games on macos/unix is exactly since this is missing right?? - development tools. Most linux guys still program in C. Thats a very old language. Sure you can program .net or c++ on linux, but whats the support?? The amount of opensource libraries/sdk's on macos/lunix in .net (or c++) is very minimal. Now consider windows. Almost every piece of code written by (opensource) developers nowadays is in.... C#/.NET - Frodo [/QUOTE]
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