Qt4 port and further directions

[Olaf Dietsche]

Wolfgang Baron <Wolfgang.Baron at gmx.net> writes:

> Am 18.02.2014 14:40, schrieb Olaf Dietsche:
>> Reinhard Tartler <siretart at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Hi Wolfgang.
>>>
>>> I wonder how is it going with dvbcut? Are you still working on it?
>>>
>>> In debian, we are currently trying to move to libav10, and dvbcut
>>> fails to compile against it:
>>> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=739220
>>>
>>> Before spending too much time on dvbcut, I wonder if it made sense to
>>> keep dvbcut in Debian? We currently carry quite a number of patches:
>>> http://patch-tracker.debian.org/package/dvbcut/0.5.4+svn178-4 that
>>> really should go upstream.
>> There is a Qt4 port at https://github.com/nextghost/dvbcut-qt4, though I
>> don't know how mature this is.
>>
>> I just uploaded a quick hack to make dvbcut build with the current
>> ffmpeg 2.1.3, see https://github.com/olafdietsche/dvbcut/tree/ffmpeg-2.1.3.
>>
>> I don't know how far away libav10 is from ffmpeg. Maybe, this helps with
>> your effort to go to libav10.
> Maybe you can tell me, whether ffmpeg and libav10 are still the way to
> go for ultimate performance, or whether I have a better alternative for Qt?

I don't know, if ffmpeg or libav is superior regarding performance. For
me it doesn't really matter, because for removing commercials from a
video, either should be fast enough. I stick with ffmpeg, because I had
some problems with libav in the past, which were resolved by using the
then current ffmpeg version.

For the widget set, if you want to keep dvbcut cross-platform, you're
limited to just a few toolkits, Qt, Gtk, wxWidgets. The two big ones, Qt
and Gtk, are both valid choices, I think. So, in the end, it is largely
a matter of taste and which one you're most comfortable with.

>> Past attempts to reach Sven in order to take over dvbcut at Sourceforge,
>> haven't been successful, AFAIK. So, I would say, you must either
>> maintain your own repository or abandon dvbcut in Debian.
> I am suffering from the same fate. I have tried to contact him in every
> possible way on every possible channel, but he is just ignoring every
> communication attempt. Like I said earlier, my current idea is to create
> a new, similar project on bitbucket or sourceforge.

Well, that's the point of open source after all. You can maintain or
extend a project, even if the original author isn't around anymore. And
even if the author is still active, you can fork a project, as can be
seen with ffmpeg/libav.

So, since Sven isn't responding, you're free to move on. At least,
that's what I have done with my github repository.

Regards, Olaf