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To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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Subject: Re: freebsd version of mpegtv? 
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Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 12:16:22 -0700
From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
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Well, are folks interested in mpegtv??
http://www.mpegtv.com

As far as I know mpegtv is the best mpeg player available for
FreeBSD . I have used the linux version which so far has been
okay to use however if we want the capability to use 
the mpeg plugin then I think is best to have a native port to
use with the native port of netscape.

The latest version also has an mpegtv plug-in for unix if you ask
me thats a very cool feature.

As for the port , I wouldn't worry too much about it because I 
can help out Tristan by way of answering questions or help 
him trouble shoot the bugs.

	Tnks,
	Amancio
>From The Desk Of "Jordan K. Hubbard" :
> Erm, it's not clear to me from the following message just what help it
> is you're asking for here?  If you're wondering whether or not someone
> would wish to contract with Tristan for this work then all I can say
> is that I don't know of anyone who'd be that much interested in it at
> the current time.
> 
> 					Jordan
> 
> 
> > 
> > Hi Jordan ,
> > 
> > Any way that you can help out so we can get a native port of mpegtv?
> > 
> > The actual port shouldn't take that long . My best guess is that on 
> > a bad day it should take a day given that linux and freebsd
> > from an X perpective and audio are nearly identical and yes Tristan
> > I have tons of experience porting apps to FreeBSD . apps like
> > X , the linux sound driver 3.5, tcl/tk, etc...
> > 
> > 
> > 	Tnks,
> > 	Amancio
> > 
> > >From The Desk Of Tristan Savatier :
> > > Amancio Hasty wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Care to compile mpegtv for freebsd ?
> > > > 
> > > > It should take less than an hour.
> > > 
> > > I don't have any freeBSD system installed.
> > > 
> > > Nothing should take more than one hour, but in average
> > > a port takes me at least one  week (including
> > > working around all sorts of bugs, like in the audio driver,
> > > in Xlib, etc).   I have done 5 ports, so
> > > my statistics on the time a port takes is reliable...
> > > 
> > > Add a few days to install a system and a few days
> > > to gather and install all the proper tools.
> > > 
> > > got the picture ?
> > > 
> > > If a customer is ready to pay for my time doing
> > > that, I'll do it.
> > > 
> > > --T
> > 
> > 
>