[vlc-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Add plugins for MMAL/Raspberry Pi

[Julian Scheel]

On 07.04.2014 08:40, Martin Storsjö wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Apr 2014, Julian Scheel wrote:
>
>> Am 04.04.2014 15:06, schrieb Rémi Denis-Courmont:
>>> On Fri,  4 Apr 2014 14:54:40 +0200, Julian Scheel <julian at jusst.de>
>>> wrote:
>>>> While there is support for the Raspberry Pi in the VLC OMX plugins
>>>> already these plugins come with some advantages
>>>
>>> Any plans to drop the RPI-specific OMX-IL kludges from VLC afterwards?
>>
>> I think Martin should comment, but I think there's no reason to keep
>> them. The MMAL plugins in their current shape should outperform the
>> OMX plugins on Raspberry already. At least there's nothing in my mind
>> right now which would be supported with the OMX plugins but not with
>> the MMAL ones.
>
> I don't see any reason to keep the hacks once this is in and the
> necessary userland support is available in e.g. raspbian.
>
> Btw, does MMAL support encoding as well?

Yes, it does.