[compiz] video plugin update

[Michael Vogt]

On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 05:30:02PM -0500, David Reveman wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-09-04 at 15:16 +0200, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > On Friday, 13 July 2007 at 14:11, Colin Guthrie wrote:
> > > David Reveman wrote:
> > > > I had to update the video plugin interface slightly to fix some bugs.
> > > > I've attached an updated mplayer patch.
> > > 
> > > David,
> > > 
> > > Is this patch ever going to make it upstream to mplayer do you think?
> > > 
> > > Has it been submitted/reviewed by upstream devs?
> > 
> > Any progress here? Users keep coming and asking why they can't use MPlayer
> > with compiz. We do not have the resources to implement this (not to mention
> > that none of the core developers use compiz). The current patch is
> > unacceptable for inclusion in MPlayer (due to unnecessary code
> > duplication). See this document for MPlayer patch submission guidelines:
> > http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/tech/patches.txt
> 
> There's going to be a new more appropriate video interface soon, for
> which support is more likely to be included upstream.

That sounds very interessting. Is there more information available how
it will look like (maybe even code to look at)?

Thanks,
 Michael